MR BENN Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 I have flown through the same area where the Air France plane disappeared and the turbulance there is beyond anything that I have experienced anywhere else. Obviously, not enough to bring down an aircraft, but maybe enough to cause a chain of failures which in turn brought down the aircraft. ive never flown in that area ,so have no experience ,unlike yourself , but as you say turbulance alone could not bring a plane down on its own . hopefully they will find the wreckage and the black box recorders will offer some explanation as to what happened.
roddick Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Indeed very sad news and the latest news is that one of the brazilian pilot found some yellow color wreckage in the water and the searching is on, hope atleast they will find the wreckage.
cgksheff Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 ........ found some yellow color wreckage ..... It was at night and he is reported to have seen 'bright spots' with the conjecture being that this could have been burning wreckage. Nothing has been seen/found as yet.
Paul2412 Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 It seems very unusual to have an accident 4 hours into the flight. Severe turbulence would probably not bring an aircraft down, but it could well throw it about so much that something becomes dislodged. However, I thought planes had multiple back up systems. On another note, why would a senior captain fly straight into a massive storm that could potentially cause damage? I've flown to Shanghai a few times, and there is a section of the flight going over the Gobi Desert where a mountain range ends and ALWAYS causes lots of turbulence. The pilots always climb much higher than they usually would to avoid the worst of it. Very bizarre, and there could be some very difficult questions for Air France and Airbus to answer if the plane is never found.
medusa Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Just been announced as breaking news on the BBC that there's been metal wreckage found in the search area of the Atlantic, although they have yet to confirm that it's a plane or the plane they're looking for.
cgksheff Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Just been announced as breaking news on the BBC that there's been metal wreckage found in the search area of the Atlantic, although they have yet to confirm that it's a plane or the plane they're looking for. It does say "plane seats": http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8079122.stm
medusa Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Ah- the verbal breaking news on the 1 o'clock programme just said 'debris'. I guess it's looking more like confirmation of what everyone really knew already, sadly.
HeadingNorth Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Still no definitive evidence the aeroplane of which they've found wreckage, is the Air France flight that vanished; enough circumstantial evidence to convince nearly everybody. For one thing, no other aeroplane is known to have gone missing in the area. Apparently, in the interior of large thunderstorms, air turbulence can be so strong as to flip a craft upside down, or even tear it apart completely. This is why large thunderstorms are avoided.
Grandad.Malky Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Apparently, in the interior of large thunderstorms, air turbulence can be so strong as to flip a craft upside down, or even tear it apart completely. This is why large thunderstorms are avoided. Evidence please, a expert on TV last night said he couldn’t find any record of a plane succumbing to a storm even when struck by lightening.
shane39 Posted June 2, 2009 Posted June 2, 2009 Evidence please, a expert on TV last night said he couldn’t find any record of a plane succumbing to a storm even when struck by lightening. There was a plane shown on tv some months ago and as it was landing it was suddenly blown of course just before touchdown.Nobody was injured,but that freak gust of wind was enough to make it land off the landing strip.
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