tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post609137638162973794..comments2024-03-29T04:20:44.056-04:00Comments on Royal Musings: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orleans-Braganza dead at 26Marlene Eilers Koenighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-67144163739232323812009-06-08T04:59:39.891-04:002009-06-08T04:59:39.891-04:00Only 26 yrs.May he and all the victims Rest in Pea...Only 26 yrs.May he and all the victims Rest in Peace...jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630037464713499987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-8892654615561611712009-06-02T17:49:13.187-04:002009-06-02T17:49:13.187-04:00Air France did not see those messages right away, ...Air France did not see those messages right away, actually, as the messages were electronic, rather than from the crew. They were four hours out of Rio .. and apparently about to enter Sengalese air space, but there is a time period when flying over the Atlantic that pilots are not able to contact anyone -- it's black hole in the middle of nowhere. It is not as bad when flying from North America to Europe because you have the East Coast - Greenland, Iceland, etc. Flying from South America to Europe is different because there is more open ocean - and fewer countries.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-40255540146957168302009-06-02T17:49:12.825-04:002009-06-02T17:49:12.825-04:00Air France did not see those messages right away, ...Air France did not see those messages right away, actually, as the messages were electronic, rather than from the crew. They were four hours out of Rio .. and apparently about to enter Sengalese air space, but there is a time period when flying over the Atlantic that pilots are not able to contact anyone -- it's black hole in the middle of nowhere. It is not as bad when flying from North America to Europe because you have the East Coast - Greenland, Iceland, etc. Flying from South America to Europe is different because there is more open ocean - and fewer countries.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-88416235192415652432009-06-02T17:30:17.190-04:002009-06-02T17:30:17.190-04:00True, Marlene. Until wreckage is found, no-one is ...True, Marlene. Until wreckage is found, no-one is officially dead. And now they've found some in the ocean.<br /><br />"Because until they find it, no-one can talk with any authority about what really happened to Flight 447."<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8078203.stm<br /><br />But there seem to me some contradictions:<br /><br />'The first three hours of what was to have been an 11-hour flight appear to have been uneventful, CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said.<br /><br />'But about 4:15 a.m. Paris time, Flight 447's automatic system began a four-minute exchange of messages to the company's maintenance computers, indicating that "several pieces of aircraft equipment were at fault or had broken down," he said.<br /><br />' "This succession of messages signals a totally unforeseeable, great difficulty," he said. "Something quite new within the plane."<br /><br />'During that time, there was no contact with the crew, Gourgeon said.<br /><br />' "It was probable that it was a little bit after those messages that the impact of the plane took place in the Atlantic," he added.<br /><br />'He said the Airbus A330 was probably closer to Brazil than to Africa when it crashed.<br /><br />'He noted that turbulence made flying "difficult" in the area but that it is "too early to say" exactly what happened." '<br /><br />http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/01/air.france.brazil/index.html<br /><br /><I>How does he know what happened when he doesn't know what happened?</I>JayVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892272648798100594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-21054770215753178812009-06-02T15:11:38.894-04:002009-06-02T15:11:38.894-04:00Confirming that he was on the plane is the same as...Confirming that he was on the plane is the same as confirming he is deceased as the plane did not arrive at its destination, and plane parts are now showing up in the area where the last communications were made.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-17573372139536052112009-06-02T14:59:56.546-04:002009-06-02T14:59:56.546-04:00The family has not confirmed the prince's death, M...The family has not confirmed the prince's death, Marlene. They have only confirmed that he was aboard the airplane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-62844380272176189332009-06-02T08:58:22.723-04:002009-06-02T08:58:22.723-04:00yes, I am at work on a book on the descendants of ...yes, I am at work on a book on the descendants of Grand Duke Adolphe.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-18676960445878824382009-06-02T05:47:14.364-04:002009-06-02T05:47:14.364-04:00Air crashes are awful.
I understand that Marlene ...Air crashes are awful.<br /><br />I understand that Marlene is writing the story of the Luxembourg Royal Family.<br /><br />The De Ligne family and thus Prince Pedro Luiz are descendants. The Luxembourg family and their descendants have always seemed so close <br /><br />So sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com