I've suddenly started keeping track on this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8077437.stm


It has completely vanished, no wreckage, no distress signal. It is suspected that it was struck by lightning and that this caused an electrical fault. However, I read in another article there that planes get struck all the time, a strike should really not bring one down:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8078203.stm



Out with the tin foil hats my friends?

Seems like it lost contact for some reason, and then didn't make it where it was due.

As for lightening, it's quite common, and creates an effect called St Elmo's Fire (IIRC). A plane acts as a massive Faraday cage, so everything inside is safe.

the aliens are cometh! SUMMON WILL SMITH

Not just lost contact and did not make it, it has completely vanished.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8077304.stm

It's been missing for around two days.


The most likely thing is something broke mid-flight.

Alternatively, the more outlandish theory of abduction...well, you never know.

Brazil - France is mostly ocean, quite easy to lose something there.

Prob crash landed somewhere lol.

statistically speaking very few things get lost in the triangle

It could have been some sort of engineering fault. Maybe a lightning bolt breached in to the computer systems for example. I'm sure that a search party will be able to find something in that massive void of ocean. You would expect that if they crash landed in the ocean, assuming they could control the aelerons/rudders or whatever, then they would have escaped on to the emergency lifeboats. I've heard that the middle of the ocean is a pretty calm place. Either that or the biggest waves ever. Can't remember.

Side note: Recently saw a video of a guy getting a shock from an overhead electric cable. It was not pretty.

I was shocked when i heard this. Thing which shocked me the most is that one of the news readers just said. 5 British people died. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?!?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8079122.stm

It's not looking promising...but debris? Sounds like it may have exploded if those are verified to have come from the plane.

5 british? their not english 3 welsh and 1 irish not sure on other. but yeah it is a little biased......

Apparantly BNP execs were on board.

BALTANT TERRORISM, GET RID OF THE D****ES , BACK TO WHERE THEY COME FROM THEM BASARDS THEY STEELIN US JOBS !

is what will be shouted by the BNP supporters of Derbyshire.

*spits*

Families of passengers have been told to give up hope of survivors



schlurbi, planes are safer than cars ;D

But when you crash in cars, if you do it right and have your seatbelt off you can protend your superman for a short span of time

Yeah, planes are actually the safest form of transport. The reason we get told about them crashing is because it's big and rare.

this is true, but i think planesa re safer then cars by some huge ammount? dunno what it is.

The amount is hard to define, but the number of trips per crash is much much higher.

I think its somwhere in the region of 9001%

Well on the M6 which I frequently travel on theres maybe atleast 3-4 crashes a week, maybe more.

I flew above an electrical storm when flying over Pakistan. It was beautiful.

They have found bodies. Damn. Definitely looks like a no-survivors situation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8087303.stm