While driving back to the office yesterday I heard over the local talk radio that there are some conspiracy theorists out there toting that the date of the 5/31/2009 crash for missing Air France Flight 447 adds up to 9/11: 5+3+1 = 9 and 2+0+0+9 = 11.

This is bunk. I did some quick math to come up with other dates that add up to 9/11 this month:

6/3/2009, 6/30/2009, 6/12/2009, 6/21/2009

In July:

7/02/2009, 7/20/2009, 7/11/2009

And in August:

8/1/2009

Should we expect other supposed 9/11 terrorist dates on one or more of these dates? Bogus. It’s all numerical coincidence and nothing more.  The reason the plane went down appears to be either mechanical or weather-related or combination of both:

It is believed that an electrical failure, which could have been linked to severe weather could be what is responsible for the disappearance of Air France flight 447.  France’s Environment Minister Jean Louis Borloo stated that, "Officials do not believe a simple bolt of lightning, something relatively classic in aviation could have caused the loss of the craft. There really had to be a succession of extraordinary events to be able to explain this situation."

It’s doubtful that turbulence alone will be to blame despite the fact that turbulence can seem really scary as a passenger, but from the numerous articles I’ve read to date this plane crash has nothing to do with terrorists. But let’s assume it was, what would be the point of crashing a plane with people into the ocean? Who is that terrorizing, Captain Nemo?

Thoughts and prayers should go out to the families of Flight 447, not idiotic conspiracy theories.

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