Just signed on & read this. Forgive me if it's already posted.
BREAKING #Germanwings #4U9525 Second black box found, but severely damaged; memory chip dislodged and missing.
https://twitter.com/airlivenet/status/580732959193473024
Old article from 2012 in regards to engine oil vapors in some Germanwings flights.
Toxic Fumes: German Airline Safety Issues Larger than Thought
http://www.spiegel.de/international...t-german-airlines-prompt-action-a-860044.html
Ugh.The first box is a 'maybe' and this one seems a loss. I hate unsolved mysteries. Especially since in this case finding out what happened may be crucial to prevent more of this going on in the future.
In Paris, the French air accident investigation bureau opened and began to examine the damaged cockpit voice recorder that was found in the wreckage of the plane in a rocky raving in the southern French Alps. The recorder is "damaged, but readable," French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told journalists outside his ministry in Paris.
http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-france-airline-crash-20150325-story.html#navtype=outfit
bbm
The memory card for the flight data recorder is just gone? Why is everything so shady with all of these airlines? Jeez.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...us-320-crash-victims-to-be-named-live-updatesReuters reports that the French air accident investigator, BEA, says it has successfully extracted recordings from the cockpit voice recorder of the downed Germanwings Jet, contradicting the New York Times report from earlier.
Mr Jouty confirmed that members of his team had listened to the recording and heard voices, but would not give any more details.
Mr Jouty: Hope to have first rough ideas from the voice recorder in a few days. A fuller understanding will take weeks or even months.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/li...us-320-crash-victims-to-be-named-live-updatesJouty refuses to comment on the voices in the sound recorder. The speed of descent was about 3,500ft per minute, he says. There is a question about rumours of lithium in the cargo. Jouty says such questions have to be investigated.
Jouty can’t say how long it will take to study the audio file, whose voice it is and to interpret the information. “It will take time.” He can’t specify the length of time of the files or the language of the pilots.
more at linkAccident investigators have traced a fire that destroyed a UPS Boeing 747 in the United Arab Emirates in 2010 to the lithium batteries being carried in the cargo hold. Unless something is done to prevent similar disasters, the FAA now says such crashes are all but inevitable in the future.
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A mother and daughter from Northern Virginia were among those killed . The mother was identified as Yvonne Selke of Nokesville, Va., she was an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. in Washington. Her daughter's name was not released by Germanwings or AP, but a sorority at Drexel University in Philadelphia posted about her on its Facebook page.
The message from Gamma Sigma Sigma Zeta reads:
"Zeta chapter is mourning the loss of our beautiful alumni, Emily Selke. Emily and her mother were abroad the plane from Barcelona to Düsseldorf that crashed yesterday. Emily served as our membership VP while in Zeta and she was an integral part of our growing chapter. She embodied the spirit of Gamma Sigma Sigma. As a person and friend, Emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. Emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters of Zeta. Please keep Emily, her mother and their family in your thoughts and prayers during this heartbreaking time."