That was my thought too, but..........Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
Apparently it's all relayed by the plane, via satellite.
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That was my thought too, but..........Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
Apparently it's all relayed by the plane, via satellite.
inflight telephony . AeroMobile
Surprised nobody has mentioned the Qantas A330 had a nose dive last year - without supposedly a definitive answer on why it happened...
Like Oceanic 815, they're all on The Island.
D'ya think that Lost has replaced The Bermuda Triangle as the place where missing planes go?
Simon
Was listening to someone on ABC news last night apparently they know what failed on the QANTAS acft, and the ones on Air France are made by a different manufacturer (something like Grumman vs Honeywell)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuuu
Edit:http://atsb.gov.au/publications/inve...200806143.aspxQuote:
The investigation to date has identified two significant safety factors related to the pitch-down movements. Firstly, immediately prior to the autopilot disconnect, one of the air data inertial reference units (ADIRUs) started providing erroneous data (spikes) on many parameters to other aircraft systems. The other two ADIRUs continued to function correctly. Secondly, some of the spikes in angle of attack data were not filtered by the flight control computers, and the computers subsequently commanded the pitch-down movements.
ADIRU = Air data inertial reference unit
Martyn
2 days before this left, they had a bomb threat!!!
If it was a bomb then it must have had a long fuse, doesn't say much for the cleaners either.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by juddy
According to latest reports, an on-board explosion is discounted because of the amount of unburnt fuel on the ocean surface. Apparently also bomb threats are quite common, and simply result in a thorough search of the plane.Quote:
Originally Posted by juddy
The size of the wreckage field over a distance of 20km strongly suggests a midair breakup.
John
Yes , still very early. I would agree with John about the break up.
It all conjecture though until we get the black (orange?) box back.
Very strange that they didn't get radio contact out. Suggests a systems failure or sudden catastophic hull breach (similar to the United B747 that lost the forward cargo door or the TWA B747 that had the centre tank explosion in 1996).
Probably too early to dismiss terrorism (or suicide?).
Still sad though whatever the result.:(
after speaking with a pilot....
"At the end of the day, what they had was a series of events that lead to a plane/planet interface failure."
but the winner of the state the bleedin obvious award, goes to
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Originally Posted by juddy