Comments for The Abnormal Distribution http://www.abnormaldistribution.org We distribute thoughts Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:05:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 Comment on AF 447 ACARS Messages: Reading Tea Leaves by nonducor http://www.abnormaldistribution.org/2009/06/11/af-447-acars-messages-reading-tea-leaves/#comment-526 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:41:37 +0000 http://www.abnormaldistribution.org/2009/06/11/af-447-acars-messages-reading-tea-leaves/#comment-526 One point I would like to add, relating to the possibility of a supercooled water storm, is that I have once witnessed, in a transoceanic flight, the crew with its weather radar off, for at least one and a half our of flight. I was visiting the cockpit at the time (these were pre-9/11 times) and I asked the pilots about the radar Only then they noticed that the radar was off, and promptly turned it on. The plane was an MD11 (I think), so I don't know if it would be possible to happen in an A330. As unlikely as this seems, aircraft crashes are also quite unlikely, and never due to only one event or failure. That is my small contribution to this tea-leaf reading. One point I would like to add, relating to the possibility of a supercooled water storm, is that I have once witnessed, in a transoceanic flight, the crew with its weather radar off, for at least one and a half our of flight. I was visiting the cockpit at the time (these were pre-9/11 times) and I asked the pilots about the radar Only then they noticed that the radar was off, and promptly turned it on. The plane was an MD11 (I think), so I don’t know if it would be possible to happen in an A330.

As unlikely as this seems, aircraft crashes are also quite unlikely, and never due to only one event or failure.

That is my small contribution to this tea-leaf reading.

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