What did Air France 447 passengers feel?

As the flight neared the line of massive thunderstorms straddling the Inter Tropical Convergence, any passenger who happened to be awake would probably have felt some light turbulence. Those looking out window would have watched the plane fly into a bank of clouds, then out into clear sky, and then back into clouds.



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[02:14:25] Robert: We are dead! [02:14:26] Dubois: Ten degrees of pitch! At 2:14 and 28.4 seconds, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean with a final nose angle of 16.2 degrees, speed reading of 152 knots, and with a vertical speed of 10,912 feet per minute (which is roughly 102 knots).

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Some passengers may suffer permanent brain damage that prevents them from working or living independently. Broken bones. Even a so-called minor accident can cause extremely painful fractures in a passenger's hands, feet, arms, legs, or ribs. Back injuries.

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Charles Hew Crooks, 23, who had no alcohol or drugs in his system, told the pilot he was feeling sick before he fell to his death on July 29, authorities said. The death of a pilot who fell out of a twin-engine plane in North Carolina in July was an accident, according to his autopsy report.

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