AF447 Photo Hoax

I was appalled and amazed when a friend in the airline industry mentioned that two photos had been recovered from a digital camera among the floating wreckage in the Atlantic from Air France 447. The photos purport to show the breakup of the airliner.

I'm relieved that the photos appear to be fakes. I wrote my friend:

Web sites like this one are labeling the photos as hoaxes. I suspect they are likely hoaxes because the illumination is too good for a nighttime accident.

He replied:

u are right
those bastards
lol'
G.