06-06-2009, 02:31 PM
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Searchers have found two bodies and a briefcase containing a ticket for Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean close to where the jetliner is believed to have crashed, a Brazil military official said Saturday.
Also
The French agency investigating the disaster, meanwhile, said the airspeed instruments on Flight 447 were not replaced as the maker recommended before the plane crashed in turbulent weather nearly a week ago.
The French accident investigation agency, BEA, found the doomed plane received inconsistent airspeed readings by different instruments as it struggled in a massive thunderstorm on its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people aboard.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1172303/
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04-04-2011, 11:03 AM
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#203
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On my metal monster.
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Holy cow, they found it. Hopefully they can find the black box now.
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04-04-2011, 11:09 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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It's at the bottom of the ocean. I'm not sure if we have the capability to search through wreckage on the ocean floor, especially in the middle of the Atlantic.
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04-04-2011, 11:12 AM
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#205
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by worth
It's at the bottom of the ocean. I'm not sure if we have the capability to search through wreckage on the ocean floor, especially in the middle of the Atlantic.
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They plan to bring the wreckage up.
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04-04-2011, 11:13 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Interesting. Who is going to pay for it?
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04-04-2011, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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I went through this whole thread thinking it was breaking news. Then I saw a post from Flop and realized I had wasted way too much time on a bumped oldie. /facepalm.
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04-04-2011, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Easter back on in Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by worth
Interesting. Who is going to pay for it?
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The article says the French government.
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04-04-2011, 11:16 AM
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#209
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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My bad, I must have read an earlier version of the article because it didn't say any of this when I read it.
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04-04-2011, 11:21 AM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Originally Posted by worth
Interesting. Who is going to pay for it?
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I would be very suprised to not see the French governmetn pay for this. It would be extremely disrespectful to the familie to not make any attempt to investigate or recover the remains.
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04-04-2011, 11:28 AM
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I read a while ago Airbus are paying a good chunk of the bill as well. They need to find out what happen to this airplane.
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04-04-2011, 11:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Both Air France and Airbus are footing the bill. They want to figure out what happened after having manslaughter charges brought up against them recently.
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04-04-2011, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Both Air France and Airbus are footing the bill. They want to figure out what happened after having manslaughter charges brought up against them recently.
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Yeah, very strange accident, It's like 1 in many millions a thunderstorm could bring down an airliner at that altitude.
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04-04-2011, 03:42 PM
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My face is a bum!
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How many pages did you guys make it through until you realized it was an old thread?
5 for me. 
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04-04-2011, 04:57 PM
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I was reading this thinking "I haven't heard about any planes going down recently like this..." and then realized, like most folks, it was an old thread. Glad they found the plane though, and hope that they can figure out what went wrong.
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04-04-2011, 05:16 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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OK, I updated the thread title. Hopefully that helps.
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04-04-2011, 05:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hulkrogan
How many pages did you guys make it through until you realized it was an old thread?
5 for me. |
I made it to Flip's first post. Then looked at the date of the post and realized I had wasted my time. This happens to me way to often for it to be coincidence.
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04-04-2011, 06:03 PM
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I looked at it and thought to myself: God ANOTHER one?!
Then I click on the thread and looked at the date.
That is definitely a strange occurrence though, I don't think anybody was actually clear on what exactly happened. I hope they find the cause.
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04-04-2011, 06:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayems
I wonder if airplane mechanics ever get blamed for showing up to work hungover or for simply having shoddy workmanship that results in catastrophic consequences.
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I know I am responding to an old post, but for what it's worth, my brother-in-law is an aviation mechanic and he has to blow into a breathalyzer every morning. He said even if you are hung over from the night before, you would still blow over.
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