How Flight 447 Fell Intact From the Sky
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
It was no belly-landing, writes aviation expert Clive Irving. Rather, the jet dropped from the stormy sky and ripped into the water with great violence-but the question remains: Why?
Flight 447's Deadly Scenario
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
The pilots of the Air France jetliner had only seconds to grasp the grim fate of faulty speed readings, writes aviation expert Clive Irving. And it was already too late.
Last Words of Flight 447: From a Robot
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
What happened, says Clive Irving, was so sudden and so traumatic that the crew was disabled, perhaps unconscious from G-forces, leaving the computer to send a final burst of data.
7 Theories on the Crash of Flight 447
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Was it a lightning strike, an electrical failure, or violent turbulence? As possible debris of Air France 447 surfaced 600 miles off the coast of Brazil on Tuesday morning, The Daily Beast tracked down seven expert theories on the cause for the mysterious crash that killed all 228 on board.
Did Lightning Bring Down Flight 447?
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
The 228 people on an Air France flight that disappeared over the Atlantic this morning are now presumed dead-possibly the victim of a lightning strike. Aviation expert Clive Irving on why that's the most troubling theory of all.
Where Is Flight 447?
Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation.
An Air France jet bound for Paris from Rio De Janeiro fell off the radar this morning with 228 people on board. Aviation expert Clive Irving on the immediate challenge of figuring out what happened.
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