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2005-08-16 Europe

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-08-16 10:14|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This CNN report shows a picture of the guy who claimed he got a text message from his cousin. He's bleeding from a nasty cut over the eye he got when he (ahem) fell at a prosecutor's office.

If, as this report says, twenty people were alive at the time of the crash, they can't have been without oxygen for much more than ten minutes. But the plane was unresponsive for hours.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-08-16 11:45|| http://darkblogules.blogspot.com]">[http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2005-08-16 11:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for the link, Angie. The guy looks like he got to the prosecutors' office via Chittagong and a RAB auto-rickshaw...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-08-16 12:10|| 2005-08-16 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 The contents of the black box were "ejected"??????

Posted by jawa` 2005-08-16 12:47|| 2005-08-16 12:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps the Cypriots like the audio quality of their 8 track tapes...

Posted by DanNY 2005-08-16 14:59|| 2005-08-16 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, without the flight data recorder, a definitive determination as to what the hell happened isn't likely to be in the cards....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-16 15:42|| 2005-08-16 15:42|| Front Page Top

#6 The device's internal components were ejected from the container when the plane crashed into a mountainous region north of Athens on Sunday, Akrivos Tsolakis, head of the Greek airline safety committee, told The Associated Press.
I'm calling bullshit.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-16 17:23|| 2005-08-16 17:23|| Front Page Top

#7 The flight data recorder was found.

"The only fortunate event in the investigation is that we have the flight data recorder," Tsolakis said, adding that the box would be flown to Paris on Wednesday for decoding.

The box that is missing is the Voice Recorder.

Posted by Chuck 2005-08-16 18:57|| 2005-08-16 18:57|| Front Page Top

#8 The voice recorder probably won't be helpful. I think it's only 30 minutes worth.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-08-16 21:29|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-08-16 21:29|| Front Page Top

#9 depends it it 30 min of real time sound or 30 minutes of actual human voice recording?

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-16 21:30|| 2005-08-16 21:30|| Front Page Top

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