Bomb Theory Remains Alive

As always, the bomb theory is always on the back of everyone's minds, whether we admit to it or not.

Satellite data has already shown that storms were sending 100mph winds straight into the Airbus's path at that time.

Ten minutes later, the plane sent a burst of automatic messages, indicating the autopilot had disengaged, the flight-control computer system had been switched to alternative-power and controls needed to keep the plane stable had been damaged.

Three minutes later, automatic messages warned that two other fundamental systems that monitor air speed, altitude and direction had failed. Then came a cascade of electrical failures in systems that control the main flight computer and wing spoilers.

The last message came at 11.14pm, indicating loss of air pressure and electrical failure. The newspaper said this could mean sudden depressurization, or that the plane was already falling into the ocean.

clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk Officials investigate Argentina bomb threat as pilot claims Air France Flight 447 was blown out of the sky by terrorists Air France received a bomb threat four days before Flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil, it emerged yesterday. One theory is that the jet was downed by a mid-air collision, possibly involving a military spy jet or an aircraft piloted by drug-runners. But an unidentified senior long-haul Air France pilot told a French newspaper: 'I have flown these jets for Air France for more than ten years and the chances of an electrical fault seem unfeasible to me. Aviation experts said the vast area over which debris has been found suggested there was an in-flight explosion, but that did not mean a bomb had to be the cause. Details of the messages sent by the plane just before it disappeared were published in a Brazilian newspaper yesterday.