> CamChi wrote: > remains that neither would have prevented this accident unless it was > caused by colliding with another plane who's location was unknown > because it didn't have location information. >
I heard a couple of interesting things about the accident this weekend: (1.) The ACARS messages that are sent from Air France jets include lat/long headers which is why AF knew the original wreckage discovered wasn't from 447; they knew exactly where the a/c was when it was sending it's final messages. (2.) The cause of the crash is VERY EARLY speculated to be now known by Airbus and it's part of the fly-by-wire system. I won't get into specifics but it has to do with the "coffin corner", iced pitot tubes, and how sensitive the controls are due to something called "direct law, alt law, and normal law". Basically situations can occur where the sensitivity of the controls goes from a litte = a little to a little = a LOT. If that changes during turbulence and the pilot doesn't realize it, it means trouble. I can tell you that Air France isn't only airline to have trouble with A330-200s in turbulence. Other airlines are sending their tapes to Airbus now. (3.) Now that they're recovered bodies they should be able to tell if the a/c lost pressurization suddenly (cabin breach). It might be some comfort if the people were all passed out and/or dead quickly when that happened (rather than alive during the plummet to 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:298126 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
