Missing Plane Air Asia

Sending regards for the 151 people on board.

(see that there's multiple threads now)

originally posted by: jude11
First Malaysia and now this...

In this time of technology, how can we just LOSE planes full of people?

Answer? We can't.

Something not right here...again.

Peace

Probably because it's a developing situation and not every single piece of information is known right away.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I agree, but that doesn't make it any less "not again". Plane crash on land and verified with a fireball doesn't make it any better than a missing flight not found (indefinitely).

Sucks either way.

a reply to: jude11

Kinda puts the "50 years ahead technologically" in a new light...

a reply to: Bigburgh

Asian airlines are expanding faster than anyone, and aren't regulated like other areas. A number of them are black listed, and one recently had to stop flying because of credit issues over their fuel bill.

Can anyone check if there's a monsoon trough nearby??

a reply to: opethPA

Found the twitter posts and a couple news sites mentioning it after a couple minutes of searching. Thanks.

I hope it doesn't turn out to be another case of lacklusterly trained pilots being unable to fly the airplane.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: justwanttofly

Several stories ended with "the pilot asked for an unusual routing". Most of them barely mention it's a plane though and are two sentences long.

It's not unusual.
If you're in trouble..
My first thought is.. Find me an airfield... or Find me a corn field.
Or if over the ocean.. find me me a ship near by? I don't want to swim long..

a reply to: Yeahkeepwatchingme

Because there aren't 50 satellites watching every square inch of the planet to find a plane crash the second it happens. It takes time to find it.

originally posted by: highfreq
Honest to god I just don't believe it....If this is indeed true then I am seriously at loss for words....I seriously am starting to think there is some secret James Bond super villain lurking in the shadows...

Ya they are call UFO

LOL wake up and smell the rose

I hope this is a badly researched story.Best wishes for those on board.

Why do I have this eery feeling this may not ever be found? Fingers crossed though, really hope everything's alright.

a reply to: Zaphod58
Thank you for pointing that out.

a reply to: Bigburgh

Many international airlines aren't held to the same standards and regulations like those in the US or UK or Canada are. A higher accident ratio for those airlines is expected, and many of those airlines reside in Asia.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Bigburgh

Asian airlines are expanding faster than anyone, and aren't regulated like other areas. A number of them are black listed, and one recently had to stop flying because of credit issues over their fuel bill.

More issues with this airline.

The Malaysian budget airline was forced to cancel the flights after it failed to gain approval for the new route, which was due to start on December 26, from Australian and Indonesian aviation authorities.   

This is despite the airline advertising and taking bookings for the direct flight as recently as this month. 

First off. Regards for the people on board and their families...now conspiracy time. Maybe they didnt get the job done with the first malaysian plane. So take this one and try again. Smell something fishy...

a reply to: auroraaus

Here's the live weather satellite over the area..

www.accuweather.com...

originally posted by: jude11
First Malaysia and now this...

In this time of technology, how can we just LOSE planes full of people?

Answer? We can't.

Something not right here...again.

Peace

I completely agree!

This is just starting to get down right bizarre.

A good listing of sequential updates

www.airlinereporter.com...