Lightning-Proof Plane?

" Billionaire forced spot debris floating in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean north of South America not far from the -- of a missing Air France jet was taking. -- debris fields found about 400 miles off the coast of Brazil. Three commercial ships are joining the search now trying to determine if that debris is what's left of flight 447. Meantime investigators are trying to figure out what might have gone wrong aboard the plane similar to this one. It disappeared. Was it a lightning strike members of French pilots union say there are doubtful. Joining us now on the phone from Paris Air France pilot captain Cedric -- as. Spokesman for the French pilots union kept in -- he has flies the same route and very often the same type of plane. As that missing airbrushed Airbus 330 kept them and -- has your union doesn't think it was a lightning strike one not."

" Yes good afternoon yes we don't think we don't know yet if a couple of extra but I doubt -- It is because the F -- lightening proof I have myself been struck by lightning giving complied and nothing dangerous happened vehicle like they forgot the debt."

" What ever happened it must've happened in -- there was no. Vocal transmission from these pilots that they were seeing any kind of problem right."

" priority would have this kind of emergency situation to fly the aircraft that you go to the checklist that the power of -- beyond just creating the possibility if you have a -- you can pass a mayday message that the priority -- idea propped."

" But these the signals that reportedly came from the plane. Suggesting that it was having electrical system problems and so forth. Those are systems that are automatically generated by some of the computers on board right."

" Yes absolutely they go automatically translate the data comparison at all headquarters facility mechanics know what is going around India crop in the country can't read that yet caucus who that --"

" The flight was in an area of thunderstorms. I know that the -- out drafts and down drafts in a thunderstorm can -- plane apart even one of these big Airbus's. Is it possible that they just got into a thunderstorm cell that they weren't expecting -- didn't see coming."

" We have to -- in the aircraft which allows us to spot the thunderstorms which appear written on the screen so we fly. On the title to don't -- it makes us avoid these dangerous area."

" Right and and this was a very experienced captain a very experienced flight crew you don't think they would've made the mistake. A venturing too close to such a cell."

" No we never do that with instructions go to the -- and to play off that the thunderstorms."

" But the fact that you know this storm system was out over the and you know open Atlantic where you're not watching it necessarily from ground based radar. You don't think they might have stumbled accidentally into an area of bad weather that they just didn't see painted on their scope in the cockpit."

" We have arrange all on our radar goes up to 320 nautical miles with just gives us some time to a -- thunderstorm that because they can be."

" And you say that your plane has been hit by lightning in the past and flew through -- just fine."

" Yes that this happens quite often and commercial trucks are being struck by lightening and it the flight can -- keep -- playing great idea after a problem."

" All right so if not lightning if not the thunder storm downdraft enough drafts. What else might be a possibility."

" What happened is that what happened is -- read this never happens to net -- over the ocean so it's something in. One out of ten million chances to this can be anything Nydia shooting stopped -- India crap from the atmosphere made it elderly couple I think -- one. Anything can happen maybe drug smuggling at -- in the area crops we definitely have no indication of what happens now."

" And what about the possibility of a bomb on board."

" It's could be possible but -- for the time being we have no information that can call from debt and the kind of thing in these kind of thing happens."

" Captain -- Ibanez who has flown that played with that type of plane we'll be right back."