AF447 Plane Accident

[GommeInc]

So the ship is now reported as non-existent (to some degree)? That's... interesting. So where was this ping coming from?!

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They think it was a bomb :S

[xxMATTGxx]

So the ship is now reported as non-existent (to some degree)? That's... interesting. So where was this ping coming from?!

I not heard any news of them finding a "ping". The items were found by aircraft searching the sea for any sign of the aircraft.

They think it was a bomb :S

That's because Air France received a bomb threat 4 days before the flight.

[xxMATTGxx]

Airbus warns pilots on jet speed

Plane maker Airbus has reissued emergency guidelines to pilots after experts said a missing Air France jet may have had false speed measurements.

French air accident investigators said automatic messages broadcast by the jet in its final moments showed the plane's systems were giving different readings.

Spokesman Justin Dubon said that the inconsistent readings meant that "the air speed of the aircraft was unclear".

He said that in such circumstances, flight crews should maintain thrust and pitch and - if necessary - level off the plane and start troubleshooting procedures as detailed in operating manuals.

Meteorologists say that the Air France Flight 447 had entered an unusual storm with 100mph (160km/h) updrafts that sucked water up from the ocean.

As the moisture reached the plane's high altitude it quickly froze in -40C temperatures. The updrafts would also have created dangerous turbulence, they say.

[GommeInc]

I not heard any news of them finding a "ping". The items were found by aircraft searching the sea for any sign of the aircraft

Ahh I see. I guess the job now is to fly closer to Africa, if anything?

[xxMATTGxx]

Ahh I see. I guess the job now is to fly closer to Africa, if anything?

It's a very confusing really. It's one big ocean and the plane could be anywhere. It will be under the sea (most of it). But thins eventually float. They will probably do that tbh. The American's are also helping in the investigation which includes the National Transportation Safety Board, GE, FAA and Honeywell.

[GommeInc]

It seems like the only idea, to follow the area in which it would of flown over to get to Paris hoping it took that route and of course have some lee-way(sp?) to predict where it might of crashed if the worst had come to worst. It must be incredibly irritating for the family and friends involved though, not knowing anything like everyone else

[xxMATTGxx]

It seems like the only idea, to follow the area in which it would of flown over to get to Paris hoping it took that route and of course have some lee-way(sp?) to predict where it might of crashed if the worst had come to worst. It must be incredibly irritating for the family and friends involved though, not knowing anything like everyone else

Yeah, I feel sorry for the families. As no one has found out answers or why its crashed or anything. Even worse that they not found anything. I do hope they find some evidence and lots more. Time will tell

[Yoshimitsui]

It seems like the only idea, to follow the area in which it would of flown over to get to Paris hoping it took that route and of course have some lee-way(sp?) to predict where it might of crashed if the worst had come to worst. It must be incredibly irritating for the family and friends involved though, not knowing anything like everyone else

The problem with that is reports have been made to suggest the aircraft was off course or did end up off course.

[xxMATTGxx]

A French nuclear submarine is being sent to help find an Air France jet which disappeared over the Atlantic.

French defence minister Herve Morin said the hunter-killer submarine had surveillance equipment that could help find the plane's flight data recorders.

Navy ships are reported to be scouring the ocean, about 1,100km (690 miles) north-east of Brazil's coast, in an effort to locate other debris spotted from the air on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Research ship

A French marine research ship equipped with two non-nuclear mini-submarines is already on its way to the area.

Three more Brazilian boats and a French ship equipped with small submarines are expected to arrive in the area in the next few days.

French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck said the priority was looking for wreckage from the plane before it sinks or disappears.