Airbus A320 Crashes in Alps

delta0 said:
Another A320. Seems like a doomed aircraft.
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A bit worrying isn't it, if the A320 clocks up too many more disasters you may end up in a situation like the DC......10? where passengers were requesting to be transferred to other flights due to the planes reputation, and the knock on effect is falling stock prices for the manufacturer.
 
ubersonic said:
A bit worrying isn't it, if the A320 clocks up too many more disasters you may end up in a situation like the DC......10? where passengers were requesting to be transferred to other flights due to the planes reputation, and the knock on effect is falling stock prices for the manufacturer.
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Another ridiculous statement in response to a ridiculous statement.

If there's some major problem with the A320 family (which there isn't), it would have become apparent by now.
 
[TW]Fox;27818396 said:
I'd love to know what 'good reason' that was given that you landed safely and planes fly through poor weather on a daily basis :confused:
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People nearly have car crashes and arrive safely while quite shook up not sure your logic.
 
12 years ago our plane took off from Costa Blanca in a thunderstorm. As it was flying through the clouds you could hear the engines high pitched revs and then slowing down and then revving up again. The passengers at the front were above us then the plane dipped and were level and then above us again. The plane was creaking and making loads of knocking sounds and shaking violently. A stewardesses trolley shot down the centre aisle by itself. Looking out the window it was just like someone taking flash photography on a foggy day. I thought that was it. All the passengers on the plane were silent and I went all cold and clammy. Always remember my feet going very cold. Once we were above the clouds it was the smoothest of smooth flights. It put me off flying for the next 10 years.
 
[TW]Fox;27818396 said:
I'd love to know what 'good reason' that was given that you landed safely and planes fly through poor weather on a daily basis :confused:
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This is true, the only time I have ever been nervous bordering on fearful was on my 2nd ever flight. Returning from Malta to Manchester flying through a thunder storm I think it must have been by the lightning I could see out of the window. The plane suddenly dipped as though it had dropped for a few seconds (probably less just seemed longer). As it dropped all the lights went out and some kind alarm went off, the two women at the side of me all of a sudden had rosaries in their hands and were I think praying. Lights came back on and everything was back as it should be I did not think we were going to crash, just though hell I can do without this.

They are build for the stress of bad weather and turbulence, it can just get uncomfortable and even scary going though it if it's quite bad.
 
Civil aviation authorities told the agency: "The crew did not send a Mayday. It was air traffic control that decided to declare the plane was in distress because there was no contact with the crew of the plane."
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Is it normal for a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf to take that route over the Alps? Looking on a map, the straight line between the two cities doesn't intersect with the Alps region at all. Also, I would have thought that route wouldn't be used anyway because you always get turbulence going over the mounntains - so why would you want to inconvenience your passengers if you didn't have to?
 
Depending on the type of terrain that was involved, and the speed, things could have disintegrated pretty rapidly apon impact

Although could this have happened in the air?
 
scorza said:
Is it normal for a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf to take that route over the Alps? Looking on a map, the straight line between the two cities doesn't intersect with the Alps region at all. Also, I would have thought that route wouldn't be used anyway because you always get turbulence going over the mounntains - so why would you want to inconvenience your passengers if you didn't have to?
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Planes never fly in a straight line because it is a longer journey, and flight paths are both regulated and calculated to take advantage of winds.
 
"'Sixteen schoolchildren' on plane

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Sixteen schoolchildren and two teachers are believed to have been on the aircraft, a spokeswoman for the German town of Haltern am See has said. "We don't have any official confirmation yet," she added"


Also first reports on scene of no survivors found :(
 
neil_g said:
"'Sixteen schoolchildren' on plane

Posted at 14:37

Sixteen schoolchildren and two teachers are believed to have been on the aircraft, a spokeswoman for the German town of Haltern am See has said. "We don't have any official confirmation yet," she added"


Also first reports on scene of no survivors found :(
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Probably a school trip :( Terrible for them to go through that without their parents if that's the case :( :( :(
 
DJMK4 said:
Depending on the type of terrain that was involved, and the speed, things could have disintegrated pretty rapidly apon impact

Although could this have happened in the air?
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By sounds of it the wreckage seems to all be localised.

To be fair, something that is lightweight and designed to fly hitting anything in excess of 400mph isn't going to leave much behind.

... dare i say it's what a lot of people regarding the 9/11 Pentagon conspiracy theories failed to understand. :o
 
The chief executive of Germanwings has said that the plane went into eight-minute descent before crashing. Which must rule out any huge explosion.
 
The stats are still a testament to the safety of modern airliners. The A320 family has 6,200 aircraft in operation, and have done 85 million flights totalling 150 million flight-hours. Only 24 have had complete hull-loss accidents. 24 out of 85,000,000; barely 0.00003%.
 
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