2008/11/27

Airbus Lost at Sea



What: Airbus A320 maintenance flight leased by Germany charter airline XL Airways and was due to return to service for Air New Zealand next month; flying from Perpignan airport
Where: off France's southern coast in the Mediterranean as it was approaching the Perpignan airport
When:
Who: 7 on board: Two German pilots, Another pilot and three engineers from Air New Zealand were also on board, as well as an aircraft inspector from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority. 2 bodies were recovered at sea
Why: 150-passenger plane, which was delivered to Air New Zealand in July 2005, had accumulated approximately 7,000 flight hours. The plane is in several pieces. A search is underway for the flight data boxes.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    Don't understand why the voice recorder was damaged. Aren't they solid state and designed to survive crashes? Could this be a cover up?
    Thanks Dave Dennis

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    I found a good artical in The National Business Review. Its seems that I'm not the only one who smells a rat.

    http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/french-authorities-stymie-air-nz-a320-
    crash-probe-report-39364

    Thanks Dave Dennis
    (davo.777@hotmail.com)

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2009 at 5:30 PM

    Another Article Re Black Box survivability of this crash

    http://www.geekzone.co.nz/DataCraft/6031

    Thanks
    Dave Dennis

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Honeywell have received the black boxes and were able to recover the data, however the information will not be released for "weeks". See NZ Herald artical.

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10551089

    Thanks Dave Dennis

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  5. George HatcherJanuary 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM

    Dave
    Just seeing if I can make the article link clickable.
    NZ Herald

    Thanks for the link

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