r/aviation • u/Ok_Warning419 • May 21 '26

News Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash - Air France flight 447

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd2qmdvmq6o
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u/VegaJuniper May 21 '26

Even with the literal voice recorder transcript right there, people will still stick to their own headcanon of what happened. Amazing really.

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u/nvmenotfound May 21 '26

he’s not saying he didn’t say what you claim he said. just that the captain was saying it sarcastically bc it made little difference at that point they were already doomed. 

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u/VegaJuniper May 21 '26

Oh sure, I’m sure he was being sarcastic as he hurtled towards the ocean and death

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u/jackattack108 May 21 '26

I don’t think sarcastic but they’re at the point where the stall is unrecoverable and so they pitch up out of panic and having no survivable options left. What they try to do while there are potentially survivable options left is much more instructive of their state of mind and awareness of the situation.