Are there some conspiracy theorists that think Flight 447 met with some sort of foul play?”
Here’s an example of a few conspiracy theories that are making their way around the Internet regarding Flight 447: Air France received a bomb threat four days before Flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil, it emerged yesterday. The telephone warning targeted a flight from Buenos Aires that was also travelling to Paris. Although that plane arrived safely on May 27, the news fueled speculation that there may be a more sinister explanation for why the Airbus from Rio de Janeiro vanished from radar screens with 228 people on board, including five Britons. Aviation experts said the vast area over which debris has been found suggested there was an in-flight explosion, but that did not mean a bomb had to be the cause. The explosion and resulting break-up could have resulted from a massive depressurization inside the plane for another reason. If this happened at high altitude, the passengers would have fallen instantly unconscious and may have been oblivious to thei
We have other global threats to worry about too, like bloggers’ conspiracy theories surrounding missing Air France flight 447. Dissident Voice is a surprising voice of reason in explaining: “Speculation about what may have happened centers on lightning causing a massive electrical surge that caused the failure of fly-by-wire flight controls.” Others are making a federal case of it. “Could Air France flight 447 have been bombed?” asks Stupid Celebrities Gossip (our #1 source for aviation news). “Reports have been emerging about a bomb threat being called in [for an Air France flight] just five days before Flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.” Hmm. (A British Mail Online report says oil slicks in the water make the bombing theory unlikely.) But what about this: “the domain name for flight 447 was registered in September 2007. Coincidence? Maybe,” says Atlas Shrugs.
