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Old 03-28-2014 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by JJ21
good points...the SwissAir aircraft (accident) lost both ACARS & comm.
Last VHF comm from Swissair 111 was at 0125Z. Aircraft struck the water at 0131Z. Not really lost comm. Typical short duration from start of fire to crash. First smoke detected at 0110Z.

I just don't see an airplane flying for hours after an inflight fire has destroyed most of the electronics and killed everybody on board...

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Clutch
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