Posted on 12/27/2014 8:44:25 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
An AirAsia flight travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, the company has said.
Indonesian media say more than 160 people were on board the Airbus A320-200.
The aircraft, flight number QZ8501, lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (00:24 GMT), AirAsia tweeted.
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But is it a TRIPLE SEVEN???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirAsia
Yes, it is.
They appear to have found wreckage east of Belitung Island, according to various unconfirmed reports.
That would be a little less than halfway along it’s route.
Weather was very bad, and they had requested a deviation to avoid weather, before contact was lost.
Airbus A320-200 series.
About 6 years in service.
Airbusses (sp)? and Boeings don’t just fall out of the sky. No, I’m not saying hijacking or terrorism, but it takes a series of catastrophic failures to bring one down on its own. 9 times out of 10, it is crew reaction to one or a series of issues that causes them to go down..
That’s right.
“Pretty soon, no one is going to want to fly on that airline.”
This wasn’t Malaysian Air. Asia Air never lost a plane before
It’s kinda hard to tell them apart, over there ... :-) ...
CNN has flight map up and discussing planes in the area, etc. Talking about some type of clouds and altitude problems up to 53,000 ft.
https://twitter.com/Braun23Austin/status/549063366300286977/photo/1
Map showing Belitung Island location
Has to be the fault of CNN. They’re desperate for news.
Back To The Simulator!
Well they can’t use that Canadian Simulator guy anymore, he got fired from his company for wearing a Hawaiian shirt on CNN
How much do you want to bet that the pilot is another Islamo fascist?
Eventually people will learn to trust only certain airlines. Like Qantas.
Not sure about colors but I heard on the news that Asia Air is also a Malaysian airlin. Kinda like United and American maybe?
Too early to tell. Apparently severe weather was occurring and could well be a factor.
Is Fox checking to see if Natalie Holloway is on the plane?
Heads up.
Air Asia a320-200.
I will have to look into general area of vanishing etc.
Wonder if someone remoted the fly by wire systems, considering the thing chatters to home incessantly, and how feasible that is.
Read elsewhere though that the pilot requested an “unusual flight” route/plan.
Shocked when I got up this AM and they haven’t found the crash site or any sign of the plane, that is odd...since the crash was SUPPOSEDLY pinpointed last night before I went to bed.
Wormholes seem to like that part of the world.
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