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Originally posted by Freeman
Thing is, if it crashed it crashed in the ocean, is it possible to survive jump to water from such altitude?
I reckon if your a hard cookie, you COULD theoreticaly survive impact into water if you jump standing/verticaly
Originally posted by Aim64C
Of course - by that same token, I don't trust a lot of the commercial aircraft - particularly the older, fatigued airframes. You've got a lot of former military people working on those birds, and they are used to the 100% materials inspection that goes along with milspec products. The civilian end of the bargain isn't 100% screened, and with the horror-stories to be told about military aviation... it doesn't make me incredibly confident with the commercial industry.
The registration of the missing plane is F-GZCP. It was built and delivered to Air France in 2005.
The aircraft had made 18,870 flights and its last maintenance check in the hangar took place on 16 April 2009, according to Air France.
Originally posted by peacejet
The aircraft is a relatively new one. It was delivered to air france in 2005.
The registration of the missing plane is F-GZCP. It was built and delivered to Air France in 2005.
The aircraft had made 18,870 flights and its last maintenance check in the hangar took place on 16 April 2009, according to Air France.
So, fatigue failure can be ruled out.
guardian
Originally posted by Freeman
Thing is, if it crashed it crashed in the ocean, is it possible to survive jump to water from such altitude?
I reckon if your a hard cookie, you COULD theoreticaly survive impact into water if you jump standing/verticaly
Originally posted by Freeman
just heard on the news which i missed mostly but the last bit said: there were about FIVE failures which were reported one after another