Just days before the mysterious crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean, Brazilian authorities reportedly delayed a similar Air France flight from Buenos Aires to Paris after the airline received a bomb threat over the phone.
Police and officials at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza Airport spent 90 minutes inspecting the threatened plane for explosives on the evening of May 27, but found nothing, according to a Brazilian news report.
The head of France's accident investigation agency also said he is "not optimistic" that rescuers will recover the plane's black boxes, which are probably miles underwater.
Air France Flight 447 vanished Sunday night about four hours into its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The reason for the crash remained unclear, with fierce thunderstorms, lightning or a catastrophic combination of causes as possible theories."The nature of the debris, the concentration of the debris ... all combines to prove that the debris from Air France 447 has been found," French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck said Wednesday.Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told reporters in Rio that no bodies had been found and there was no signs of life.
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Let's see some current facts: 1) the plane contacted headquarters about faults in its systems; autopilot shutoff, depressurization. 2) No one from the cockpit made any contact with ground control. 3) there are 2 separate debris fields. 4) Flying through an area of intense thunderstorm activity raises several scenarios regarding the plane being disabled. ................
So far, it doesn't seem as if the plane came completely apart at its cruising altitude of 33,000 feet. I don't believe there would only be 2 distinct debris fields. And, remembering KAL007, it was able to continue flying at a much reduced capacity until it impacted the ocean. Of course, after the Soviets shot it down, they did a very thorough job of collecting the pieces, bodies and everything else of importance to hide their complicity.
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