sad shyt, terrifying way to go.
One thing people need to come to grips with right now...
They are all dead
My classmates and I have been heavy in this since yesterday
(Aeronautics Majors)
To clear some things up
The oil slick theory means very little
Speaking with Marine Bio's
That strip could be of Cyanobacterium like this which is common this time of year:
Here is the pic shot from the Vietnamese plane:
The 777 has a perfect record flight wise
(if we aren't including the Asiana fukk up)
Now
With the flight track that was set prior to takeoff
Why they were over Vietnam is mind boggling.
Que-up Korean Airlines Flight 007
Radar Trax is suggesting a steep and sudden decent
I figure by the end of the day we will have a debris trail found somewhere either land or water
Also worth of note
an Austrian mans passport was stolen and the person who stole might have been on the place
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/us-malaysia-airlines-crash-austria-idUSBREA270IF20140308
My 3 guesses right now:
Hydraulics failure in the Elevator/Aileron
Suicide by pilot/Terrorism
Missile
I doubt it was suicide by the pilot because atc would've picked up the change in altitude. It vanished while at FL350. They did say however there was a rapid change in heading from 024 to 333 so it sounds like it entered some sort of spiral dive.
according to avherald...the flight was enroute at FL350 about 120nm northeast of Kota Bharu (Malaysia) over the Gulf of Thailand in contact with Subang Center (Malaysia) just about to be handed off to Ho Chi Minh Air Traffic Control Center (Vietnam) when radar and radio contact was lost at about 01:22L (17:22Z Mar 7th). Subang Air Traffic Control Center officially told the airline at around 02:40L (18:40Z Mar 7th) that the aircraft was missing.
why an hour later?
Sounds like you've got aviation experience...?
I'll chime in more when I get back from Costco
been an aviation enthusiast since i was 5 years old breh. I also hold a Canadian PPL with just under 60 hrs flight time.
and you also a chelsea fan?
dapped for the knowledge and passion in this postPicture of the Airplane taken some months ago
Just to clear some things up
Communication was lost 40minutes into the flight
When flying away from any aignificant Air Traffic Controlled airspace
planes set checkpoints to check in
they will radio in there location, followed by the location of there next check in with an eta
This might scare some people flying over ocean rescue wise since there is no direct comunicay with ATC
When a plane fails to check-in 30mins after its scheduled time
ATC sends out communications to said aircraft
Even after that...
It wouldn't be until close to the 60min mark where the airline is contacted
followed by departure and arrival destinations
When something goes wrong 40mins into a flight and its likely
Terrorism of some sort
or Mechanical Failure based upon a final inspection error of something being missed
I've read a few instances where final maintenance inspections failed
see Continental Express Flight 2574
But its last checkup was 10 days ago which is a lot of flight hours ago for someone to have fukked up in the Maintenance Facility
Here is a typical Route between airports for an Instrument Rated Jet
Here is a zoom-in of the supposed area of lost contant
Been an Aviation Enthusiast since my first flight at 4
Was on the fast track to my ppl in H.S. and had 18hrs by my 17th bday
But sports overtook my life
and since graduating H.S. I've only been up once smh
Took me to my late 20's to decide to go back to school again and get my Degree in something I actually love...
Aviation Management at San Jose St
But I also got into Stanford and some pilots I know are advising me against my Aviation degree for a Business degree from there
but
I still have 17k in debt from my first stint thru college
Not trying to take up 60k more
Besides
I love aviation and every upper division class is a passion class for me
Picture of the Airplane taken some months ago
Just to clear some things up
Communication was lost 40minutes into the flight
When flying away from any aignificant Air Traffic Controlled airspace
planes set checkpoints to check in
they will radio in there location, followed by the location of there next check in with an eta
This might scare some people flying over ocean rescue wise since there is no direct comunicay with ATC
When a plane fails to check-in 30mins after its scheduled time
ATC sends out communications to said aircraft
Even after that...
It wouldn't be until close to the 60min mark where the airline is contacted
followed by departure and arrival destinations
When something goes wrong 40mins into a flight and its likely
Terrorism of some sort
or Mechanical Failure based upon a final inspection error of something being missed
I've read a few instances where final maintenance inspections failed
see Continental Express Flight 2574
But its last checkup was 10 days ago which is a lot of flight hours ago for someone to have fukked up in the Maintenance Facility
Here is a typical Route between airports for an Instrument Rated Jet
Here is a zoom-in of the supposed area of lost contant
Been an Aviation Enthusiast since my first flight at 4
Was on the fast track to my ppl in H.S. and had 18hrs by my 17th bday
But sports overtook my life
and since graduating H.S. I've only been up once smh
Took me to my late 20's to decide to go back to school again and get my Degree in something I actually love...
Aviation Management at San Jose St
But I also got into Stanford and some pilots I know are advising me against my Aviation degree for a Business degree from there
but
I still have 17k in debt from my first stint thru college
Not trying to take up 60k more
Besides
I love aviation and every upper division class is a passion class for me
Watch when we find out who is on the plane
The world needs pilots like youBeen an Aviation Enthusiast since my first flight at 4
Was on the fast track to my ppl in H.S. and had 18hrs by my 17th bday
But sports overtook my life
and since graduating H.S. I've only been up once smh
Took me to my late 20's to decide to go back to school again and get my Degree in something I actually love...
Aviation Management at San Jose St
But I also got into Stanford and some pilots I know are advising me against my Aviation degree for a Business degree from there
but
I still have 17k in debt from my first stint thru college
Not trying to take up 60k more
Besides
I love aviation and every upper division class is a passion class for me
Never fly russianInternational flights scare the shyt out of me for real
@BonafideDefacto check out the captains home sim.
Dude was a dedicated chap. RIP.
check out his post. http://www.x-sim.de/forum/viewtopic....d50f8298#p3972
impressive stuff breh. I haven't been up since 2011 and haven't acted as PIC since 2010. I'mma go up sometime in may with a friend instructor of mine and maybe get my night rating aswell. I'm thinkin of comin down to ATP to finish errthang. You kno anything about them?
Also, do you think its in water or on land? when AF447 went down, officials were able to find debris almost immediately even though it was a larger stretch of water and area to look in. Flightaware showed it going off just off the tip of malaysia between the GUNPO and KUKO waypoint. But if they went down on land, surely the ELT would've went off.
dapped for the knowledge and passion in this post
The world needs pilots like you