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...ended up as the first person from his high school to attend Harvard. After a plane ride—his first one ever, according to Falcone—to visit the school...
...It’s like an out of body experience. Words are coming out of my mouth on one plane and I’m listening to them on another, thinking “Really? I’m the great defender, here?” More often than not, I’ve been frustrated with Harvard and, to be honest, there have been occasions when I’ve questioned my decision to come here. Harvard’s administrative structure is notoriously non-intuitive, and the doors to University Hall and the Holyoke Center seem...
...Unfortunately, as long as the plane or its black box are not recovered, it will be impossible to know what caused the disappearance of Air France Flight 447, says Gourguechon. "As frustrating as it is, we'll need more information before we can imagine any scenarios." But for Learmount, if a short-circuit fire is to blame, one thing is for sure. "We have to look here for the lessons we got from that [Swissair flight]," he says. "Airplanes should have heat and smoke detectors all over them ... so that if a fire started anywhere, you would know immediately...
...Given the stormy weather off the Brazilian coast, Air France said the plane may have been struck by lightning, but that alone wouldn't necessarily lead to catastrophe, Gourguechon says. "Lightning strikes happen every day and usually have no consequences. The airplane was built to survive that...
...lightning strike actually hitting an electrical circuit and causing a short circuit is "terribly rare," he says. "But the [term] short circuit was used. Short circuit equals sparks. Spark equals fire. We're speculating, but an airplane has gone missing." It's believed to be the first time a plane has gone down between South America and Europe (or vice versa) since the route was inaugurated in 1947. (See pictures from the Buffalo plane crash...