Strange Case Of The Black Box And The Indestructible Passport
By Sam Yousef zicko2@hotmail.com 9-21-1
The Black Box and the Indestructible Passport
All four Black Boxes were supposedly destroyed and rendered unusable in
spite of the fact that they are designed specifically for plane crashes which
result in insurmountable conditions...yet one of the hijackers passports
supposedly survives fire and heat of over 1,000 degrees fahrenheit and is
found in perfect shape in the rubble around the WTC towers? What kind of
idiots does the FBI take us for?
How indestructible are the so-called "Black Boxes"?
Each airplane is equipped with a Flight Data Recorder and a Cockpit Voice
Recorded. The term "Black Box" is used for these pieces of equipment. The
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) web site gives valuable
information regarding these devices.
Regarding the Cockpit Voice Recorder it says:
"The CVR records the flight crew's voices, as well as other sounds inside the
cockpit. The recorder's "cockpit area microphone" is usually located on the
overhead instrument panel between the two pilots. Sounds of interest to an
investigator could be engine noise, stall warnings, landing gear extension
and retraction, and other clicks and pops. From these sounds, parameters
such as engine rpm, system failures, speed, and the time at which certain
events occur can often be determined. Communications with Air Traffic
Control, automated radio weather briefings, and conversation between the
pilots and ground or cabin crew are also recorded." [NTSB web site]
Regarding the Flight Data Recorder it says:
"The FDR onboard the aircraft records many different operating conditions of
the flight. By regulation, newly manufactured aircraft must monitor at least
twenty eight important parameters such as time, altitude, airspeed, heading,
and aircraft attitude. In addition, some FDRs can record the status of more
than 300 other in-flight characteristics that can aid in the investigation. The
items monitored can be anything from flap position to auto-pilot mode or even
smoke alarms." [NTSB web site]
Thus as we see each plane is equipped with two seperate "Black Box"
devices which relay different yet complimentary information. It goes on to say:
"Both the Flight Data Recorder and the Cockpit Voice Recorder have proven
to be valuable tools in the accident investigation process. They can provide
information THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN BY OTHER MEANS."
[NTSB web site]
They are meant to be the hardy and sure way to get information regarding the
last minutes before the plane went down. Here are the specifications of these
devices including what they can withstand:
FLIGHT DATA RECORDER
Time recorded: 25 hour continuous Number of parameters: 5 - 300+ Impact
tolerance: 3400Gs /6.5ms Fire resistance: 1100 degC/30 min Water pressure
resistance: submerged 20,000 ft Underwater locator beacon: 37.5 KHz
Battery: 6yr shelf life 30 day operation
COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER
Time recorded: 30 min continuous, 2 hours for solid state digital units Number
of channels: 4 Impact tolerance: 3400 Gs /6.5ms Fire resistance: 1100 deg C
/30 min Water pressure resistance: submerged 20,000 ft Underwater locator
beacon: 37.5 KHz Battery: 6yr shelf life 30 day operation
These specifications indicate equipment which can survive just about any
conditions and any crash. Indeed, Black Boxes have been recovered from
crashes in swamps, mountains, and oceans.
ABC News reports:
"Although investigators look for an entire black box, sometimes the only parts
of the device that survive are the recorder's crash-survivable memory units
(CSMU). THE CSMU IS ALMOST INDESTRUCTABLE. It is housed within a
stainless-steel shell that contains titanium or aluminum and a
high-temperature insulation of dry silica material."
"It is designed to withstand HEAT OF UP TO 2,000 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
FOR ONE HOUR, salt water for at least 30 days, immersion in a variety of
liquids such as jet fuel and lubricants, AND AN IMPACT OF 3,400 G's. By
comparison, astronauts are typically exposed to up to six Gs during a shuttle
takeoff." [ABCNews]
So the Black Box is designed to withstand an impact of 3,400 G's. So what
about the Pennsylvania crash site?
"THE VOICE RECORDER WAS SAID TO BE HEAVILY DAMAGED, and the
manufacturer was being asked to help with further analysis. The plane that
crashed in Pennsylvania was reported to have hit the ground in excess of 500
MILES PER HOUR." [ABCN ews]
The plane hit the ground at 500 mph. Taking the weight of the plane, its speed
of descent, the G's end up much, much lower than 3,400.
Since each plane has two seperate Black Boxes which are designed to be
indestructable in the event of a tragedy, that makes a total of EIGHT BLACK
BOXES. If we are to believe that all the Black Boxes were damaged beyond
use, then that is to say EIGHT BLACK BOXES in total were destroyed, while a
measley paper passport survived.
Then the final paragraph of the same article says: "Investigators are less
confident they will recover the black boxes buried underneath the rubble of
the World Trade Center." So there is no hope of recovering the virtually
indestructable Black Box from the rubble, but a paper passport survives in
such a perfect state that it is "a significant piece of evidence"?
CNN reports one of the hijackers passports was found in the rubble of the
World Trade Center vicinity:
"The searchers found several clues, he said, but would not elaborate. Last
week, a passport belonging to one of the hijackers was found in the vicinity of
Vesey Street, near the World Trade Center. 'It was a significant piece of
evidence for us,' Mawn said." [ CNN]
Also CNN reports:
"In New York, several blocks from the ruins of the World Trade Center, a
passport authorities said belonged to one of the hijackers was discovered a
few days ago, according to city Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik." [CNN ]
Aside from the idiocy of any suggestion that a passport would survive a plane
crash that is allegedly so severe it destroys the virtually indestructable Black
Box, we are also led to believe that the passport "flew away", out of the
hijackers pocket, down a few blocks from the WTC grounds. Why a few blocks
away? Could it be because it was a place out of everyone's sight?
It is also well known that paper was strewn all over the scene of the plane
crash. This was due to the sudden shattering of the windows which would
immediately eject all paper materials out of the building before incineration. A
passport in someone's pocket who is sitting on a plane that explodes will
suffer the same fate as the person whose pocket it is in, and the plane they
are sitting in: absolute cremation.
United Airlines flight 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. There was no
explosion and no impact into a building and no 100+ story towers crashed
down on top of it. Yet, we are led to believe that both of its Black Boxes were
destroyed and/or damaged beyond use as well.
Other airline tragedies also reveal that in each and every case the Black Box
is recovered, albeit damaged, but with full usability. Such crashes include
EgyptAir flight 990, a 767, and TWA flight 800, a 747. Both crashes resulted in
tremendous compromise of the planes physical integrity, but in spite of this the
Cockpit Voice Recorders were recovered.
So we have established that the survival of a passport of someone in an
exploded plane is lunacy. However, for the sake of argument lets say the
passport survived. If the passport did indeed survive then so did the Black
Box. If the Black Box did indeed survive as we have proven beyond a shred of
doubt, then why the complete and utter lie that it was damaged beyond use?
What are they hiding? This will be dealt with irrefutably in the next section of
this analysis into the corruption which has seeped into the U.S. government,
its foreign policy and its intelligence services.
This analysis has just begun, yet any sound minded person is already forced
to question the validity of this entire farce. I intend to dismantle this
investigation piece by piece as time allows. If the American people are so
concerned with finding justice, why aren't more exposing these
inconsistencies, fabrications and outright lies as I have? Do we Americans
want JUSTICE SERVED or do we want MORE BLOOD of innocent civilians?
Thus far, in the United States of America, due to the anger over the tragedy
dubbed "PENTTBOM", there have been at least three homicidal attacks
against immigrants. Now an overwhelming 80% of them are supporting an
invasion into a remote country that has absolutely nothing to do with this
tragedy. Instead of using their heads to get to the bottom of this and prosecute
the criminals behind this act, they are killing their neighbors, and laying the
heads of good American soldiers and innocent Afghan women and children
on the chopping block. I say "them" at this point and not "us", because I
distance myself from those who commit hate crimes in the name of "America"
whom I have just described. Someone is playing a very sick game upon us all
right under our noses, and it will cost us our very lives if we do not STOP
them.
ABC News reports: "...And 69 percent say they'd support military action even if
it means a long war with substantial U.S. military casualties."
You want "substantial U.S. military casualties"? What the hell is wrong with
everyone? The Afghans have never lost a war in 800 years. They not only
drove the Russians out of their country but it lead to the dissolution of the
Soviet Empire. They have brought empire after empire to their knees. In a
CNN interview with Jill Dougherty, Leo Korolkov who trained the Russian
Special Forces (equivalent of our Delta Force) said he saw Afghans shot to
ribbons and ripped to pieces still charging at them. In his words: "These
fighters can bring any country, even a superpower -- be it Russia, the United
States or Europe -- to the brink of catastrophe."
Nearly 70 percent of Americans support sacrificing more American lives to
invade a country that couldn't be further removed from any responsibility in
this tragedy to find ONE MAN before this circus of an investigation has even
been completed. Have we learned nothing from the plumes of terror that rose
from the ashes of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a morose field in
Pennsylvania which shook our hearts and souls that fateful Tuesday? I fear
that we have not.
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