Richard WestcottBBC Transport Correspondent This sudden disappearance is baffling experts. Pilots and investigators have described it as weird and bizarre. Most problems leave some kind of trace. If an aircrafts engines fail, it can still potentially glide for around 80 or 90 miles, giving the pilot time to radio a mayday call. If the cabin depressurises, maybe because it loses a window, the crew will rush to lose altitude, but the aircraft would not break up. Even if the pilots fell unconscious through lack of oxygen, the aircraft would keep flying and someone on the ground would notice it had gone quiet. There are emergency codes pilots can enter if a hijackers trying to break into the flight deck. And other aircraft flying around normally listen across to the emergency channel so theyre likely to have heard any distress call. It all points to a sudden, catastrophic break-up in mid-air. But until they find the aircraft they will struggle to work out why.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 03:55:10 +0000
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