Air France Flight 447 stalled at 38,000 feet with an attitude between 35 and 45. If they'd known that their airspeed as below stall, they could have simply dipped the nose and gained airspeed. But the pilots seemed confused the whole way to the sea. Same may have happened here.

Could've been busy trying to fly the aircraft. Order of Operatons.... Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.

The Air France flight 447 that crashed, as I understand it was because the pitot tube(s) froze over and the pilots lost their air speed indicator(s). It seems that in many Airbus crashes, the pilots are so accustomed to the automation that they forget how to fly the aircraft. Or they don't understand exactly how the automation works as was the case of an airbus that crashed because only one axis of the autopilot switched off unexpectedly. The aircraft was crabbing in yaw while the pilot was only controlling pitch by hand. Dunno, but it seems that more automation leads to more problems. Isn't this why the US Navy pilots subs manually all the time?

....And thus, we generate new cautionary tales........ that future generations will ignore

Ever heard of directional underground boring? No need to rip up driveways. Place wires in a conduit... underground.

I'd mod you up if I could! right on! Obama didn't stop it, and he sure didn't start it.

Maybe we should pass a law that says the government must follow the laws of our land? Oh wait.... nevermind. I got it!!!! we'll put the feds on double secret probation. Yeah, that'll work.

The Dick Act of 1902 provided for the training part by creating the nation guards. State militias with access to money for weapons and training. I agree with your assertion that well regulated means in proper working order. I think the founders are turning over in their graves at the way that our language gets stretched. We don't have to change the words in sentences we don't like... we just change the meaning of the words we don't like.

Article 1 section 8 of US Const says congress cannot allocated monies for an army for more than two years. Take this hand in hand with the 2nd amendment language around the people being a militia, and you'll have an idea that the framers didn't want the expensive army we have now. They wanted the people to come together and form a militia as necessary.

I wish I had mod points today for you! Great points!!!!!!

I want to fly on the very next flight after an accident like this. You know they'll be on their toes!

864million bannananas? Come on, put it units I can visualize. How many LoC's?

I have a smart TV and it's a realy PITA to enter URLs or search for a youtube video. Chromecast is much easier.... heck, it's even easier than fliping the screeen around to show my wife something on the laptop... I just beam it to the TV.

"Microsoft said that they had data showing Start Menu usage had dropped."

HOw about that... you make the start button a PITA to get to and it's use drops. wow. These folks are S M A R T.

Thanks for the info on the pixel clock on camera.... hadn't thought of that. Also you are correct a CDMA phone will wipe out a GPS receiver's front end if right on top of the antenna, but in a commercial aircraft, it's pretty well shielded on top of the fuselage.