Air France Crash: 'Black Box Signals Located'

[4me2]

Signals have been picked up from the black boxes of the Air France plane which crashed into the Atlantic, according to reports.




Debris from the crash has been taken to dry land in Brazil


French naval vessels detected a weak signal from the flight data recorders, Le Monde newspaper said.
A mini-submarine, the Nautile, has been sent to try to find the boxes on the bottom of the ocean floor.
The black boxes could contain vital information which may explain what happened when the Airbus A330 crashed into the water, killing all 228 people on board.
Locator beacons, known as "pingers", on the flight recorders send out an electronic impulse every second for at least 30 days after a crash.
The signal can be heard up to 2km (1.2 miles) away.


Flight AF447 fell into the ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on May 31, meaning its black boxes will only send signals until the end of the month.
French vessels involved in the search operation include a nuclear submarine with advanced sonar equipment and a research ship equipped with mini-submarines.
Ten of the 50 bodies recovered from the crash have been identified as Brazilians, five men and five women.
One "foreigner of the male sex" has also been identified, although his nationality has not been revealed.
The location of the crash, as well as the depth and surface of the ocean floor, have made the search for bodies and debris difficult.
The wreckage of the plane is thought to lie anywhere between a depth of 1km (0.6 miles) and 4km (2.5 miles).


http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...t_To_Find_Them

[kracken]

Have you seen the 2 photos from inside the plane as it's crashing showing tail section ripped off and someone getting "sucked out" ?
I have them on me laptop at home and will upload when home

maybe fake , maybe not

[BertRoot]

Have you seen the 2 photos from inside the plane as it's crashing showing tail section ripped off and someone getting "sucked out" ?
I have them on me laptop at home and will upload when home

maybe fake , maybe not

Oo yeah being a ghoul I would like to see these.

[GTI]

Sky have just updated their story on 4me2's original link....

Sounds In Ocean 'Not From Air France Plane'

10:26am UK, Tuesday June 23, 2009
Sounds detected in the Atlantic did not come from the black boxes of the Air France plane which crashed into the ocean, a French official has said.


Debris from the crash has been taken to dry land in Brazil

Le Monde newspaper earlier reported that French naval vessels had picked up signals from the jet's flight data recorders.
A mini-submarine, the Nautile, had been sent to try to find the boxes on the bottom of the ocean floor, the paper added.
But the sounds were not signals from the flight's voice or data recorders, an aide to French minister Jean-Louise Borloo said.
She confirmed the black boxes had not yet been detected.
The boxes could contain vital information which may explain what happened when the Airbus A330 crashed into the water, killing all 228 people on board.
Locator beacons, known as "pingers", on the flight recorders send out an electronic impulse every second for at least 30 days after a crash.
The signal can be heard up to 2km (1.2 miles) away.

[BertRoot]

No explanation as to what the sounds were though.

[purpleanimal23]

Have you seen the 2 photos from inside the plane as it's crashing showing tail section ripped off and someone getting "sucked out" ?
I have them on me laptop at home and will upload when home

maybe fake , maybe not

Sounds very much like lost lol.

[kracken]

The 2 photos below were *apparently taken by one of the passengers in the aircraft, just before the aircraft crashed. The photos were retrieved from the cameras memorystick. In the first photo, there is a gaping hole in the fuselage through which you can see the tail and vertical fin of the aircraft. In the second photo, one of the passengers is being sucked out of the gaping hole.

The photos were found in a digital Casio Z750 amidst the remains in Serra do Cachimbo. Although the camera was destroyed, the memory stick was recovered.

Investigation of the serial number of the camera the owner was identified as Paulo G Muller, an actor of a theatre for children known in the outskirts of Porto Alegre.

It can be imagined that he was standing during the turbulance, he managed to take the photos, just seconds after the tail loss the aircraft plunged.

The camera was found near the cockpit.

Paulo Muller leaves behind two daughters, Bruna and Beatriz

[flipper321]

Lol...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/brazil737.asp

[kracken]

Lol...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/brazil737.asp

Myth Busted lol

I did say "maybe fake , maybe not"

[muttleymacclad]

As much as i'd love those photo's to be real, they just have to be fake.

I mean, if you were about to die would you really get your camera out and take a picture behind you?

Dozens of other reasons why it has to be fake.

Snopes confirms they're fake: http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/brazil737.asp

MML

Edit: beaten by flipper by 2 minutes.

The photos were found in a digital Casio Z750 amidst the remains in Serra do Cachimbo. Although the camera was destroyed, the memory stick was recovered.

Investigation of the serial number of the camera the owner was identified as Paulo G Muller, an actor of a theatre for children known in the outskirts of Porto Alegre.

It can be imagined that he was standing during the turbulance, he managed to take the photos, just seconds after the tail loss the aircraft plunged.

The camera was found near the cockpit.

Paulo Muller leaves behind two daughters, Bruna and Beatriz

[c0axial]

Wasnt it Dark when the Plane went down

[tawny]

Wasnt it Dark when the Plane went down

That was the first thing that crossed my mind, well, that and Lost, oh and the none Air France tail lol

[purpleanimal23]

lol, I was spot on without even looking, you can see Kate on the front seat from the first season of lost.

[Nikki]

i thought it was dark to