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Air France 447
Magigi
#1 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:57:00 AM
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...as a frequent flyer,I always get concernd when I hear a palne is missing from the radars. It is now over 24 hrs since Air France 447 disappeared. I remember the last time KQ missed in Cameroon,everybody was blaming those who were involved in the search for taking too long to find it. Well,this one is not missing in the skies of Africa! With all the technology of the west,it has not been traced yet.

All the same I feel sorry for the families whose loved ones were in the plane. I can only hope that it went up up up up up to heaven!!!
FundamentAli
#2 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:23:00 AM
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@Magigi,

How do you coduct a search at the half way point in the Atlantic? The plane could be 1000 km away from the last reported location. Remember Duola,the plane was so near and yet they searched so far.


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Magigi
#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:30:00 AM
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@F...Ali: But remember that is the west...developed...should be able to locate where exactle the plane went down. The plane did send some messages back to Paris when it experienced some turbulance. Can't they locate the point where it send that message? ( I am a layman in matters of technology!!!)
Njunge
#4 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:39:00 AM
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@Magigi,

It ain't as easy as you make it sound but if US agrees to provide information as captured by their satelites and listening devices,chances are,they will locate it in the next 24 hours........Survivors?.....Highly impossible given that the plane dropped from above 10,000 metres.


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FundamentAli
#5 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:40:00 AM
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The problem is that the point of sending the signal could be very far from where the plane plunged into the sea.

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eli
#6 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:56:00 AM
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Lets pray with the families during these times of need!

But you shall remember the LORD your God,for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth,that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers,as it is this day. Deu 8:18
Bareta
#7 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 7:22:00 AM
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It is a very sad moment and my heart goes out to all the relatives and friends of those on board. While it has not been declared 'crashed',chances of survival under such circumstances are very slim.

Any pilots in the house; what kind of turbulence do you experience at 36,000 feet? Some quarters have speculated the possibility of lightening strike. Can it happen at such an altitude?


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#8 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:29:00 AM
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Its impossible to find something that goes down in the middle of the atlantic,assuming its still afloat. Once it starts sinking it can descend to depths of upto 5kms depending on the depth of the ocean. At such depths even Sonar cannot track it if its still.

@Njung'e,satelites may not be of help,they don't cover the entire earth surface,at any one time,they are in constant motion and they cover bits of the earth through windows which open and close every 24 hours. So unless the aeroplane had satelite cover at the time of going down,they can't track it.


I guess if you can't win with facts,you can always pen bile-laced,xenophobic rants to distract everyone.
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#9 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:34:00 AM
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instead of coming up with all manner of conjecture......

could we silently send a prayer...

that nothing fatal has happened.....???

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smano
#10 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:35:00 AM
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This is the stuff that makes you watch those 'Bermuda Triangle' documentaries on Dstv keenly. Anyone believe that stuff is for real?

smano
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