Air France 447
06-01-2009, 02:23 PM
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But that is a subject for another thread...back to the original programming. I'm curious what exactly transpired between their onboard radar and the T-Storms...did they penetrate?
06-01-2009, 02:56 PM
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What is the primary evidence of turbulence for this flight? The AF press release on its web site says "The aircraft hit a zone of stormy weather with strong turbulence" -- this is being interpreted by the press that the aircraft actually experienced turbulence. But has AF cited primary evidence? Was there an actual radio comm from the crew indicating turbulence? I can't seem to find that. Can anyone find primary-source quotes/data that clearly state the plane hit turbulence?
06-01-2009, 03:18 PM
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What is the primary evidence of turbulence for this flight? The AF press release on its web site says "The aircraft hit a zone of stormy weather with strong turbulence" -- this is being interpreted by the press that the aircraft actually experienced turbulence. But has AF cited primary evidence? Was there an actual radio comm from the crew indicating turbulence? I can't seem to find that. Can anyone find primary-source quotes/data that clearly state the plane hit turbulence?
Storm season
About four hours after taking off and flying through the night over the mid-Atlantic, the pilots of the Air France Airbus reported that they had encountered an area of intense cumulonimbus activity — dense clouds associated with thunderstorms that regularly batter the world's equatorial belt.
Granted, no actual source is mentioned, and if you take this at face value, the crew does not actually report "turbulence", just CB activity. This is as close as I could get.
06-01-2009, 03:19 PM
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I think that the only thing that anyone can say with any degree of certainty is that 228 of our passengers, crew and friends perished last evening. Truly a sad day for all of us, regardless of who you work for or what you do in this business.
As for us here on APC, let's remember to remain professional. CNN is reading PPRuNe on the air, if you can believe that. I'd like to think that we're above the dribble over on some of the other sites.
As for us here on APC, let's remember to remain professional. CNN is reading PPRuNe on the air, if you can believe that. I'd like to think that we're above the dribble over on some of the other sites.
06-01-2009, 03:20 PM
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I think that the only thing that anyone can say with any degree of certainty is that 228 of our passengers, crew and friends perished last evening. Truly a sad day for all of us, regardless of who you work for or what you do in this business.
As for us here on APC, let's remember to remain professional. CNN is reading PPRuNe on the air, if you can believe that. I'd like to think that we're above the dribble over on some of the other sites.
As for us here on APC, let's remember to remain professional. CNN is reading PPRuNe on the air, if you can believe that. I'd like to think that we're above the dribble over on some of the other sites.
06-01-2009, 03:21 PM
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Yeah, I knew that. The point I was getting at was it was installed, the aircraft was "controlled", having GPWS didn't matter.
06-01-2009, 03:25 PM
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06-01-2009, 03:31 PM
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How can it be that a mainline carrier found itself in this situation?? Surely this must have been a regional carrier. Those other guys have too much experience to fly so close to such potentialnally dangerous meteorologic cirucmstances.
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