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AirAsia pilot flies to Melbourne instead of Malaysia after navigation error
the guardian ^ | 8 sept 2016 | Georgina Mitchell

Posted on 09/07/2016 4:17:49 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Several key navigation systems, including autopilot, were knocked out and the plane was unable to return to Sydney as low cloud and rain meant the flight crew couldn't see the runway....

According to the ATSB, the captain accidentally omitted a zero when he was entering the plane's longitude. This meant the navigation system thought the plane was near the South African city of Cape Town - 11,000 kilometres away.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: corrigan; wrongway
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All fun until you have to make like the Gimli Glider over the ocean.
1 posted on 09/07/2016 4:17:49 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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Air Asia? Insert Sum Ting Wong joke here. LOL.


2 posted on 09/07/2016 4:21:03 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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Geez, who hasn't gone to the wrong continent at some point in their lives?
3 posted on 09/07/2016 4:21:12 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Luckily this guy wasn’t leading the Doolittle Raid.


4 posted on 09/07/2016 4:28:12 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (Globalism = Terrorism)
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At least they didn’t land where MH370 landed.


5 posted on 09/07/2016 4:30:14 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Ken H

Backing into another car in a parking lot is way worse.


6 posted on 09/07/2016 4:34:22 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Melbourne, Fla. (MLB)? That’s a long way from Malaysia.


7 posted on 09/07/2016 4:34:28 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Is still called landed, when deep in the ocean?


8 posted on 09/07/2016 4:35:55 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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That is worse than Wrong Way Feldman. Actually I don’t really know but it might be.


9 posted on 09/07/2016 4:36:53 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: lodi90

Wong Wei.

Wen Tu Fah.


10 posted on 09/07/2016 4:37:43 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yeah. The ground might be a little bit wet.


11 posted on 09/07/2016 4:39:19 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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The castaways discover that famed but long-lost pilot Wrongway Feldman and his plane are on the island. They try to convince him to fly to civilization and ...

Had to look that one up,laughed when I saw the source.


12 posted on 09/07/2016 4:39:19 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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Well, they both start with the letter M. Could happen to anybody. At least it wasn’t Missoula, Montana.


13 posted on 09/07/2016 4:40:02 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Melbourne airport is 722km southwest of Sydney. Kuala Lumpur is 6,611km northwest.

7,000km is so darned close anyone could have made that mistake.

14 posted on 09/07/2016 4:40:11 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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Melbourne, Fla. (MLB)? That’s a long way from Malaysia.

So is Melbourne,Australia.

15 posted on 09/07/2016 4:40:30 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (In Today's America Feelings Are The New Truth)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Gilligan’s Island is one of those shows where you shouldn’t think too much.


16 posted on 09/07/2016 4:43:41 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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Check compass heading and do not rely on autopilot inputs......oooppssss


17 posted on 09/07/2016 4:44:22 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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That’s right.
No harm, no foul.

No Blood, No Foul??


18 posted on 09/07/2016 4:45:59 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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Check compass heading and do not rely on autopilot inputs......oooppssss

Who would know, with all the instruments staring back at you.

They say, if you really want to screw something up, you need a computer.

19 posted on 09/07/2016 4:49:15 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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Too much automation in the cockpit. Pilots seem to be taught to manage systems more than actually flying the plane. The pilot flies the computer while the computer flies the plane.

CC


20 posted on 09/07/2016 4:59:56 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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