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Post subject: Airbus Mayday on Flight to Israel - Blackberry  Posted: 03 Mar 2012, 13:43 |
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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beeping ... diversion/An Air France Airbus A320-200, registration F-GKXF performing flight AF-2220 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was enroute at FL280 about 5nm north of Basel (Switzerland), when upon checking in with Swiss Radar the crew reported they had a foreign object on board and were considering to divert. 4 minutes later the crew declared Mayday, Mayday, Mayday reporting they had some “foreign noise” on board and decided to divert to Basel/Mulhouse Airport (Switzerland/France), where the aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes later. The noise in question was a strange “beeping.” Passengers reported a bleeping sound was heard in about the 5th seat row in the cabin, cabin crew was called and tried to determine the source of the bleeping however could not find anything, the sound was considered to originate from a bomb. The captain was informed and decided to divert. The aircraft stopped in a remote area of Mulhouse’s Airport, passengers disembarked and the aircraft was searched. Despite a fairly intense search, the crew was unable to locate the source of the sound and decided to get on the ground as quickly as possible and let the professionals find the phantom device. The search was finally successful. The report continues: Following the search the passengers were told the bleeping sound was the reminder call of a BlackBerry which hadn’t been turned off.
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Post subject: Re: Airbus Mayday on Flight to Israel - Blackberry Posted: 03 Mar 2012, 20:57 |
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Quote: you do realize that bombs don't beep right?
only on TV
Why would anyone plant a bomb covertly then make it beep to alert you to it's presence? That's exactly what I was thinking. Yes... let's hide a bomb so no one can find it,.. but let's make it beep for a while before it goes off to add some drama. sheesh. Why would anyone assume a mysterious beeping on a plane is a bomb?? That's about the last thing I would think it is.
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Post subject: Re: Airbus Mayday on Flight to Israel - Blackberry Posted: 04 Mar 2012, 01:16 |
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Username Protected wrote: you do realize that bombs don't beep right?
only on TV
Why would anyone plant a bomb covertly then make it beep to alert you to it's presence?
people REALLY need to watch less TV ! And if you cut the RED wire the beeping and LED digital countdown stops, disabling the bomb, right?
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Post subject: Re: Airbus Mayday on Flight to Israel - Blackberry Posted: 05 Mar 2012, 01:26 |
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Username Protected wrote: you do realize that bombs don't beep right?
only on TV
Why would anyone plant a bomb covertly then make it beep to alert you to it's presence?
people REALLY need to watch less TV ! And if you cut the RED wire the beeping and LED digital countdown stops, disabling the bomb, right?
No the red wire speeds up the counter and makes it beep faster....
You mean the blue wire 
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