Pretty much what I was thinking.......this is quite the mystery. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote:
> > One theory being tossed about is that if the plane was not properly > grounded, a lightning strike could have shorted the electrical system. > > No pilot in their right mind would intentionally flight into a > thunderstorm. > I have been on flights where the pilots went way out of our way to avoid > them. If you look on http://www.flightaware.com and check out DFW during > a > severe storm, you can see the flight paths of planes avoiding storm cells. > > Something happened to knock all these computers and devices out. Those > black > boxes will hold the key, assuming they can find them. 27 days left... > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:31 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: They lost an airplane??? > > > Very interesting....anybody with flight experience on this list have any > early theories about what this all means? > > Did the pilots fail to fly around a dangerous storm? Could a lightning > strike alone cause all this damage? Did the plane systems just go belly up > for some unknown reason? Anyone seeing pilot error in this? > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > gg wrote: > > > I heard on the news that the sea floor area where it went down is like > > > the Andes mountains > > > > Wow: 4-5 minutes between the problem and the a/c breaking up in mid-air: > > > > The report said the pilot sent a manual signal at 11 p.m. local time > > saying he was flying through an area of "CBs" _ black, electrically > > charged cumulo-nimbus clouds ... satellite data has shown that > > towering thunderheads were sending 100 mph (160 kph) winds straight > > into the jet's flight path at that time. > > > > Ten minutes later, the plane sent a burst of automatic messages, > > indicating the autopilot had disengaged, the "fly-by-wire" computer > > system had been switched to alternative power, and controls needed to > > keep the plane stable had been damaged. An alarm also sounded, > > indicating the deterioration of flight systems, according to the > > report. > > > > Three minutes after that, more automatic messages indicated the > > failure of two other fundamental systems pilots use to monitor air > > speed, altitude and direction. Then, a cascade of other electrical > > failures in systems that control the main flight computer and wing > > spoilers. > > > > The report repeats a detail previously released by Brazil's Air Force: > > that the last message came at 11:14 pm, indicating loss of air > > pressure and electrical failure. The newspaper said this could mean > > sudden de-pressurization, or that the plane was already plunging into > > the ocean. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297979 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
