italianjon
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: London, UK
Posts: 111
There is lots of discussions about weather maps a speculation about the conditions in the vicinity of the last known postion, although does anyone know if there were any other aircraft following the same or parallel routes that experienced turbulence, CBs or other.
If this was the second AF flight from Rio to CDG, what routing did the first flight take and what en-route weather was experienced?
I am not speculating (famous last words before I get flamed
) I just feel that putting a map up and saying "ooo looks bad" and getting a confirmed report from another aircraft in the same bit of sky are two completely different things in understanding what weather the aircraft experienced.
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The weather you experience can be completely different for the flight 5 minutes in front of, or behind, you. Same goes for 5 miles either side, or even 1000' - 2000' above or below you.
We don't even know, at this point, if the aircraft was exactly on the airway or had deviated slightly for any weather.