German Wings A320 crashed

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03-24-2015, 03:11 AM

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German Wings A320 crashed

Developing story. Apparently in the French Alps, reports saying all 148 dead.

German Airbus A320 plane crashes in French Alps | World news | The Guardian

03-24-2015, 03:20 AM

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Germanwings A320 crashes, 150 feared dead

Germanwings plane crashes in France, up to 150 feared dead | Reuters

03-24-2015, 03:22 AM

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4U A320 Accident

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/europe/france-plane-crash/index.html

Sad news

I wouldn't be surprised if fatigue was a factor...

03-24-2015, 03:27 AM

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Apparently was at FL380, descended to FL240, and cockpit did issue a distress call.

03-24-2015, 03:36 AM

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NBC's Tom Costello

On this morning's Today show, Matt interviewed Tom Costello about the A320 crash. Tom described the Airbus as a fly-by-wire system, and that while he was visiting Airbus' manufacturing plant, they told him (I'm paraphrasing) that because its FBW and heavily automated, the pilot's do not have to be the "best pilots" or "cream of the crop" to fly the AB.

I had some respect for Costello (as far as media aviation "experts" go), but he really put his foot in his mouth this time.

03-24-2015, 04:07 AM

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Sad indeed.

This appears to be an enroute accident. Why do think that fatigue might be a factor?

03-24-2015, 04:17 AM

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Who watches news anymore?, specially with "aviation experts talking heads". Waste of time.

03-24-2015, 04:32 AM

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I was trying to get more information so I turned on CNN this morning, but couldn't last more than 2 minutes listening to their aviation experts and analysts.