Ill-fated Flight 447
The ill-fated Air France flight no. 447 disappeared with 228 people on board while flying through a fierce Atlantic storm on June 01 last. It is feared that all the people on board of the 4-year old Air France Airbus-330 were killed when the plane met with an on-air tragic accident. The Brazilian military search team has discovered plane debris in the middle of the Atlantic on Tuesday. The potential causes of the crash as assumed by the experts include shifting winds and hail from towering thunderheads, lightning or a combination of other factors. It is gathered that an automatic message sent from the plane just before it disappeared said that the plane was losing pressure and had experienced an electrical failure.
What a heart-breaking accident! I would like to extend profound condolences on the tragic demise of all the people on board the ill-fated flight no. 447 and heartfelt sympathy to their nearest and dearest ones. May God give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Perhaps time has come for the Airbus and other aeroplane industries to strengthen R&D activities towards innovating new technologies for safer and reliable electrical and electronic systems in the aircrafts.
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