Comments on: A perfect storm in midair http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/06/04/a-perfect-storm-in-midair/ Same old blog, brand new place Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:29:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/06/04/a-perfect-storm-in-midair/comment-page-1/#comment-187466 Ben Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:58:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1658#comment-187466 I can't even imagine what it would be like to die in a plane crash like that. There's very little that would be more horrifying. To think of all those people dying like that almost makes me sick to my stomach. That's interesting information that you gave though. I hadn't heard any of that about the zone the plane was flying through. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to die in a plane crash like that. There’s very little that would be more horrifying. To think of all those people dying like that almost makes me sick to my stomach. That’s interesting information that you gave though. I hadn’t heard any of that about the zone the plane was flying through.

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/06/04/a-perfect-storm-in-midair/comment-page-1/#comment-174489 Doc Searls Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:22:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1658#comment-174489 Bodies found. A briefcase. And a case for clogged pitons. Ice, perhaps. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104776407 Bodies found. A briefcase. And a case for clogged pitons. Ice, perhaps. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104776407

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/06/04/a-perfect-storm-in-midair/comment-page-1/#comment-174429 Doc Searls Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:43:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1658#comment-174429 Thanks, Ed. For other readers, Ed is a friend and a highly experienced pilot. Ed, what do you think about the Air France news that some instrumentation having to do with air speed hadn't been updated on the plane. My understanding is that the pilots of this flight would have been hauling maximum ass in any case to keep high the ratio between forward motion and reduce the angles of winds off the direction of the flight. But maybe I'm wrong about that. Thanks, Ed. For other readers, Ed is a friend and a highly experienced pilot.

Ed, what do you think about the Air France news that some instrumentation having to do with air speed hadn’t been updated on the plane. My understanding is that the pilots of this flight would have been hauling maximum ass in any case to keep high the ratio between forward motion and reduce the angles of winds off the direction of the flight. But maybe I’m wrong about that.

]]> By: Ed Falk http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/06/04/a-perfect-storm-in-midair/comment-page-1/#comment-174377 Ed Falk Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:23:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1658#comment-174377 A good example of a thunderhead anvil can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cumulonimbus_NOAA_gov.jpg The spaces below the anvil part of the cloud look clear, but they're traps. You'll find extreme turbulence there. A good example of a thunderhead anvil can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cumulonimbus_NOAA_gov.jpg

The spaces below the anvil part of the cloud look clear, but they’re traps. You’ll find extreme turbulence there.

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/06/04/a-perfect-storm-in-midair/comment-page-1/#comment-173773 Doc Searls Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:54:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1658#comment-173773 Interesting. I didn't know composites were that widely used. I doubt we'll ever know in this case. Interesting. I didn’t know composites were that widely used. I doubt we’ll ever know in this case.

]]> By: Steve Katz http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/06/04/a-perfect-storm-in-midair/comment-page-1/#comment-173721 Steve Katz Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:59:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1658#comment-173721 Doc - here's another possible angle to the story - questions about carbon fiber composite materials from the New Scientist via Jim Ridgeway at Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/06/does-af-447-reveal-safety-risks-new-aircraft-materials Doc – here’s another possible angle to the story – questions about carbon fiber composite materials from the New Scientist via Jim Ridgeway at Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/06/does-af-447-reveal-safety-risks-new-aircraft-materials

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