Posted on 12/28/2014 10:33:30 AM PST by Beave Meister
The disappearance Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here's a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest missing flight, which went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya, Indonesia, for Singapore.
The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 on March 8 triggered one of modern aviation's most perplexing mysteries. Flight 370, carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, vanished without a trace, sending searchers across vast areas of the Indian Ocean. An initial multinational operation to locate the wreckage far off Australia's west coast turned up empty, without a single piece of debris found.
After a four-month hiatus, the hunt resumed Oct. 4 with new, more sophisticated equipment, including sonar, video cameras and jet fuel sensors aboard three ships that will spend up to a year in a desolate stretch of the sea, about 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) west of Australia.
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3rd time’s a charm!
“After a four-month hiatus, the hunt resumed Oct. 4 with new, more sophisticated equipment, including sonar, video cameras and jet fuel sensors aboard three ships that will spend up to a year in a desolate stretch of the sea, about 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) west of Australia.”
Check funding sources. I’d bet CNN is paying so they have exclusive access and ‘up to the moment’ breathless reporting.
“The search crew found sighs that a jet flew over this area sometime around the date of the tragedy, leading some to speculate that the discovery of the missing jut is just moments away...”
I no longer believe these are accidents of nature, or accidents of human error. I don’t even think these are under the catagory of ‘paranormal events’ such as the Bermuda Triangle.
A pattern has been established. Go to a second or third world country that is vastly overpopulated. Go to a country that is primarily ruled by the dictates of a system or religion that allows no questioning, no resistance without penalty. What remains unknown is the outcome for these people. I don’t think anyone from the first flight has been recovered. This is kidnapping and most likely homicide en masse.
really
Nothing would surprise me. I could buy terrorism, simple incompetence, insurance scam to funnel money to terror groups or satellite weapons testing at this point.
I think it’s an A300.
Advice to people ... don’t fly over in that country!
Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 (2002)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_421
Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia covering about 625 kilometers, from Ampenan to Yogyakarta. On January 16, 2002, the Boeing 737-300 aircraft experienced a flameout in both of its CFM International CFM56 engines about 90 seconds after entering a thunderstorm with heavy rain and hail after the BLORA point.[clarification needed] The crew tried, but failed, to restart the engines three times.
They then tried to start the auxiliary power unit which failed as well. The co-pilot tried to transmit a Mayday, but failed. Then, the aircraft disappeared from the radar and Jogja Tower asked the Pelita Air plane to take a holding above the Solo and its region. As the aircraft descended below the overcast layer of clouds at approximately 8,000 ft above ground level, the pilots saw the Bengawan Solo River and decided to attempt a ditching with the flaps and gear retracted.[1] When the aircraft made an emergency landing, the plane hit a rock in the river and underwent sudden decompression that caused one flight attendant to be sucked away from the plane.
Additionally, some passengers and flight attendants received minor injuries. After the emergency landing, the Pilot, Capt. Abdul Razak contacted the Jogja Tower, and said that they had made an emergency landing on Bengawan Solo. The evacuation team arrived shortly after the incident and all the passengers were evacuated safely. The aircraft was written off as a total loss.[2]
Trouble does run in threes!
Don’t fly planes from Muzzie countries.
Well, I wouldn’t put all the airlines in the same category as those flying from Malaysia. I would rank the airline - EMIRATES - as a good one for people to keep flying with ...
EMIRATES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_(airline)
When I went to Bali I used Eva Airline. That was a good experience (especially since I survived).
To date, EVA Air has not had any aircraft losses or passenger fatalities in its operational history. As of 21 January 2014, EVA Air is ranked number 5 out of more than 800 individual airlines by Aero International, a German monthly devoted to civil aviation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVA_Air
So very sad.
Some families lost multiple loved ones.
May God be with them.
cool.
After MH370 disappeared, there were reports that it was hijacked to pakistan and hidden until it can be used in an attack on us. Perhaps the ragheads just added this plane to their collection. I certainly wouldn’t fly most of the airlines in that part of the world.
Well, that part's just wrong. A plane is just not going to undergo explosive decompression at near sea level. In fact, if the plane was still pressurized for altitude, air would likely rush in, not out.
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