Air France - Terrorism not ruled out
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henryhorn
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I do hope this isn't the case, some people's level of wickedness beggars' belief..
Sooty
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Well if that is the case, why were they allowed to board? Seems highly unlikely to me.
Scoopy
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I hope not
Vicki_Krystal
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i think it is a coincidence personally.
MagicMelon
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Doubt it, bit of a coincidence that there was a violent storm when it went down, and it was pretty far out over the atlantic, surely terrorists would only try to take over over / near land.
BBH
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If they are suicide bombers I doubt they worry where it blows up.
I really hope its not though.
I really hope its not though.
mtj
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hopefully this is coincidence.
though can not forget Lockerbie.
the flight was delayed. had it left on time, then the plane would have been miles from land
though can not forget Lockerbie.
the flight was delayed. had it left on time, then the plane would have been miles from land
clopper
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Just terrible whatever happened. mY husband thnk it was a bomb as he reckons plane has broken up inthe air. Puts me off flying - better staying at home with hrses!
BBH
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It might be a case that we never find out what caused it. Pilots on the telly have said planes today are the safest they have ever been so an answer would be good for the relatives.
AmyMay
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Terrorism is only terrorism if it has some sort of public impact that causes - terror.
This, I'm sure, was just the most terrible accident.
This, I'm sure, was just the most terrible accident.
Tinkerbee
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[ QUOTE ]
Terrorism is only terrorism if it has some sort of public impact that causes - terror.
This, I'm sure, was just the most terrible accident.
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But isn't the fact that any plane was blown up by terrorists pretty scary, no matter if over water/land/whatever? It would still cause fear in flying etc, which is surely the purpose achieved?
I still think it's coincidence though.
Terrorism is only terrorism if it has some sort of public impact that causes - terror.
This, I'm sure, was just the most terrible accident.
[/ QUOTE ]
But isn't the fact that any plane was blown up by terrorists pretty scary, no matter if over water/land/whatever? It would still cause fear in flying etc, which is surely the purpose achieved?
I still think it's coincidence though.
Thistle
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Surely if it was terrorism the organisations respomsible would be crowing about how well they had done the job.
TarrSteps
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AmyMay's point is that in order for people to be terrified they'd have to know that the incident was intentional. So yes, it would matter very much where and when the attack took place as in the middle of nowhere, with no proof either way, doesn't gain them anything. As it stands now, no one creditable has taken responsibility.
Alas, planes do fall out of the sky. Maybe not so often anymore and certainly smaller ones seem more prone, but the fact is if you put something that big that high up and something goes wrong . . . that is, after all, why they make such good targets. But nothing in life is perfect either and accidents, much as we would like it not to be the case, still do happen.
Poor people, poor families. I hope the passengers didn't see it coming. And now I'm going to stop thinking about it before I get on my transatlantic flight next month.
Alas, planes do fall out of the sky. Maybe not so often anymore and certainly smaller ones seem more prone, but the fact is if you put something that big that high up and something goes wrong . . . that is, after all, why they make such good targets. But nothing in life is perfect either and accidents, much as we would like it not to be the case, still do happen.
Poor people, poor families. I hope the passengers didn't see it coming. And now I'm going to stop thinking about it before I get on my transatlantic flight next month.
qwertyuiop
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I can think of many many reasons that would cause an airliner to fall out of the sky, and actually terrorism is the least I worry about as that means the aircraft did not fail catastrophically.
The latter is much more scary as we might never know whether it was a stall, overspeed, electrical/hydraulic systems failure, engine uncontained disk or lock-plate failure, engine uncontained fan blade failure, engine mainline shaft overspeed, double engine compressor stall, fuel/oil/hydraulic major leak, fuselage fatigue failure, explosive fuselage decompression, etc., etc., etc.
Flying is still the safest means of transport though.
The latter is much more scary as we might never know whether it was a stall, overspeed, electrical/hydraulic systems failure, engine uncontained disk or lock-plate failure, engine uncontained fan blade failure, engine mainline shaft overspeed, double engine compressor stall, fuel/oil/hydraulic major leak, fuselage fatigue failure, explosive fuselage decompression, etc., etc., etc.
Flying is still the safest means of transport though.
suzysparkle
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I very much suspect some kind of error, pilot or system, led the aircraft into a CB (cumulonimbus cloud - ie a huge thunderstorm). Something that they are meant to stay well away from. A CB is certainly capable of overstressing even an A340.
There are other possibilities (such as terrorism or a massive structural failure for example) but given there was very bad weather in the area the CB theory seems the most likely. Untill, and if, they find the black boxes I doubt we'll know for sure.
Don't let it put anyone off flying. Thousands of aircraft fly every day. It's still a lot safer than travelling by car. Little consolation to those affected by this tragedy though.
There are other possibilities (such as terrorism or a massive structural failure for example) but given there was very bad weather in the area the CB theory seems the most likely. Untill, and if, they find the black boxes I doubt we'll know for sure.
Don't let it put anyone off flying. Thousands of aircraft fly every day. It's still a lot safer than travelling by car. Little consolation to those affected by this tragedy though.
Daisy11
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i think if it was a act of terrorism i think that they would of wanted to make it more known ie more of a public place for it to blow up .
not for something that went down with out even a word of mayday
not for something that went down with out even a word of mayday
AmyMay
Situation normal
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Terrorism is only terrorism if it has some sort of public impact that causes - terror.
This, I'm sure, was just the most terrible accident.
[/ QUOTE ]
But isn't the fact that any plane was blown up by terrorists pretty scary, no matter if over water/land/whatever? It would still cause fear in flying etc, which is surely the purpose achieved?
I still think it's coincidence though.
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Yes, but in order for terrorism to work - someone has to announce responsibility - no one has - hence my reasoning that it is more than likely some terrible accident.
[ QUOTE ]
Terrorism is only terrorism if it has some sort of public impact that causes - terror.
This, I'm sure, was just the most terrible accident.
[/ QUOTE ]
But isn't the fact that any plane was blown up by terrorists pretty scary, no matter if over water/land/whatever? It would still cause fear in flying etc, which is surely the purpose achieved?
I still think it's coincidence though.
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Yes, but in order for terrorism to work - someone has to announce responsibility - no one has - hence my reasoning that it is more than likely some terrible accident.