Please enjoy reading reading the transcript of her resignation announcement. It seems clear she wrote it herself as no speechwriter would have used so many capital letters for Important Things or put quotes around "points of emphasis" or used the amazing construction of the final sentence...

In the area after last contact until position of the wreck, they were most likely communicating via HF radio, and if surrounded by all the static of the CB's they might have been unable to hear anyone calling them or the ground station has been unable to hear them. Other aspects of HF radio wave pr...

OK, would anyone like to explain (/parlour talk) this one... Here is a diagram from the preliminary report - airfrance.jpg According to the report, the last radio contact was at 01.35.43 At 1 h 35 min 46 s, the controller asked them to maintain FL350 and to give their estimated time at the TASIL poi...

ok, ok, i wasn't trying to be whiny or overly PC, just gently pointing out that the tone seemed a bit off. Actually, I think one important reason why we tend to engage with Western airline crashes more as a "tragedy" than just an "event" is the kind of media coverage they get. Th...

guys, I'm all up for having a laugh, but I can't help but feel that if this was a western airline people would be treating it with a little more solemnity

so that's a tie for the Brits and Yanks, with a total of 13 different nationalities. Well, as a typical Yank, I don't like even to think about parity with the Brits, so -- since I failed to vote -- here you go: American residing in USA speaking English. it's good, but no cigar - I already took the ...

well I have collected and tabulated the results! :geek: Where people have given more than one answer (e.g. for languages spoken) I have taken the first one. This is the agregate of 35 respondents. Nationality - English (8); American (8); Canadian (5); German (4); Australian (2); Danish (1); Austrian...

Even though my friend, Giles, appears to want to challenge the competency of the driver but not offer any solutions, as I said earlier, I think there is a great discussion just waiting to happen re: avoiding complaceny when working in a highly automated system. This is an interesting point, and one...

It makes me sad, because if only flyboy had been born with a normal size penis he wouldn't have developed such a "small-dicked personality" and he might have become a fully functioning member of society

I'm sure that's true, Katie, and I'm sure a western passport doesn't hurt either, butcher or ditchdigger notwithstanding.

what.a.prick

I'm tempted to join in, but

Something we all want to see: Chubby people live longest: Japan study ...snip... The normal range is 18.5 to 25, with thinness defined as under 18.5. A BMI of 25 to 30 was classed as slightly overweight and an index above 30 as obese. The funny thing is that this is not new news - pretty much *all*...

Would those of you following this event on the other media channels out there kindly post a few good resources for breaking news and information on this event please. Thanks. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2488650/More-French-jet-debris-found.html http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archi...

i thought i'd let you know - because i know you'll all be ecstatic - that i now have tickets for the gig on thursday!!! :mrgreen: so i'm going to be at a 200 person venue with cristina! so who wants to start the bidding for my second ticket? ;) i'm about to go away for the weekend, so am short of t...

D-A-D

? you're going to have to give me some more clues here...
Dutch, America, Dutch?
Djiboutian, Andorra, Danish?!

Furthermore:

yeah, and i'm going to be a few feet from her tomorrow night

now back on topic!

I live in the United States (from Ohio, go to school in Indiana, working in Missouri for the summer), I'm a US citizen, and I speak English (and some Spanish). Very exciting, I know. :shock: yeah, obviously there are going to be a lot of "US, US, English" ones, but stick 'em down anyway, ...

My name is karl
I live in French Quebec.
Damn.

ok, let me help you out - you live in england, you're british, your first language is english and your name is Sickbag

my boyfriend (also a scientist)

Well economics isn't exactly a science but for the sake of household peace and tranquility I'll just put on my "You're right, as always, dear" face.

i was trying to put them off the scent

As we all know, AD.info is an extremely diverse and multinational community. I often find myself wondering exactly how many countries we have people from here, so I thought I'd do a little roll call to see if we can answer this question. Where is everyone from? Put your country of residence and (bec...

I read somewhere, after they had recovered a total of eight bodies, that so many were males, so many were females, but one was not identifiable. So I guess the lower part of the body got ripped away or got ripped by sharks. Obviously a lot of sharks are around in that part of the ocean. I am going ...

Same announcement suggested some of the bodies are identifiable from photographs. This would suggest a relatively low energy impact. Looking for some other online source for confirmation. Absolutely. When I heard that "bodies" had been found, I assumed they were talking about "body p...

There is always a first time. (And why did Birgenair crash? wasn't it a blocked pitot tube? Only one? Not two as might be the case here?) Birgenair crashed because of dumb-ass pilots, primarily captain. The A330 has several pages full of instructions for unreliable airspeed, including procedures fo...

my boyfriend (also a scientist) Either Giles is a scientist or he is very disappointed today. Sadly Giles and I quickly realised that the distances between us mean that our relationship just can't work. As a result I've had to settle for someone closer to home who can provide me with the limitless ...

Mmmmm..... http://www.metalinjection.net/photos/Lacuna_Coil2.jpg oh god, don't even get me started!! that's why i have *got* to get those tickets for next week :twisted: i thought i'd let you know - because i know you'll all be exstatic - that i now have tickets for the gig on thursday!!! :mrgreen:...