Tag Archives: Air France

Still Air Chance

Posted on December 23, 2011 | Comments Off on Still Air Chance

The Popular Mechanics analysis of the flight deck transcript of the 2009 Air France crash into the Atlantic is chilling:

02:14:23 (Robert) Putain, on va taper… C’est pas vrai!
Damn it, we’re going to crash… This can’t be happening!

02:14:25 (Bonin) Mais qu’est-ce que se passe?
But what’s happening?

02:14:27 (Captain) 10 degrès d’assiette…
Ten degrees of pitch…

When I was young, in the 1950s, Air France was rather widely known as Air Chance. Seems it would still be a good idea, if you can help it, not to fly Air Frog.

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AF 447: Informed speculation

Posted on June 6, 2009 | Comments Off on AF 447: Informed speculation

Now that the Brazilian air force’s media-assisted "debris trail" has been debunked, it’s probably best to ignore whatever the mainstream media produces on the disappearance. But several good sources remain. One of the best is the (mostly) informed speculation at Airliners.net. Best weather analysis still is here.

UPDATE:  Well, make that debunked, and then resucitated with more detail than before.

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Posted in Obituaries, South of the Border, Weather/Climate

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