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<p>Isn’t this tragic? My heart goes out to all those people and hopefully there are some survivors. How does this happen? This is why so many people don’t like flying, but flying is safe usually.</p>
<p>Flying is safer than driving to the grocery store, or even walking down the stairs.</p>
<p>Still, this is an incredible tragedy. I doubt that there will be any survivors, as it is nearly impossible to ditch successfully in the ocean in the middle of the night. It seems like something happened very quickly that brought the aircraft down, possibly a structural failure or even an act of terrorism. We will have to see what the CVR and FDR say.</p>
<p>I know flying is safer than driving a car. I don’t think you can die if you trip on stairs though. </p>
<p>Yeah, what would you do if this happen to you? You can’t just swim in the ocean, it seemed like it happened in the sky and there were storms with lighting. I do not think terriorism is part of ths though.</p>
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<p>Actually, more Americans die from falls down stairs each year than die on commercial airliners. </p>
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<p>It is likely that the passengers had no chance. If the aircraft broke up mid-flight, however (which all indications point to right now), then the passengers would likely only be conscious for several seconds after the catastrophe occurred. </p>
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<p>We’ll see. No distress call would mean a catastrophic and rapid failure, however, and that has all the hallmarks of some type of explosion or even catastrophic turbulence (which would be extremely rare).</p>
<p>I did not know that.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s really sad. I do agree.</p>
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<p>My ex’s dad fell down the stairs and died.</p>
<p>This is extremely, extremely sad. I cannot fathom the pain the family of those on board are feeling right now.</p>
<p>I heard on CNN that there was a 3 hour delay between when the flight disappeared off radar and when the Brazilian air force began searching. I wonder why that was.</p>
<p>It also appears that the passengers on board were from [all</a> over,](<a href=“Air France Flight 447 - Wikipedia”>Air France Flight 447 - Wikipedia) including 2 Americans.</p>
<p>I really hope there some survivors, I know it’s not likely. But I hope for the best.</p>
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<p>I would think that more people walk down stairs than go on commercial airliners. :P</p>
<p>That is true logic!!!</p>
<p>why is the tongue thing not working</p>
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<p>nevermind</p>
<p>What are you saying???</p>
<p>I heard it was 6 Americans, not 2. Although that <em>was</em> Fox reporting, so you never know…</p>
<p>I heard 2 it was on AOL.</p>
<p>As is typical, Fox got it wrong. -_-</p>
<p>Yep, where do they get there info?</p>
<p>An ouija board.</p>
<p>They need more accurate info.</p>
<p>Well, they found some seats and life jackets and etc. Doesn’t look good, :(</p>
<p>My prayers have been answered … “LOST” has finally come true!!!</p>
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<p>You think they have seen the smoke monster yet??!!</p>
<p>There were 216 passengers on board… which is double 108, the sum of 4 8 15 16 23 42!</p>
<p>This is exciting news!</p>