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my moneys on an avionics bay fire.
sure theres multpile redundancies on the system but all the systems are in the same place.
I recon the fire took out the comms (not going to speculate on fire VS explosion VS terrorist just that something took out the avionics bay) first and they were trying to leg it to land. when the whole damn fly by electronics thing just went melty and with the glide ability of a cement glider it was just a matter of time.
The strange thing is that the plane apparently made two left turns. Surely the autopilot couldn't do that? Wouldn't it mean someone was still alive and able to make the final turn?
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The first left turn was made before the calm goodnight sign off from the co-pilot.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiscoMick
The plane appears to have made two left turns, which look as if calculated to avoid as far as possible radar coverage. This certainly looks as if it was under control of someone who knew what they were doing, and is not consistent with a fire or explosion, especially since the aircraft was able to remain airborne for another five hours.
John
Anyone watching Air Crash Investigation tonight?
One or two similarities. They lost the transponder.
at what angle. rate minits were these turns made. it was night!Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
A low rate turn would not be noticed, may not have been noticed. And can not be noticed by the PAX
Watching now Mick, your programming must be ahead of ours, are you still on daylight silly time?
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
I wish I could get all that saved daylight back in winter when I need it.
Amazing. One of the causes of the incident involving this 767 was the failure of the computer that replaced the flight engineer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
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Would that be sunlight sacrificing? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh