Two things, first, black box is a racist term. LOL. Second how would Black Box know what happened?
Posted on 05/10/2012 8:32:47 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A Russian-made passenger plane crashed into a steep cliff on a long-dormant Indonesian volcano during a demonstration flight to potential buyers and journalists.
Its wreckage was spotted by helicopters today, but there was no sign of survivors among the 47 people on board. Search and rescue teams are now on their way to the crash site.
Family members, many of whom spent a long, sleepless night at the airport, broke down in tears on hearing the news today. Others stared blankly ahead in disbelief.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“The aircraft was on a promotional tour dubbed the ‘Asian Roadshow’ which was aimed at lifting Russia’s hopes of emerging from its gloomy history of crashes involving ageing Soviet-era aircraft.”
The comments on the site indicate that it was likely the plane flew low to show off the mountains and terrain to it’s passengers. Sad. The plane might have been a good one but it was poor judgement on the part of the pilot. Poor safety culture is what they call it.
I do feel sorry for everyone who died, unneccessary. My condolences to those who mourn them.
Wasn’t there some new news or update several days ago about that mysterious Polish air crash...?
Where have the grieving journalists been?
Whenever a journalist is killed reporting an event, especially war, a half dozen or more others interrupt their usual programming to commiserate.
If there had been jornalists on the plane, I would have expected to see tears from their comrades well before now.
Take her in as low as you wanna for the fly-by. Atsa right. Low asa you wanna go. Roger that. Itsa Low, OK? Plenty'o'room. Schettini Tower, out.
Hey, I wonder if I could take-a my cruise ship into a volcano. Passa da vino.
really doubt that flying your plane into the side of a mountain will boost sales, but I could be wrong
Isn’t that Obama?
I was thinking the same thing, they were talking about going low to show off a good view of the mountains.
The pilots must have graduated from the “JFK Jr. School of Flying”.
Nah, the Kennedy’s had a thing for water.
I didn’t hear about it. Maybe someone else knows.
What is the first indication your plane has hit a mountain?
(Old fighter pilot joke, based on the location of the pitot tube at the nose of most aircraft)
The airspeed indicator suddenly drops to zero...!
As for why this happened, there is a well-known risk of flying through cumulo-granite clouds. But only the black boxes will know for sure.
Two things, first, black box is a racist term. LOL. Second how would Black Box know what happened?
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Both looked splendid in a tuxedo, and neither could fly.
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