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Jun 05, 2009 at 11:34 AM
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Brazilian Air Force crew members look over the Atlatic Ocean in search of the wreckage of missing Air France flight 447 on June 3, 2009. The plane's 'black boxes' may be unrecoverable
Investigators will ask Thales to supply information because damage to the three external sensors is a possible cause of “incoherent” speed data transmitted by the airliner, said a person familiar with the investigation who asked not to be named because the proceedings are confidential.
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Honeywell International Inc., whose components aboard the crashed plane included processors that interpret the data and feed it to the main flight computer, said it has been asked to help with the probe. Thales, based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, said it will assist if called upon.
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Jun 05, 2009 at 11:50 AM Anonymous Says:
I smell HUGE lawsuits. But it doesn't bring back the dead.
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Jun 05, 2009 at 11:54 AM HaLeiVi Says:
If I understand correctly, they are refering to the petot heads, the inlet that takes in air to sense altitude and airspeed. That is an ancient system. Although all airplanes are still equipped with this, they all have GPS. So, my question is how does a broken sensor on the wing leave the pilot clueless? Unless perhaps, they are talking about the GPS antenna.
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Jun 05, 2009 at 12:21 PM Anonymous Says:
“ If I understand correctly, they are refering to the petot heads, the inlet that takes in air to sense altitude and airspeed. That is an ancient system. Although all airplanes are still equipped with this, they all have GPS. So, my question is how does a broken sensor on the wing leave the pilot clueless? Unless perhaps, they are talking about the GPS antenna. ”
it was in autopilot mode when all this happened
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Jun 05, 2009 at 12:20 PM Anonymous Says:
Halevi, you appear to be very knowledgeable. Which sensors feed the flight computer?
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Jun 05, 2009 at 12:17 PM kivi Says:
I don't get it they still have no idea were the plane is but they know that some sensors froze??????
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Jun 05, 2009 at 12:40 PM engineer Says:
“ If I understand correctly, they are refering to the petot heads, the inlet that takes in air to sense altitude and airspeed. That is an ancient system. Although all airplanes are still equipped with this, they all have GPS. So, my question is how does a broken sensor on the wing leave the pilot clueless? Unless perhaps, they are talking about the GPS antenna. ”
They are talking about the gasket and the alternator with the relay and contactor. Like you now anything about planes you sound like my mechanic freak!!!!!!!
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Jun 05, 2009 at 12:46 PM Yossi Says:
Very interesting that the pilot who flew behing this plane saw fireballs on the ocean and now we will blame every manufacturer who sold parts for this plane...Dosent this smell like TWA over long island when it blew up leaving JFK to Paris...
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Jun 06, 2009 at 11:07 PM Anonymous Says:
what happened to that report that the day before there was a bomb threat on an
air france plane? Haven't heard a word about that since.