How long does it take to fall from 35 000 feet for an airliner? Well, it all depends on how that airliner falls down. If it goes nose down immidiately, it could take around 50-60 seconds. From what investigators and Airbus has learned from flight 447 the plane sent out messages for four minutes before [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Airbus’
June 1, 2009
Air France jet vanished at sea
Today we learned that Air France lost contact with an Airbus A330-200 on a non-stop fllight between Rio De Janeiro (SBGL) to Paris (LFPG). I am sure you are on it as well.
So far they have not found the plane or the wreckage, but some are hoping for a miracle landing in the ocean with [...]
May 30, 2008
Another aircraft bites the dust
Officials have been struggling for years to replace aging Toncontin International Airport, whose short runway, primitive navigation equipment and neighboring hills make it one of the world’s more dangerous. How many accidents and people killed do they need for things to start happen? Check out the videos around the airport as well.
landing strips. And now it has happened again, three people are killed, among them the captain of the aircraft. The A320 from TAPA Airlines skidded off the runway of the Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras.
