Air France plane down/missing

[Grandad.Malky]

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.

 

Thats not the same as a mid-air incident though is it.

[Paul2412]

Thats not the same as a mid-air incident though is it.

 

It must have been one hell of a storm, although apparently around that region it's common for storm cells to reach 50,000 feet. No plane could fly above that.

 

I saw a satellite image that showed violent storms spanning the entire width of the Atlantic at around the time of the crash. What's strange though is that other planes reported severe turbulence but no issues. Maybe they were unlucky enough to fly into the worst of the worst. However, as I said earlier, surely the pilot's would have seen the bad weather on radar and diverted around it...

[HeadingNorth]

Evidence please.

 

I don't know what the evidence is. I'm only reporting what's on the news websites.

[Grandad.Malky]

It must have been one hell of a storm, although apparently around that region it's common for storm cells to reach 50,000 feet. No plane could fly above that.

 

I saw a satellite image that showed violent storms spanning the entire width of the Atlantic at around the time of the crash. What's strange though is that other planes reported severe turbulence but no issues. Maybe they were unlucky enough to fly into the worst of the worst. However, as I said earlier, surely the pilot's would have seen the bad weather on radar and diverted around it...

 

As anyone considered the possibility it could have been shot down, planes don’t just disappear, something instant and catastrophic as brought it down

[HeadingNorth]

As anyone considered the possibility it could have been shot down, planes don’t just disappear, something instant and catastrophic as brought it down

 

There would be need to be an explanation of why the pilot never reported an approaching plane, and no military force detected any missile or similar having been fired.

 

There isn't yet, and may never be, any conclusive proof of what happened. The most plausible speculation at this point is that the storm was responsible. There may or may not have been structural flaws in the craft which made it more susceptible - I've heard no suggestions that there were, though. Alternatively, perhaps it was a much, much more powerful than we thought storms could get.

 

(edit) here's a link to a BBC page which discusses the possibility of a (very large) storm endangering an aeroplane.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8079591.stm

[cgksheff]

Evidence please, ..........

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braniff_Airways_Flight_250

[cgksheff]

For those really interested, there is valuable discussion, conjecture and facts from professional pilots on here:

 

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/375937-air-france-a330-200-missing-29.html

[Grandad.Malky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braniff_Airways_Flight_250

 

BAC-1-11, was a British short-range jet airliner of the 1960s and 1970s

 

 

The Airbus A330-200 is a large-capacity, wide-body, twin-engine, medium-to-long-range commercial passenger airliner often used for transatlantic flights, first introduced in August 1997

 

 

 

 

Yep I can see the comparison.

[cgksheff]

.......

 

Yep I can see the comparison.

 

Not making comparisons ... you just asked for evidence of any aircraft 'succumbing' to turbulence.

[Grandad.Malky]

Not making comparisons ... you just asked for evidence of any aircraft 'succumbing' to turbulence.

 

“Any”

 

where did that come from, we are taking about a modern transatlantic jet.