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Old 4th Jun 2009, 07:58
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Air France A330 accident

Hi All,



At this early stage, by looking at the wreckage floating on the water, is it possible to determine whether the AF A330-200 experienced an inflight Break Up or It breaks up on impact with the water?

If, it was an inflight Break Up, would that be possible to predict whether it is an excessive aerodynamic force induced Break Up, or if the Break Up was caused by - i.e. Bomb?

Specific to the A330 200 operated by Air France, does anyone knows if the ACARS also transmit excessive G force experienced by the aircraft?

I haven't flown any Airbus FBW nor have I got any appreciable knowledge of the flight control logic, according to what I gather from the media and some posts on the AF330 Thread, there have been discussion about the ACARS sending "electrical fault" message, in this case, would the fault degrade the flight control system so much as to the crew lost the flight envelope protection?

Thank you all!

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