This is going to be bad...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/us-malaysiaairlines-flight-idUSBREA2701720140308
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/us-malaysiaairlines-flight-idUSBREA2701720140308
Malaysia Airlines 777 loses contact...not found
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Sad. Very good aircraft however. One of the safest in the air. Last year in San Francisco where those three people died during that 777 crash landing (pilot error), was the only serious accident I think that aircraft has had.
It's very abnormal that the plane lost contact without any distress call to any air traffic control in the area.
Sad news!
That is sad. I cant see this story ending well.
Originally Posted By: Rand
hijacking?
That's what I was thinking. It is VERY unusual that a distress beacon wouldn't have been activated if it was in fact a crash without any foul play even if the pilots didn't manually activate the warning beacon the plane would automatically do it if it went down.
hijacking?
That's what I was thinking. It is VERY unusual that a distress beacon wouldn't have been activated if it was in fact a crash without any foul play even if the pilots didn't manually activate the warning beacon the plane would automatically do it if it went down.
Preliminary reports from Vietnamese news sources are saying it crashed in the water.
From what I've been hearing it looks like it crashed into the water. Tragic, prayers sent.
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Tragic, prayers sent.
Yes. Indeed.
My Wife is from that area, so it hits home.
There should be a rectangular several square mile area to look, how can they not find it by now unless it went straight to the bottom intact?
If it did nosedive to the bottom, you'd think some parts would break off & float up...
Uh.
Tragic, prayers sent.
Yes. Indeed.
My Wife is from that area, so it hits home.
There should be a rectangular several square mile area to look, how can they not find it by now unless it went straight to the bottom intact?
If it did nosedive to the bottom, you'd think some parts would break off & float up...
Uh.
Live update Stream!!
http://stream.wsj.com/story/malaysia-airlines-flight-370/SS-2-475558/SS-2-475738/
http://stream.wsj.com/story/malaysia-airlines-flight-370/SS-2-475558/SS-2-475738/
When big planes vanish like this, it is usually the case that they crashed into a mountain, or mechanical/pilot error issues caused an ocean impact. This news is sad.
And unfortunately in today's information age, at least half of what gets reported in the first 48 hours will be pure speculation or inaccurate. I'll sit back and wait for a bit before thinking we have any true idea of what happened.
Sad news regardless. Still wouldn't hesitate to fly the triple 7. One of the safest planes ever made.
Sad news regardless. Still wouldn't hesitate to fly the triple 7. One of the safest planes ever made.
I went to flight aware flight tracker and it appears that the plane had just reached cruising altitude before contact was lost with it. (I would say that it was on autopilot at this time) That is what is VERY odd about this incident, usually that is the period of time when a plane is LEAST likely to have issues. Strange.
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It has been reported by various news outlets that two Italian nationals, who were supposed to be on the plane, had their passports stolen.
SO who were these two people on the plane with stolen passports?
SO who were these two people on the plane with stolen passports?
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