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There may be a terrorist connection, or there may be just some French pride needs salvaging. Well-informed PW commentator Ric Locke...

Comment by Ric Locke on 6/10 @ 10:26 am

Re: the Air France crash — you want to keep firmly in mind that Airbus Industrie is a jewel in the crown of the French Government. Think “Airbus = Obama” and “French Establishment = American Media”.

If it turned out that a major lightning strike killed all the computers or that the turbulence broke the back of the airplane (or both), it would be a major black mark for Airbus and a blow to French prestige. They can be counted on to do whatever handwaving and bloviating they are able to manage to avoid that. Look how the robot revolt and subsequent crash, in front of the world aviation community at a major air show, got eventually spun. (The pilot knew what to do and tried it; the computers said non, m’sieu and refused to allow it. The crash was blamed on the pilot.)

Jihadists go on vacation occasionally and get transferred to different parts of the enterprise just like any other business people. Even if it turned out that those guys were part of the Islamic People’s Front, it could just be that they were being sent to take charge of the car-b-que concession in the Paris suburbs.

Regards,
Ric

Accidents do happen. But on May 27, an Air France flight from Buenos Aires to Paris was delayed because of a threat; searched for 2 hours then allowed to depart.

I'll go out on a limb and blame terrorists. It's been a bit quiet on the terrorism front lately, and we realize they aren't going away anytime soon.

Don't we?

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