Air Traffic Control (Aviation Disaster thread)

**Meresgi** · 2014-12-29 06:44

Originally Posted by Obsidian

There's no way two planes disappear from the same region in the same year without sending an emergency signal by accident. There's gross negligence somewhere in that chain.

Or it's a Godzilla or mothra type deal going on.

**Qalbert** · 2014-12-29 07:38

**Yabby** · 2014-12-29 07:59

I like how the guy on the phone doesn't even acknowledge her attempt to lead the discussion to the metric system differences. "Did this bitch really just try to blame the metric system for a plane crash? I better keep this discussion from going full retard."

**6souls** · 2014-12-29 19:20

The head of Indonesia's search-and-rescue agency, Bambang Soelistyo, says the plane is likely on the bottom of the sea.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30620647

**Obsidian** · 2014-12-29 19:26

I have to wonder why they waited until the plane could not possibly have been in the air to send out search crews. You would think that losing contact with a plane filled with 160+ people for over an hour would be sufficient cause for concern to start trying to locate it.

**Sho** · 2014-12-29 23:38

Originally Posted by Yabby

I like how the guy on the phone doesn't even acknowledge her attempt to lead the discussion to the metric system differences. "Did this bitch really just try to blame the metric system for a plane crash? I better keep this discussion from going full retard."

Don't even take her seriously, she was reading from a teleprompter. Aviation uses nautical miles for the most part anyways, making the question largely irrelevant. So instead he answered by simply explaining how pilots tend to go right into autopilot as soon as the plane is in the air. The stupidity extends to whoever wrote the script, they didn't do their due diligence at all.

**Outlaw** · 2014-12-29 23:54

I am never flying in a plane around the Indonesian islands.

**Salodin** · 2014-12-30 03:44

Confirmed for crash. Bodies being found, etc. I'd link but on phone.

**NynJa** · 2014-12-30 04:14

Originally Posted by Salodin

Confirmed for crash. Bodies being found, etc. I'd link but on phone.

Well atleast this one didnt vanish

**SamanosukeShiva** · 2014-12-30 08:12

holy fuck apparently there's an AirAsia flight in Philippines that was stopped because the wheel was faulty during the takeoff process, no one was hurt though. Get your shit together AirAsia!

http://medan.tribunnews.com/2014/12/...nya-bermasalah

**Sho** · 2014-12-30 09:26

Plane has definitely been found:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30634081

**kuronosan** · 2014-12-30 12:45

Families had to see bodies floating on the water. Wow.

**kuronosan** · 2015-01-03 00:22

They found the fuselage 30m below the surface. They should be able to raise the boxes once the weather clears.

Some passengers were still strapped in. :/

**kuronosan** · 2015-01-07 02:55

And they have found the tail. It's all up to investigators now.

**Outlaw** · 2015-03-26 00:09

No one is going to mention the German plane crash? The black box was recovered and one of the pilots got locked out of the cockpit and was trying to break down the door.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-p...ut-of-cockpit/

**Acevalefor** · 2015-03-26 00:14

Originally Posted by Outlaw

No one is going to mention the German plane crash? The black box was recovered and one of the pilots got locked out of the cockpit and was trying to break down the door.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-p...ut-of-cockpit/

Just waiting for more info. It sounds ominous so far.

**kuronosan** · 2015-03-26 00:23

Holy shit.

**Petitssk** · 2015-03-26 07:45

No English sources, but apparently, the co-pilot deliberately caused the crash when he was alone in the cockpit; at least that's what the French investigators conclude based on the voice recordings.
This incident already was extremely huge, but it's probably only going to get worse from here.

Edit:
According to the article, the pilot left the cockpit after ~20 minutes, as a seat being moved back and a door opening can be heard, so they assume that the co-pilot was the only one in the cockpit.
Prior to that, co-pilot and pilot were having an ordinary conversation, but after the pilot left, there's nothing but the co-pilot's regular breathing all the time until the eventual crash.

After the pilot left, the co-pilot initiated the descent, which, as they put it, cannot be triggered inadvertently, as it has to be intiated by turning a button, not by pushing it. After demanding entry, the pilot started knocking on the door, however, the co-pilot remained silent. This went on until the knocking intensified shortly before the crash, prior to which screams can be heard as well.

**thetruepandagod** · 2015-03-26 07:50

**thetruepandagod** · 2015-03-26 07:52

Name of the co-pilot was Andreas Günter Lubitz according to the press conference going on right now. And like was said earlier they are saying that the crash was deliberate.

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