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AirAsia Flight Goes Missing Between Indonesia and Singapore
iONiUM (530420) writes As reported by many news sources, yet another plane has lost contact during a trip. This comes on the heels of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which is still missing, and Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down. From ABC's coverage: Sixteen children and one infant were among the passengers. At a press conference this morning, Indonesian officials said the plane was several hours past the time when its fuel would have been exhausted.
The six-year-old aircraft was on the submitted flight plan but requested a deviation because of enroute weather before communication with the aircraft was lost. The plane was under the control of the Indonesian Air Traffic Control and had been in the air for about 42 minutes when contact was lost, AirAsia said.
Never Fly On Malaysia Airlines!
Planes get lonely, too, you know.
were on the flight, as if adult lifes did not matter just as much.
With regular updates: http://www.aeroinside.com/item...
Why is that so important? Are the other passengers just some randoms we shouldn't give a shit about? Not that we truly do, anyway.
MAF 370
apparently this is an action from God
The pilot tried to ascend over a cloud. My guess is that he hit the coffin corner, stalled, and crashed.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Russian media is reporting the plane was downed by a US Navy missile: http://www.pravda.ru/news/poli...
If this is true, this is an unconscionable provocation.
It is all Putin's fault anyway
I'd recommend waiting until there's some actual facts. Or at least somebody knows where the plane is. It certainly is possible and it wouldn't be the first time, but this is the same Russian media that's beholden to the guy that gave terrorists in Ukraine the munitions necessary to shoot down that passenger jet.
Russian media is reporting the plane was downed by a US Navy missile: http://www.pravda.ru/news/poli...
If this is true, this is an unconscionable provocation.
Seems legit...
Why won't someone think of the adults! It's a given. You know there were some. Most parents are not stupid enough to bring a child on a plane.
There's no mention of the incident, US Navy, missiles, or anything related to AirAsia on that article.
Go marry your cousin or whatever it is that people in Texas do.
It's doing nothing of the sort. The linked story appears to be a Pravda op-ed piece quoting Foreign Minister (?) Alexei Pushkov to the effect that Russia isn't really isolated internationally despite the efforts and claims of President Obama to this effect. A native speaker could provide more detail, but that's the gist of it. As for the missing plane, I don't see a single mention of it anywhere on Pravda's main or Asian news pages.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
I'm not 100% fluent in Russian, but this really is some domestic political piece critical of Obama (surprise!!), nothing to do with any missing aircraft.
I think you've been trolled... O_o
You got down-modded here with the large left-wing element on this site?
Obama, speaking from the White House, told reporters earlier that Russian-backed rebels have used a Soviet-made BUK system to shoot down the AirAsia flight near Indonesia. Obama is said to be preparing another round of sanctions on Russia as he instructs NSA to find any dirt on European allies that can be used to blackmail them into joining him in the effort to isolate Russia. John Kerry later told the media, "we had to EMBARRASS them to join the sanctions", as Merkel obediently nods in agreement.
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Honestly, compared to most news sources these days, it's probably the best one to read.
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Honestly, compared to most news sources these days, it's probably the best one to read.
Never Fly On Malaysia Airlines!
Your "Note to Self needs to change something
I am from Singapore, and I can tell you this one thing ...
The problem is not only "Malaysian Airlines" but any airplane that is being piloted by the Malays
In all the 3 air planes, 2 from Malaysian Airline and one from Air Asia, the pilots are Malays
I do not mean to be racist, but fact is ... and you can see it from the even the road traffic in Singapore and also in Indonesia and in Malaysia, the Malay drivers are among the most incompetent drivers available
If they can't drive properly, what makes you think that they can FLY an airplane ?
Does not bode well. Not well at all.
So, you're offended because there's a middle-to-upper class half-white male adult in the White House?
The only "white stuffs" of that male adult in the White House is his teeth and the sclera (the white part) of his eyes
Pirates did it.
what does this story have to do with anything slashdot related? go read drudge report and leave us alone
I would rule out North Kora and Kim-Jung Mentally-Ill
Someone leaked a generated Navitaire report which seems to have the list of passengers. I can only partially verify it though. http://radiopetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/B564L3dCYAAimjN.jpg
I wonder how viable it would be to just quietly escort flights in that region with stealth aircraft for a while to determine what's actually happening.
Three aircraft, in a short time frame, in a small portion of the globe. Yes, we know one was shot down, but that clustering trips my bullshit detector, even for the other two.
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Air Asia and Malaysia Airlines are competitors in the lowest cost airline for the region
Not true!
Malaysian Airline is never a budget airline. It does not have to, because it has all the financial backing from the Malaysian government
Both the Malaysian Airline and the Singaporean Airline were from the same company - Malaysian - Singapore Airline (MSA) established back in 1966. In year 1972 they split
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...â"Singapore_Airlines
Since 1972, Singaporean Airlines have been growing by leaps and bounds, upgrading its service and focus on servicing the flying customers, and for the past 42 years the Singaporean Airline has been making money, every single year
On the other hand, for the past 42 years since the split, the Malaysian Airline has been losing money, 38 years out of the 42 years. In the 42 years since the split, the Malaysian government (or in actual fact, the citizens of Malaysia) have been subsidizing the Malaysian Airline to the tune of TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS but yet, the quality of its service, the condition of its airplane, the food it serves, the service it gives to the flying customers, have been mediocre at best
There has got be to be a time when cutting costs takes a lower priority than human lives
Somebody made the decision not to pay for GPS tracking on Malaysian Airlines, was a similar decision made on the Air Asia flights?
The fact that someone made the decision to not pay for GPS tracking points to the fact that the Malaysian Airline has been plagued by RAMPANT CORRUPTION
Although the Malaysian Airline have been heavily subsidized by the Malaysian government, people working inside still try everything they can to cut corners, so that they can get extra income for themselves
Corruption is nothing new in Malaysia, by the way. What happens in the Malaysian Airline reflects what happens in Malaysia. Everywhere in Malaysia, everything in Malaysia, is connected to corruption
As for AirAsia I do not know if the plane has GPS tracking or not
The history of AirAsia is that that boss of AirAsia used to work for Virgin Airline, and he essentially copied the concept from the "Southwest Airline" of the United States, and applied to Malaysia and South East Asia
Hope the info here can be of some help
... is AirAsia motto. For about 43 seconds it seems...
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
When lightning hits.... That part of the world is known for really massive lightning - lightning with far more power than average lightning.
Putin did it. Those Russian bastards.
Is this considered on the heels of...
Quoting from the India Times:
"08:45 PM
In a separate incident later Sunday, an AirAsia flight carrying more than 150 passengers experiences a technical problem about 10 minutes after taking off from Penang, Malaysia, and has to return to the airport, AirAsia says. The flight takes off again for the short flight to Langkawi island and safely reaches its destination."
It is clearly Putin and his barbaric regime. I am really surprised NATO has not issued a report confirmed by a photo of a tank (it would be good if NATO changed the photos from time to time).
Is this then Putin's fault or not?
Confusing this all is.
That's easy. There should be better computer tracking. There should never be a "search". Some of us will need to write the code and design the electronics for that.
Why is this on Slashdot?
I think a story like this belongs, because it can bring together knowledgeable people who can speculate on possible technical issues that may have been the cause of a problem...
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Take away part of the automation process, and the pilots will have a hard time trying to figure out what should be done. AFR447 repeat.
Djoko Murjatmodjo, Indonesia's acting director general of transportation:
"We hope we can find the location of the plane as soon as possible, and we hope that God will give us guidance to find it," Murjatmodjo said.
That's all you've got? Reliance on an imaginary friend?
There was a time when I believed ./ harbored slightly more advanced life forms than mindless slime creatures inhabiting twitter and YouTube comments.
Yes there has always been a select few churning out outrageous comments just for their shock value yet this was generally offset by people having slightly interesting things to say... perhaps based even on professional experience and insight.
Here we have one or two people talking about the dangers of flying on the ceiling while the rest masturbate about relative value of humans based on age while rest are busy shoving caviar into the pie-holes of trolls.
162 people disappeared, and it didn't change the face of the Earth.
to a 2-ply tinfoil hat :/
Anytime a plane " crashes " or goes missing, the very first thing I would do would be to pull a passenger manifest and see if anyone on board might have skills or knowledge that certain nations would like to get their hands on.
This is why the people on location know better about how to run things than do people elsewhere. Hear that, Washington, DC? Here that, U.N.?
There is already a "global sat network": GPS satellites. All that is necessary is that each aircraft radio its position and sensor indications every minute or less.
Nothing like sensationalizing old news... It still sucks, but just report the facts and leave the editorializing at the door.
There should be better ways to track such planes, its unfortunate that such incidents still happen even with so much technological developments! Looks like we are still in the 50's on these aspects which are most critical.
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my condolences to the families involved with the tragedy. this season of plane troubles have been haunting many people all around. the pilots should be more disciplined, have enough rest, sleep early. important that the leader of any airline show a good example and focus on the airline 100 percent and safety features 1000 percent. Such airline leader must not practice conflicting lifestyles which will only confuse the crew including the pilots. Such leader when they have other businesses which may require them to celebrate sporting or other victories with drinking CHEERS sessions, will create conflicting signals to the pilots and stewardesses. that is if its ok for my boss to party late, it must also be ok for the crew to follow that example, Pilots cannot fly without their proper sleep and full capabilities, especially if they were up late, and then expect to get ready and work so much earlier, let alone if they are required to fly into a storm knowingly coming. Strange also they brought the flight earlier, isn’t it normal for the flight to be delayed until the storm is over then fly, rather than fly earlier knowing full well the storm is going to hit.