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A Germanwings (Lufthansa subsidiary) Airbus A-320-200 airliner has crashed in the French Alps. It is reported to have carried 154 people on board (including 6 crew members). Unfortunately, no survivors have been found so far. There were reports about the crew sending out distress calls shortly before the crash. The flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf was last registered on the radar at 6800 feet.
http://www.laprovence.com/article/actualites/3326948/un-airbus-a320-secrase-dans-les-alpes-de-haute-provence.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/us-france-crash-airbus-lufthansa-idUSKBN0MK0ZP20150324
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/24/german-a320-airbus-plane-crashes-french-alps
[Edit 16:35 UTC. janrinok. Source: BBC] The 'black box' has been recovered. The aircraft descent took place over a period of approximately 8 minutes, and communication between the crew and the French air traffic controllers was 'broken' when the aircraft was at an altitude of around 6000 feet. The TV pictures being broadcast show a large number of helicopters being deployed to a snow free landing-zone but the surrounding mountains have significant snow cover and there is a low cloudbase. French authorities have said that the recovery of the bodies will take 'several days'.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday March 26 2015, @10:16PM
I'm not saying freak things don't happen. But if it's not a freak thing, it can be prevented in the future. I would much rather somebody gets blamed and fired over it, and the problem fixed, than we just say, "Oh well, it was an act of God. Maybe it'll happen again. But at least no one's feelings were hurt!"
Deciding whether or not the accident could have been avoided seems like a rather pointless exercise. It wasn't, so the bad thing happened. At that point you just want to know whether it can be fixed/avoided next time. Saying "this guy fucked up" doesn't bring back the victims.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday March 27 2015, @10:02AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday March 27 2015, @03:35PM
No, you hope it was a freak accident and I hope somebody fucked up.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"