Air France Flight Missing

[embpic1]

Ok, this is getting weird. According to a news report I saw, none of the recovered wreckage is from the A330. There is definitely debris out there including an aircraft seat. Could they have had a midair with someone flying through the airspace illegally (drug run, transponder off etc..)?

 

[B-atch]

Drug smugglers normally don't fly at FL 350.......

 

[embpic1]

Drug smugglers normally don't fly at FL 350.......

Drug smugglers have been known to use 727s, DC-8s, G2s etc. Trust me, they can get to FL 350.

The point is that they are finding aircraft parts that are not from the 330.

 

[airplane wizard]

The pilots should have direct control of the aircraft...no moving of a joystick...which signals a computer to signal a flight control actuator. Bound to cause an accident sooner or later.

 

[PropPiedmont]

Drug smugglers have been known to use 727s, DC-8s, G2s etc. Trust me, they can get to FL 350.

The point is that they are finding aircraft parts that are not from the 330.

If I were flying drugs, up high, I don't think I'd be at FL350.....Maybe FL355 or 345, you know, a little safety cushion.

 

[SennaP1]

The pilots should have direct control of the aircraft...no moving of a joystick...which signals a computer to signal a flight control actuator. Bound to cause an accident sooner or later.

Thank you Captain.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

The pilots should have direct control of the aircraft...no moving of a joystick...which signals a computer to signal a flight control actuator. Bound to cause an accident sooner or later.

I guess boeing didn't get that memo when they designed the 777.

 

[poppi]

The pilots should have direct control of the aircraft...no moving of a joystick...which signals a computer to signal a flight control actuator. Bound to cause an accident sooner or later.

Direct law is the lowest level of computer flight control and occurs with certain multiple failures.

• Pilot control inputs are transmitted unmodified to the control surfaces, providing a direct relationship between sidestick and control surface.

 

[SennaP1]

I guess boeing didn't get that memo when they designed the 777.

Someone tell the USAF, Navy, Marines, ... too.

And Embraer.

Who else?

 

[Lear70]

Thank you Captain.

Beat me to it... :smash: