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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:21 PM
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The Air France aircraft was last heard from 500 miles NE of Natal.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:24 PM
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1. Toast. They're out of fuel, and luck. Very sad. nt
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:25 PM
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2. A pilot of the flight on the same course shortly after them saw glowing orange in the sea. nt
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:28 PM
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3. Wouldn't he have stated the position of the glow relative to his flight path?
Curiouser and Curiouser.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:31 PM
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6. He didn't know the AFR was missing.
He wouldn't have reported it and unless there's a radio transmission or a logged flight computer event near that time, there's probably a large position window.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:29 PM
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4. Maybe there's a "L O S T" island out there.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:33 PM
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7. Doubt it would help.
Water gets pretty solid at 40 knots.

At 350k+, it pretty much obliterates whatever hits it.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:38 PM
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9. What are the chances that a P-3 could pick up it's position using Magnetic Anomaly Detection?
The same way they track submarines?
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:52 PM
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12. Too many variables to make an educated guess.
It's possible, I suppose.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:30 PM
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5. That gives me chills
The Atlantic has very few island groups. If there's trouble, you're gone, lost in an area of thousands of square miles of nothingness.

I've never been on a transoceanic flight. If I ever go, I'm looking for a good boat.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:36 PM
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8. boat
i don't like boats either. They sink and there's pirates etc.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:41 PM
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10. As a Sailor, I never got used to the fact that there were sometimes over 10,000 feet of water
under my ship.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 02:46 AM
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14. sometimes when I swim across lakes in the middle of the night
I happen upon fishing boats and the fisherman always tells me how deep the water is - as if it makes any difference to me if the water is 10 feet deep or 10,000 feet deep :D
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 01:01 PM
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15. True because if it mattered, it wouldn't matter to YOU.
:dilemma:
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MissDeeds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:49 PM
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11. This is just chilling
To be lost at sea, with little hope of recovering those who perished...It's terrible to think about. I hope it was quick and that they lost consciousness long before impact. My sympathies go out to the families and friends.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 02:45 AM
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13. also
what are the chances of recovery of wreckage to find out WTF happened? :(
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