In case you havent heard, an Air France airbus a330 went missing over the atlantic.

 

My wishes and prayers for survivors and the victims families.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/ ... index.html

 

and discussion here.

 

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forum ... n/4429616/

Sad news for sure.. Hope for the best in a situation like that.

Sad news for sure.. Hope for the best in a situation like that.

 

Each hour that goes by I'm less and less hopeful. God willing it was mechanical or weather and not terrorism.

Flying has been so "iffy" lately. I used to be really calm when flying, but not I get a little tense if we hit turbulence.

 

The plane I was on hit some MAJOR turbulence when I was landing in Denver back in March. I was seriously freaked. :shock:

Sad news for sure.. Hope for the best in a situation like that.

 

Each hour that goes by I'm less and less hopeful. God willing it was mechanical or weather and not terrorism.

 

They have said that the plane hit severe weather and that they were having electrical problems.

 

If it did go down in the Atlantic, unfortunately very, very little chance of anyone surviving, the impact as well as being in the water this long.

Sad news for sure.. Hope for the best in a situation like that.

 

Each hour that goes by I'm less and less hopeful. God willing it was mechanical or weather and not terrorism.

 

They have said that the plane hit severe weather and that they were having electrical problems.

 

If it did go down in the Atlantic, unfortunately very, very little chance of anyone surviving, the impact as well as being in the water this long.

 

what I do understand is that there is no tracking over the oceans, but how come they dont know if it is a few hundred miles from the coast of Brazil, or a thousand miles off of the coast of Africa. there were also other AF flights from argentina along the same flight path.... I guess only time will tell.

They are guessing based on the time after takeoff, until the time they believe it went down. I don't know about South America to Europe, but there are tracks that are regularly flown from North America to Europe.

not good, our prayers go out to the families..

Always tragic when things like this happen. My prayers to the families and one's who are still missing as well.

 

The thing about the distance between Brazil and South Africa is that it is deceivingly short. A boat pushing 40 knots or so could make it in a couple hours. So, that only makes it that harder to gauge where the plane could be after having lost contact with it. I'm just surprised nothing has manifested yet. From what I can tell, that route happens to correlate closely with the shipping lanes (between the Gibraltar and South America)... but then of course it is a big stretch of ocean.

 

As for turbulence coming in and out of Denver Int'l, I know exactly what you're talking about. When I was stationed right outside of Denver, I would take flights from DIA at least two or three times a year (round trip), and there was always some turbulence. I still do not understand the placement of that airport, albeit a nice facility. Right on the front range in the plains, where the weather blows off and from the Rockies constantly.

The thing about the distance between Brazil and South Africa is that it is deceivingly short. A boat pushing 40 knots or so could make it in a couple hours.

 

If by "a few" you mean about 20, OK. It's over 1000 miles.

As per CBS news the brazilian air force has spotted the wreckage about 375 miles off Brazil's Coast. STORY

As per CBS news the brazilian air force has spotted the wreckage about 375 miles off Brazil's Coast. STORY

I had seen on the news this morning, reports from other pilots who saw fire or debris on the flight path. It's a sad, sad time for those families.