Germanwings-Airbus stürzt in Südfrankreich ab In Frankreich ist eine Maschine der deutschen Fluglinie Germanwings abgestürzt. An Bord befanden sich 148 Menschen.
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Average rate of descent 3.500fpm, I wouldn't call that slow.Acid-drop wrote:https://twitter.com/hashtag/4U9525?src=hash
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'slow' descent it seems
Ok, I should have been more clear. What I ment was, if this was a light to moderate technical error, they could have easily diverted to one of these airports, given the facts that there were airports available (the aircraft wasn't flying over a large desert or ocean). I am only trying to eliminate some causes based on the information we have now. Yes, there will be more info coming soon and no, we will never have all the info like the researchers have. But that doesn't mean we can't think about it and give our thoughts ?sean1982 wrote:Waaaaay to early to speculate and especially to state that "they could have easily diverted"
This makes me think of the possibility that the crew wasn't aware they were in a descent (up till the moment they sent a distress call). Anyone have weather information of the region at that time ? Were the mountaintops of the alps covered in clouds at that time ? Or were skies cloudless with unlimited visibility ?Zorba wrote:Latest reports say a distress call came in right before the crash (below 10.000ft) so I assume at the least one of the pilots was still alive.
To communicate to ATC was perhaps not possible when there were huge technical problems to be solved first.AC.be wrote:This makes me think of the possibility that the crew wasn't aware they were in a descent (up till the moment they sent a distress call). Anyone have weather information of the region at that time ? Were the mountaintops of the alps covered in clouds at that time ? Or were skies cloudless with unlimited visibility ?Zorba wrote:Latest reports say a distress call came in right before the crash (below 10.000ft) so I assume at the least one of the pilots was still alive.
This has just been adjusted by Germanwings into 144+6.quixoticguide wrote:Flight Barcelona- Düsseldorf
GWI9525 142+6 pax
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