Originally posted by warrenb
where is everyone getting this "icing up" BS?
it's a tropical place...where are is this magic ice coming from?
The weather for Brazil in that area for June 1 2009 was:
Temperature:
Mean Temperature 22 °C
Max Temperature 26 °C
Min Temperature 19 °C
Moisture:
Dew Point 18 °C
Average Humidity 81
Maximum Humidity 94
Minimum Humidity 65
Precipitation 0.0 cm
Sea Level Pressure 1011.00 hPa
Wind Speed 11 km/h ()
Max Wind Speed 32 km/h
Visibility 9.0 kilometers
data source here, includes all kinds of graphs and hourly weather for that day
Blaming the weather is pretty bogus
Wrong data... this is weather in the lower atmosphere of the Earth.
It's not bogus and not BS at all if you consider the height the plane was flying at.
Freezing and icing is something pilots and plane manufacturers have to consider at all times due to the low temps of the high altitudes. Flight 447 was flying at 30,000+ feet, if I'm not wrong.
Besides, the plane was flying over the ocean when it crashed (hence, debris in the ocean), meaning it must have taken off for some time already. After about one hour or two into the flight, pilots tend to bring their planes to cruising height to prevent collisions with other planes or other phenomena like birds, etc, because birds generally don't fly at 30,000 feet. It's safer that way.
[edit on 9-6-2009 by KarlG]
