Air Asia flight missing over Java Sea

CCIP · 12-27-14, 11:18 PM

(actual aircraft missing)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30614627

Not again, I hope

ETR3(SS) · 12-28-14, 12:24 AM

Spectre did it.

d@rk51d3 · 12-28-14, 01:05 AM

Looks to be more storm related.....

Bad news either way, and another blight on Malay based operations.

UPDATED:

http://avherald.com/h?article=47f6abc7&opt=0

kranz · 12-28-14, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Spectre did it.

Ukrainians did it.

Jimbuna · 12-28-14, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

Not again, I hope

Rgr that.

Oberon · 12-28-14, 07:59 AM

It doesn't look good.

Definitely not been a good year for Asian airlines. Hopefully this one will be found and there will be survivors.

Reports of bad weather in the area, the A320 has had its share of problems, but most of them have been either pilot error (due to unfamiliarity with the computer systems on board) or landing issues due to poor adhesion. This'll be the first time one has gone down mid-flight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Spectre did it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kranz

Ukrainians did it.

Let's have a bit less of the silly comments please, there's 162 people on this flight, of multiple nationalities.

kranz · 12-28-14, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Let's have a bit less of the silly comments please, there's 162 people on this flight, of multiple nationalities.

you didn't refrain yourself from silly comments in the thread in which hundreds if not thousands were involved.
besides, I'll quote (for the last time) Sailor Steve here: don't tell others what they can or cannot do.

Rockstar · 12-28-14, 10:55 AM

act your age not your shoe size.

Oberon · 12-28-14, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kranz

you didn't refrain yourself from silly comments in the thread in which hundreds if not thousands were involved.
besides, I'll quote (for the last time) Sailor Steve here: don't tell others what they can or cannot do.

I wasn't telling, I was asking. There is a difference. If you want to drag a petty squabble from one thread to another, that's your choice.

Jimbuna · 12-28-14, 11:16 AM

Come on everybody, two or more wrongs don't make a right, lets maintain some level of quality understanding here.

Admiral Halsey · 12-28-14, 11:18 AM

Bloody hell not again. Has any year ever been this bad for airline operations before?

CCIP · 12-28-14, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Bloody hell not again. Has any year ever been this bad for airline operations before?

Oh, it's been much worse:

http://m.theepochtimes.com/n3/116491...es-in-a-while/

1972 is usually considered the deadliest year.

While 2014 is unusually bad, the 1970s and 1980s were substantially more dangerous for air travel, especially when you take into account that there are far more airplanes in the air today than back then.

Admiral Halsey · 12-28-14, 01:09 PM

Damn. Surprised that 72 was the worst. I thought for sure 77 would be the worst since Tenerife happened that year.

vanjast · 12-28-14, 02:54 PM

Be interesting to see the AirBus-vs-Boeing accident stats for the last few years..?

CCIP · 12-28-14, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by vanjast

Be interesting to see the AirBus-vs-Boeing accident stats for the last few years..?

There's not really a difference, and I'll never understand the "scarebus" myth, because statistics either don't bear this out (or even favour Airbus slightly).

Some stats by type:
http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/rate_mod.htm
http://www.airfleets.net/crash/stat_plane.htm

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