BREAKING! Air Asia lost contact with Flight QZ8501 over Indonesia!! | |
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Term Limits User ID: 51319803 United States 12/27/2014 11:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A320-200 is basically the Airbus answer to the Boeing 737-700/800's Probably closer in size and capacity to the 737-400 but the airbus has a nicer cockpit. A320 is fly by wire which many prefer for ease of use, though the a320 has had dozens of instances of glass cockpit blackout. That would be a serious WTF moment. Having one major instrument fail like say altemeter or air speed would certainly have catastrophic potential, but to have a total blackout of all display units.... Fuck. Term Limits for EVERY elected and appointed office. An end to career politicians for real change. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 55611801 United States 12/27/2014 11:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | An Airbus 320 should not be bothered by a thunderstorm. Quoting: Hope_Full They're flying at 35,000+ feet, and they're huge airplanes and very stable. I have a feeling this is not weather-related. Updates: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 63402534 AirAsia has announced a press conference shortly, says there were 155 on board. It was travelling through an area of bad weather at the time. Reuters reporting the plane had asked for an unusual route before contact was lost. Contact was lost 3 1/2 hours ago (at 0617 local/2317GMT/1817 EST) Emergency Call Centre established for family or friends of those on board aircraft. number is +622129850801. AirAsia releases statement - nothing much of substance other than confirming they lost contact with the plane. "We have not further information of the status". Link to statement For plane people, it was built in 2008 and is owned by Doric Flight map: [link to www.flightradar24.com] Onboard: 1 S'porean, 1 British, 1 M'sian, 3 Koreans; 149 Indonesians Attempting to fly around the bad weather perhaps? |
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GodzillaReturns Apex Predator User ID: 61674561 United States 12/27/2014 11:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Can bad enough windsheer knock a plane like that out of the sky? For the ACs..there is NOTHING that you can do to me on this platform..you can throw all the insults you want won’t do a thing because IDGAF If you give me red don’t be a pussy and put your name on it. Have the balls to stand by what you say |
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Ziconic User ID: 63875496 United States 12/27/2014 11:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Im not sure if this is any good but shows it disappearing over Singapore near Changi Airport over water. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 66399614 [link to planefinder.net] I think that is a different plane. It's identified as PX-AXI. The plane that is missing is PX-AXC. “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” ~Seneca You can lead the Democrats to knowledge, but you can't make them think. |
superfluous moon User ID: 66160891 Australia 12/27/2014 11:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | cmon guys and gals.... every headline says, 'plane lost contact'. nothing more nothing less. if it was due to a storm this is/was easily reportable instantly. it wasnt. |
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GodzillaReturns Apex Predator User ID: 61674561 United States 12/27/2014 11:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Then a series of catastrophic failures or even pilot errors if it has indeed crashed For the ACs..there is NOTHING that you can do to me on this platform..you can throw all the insults you want won’t do a thing because IDGAF If you give me red don’t be a pussy and put your name on it. Have the balls to stand by what you say |
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GodzillaReturns Apex Predator User ID: 61674561 United States 12/27/2014 11:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Those poor people on the plane. Terrible way to go For the ACs..there is NOTHING that you can do to me on this platform..you can throw all the insults you want won’t do a thing because IDGAF If you give me red don’t be a pussy and put your name on it. Have the balls to stand by what you say |
Falter (OP) User ID: 58276109 Sweden 12/27/2014 11:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If the weather was really really bad, then why didn't the pilot report it to the air control tower? I don't buy it, seems too weird. Last Edited by Falter on 12/27/2014 11:30 PM "When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die." -Jean Paul Sartre "In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason." -Ernest Hemingway "China is a sleeping giant, Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." -Napoleon Bonaparte "Streets of Leningrad taught me one thing - if fight is inevitable, throw the first punch." -Vladimir Putin World War 3 prediction: Summer 2020. |
lucky43113 User ID: 60122311 United States 12/27/2014 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If the weather was really really bad, then why didn't the pilot report it to the air control tower? Quoting: Falter I don't buy it, seems too weird. i don't buy it either i charge it Last Edited by lucky43113 on 12/27/2014 11:31 PM |
Citizenperth User ID: 48332321 Australia 12/27/2014 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | all over the news here..updating every 5 minutes on the OSD It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4571341 United States 12/27/2014 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | smh.com.au ‏@smh 1 minut sedan Quoting: Falter @AirAsia's statement on their Facebook page regarding missing flight QZ8501 [link to pbs.twimg.com (secure)] Notice that their own statement said: "The aircraft WAS an Airbus A320-200." They said it, not me. Good point! They should have said the missing aircraft is... Sounds like the plan is that it will not be found. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 63478724 United States 12/27/2014 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I mean two from the same area of the world....very suspicious indeed. It reminds me of the twin towers, heard the first plane was an accident and turned on the tv just in time to see the second hit. When it did we all knew it was not accidental at all. |
Falter (OP) User ID: 58276109 Sweden 12/27/2014 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Breaking News Feed ‏@PzFeed 51 sför 51 sekunder sedan BREAKING NEWS: Press conference on #QZ8501 expected at 12 am ET. "When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die." -Jean Paul Sartre "In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason." -Ernest Hemingway "China is a sleeping giant, Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." -Napoleon Bonaparte "Streets of Leningrad taught me one thing - if fight is inevitable, throw the first punch." -Vladimir Putin World War 3 prediction: Summer 2020. |
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Dervish User ID: 56952143 United States 12/27/2014 11:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The max range of an Airbus A-320 is about 6 hours of flight time with a full load of pax and full fuel.Or about 2700 nautical miles. That area has NASTY weather. I have flown through that area many times and some storms grow incredibly fast. It also has volcanic activity. A 747 lost all four engines going through a cloud of volcanic ash years ago. Do not know if any ash advisories were issued. Finally, and I expect to get flamed for this but the statistics will prove it, the quality of pilots varies wildly by country. In any airline overseas the capability of crew members is very uneven. As well as maintenance personel. It may be a hijacking,a terrorist event,bad weather,sabotage, volcanic ash,bad pilotage or a combination of them all. I know enough to know that I know nothing |
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