Formula Dude
12-07-2006, 02:37 PM
I've been in the biz over 25 years. I think the photos are legit or someone is very good at photoshop. I have the two photos. Has anyone else seen these photos?
> Last month a B737 had a mid air collision with a Embraer Legacy while
> cruising at 35,000 feet over South America. The Embraer Legacy,
> though seriously damaged, with the winglet ripped off, managed to
> make a landing at a nearby airstrip in the midst of the Amazon
> jungle. The crew and passengers of the Embraer Legacy had no idea
> what they had hit. The B737, however, crashed killing all crew and!
> passen gers on board.
>
> The two photos attached above were apparently taken by one of the
> passengers in the B737, after the collision and before the aircraft
> crashed. The photos were retrieved from the camera's memory stick.
> You will never get to see photos like this. In the first photo there
> is a gaping hole in the fuselage through which you can see the
> tailplane and vertical fin of the aircraft. In the second photo one
> of the passengers is being sucked out of the gaping hole.
>
> Photos taken inside the plane.
>
> These photos were found in a digital Casio Z750, amidst the remains
> in Serra do Cachimbo.
>
> Although the camera was destroyed, the Memory Stick was recovered.
>
> Major Antônio Nelson, from the Brazilian Air Force, is investigating
> how the photos leaked into the Internet, pois representam
> graficamente o ápice dessa tragédia, e não deveriam ter sido
> divulgadas.
>
> Investigating the serial number of the camera the owner could be
> identified, as Paulo G. Muller, an actor of a theatre for children
> known in the outskirts of Porto Alegre.
>
> It can be imagined that he was standing during the impact with the
> Embraer Legacy, and during the turbulence he managed to take these
> photos, seconds after the tail loss the aircraft plunged, so the
> camera was found near the cockpit.
>
> The structural stress probably ripped the engines away, diminishing
> the falling speed, protecting the electronic equipment but not,
> unfortunately, the victims.
>
> Paulo Muller leaves behind two daughters, Bruna and Beatriz, from a
> previous relationship. The authorities were still pondering about
> showing these photos.
> Last month a B737 had a mid air collision with a Embraer Legacy while
> cruising at 35,000 feet over South America. The Embraer Legacy,
> though seriously damaged, with the winglet ripped off, managed to
> make a landing at a nearby airstrip in the midst of the Amazon
> jungle. The crew and passengers of the Embraer Legacy had no idea
> what they had hit. The B737, however, crashed killing all crew and!
> passen gers on board.
>
> The two photos attached above were apparently taken by one of the
> passengers in the B737, after the collision and before the aircraft
> crashed. The photos were retrieved from the camera's memory stick.
> You will never get to see photos like this. In the first photo there
> is a gaping hole in the fuselage through which you can see the
> tailplane and vertical fin of the aircraft. In the second photo one
> of the passengers is being sucked out of the gaping hole.
>
> Photos taken inside the plane.
>
> These photos were found in a digital Casio Z750, amidst the remains
> in Serra do Cachimbo.
>
> Although the camera was destroyed, the Memory Stick was recovered.
>
> Major Antônio Nelson, from the Brazilian Air Force, is investigating
> how the photos leaked into the Internet, pois representam
> graficamente o ápice dessa tragédia, e não deveriam ter sido
> divulgadas.
>
> Investigating the serial number of the camera the owner could be
> identified, as Paulo G. Muller, an actor of a theatre for children
> known in the outskirts of Porto Alegre.
>
> It can be imagined that he was standing during the impact with the
> Embraer Legacy, and during the turbulence he managed to take these
> photos, seconds after the tail loss the aircraft plunged, so the
> camera was found near the cockpit.
>
> The structural stress probably ripped the engines away, diminishing
> the falling speed, protecting the electronic equipment but not,
> unfortunately, the victims.
>
> Paulo Muller leaves behind two daughters, Bruna and Beatriz, from a
> previous relationship. The authorities were still pondering about
> showing these photos.