On Jul 1, 10:11*am, (G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote:
BG *Large hail can cause ingine flame out. It happened in Georgia about
30 years ago,and piolet tried to land in a city street. Many killed If
this happened over water all would die *trebert

At 35,000' there shouldn't be baseball sized hail. Other pilots
before and just after AF447 made no mention of their having to
maneuver around extreme weather cells or trying to avoid hail.

Perhaps these mostly composite and otherwise frail aircraft are going
to have to play it safe by cruising at 45,000'. All they need is
different wings and better engines.

In 2012 will be a new and bigger gauntlet of halo CMEs to contend
with, in which case all such composite, fly-by-wire and CPU dependent
commercial flights will be at risk of falling out of the sky, even if
their flight crew, engines and airframe are 100%.

~ BG