samlcfc Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 think theyve found the plane, theres reports on the news that a load of wreckage has been found like seats and stuff floating in the sea edit: just means that the plane has crashed in that area however the wreckage they found could be a fair way from the actual bulk of the plane
StanSP Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 think theyve found the plane, theres reports on the news that a load of wreckage has been found like seats and stuff floating in the sea Well at least they are finding parts. But over the course of 24 hours, they could have floated quite far away from the area where the plane actually hit the water.
Finnegan Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Aye but you have to imagine the current will push most of it in the same direction.
DB11 Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 think theyve found the plane, theres reports on the news that a load of wreckage has been found like seats and stuff floating in the seaedit: just means that the plane has crashed in that area however the wreckage they found could be a fair way from the actual bulk of the plane http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8079122.stm
Shane Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Surely you've more chance of getting cancer than being in a plane crash.By a long, long way. Obviously, because every 1 in 6 of us get cancer. <_<
Steven Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Someone on TB is a Godmother to one of the British victims, an 11 year old boy.
lou Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Obviously, because every 1 in 6 of us get cancer. <_< Id have thought it was a lot higher than that!
Jon the Hat Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 They will find it. As long as the airline pays the tecchnology exists. In this case I woudl think that Airbus might pay some as well.
Shane Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Id have thought it was a lot higher than that! After researching to find out about your answer, i was wrong. Theres different odds for different types of cancer. Eg: Lung Cancer - 1 in 13 Prostate Cancer - 1 in 6 I would of wrote the whole list, but i cba xD
Bellend Sebastian Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Id have thought it was a lot higher than that! I was under the impression that the overall average is about 1 in 3
Granno Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Someone on TB is a Godmother to one of the British victims, an 11 year old boy. Sad times.
Guest Bilo Posted 2 June 2009 Posted 2 June 2009 Someone on TB is a Godmother to one of the British victims, an 11 year old boy. That is awful. RIP.
Edmund Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/0...h-airbus-system They have 30 days to locate the black box which contains all the cockpit recordings and the actual data and reasons behind the crash. It emits signals for up to 30 days and ships will try and locate thee signal. They have a bit of time but it is such a vast ocean.
BoneDog Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 All planes of this size now have satellite tracking where the plane automatically gives out a signal to the many satellites hovering above when it hits water or land (I think they emit the signal when they come within 100 metres or so of an obstruction). So I don't understand how they don't know the exact point of impact. I saw an engineer talking about it on sky or bbc news last night (as usual about 3am and then it's not on the daytime reports). I honestly think there is something dodgy about this tragedy as is very common with air 'accidents'. All planes are also fitted with technology that does not allow lightning (which is very common on planes) to interfere with the electronics in the plane and in this case the communication equipment was rendered useless or the event happened so quickly that the pilots didn't have time to send mayday. Things are not as they seem, guaranteed.
Edmund Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 All planes of this size now have satellite tracking where the plane automatically gives out a signal to the many satellites hovering above when it hits water or land (I think they emit the signal when they come within 100 metres or so of an obstruction). So I don't understand how they don't know the exact point of impact. I saw an engineer talking about it on sky or bbc news last night (as usual about 3am and then it's not on the daytime reports). I honestly think there is something dodgy about this tragedy as is very common with air 'accidents'. All planes are also fitted with technology that does not allow lightning (which is very common on planes) to interfere with the electronics in the plane and in this case the communication equipment was rendered useless or the event happened so quickly that the pilots didn't have time to send mayday. Things are not as they seem, guaranteed. I don't think anything dodgy was going on, those tropical storms are next level. The plane would have been like a piece of paper in the storm, no control whatsoever. Air France said it isn’t ruling out a lightning strike on the aircraft, which reported an electrical-circuit breakdown and sent 10 automated distress messages before it vanished. Amaral said the wreckage was found away from the flight path, suggesting the plane may have attempted to turn back.The plane probably flew into thunderstorms that stretched for 400 miles, towered as high as 50,000 feet and may have produced lightning, State College, Pennsylvania-based AccuWeather.com said yesterday in a press release. Updrafts as strong as 100 miles per hour may have resulted from the storms, creating “severe” turbulence, it said.
Monk Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 This article is an interesting read, if educated speculation.
morris1234 Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 what i dont understand was the amount of time it took for them to send a search party? why did it take that long? yeah the plane may have gone missing but if there were survivors then surely it would have been worth it, whether they know the exact location of it or not. same old same old, too much talking and not much action!!
StanSP Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 what i dont understand was the amount of time it took for them to send a search party? why did it take that long? yeah the plane may have gone missing but if there were survivors then surely it would have been worth it, whether they know the exact location of it or not.same old same old, too much talking and not much action!! They would only know if there were survivors once they searched for them. Plus they need to find out first if it was real and obviously not some kind of elaborate hoax - that does happen; sick, but it happens. Contacting different Air Traffic Control stations - Brazil, France, Senegal. (It was due in Senegal airspace at a certain time) They may have sent search operators out long before the press got hold of this story anyway.
Edmund Posted 3 June 2009 Posted 3 June 2009 what i dont understand was the amount of time it took for them to send a search party? why did it take that long? yeah the plane may have gone missing but if there were survivors then surely it would have been worth it, whether they know the exact location of it or not.same old same old, too much talking and not much action!! Oh dear oh dear. Do you not read or watch the news. The area that the plane crashed had no radar contact. It can be mapped back on satellite but the area it was in when it crashed was beyond Brazils radar contact. Also if a plane crashes in a violent storm extra precautions are to be taken. If you sent a rescue party by air or land they will also be in danger of being killed by the storm. Like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Monk Posted 5 June 2009 Posted 5 June 2009 Well, it's not really that strange. The area of ocean that they have to cover is huge. If it broke up in air the debris will be spread over a very large area, if it crashed at 200 - 300 mph then it will be at the bottom of the ocean by now. The investigators have a tough job cut out for them.
Edmund Posted 5 June 2009 Posted 5 June 2009 Well, it's not really that strange. The area of ocean that they have to cover is huge. If it broke up in air the debris will be spread over a very large area, if it crashed at 200 - 300 mph then it will be at the bottom of the ocean by now. The investigators have a tough job cut out for them. Yeah even with todays technology and the sonar they will be racing against the clock. They are basically searching for a needle in the haystack pacific ocean.
Edmund Posted 6 June 2009 Posted 6 June 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8085539.stm Nuclear sub now joined the search party
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