Death in the Atlantic: The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447 – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Disasters, Accidents, Air Flight, Air France, Air France Flight, Civil Aviation, Crash, Final Four, Flight International, Four Minutes, France News, History Of Aviation, International Flight, News International, Online News, Paris, Reconstruction, Rio, Safety Problems, Spiegel, Spiegel Online

The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation. After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong. The reconstruction of the horrific final four minutes reveal continuing safety problems in civil aviation.
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Did terrorism bring down flight 447?

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Air Flight, Air France, Air France Flight, Air Tragedy, Brazil, Exclusive Report, Flight 447, Flight Information, French Investigators, L Express, Muslims, Paris, Passenger List, Revelation, terror, Terrorism

New information came to light this morning that is making French investigators wonder if terrorism brought down Air France Flight 447 last week.
From the article:
The day after DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources’ revelation of Tuesday, June 9, that French security was going through the doomed Air France flight’s passenger list for suspected terror links, the Paris weekly [...]

How to Survive A Disaster

Posted by Matt in May 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Act, Air France, Air France Crash, Air France Crash In Toronto, Brains, Catastrophes, Cuban American, Decorum, Disaster, Disaster Victims, Earthquake, Extreme Duress, Flight Crew, Flight Safety, Heroic Acts, High Heeled Shoes, How To Survive A Disaster, Irrationality, Mass Deaths, Odds, Panic Attack, People, Personality, Ripley Ms, Safety Card, Stairwells, survival, Survival Skills, Takeoff, Tower 1, Water Heater

This is a fascinating article about survival in a disaster. Most people tend to freeze in a disaster, but the thing to do is act. I recommend reading this article.
From the article:
But survival is not just a product of luck. We can do far more than we think to improve our odds of preventing and [...]