Posted on 12/27/2014 7:44:11 PM PST by kristinn
An Air Asia plane travelling from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, Indonesia's Metro TV reported on Sunday. - See more at:
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...He said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact, Reuters reported.
There are reportedly 162 people on board.
(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...
Thank-you for links.
My pleasure.
Yes, everyone can afford to fly. Actually making it to your destination is a flip of the coin however.
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No that’s a perfectly common Indonesian name, a Muslim no doubt, but not Middle Eastern.
Actually looking at the list the passengers seem to be overwhelmingly made up of Christians judging by the names, indeed I think the plane’s first officer, middle name Emmanuel, was probably a Christian too.
Given the time of year and the destination I suppose it’s no surprise that most of the passengers would be Christians and probably of ethnic Chinese origin.
No real significance can be drawn from the breakdown of the passenger list in any case as it’s almost certainly not an act of terrorism.
I wouldn’t defer to me on matters maritime, the closest I get to the sea is looking at the breakers from the deckchair on my porch, muttering “big waves today” as I shuffle over to the fridge to get another beer.
There are plenty of local fishermen who will take you out into the strait to visit Krakatoa volcano or look at the site of one of the wrecks (the Dutch ship Evertsen which beached on an island in the middle of the Sunda Strait), but, well you know, it’s Indonesia, transportation safety isn’t a priority so I kinda never got around to it.
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- Cokehead Hussein Junior is stoned and playing sh y golf again on the big island -
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Amish State strikes again?
Just getting back Caww. Been away about 6 hours. Prayers plane has been found but am in catching up mode and am at ‘unknown’ as to whether or not plane has or has not been found.
Australia involved in search (5 minutes ago). Plane not found yet.
Interesting ... one of passengers told someone per report ‘goodbye forever’ ... http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/577252/20141229/airasia-qz8501-missing-goodbye-forever.htm ... supposedly was a joke.
Does anyone have any information on the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)??
Unconfirmed Reports of Debris ... http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-search-for-missing-plane-resumes-20141229-12exc0.html
Too many similarities ... a note of the plane has landed at this link ... http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/live-blog-missing-airasia/1554372.html?amp&
on above have two words ... ‘dang, really’
report of debris found being denied ...
Very well said. Pretty much sums up my thoughts on FNC.
Maybe is nothing but what have found interesting per the timelines is plane off radar near 6:18 but not reported missing till near 7:28. Anyone else find this as strange?
CNN is having another orgasm. Oddly enough just like in the spring another Ferry accident as well. I forgot where but one caught on fire hours after the Air Asia flight went missing and that Ferry had 500 people on board. So now CNN is 24/7 on this plane.
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