It cam down just off the Brazilian coast, so it's not the Bermuda.

From the official authorities in Paris, there is no hope to find the plane at this point. :shocked:

This is horrible for the families of all those people.

Will we find out what happened though? This is blooming fascinating!

the plane would have run out of fuel by now!

They must know something that's going on. I think there's more to this than they're letting on

The plane should have had landed in Paris 2 hours ago. From the official weather specialists, there's been some trouble in the highs near the Equator hence it could explain why it disappeared from the radar but it doesn't explain why it didn't land in Paris.

ohh axiom. come on... the plane has either ditched or crashed. it has now run out of fuel. planes disappear. AIRFRANCE DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON! just like us.

Can someone who knows something about planes answer this.
The French officials saying it would've run out of fuel by now...

What? Surely they didn't think it was still flying? Otherwise why didn't it land?

if they had successfully ditched, then we would have been getting emergency signals by now!

no they don't think it is still flying, they're ruling out the fact that it is! by saying there is no fuel left!

Jesus calm down lmao, I'm only trying to speculate like everybody else. And I reckon they know more than us....obviously.

If it had unsuccessfully ditched, or simply lost control in highs across the equator... why wasn't a distress signal sent? Or any sort of signal?

I know a bit about the planes (shipping and aviation degree :hugesmile:).
The fuel put in the plane is previously determined by the kilometres and the time it is supposed to make + a bit more of time in case of any emergency.

However, 2 hours is way too long hence now there are no hopes left.
If the plane did land in Africa or in some islands, Air France would have been informed by now which isn't the case. It just cannot be a fuel problem since it was determined before the flight.

if they knew more than we do, then we would know too.


they wouldn't risk not telling people. they could get in alot of trouble for not telling the whole truth!

On Sky News and BBC News, experts have been saying that it is extremely unlikley that the plane has ditched (crashed) because when it vanished it was over 30,000 feet, they also say that double engine faliure is extremely unlikley because this plane model is new and one of the most reliable in the world.
They believe it was a more 'catastrophic incident' than a mere ditch or engine failure (possibly a bomb)

there is a liquid ban on planes now! the whole 100ml thing remember!

detonators and bombs in baggage would have been discovered!

That plane is one of the most reliable in the world but it also had some problems and crashes like in Toulouse in 2007. It had to be updated many times.
A double engine failure is possible but VERY VERY unlikely.

more than likely something went wrong with the plane and it ripped apart.

it takes less than seconds for a plane to rip apart.

Think about governments...when they want to cover something up, they will, and with crises such as this, they won't release any info to the public until they know what's happened themselves.

This is Brazil we are talking about plus those rules have been relaxed

I agree, some people know but now, it's a bit too early to talk about it especially when it's a national day off, it's Whit Monday over there so the government isn't working.

No offence, but you don't really know the government. I'm not saying they're doing it out of malice, but everything will be filtered from them.