AF447 Plane Accident

[Geraint]

In less than 5 minutes, bloody hell!

Especially when they had that bomb scare 4 days before in Buenos Aires.

[xxMATTGxx]

(CNN) -- At least 12 airplanes shared the trans-Atlantic sky with doomed Air France Flight 447, but none reported any problems, deepening the mystery surrounding the cause of the plane's disappearance.

Airlines confirmed that at least a dozen aircraft departed roughly at the same time and traversed approximately the same route, but did not report problematic weather conditions. This has led some aviation experts to suggest that technical problems on the airplane might be the main cause of the crash, though they may have combined with weather conditions to create serious problems.

Interesting... Maybe it wasn't the weather after all. Technical fault on the aircraft could of brought AF447 down.

[Dan!]

Interesting... Maybe it wasn't the weather after all. Technical fault on the aircraft could of brought AF447 down.

this might explain all the Error messages getting sent VIA ACARS to OPS. i was reading somewhere that they are blaming the Auto Pilot At Moment.

[xxMATTGxx]

Investigators' warning

Investigators say that sensors on board the missing Airbus 330 were providing "inconsistent data" in the minutes before it went missing.

On Saturday, Air France said that in May 2008 it had begun noticing "incidents of loss of airspeed information during cruise flight" on its A330s and A340s jets - although only a "small number" of incidents had been reported.

The airline said it then contacted Airbus, who sent a recommendation to replace the monitors.

However, Air France stressed that the manufacturers had not made this a safety requirement.

The statement said that "without prejudging a link with the causes of the accident, Air France has accelerated this [replacement]programme".

It added that this did not necessarily mean the aircraft was not safe to fly.

French investigators also warned against drawing early conclusions.

[Sammeth.]

I'm sure the weather still played a part. I mean even if it was a technical fault and they were trying to recover from it, I'm sure bad weather wasn't exactly in their favour.

[Dan!]

I'm sure the weather still played a part. I mean even if it was a technical fault and they were trying to recover from it, I'm sure bad weather wasn't exactly in their favour.

Weather is well known for being "rubbish around them parts" Pilots get used to it but at such and early stage it not worth jumping the gun.


From CNN about 5mins ago;

Three more bodies found in search for Air France crash victims off coast of Brazil, officials say.

[xxMATTGxx]

Weather is well known for being "rubbish around them parts" Pilots get used to it but at such and early stage it not worth jumping the gun.


From CNN about 5mins ago;

More info regarding that:

Three more bodies have been recovered from the Atlantic Ocean near where the Air France flight is thought to have crashed last week, Brazil's navy says.

That raises the total to five, after two bodies were found on Saturday.

Officials say other bodies have also been spotted in the area and ships are being sent to recover them.

They were found some 800km (500 miles) north-east of Brazil's Fernando de Noronha islands where the AF Flight 447 disappeared in turbulent weather.

Also on Saturday, the Brazilian navy recovered the first confirmed debris from the plane, including a briefcase containing a ticket for Flight 447.

Other found debris thought to be linked to the flight included a blue seat and a backpack containing a computer.

The remains were found not far from where the last signal from the plane was received on Monday.

They were taken to the islands of Fernando de Noronha, where they were to be examined by experts.

[PaulMacC]

Have they found the radio boxes yet or did the rule out the chance of getting them

[Dan!]

Have they found the radio boxes yet or did the rule out the chance of getting them

no nothing on the blackbox yet, they wont no if they can use any of it intill they have a look at it.

[Rock]

RIP Air France Flight 447