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Originally posted by hongmng View PostAirliners get hit by lightning all the time. FAA says at least once every year for each airframe. We can assume this 2008 built plane has been hit at least 6 times(probably more since it flies in tropical areas). Lightning is unlikely to bring down an A320 and the pilots are trained to deal with the "anomalies" caused by the strike.
Airliners are so complex that there's typically a failure of some sort on an average flight. But pilots are trained to address these problems.
Each airliner has had thousands upon thousands of flights without any crashes.
It's unlikely that it crashed because it was flying between two points.
Pause and think about that...
Now, back to lightning:
1) Crashes have happened from lightning strikes.
2) Storms were in the area.
3) No data exists to specifically point away from lightning.
A lightning strike should be on the list of possible causes- even though "it happens all the time".
Sure "it's not likely", but plane crashes never are likely.
Footnote: Putzer's proposed chain of events is indeed bizarre- Like Gabe said- you cause gas tanks to blow up (might be consistent with the sudden loss of everything), or fry the electronic flight control systems and there ain't no mechanical things connecting the stick and the control surfaces.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Gabriel,
That was exactly what I was suggesting (half heartedly), tho to 'poke the bear' a little more...
If the aircraft had been 'compromised' by lightning and the ALT displayed incorrectly because of this then it is still possible that the 'speed over ground' would be small while the actual speed could be high IF the aircraft was falling almost vertically, no?
Not saying this is likely, just slightly more likely than having a plane that we know the flightpath of disappearing into thin air after one earlier in the year
VAZ
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Originally posted by vaztr View Postit is still possible that the 'speed over ground' would be small while the actual speed could be high IF the aircraft was falling almost vertically, no?
The scenario of the wrong alt information it too weird though.
It's like saying that you are watching Tom & Jerry on the TV, then a lightning strikes your antenna, and then the TV doesn't stop working, doesn't start to show just background noise, doesn't keep showing a degraded image of Tom & Jerry, but starts to show The Pink Panther (which is not being broadcast at any time at the moment).
I will not say impossible, but that the damaged encoded altimeter / transponder started to broadcast a wrong but meaningful information (instead of either a degraded signal of the correct information, meaningless noise, or nothing) is as close as it gets.
Not saying this is likely, just slightly more likely than having a plane that we know the flightpath of disappearing into thin air after one earlier in the year
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From BBC World News, heard at 4:32 UTC
Indonesian officials say they are sending teams to investigate reports of smoke on an island in the area where AirAsia flight QZ8501 has gone missing.AirDisaster.com Forum Member 2004-2008
Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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from the Strait Times
#Indonesia's media reports air force official sighting suspected body, life vest, luggage off KalimantanAirDisaster.com Forum Member 2004-2008
Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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It was officially confirmed that debris from the flight were found.
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