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applegrove

(118,767 posts)
2. It was announced that CNN would cover the pilots last words. I'm watching the situation
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 07:13 PM
Jan 2020

room to see what it is. I thought others might want to listen to Wolfe Blitzer on that story too.

applegrove

(118,767 posts)
6. I didn't think of that. Yes too soon for black boxes. They used the
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 07:55 PM
Jan 2020

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words cockpit recordings or cockpit recorded. I should have thought that through.

applegrove

(118,767 posts)
9. 'cockpit recordings' is not specific as 'cockpit voice recordings'. They usually
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 08:27 PM
Jan 2020

say 'voice' when they mean one of the black boxes. I would doubt if Iran has access to that data. I think Iran may have mentioned getting canada's help if they can't decode the two black boxes, at least one of which was damaged. Anyhow. Seems more and more like a missile. Now Iran has a 'bomb on board' theory. Grasping at straws because they had at least a day to plan the attack and that should have involved clearing the airspace. Trudeau has a tough road to walk insisting on data and that political considerations in Iran are not allowed to muddy the waters. Iran opposition had joined with the hardliners after Soleimani's death. Anti iran factions in Iraq had joined with the iranians too. They no doubt will want to keep these advantages as the investigation slowly rolls along. We should know more Saturday when the Iranians are holding a press conference. Such a waste of the young. Such negligence.

applegrove

(118,767 posts)
13. Iran just showed pictures of the two black boxes on tv (canadian tv had it). As
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 10:03 PM
Jan 2020

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per usual they were not actually black but orangy red and i only really saw one cylinder. So they have not got any data from them.

jpak

(41,758 posts)
8. If the aircraft comms were terminated without warning
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 08:12 PM
Jan 2020

It was a missile strike.

Engine fires don't do that.

jpak

(41,758 posts)
11. I lived and worked in Newfoundland for 4 years
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 08:42 PM
Jan 2020

And I know how devastated my Canadian friends are today.

I don't think Americans can really appreciate how sad this is for them...

applegrove

(118,767 posts)
12. I am way out of the loop but just the youth of so many gets to me. And the
Fri Jan 10, 2020, 08:46 PM
Jan 2020

families. And the family members who are alive but suddenly solo. Everyone of them had a dream. The young do.

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