Uh, they didn't crash the plane, so what the fuck are you talking about?
Air France flight missing over the Atlantic
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Maybe, maybe not, but it sure would explain a lot of things.
No looks likes the media are again running their mouths off and the bigots are jumping on the bandwagon.
French Police have said there no terrorism suspects on the flight and it's pure coincidence on the name.
But you can bet that won't get the big play in the media and bigots will still make comments like yours.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/11/2595239.htm
Would it explain why Air France didn't replace the part they should have or how several other planes that needed this part almost crashed as well?
I'm not convinced, especially when you have three pitot tubes. Even if they all iced, it would have to be random and staggered, alerting the crew. A contributing factor, very possible. But there's almost always a failure chain.
That's just plain stupid beyond comprehension.
Admiral Pike, your comment is not a direction that this thread needs to take.
This has already been dismissed. The men just had similar names and were NOT terrorists.Freak cirucumstances? Just one of those times that when the heavens align and really bad shit happens.
My apoligies, I shouldn't have reacted so strongly without checking all the available news outlets.
This has been disputed by the FBI. No evidence of anyone who was being watched on that flight.
Mr Awe
The problem is what happens when the plane gets conflicting speed readings. Certain things such as the rudder limiter gets locked down at the setting for the last speed agreement. So, if the speed changes there is a chance that the rudder can travel too far. There was an error reported by the plane that the rudder exceeded its limits. There has been some suggestion that the pilot might have tried diverting his course just before the crash. Coincidence? Not enough data to say.
The plane was also near it's ceiling, right in the coffin corner. That's where there's a very small window of safe speeds. Go too fast, and it exceeds the speed of sound which it can't withstand. Go too slow, and the plane stalls. Near the service ceiling, that range gets very small and if you didn't know your speed you could easily do one or the other.
Obviously, we need the voice and data recorders to really know. But, I think it's definite that the plane recieved conflicting speeds and there are scenarios that can be built on that. Especially given the already dangerous weather conditions.
Mr Awe
I suppose so, but it may have been enough to break the chain; and it sounds like there was enough history of problems related to this issue that something should have been done. Not that I'm an expert....
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