AirAsia flight 'disappears'

[lionofjudah60]

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/25865584/airasia-flight-disappears/

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

......be interesting to see if turbulence issues were reported in flight radio messages

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I think the official announcement put out by Air Asia included a statement that  the pilot asked for  - and was given a different flight path because of bad weather.

edit: apparently he also radioed a request to ascend to a higher altitude for the same reason..

[fourandsixpants]

link pls?

[icyfroth]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

link pls?

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it was on this evenings news. I'm sure  you could find the link on any news site.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

link pls?

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I don't have a link, Paints I saw it on ABC24 this afternoon. They showed the announcement  on the screen during their coverage and a commentator read it out while it scrolled.

[raptor_rebooted]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

link pls?

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have you tried abc ??

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-28/airasia-flight-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control/5990424

[fourandsixpants]

HHhhhhhmmmmmmmnn.....................no link huh?

all i have been able to find is:

"The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared midway into the flight of more than two hours and no distress call was issued. "

from a reputable news site. Not posting link as apparently not necessary to verify source.

[fourandsixpants]

"The airline said the Airbus A320-200 was lost from the radar at 7.24am (local time), after asking to fly higher to avoid clouds."

.....is this same airline that 'lost' 2 planes during 2014- one plane still missing and many reports suspect terrorist situation &/or suggest that USA shot it down ?.....and the 2nd plane was shot down.......

..........riiiiiight.

[aps1080]

On their way to do a 9/11 attack on Diego Garcia.

Apart from not much on DG, I very much doubt an aircraft would get close enough.


Hope they find this one quickly.

[raptor_rebooted]

• AirAsia flight QZ8501 lost contact with Jakarta air traffic control at 7:24am (local time)
• The Airbus A320-200 was flying from Indonesia's Surabaya to Singapore
• AirAsia said of all 162 people on board 156 are Indonesian, three are South Korean, one French, one Malaysian and one Singaporean.  The UK Foreign Office has since confirmed one British national was on board. 
• 7 crew members - 2 pilots, 5 cabin crew
• Plane requested deviation due to bad weather before communication was lost, AirAsia says

[aps1080]

By morning we should have about 5 different conspiracy theories in the newspapers, including

which pilot was sleeping with which stewardess