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How Flight 447 Fell Intact From the Sky
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
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.
Who Was Flying Flight 447?
During its final minutes, while the jet was flying through a horrendous storm, the crew was content with the autopilot in control. The Daily Beast's aviation expert Clive Irving reports on the fatal error.
Last Words of Flight 447: From a Robot
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.
Did Lightning Bring Down Flight 447?
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.














