Have any of you guys seen these photos yet? They are supposedly retreved from a memory stick from a camera recovered from the plane that went down in the Atlantic in route from Brazil to France. Are these real?

Here's the second one that a friend emailed me today of some poor soul actualy getting sucked out of the plane. What a breathtakenly awful sight.

They are showing blue sky and there were supposedly bad storms.

JJK

JJKIZAK:

They are showing blue sky and there were supposedly bad storms.

JJK

Me thinks Photoshop strikes again. They almost look like stills from a 'Lost' episode, but the may not be.

bluesboy:

JJKIZAK:

They are showing blue sky and there were supposedly bad storms.

JJK

Yes, that was one of the first thoughts I had also. But what could be another origin for the photos?

Ahhh, screenshots from the pilot episde of Lost? 

According to Snopes, this has been going around since 2006 and these photos are bogus and have nothing to do with the Air France accident.  They come from the pilot episode of Lost.

Well I guess that clears that up. Lesson learned, don't believe everything you get in emails.

bluesboy:

Well I guess that clears that up. Lesson learned, don't believe everything you get in emails.

Whenever I see anything like that in my e-mail, (and of course, when I see similiar postings on the forums  ) that is one the first things I do is go look it up in Snopes.  More often than not, it is usually bogus in some form or another (i.e, real photos but not as described, or completely fake or taken from a fictional source such as this case).

Thanks for the tip skonopa.

The latest thinking is that the airplane was intact when it hit the water in a steep dive at high speed and the passengers were not wearing lifejackets, suggesting little warning or preparation.

The woman in the left side of these photos is one of the main actors on LOST...Kate. Look closely and you can see the handcuffs she was wearing during the flight. The man to her left (your right) is the police officer who was escorting her on the plane.

The AIR FRANCE flight crashed in the middle of the night in a bad storm....and it was not an episode of LOST..................

skonopa:

bluesboy:

Well I guess that clears that up. Lesson learned, don't believe everything you get in emails.

 

Whenever I see anything like that in my e-mail, (and of course, when I see similiar postings on the forums  ) that is one the first things I do is go look it up in Snopes.  More often than not, it is usually bogus in some form or another (i.e, real photos but not as described, or completely fake or taken from a fictional source such as this case).

 

Yeah.  A person really needs to be ready to reject the most-seemingly normal photos these days, let alone the dramatic ones.  Remember the iceberg scene in Gore's movie?  Faked. 

blindman:

The woman in the left side of these photos is one of the main actors on LOST...Kate. Look closely and you can see the handcuffs she was wearing during the flight. The man to her left (your right) is the police officer who was escorting her on the plane.

Hey, good catch on the handcuffs! I must agree with you; it must be Kate of 'Lost'. That's pretty good for a "blindman!" LOL -Glenn

BTW: Here is a link to the full explanation: http://www.tvshark.com/read/?art=arc3668

 How about this guy:

Yeah, that's a classic one that's been circulating around since 2001. Snopes dubbed it "Accidental Tourist" appropriately.

This hoax is deflated here: http://www.snopes.com/rumors/photos/tourist.asp