AF447 Black Boxes Search
- 15 years ago
AF447 Black Boxes Search to figure out technological catastrophe of Air France Flight AF447. Technologos http://www.xmail.net/technologos/: most probable chain of failures because of electronic problems, caused by a lightning discharge interfered with the computers that control the aircraft, navigation equipment, or the weather radar. The pilots could also have been distracted by some other problem that let the plane fly into the heart of one storm which could have upset the plane, leading to a quick break-up.
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the Air France chief executive, said that the last contact with the plane came in a flurry of about a dozen automatically generated technical messages "indicating that several systems had broken down...a completely unheard-of situation".
"It is probable that it was shortly after these messages that the impact in the Atlantic came," Mr Gourgeon told reporters at Charles de Gaulle airport.
All text msgs from AF447: 3am (BST): Pilot sends manual signal saying he is flying through black cumulonimbus thunderclouds, with violent winds and lightning
3.10am: Autopilot disengages leaving plane in manual control. It is unclear whether the pilot or the automatic safety system performed this command.Last clues to the fate of flight 4473.10am: Alarm sounds to indicate electronic flight system has been impaired. Emergency backup system kicks in but controls needed to keep the plane stable remain slightly damaged.3.12am: Two key computers monitoring air speed, altitude and direction fail.3.13am: Main flight control computer and backup system fail. Wing spoilers fail.3.14am: Last message reads "vertical cabin speed" outside air has entered outside air has entered the cockpit, there has been a loss of cabin pressure, complete electrical failure and the plane may already plunging toward the ocean.
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon, the Air France chief executive, said that the last contact with the plane came in a flurry of about a dozen automatically generated technical messages "indicating that several systems had broken down...a completely unheard-of situation".
"It is probable that it was shortly after these messages that the impact in the Atlantic came," Mr Gourgeon told reporters at Charles de Gaulle airport.
All text msgs from AF447: 3am (BST): Pilot sends manual signal saying he is flying through black cumulonimbus thunderclouds, with violent winds and lightning
3.10am: Autopilot disengages leaving plane in manual control. It is unclear whether the pilot or the automatic safety system performed this command.Last clues to the fate of flight 4473.10am: Alarm sounds to indicate electronic flight system has been impaired. Emergency backup system kicks in but controls needed to keep the plane stable remain slightly damaged.3.12am: Two key computers monitoring air speed, altitude and direction fail.3.13am: Main flight control computer and backup system fail. Wing spoilers fail.3.14am: Last message reads "vertical cabin speed" outside air has entered outside air has entered the cockpit, there has been a loss of cabin pressure, complete electrical failure and the plane may already plunging toward the ocean.