Air Traffic Control (Aviation Disaster thread)

[Tajin]

Final Destination of course.

[kuronosan]

The military also said it was at a higher altitude when it dipped out of radar. Looks like it was going somewhere else.

[Kerberoz]

Well, I dunno... Why did these passengers make the effort to book a flight, make arrangements to go to the airport, go to the airport, check in to their flight, have their bags checked, go through security, wait for a bit, then decide to not show up to board (I mean unless its totally common to waste ones own time like this)?

I'm wondering if the people were questioned as to why they decided not to board a plane that has subsequently turned up missing without a trace.

Switched to an earlier flight because seats opened up? Happens all the time.

[octopus]

Switched to an earlier flight because seats opened up? Happens all the time.

If that's what happened that guy is probably the luckiest guy ever lol

[Xno Kappa]

If that's what happened that guy is probably the luckiest guy ever lol

Final Destination of course.

O.o

[Mazmaz]

I can't believe the two stolen passport passengers are Iranian and they don't think this is related.

racist

[archibaldcrane]

It's just an insane coincidence.

[Elites]

I cannot believe this shit is happening, it's all too creepy that 200+ people disappeared with their phones still on.

[archibaldcrane]

Their phones are not on.

[Outlaw]

I think it's turning towards foul play as a reason for this. I am going to quote some portions of a NBC article I found interesting.

But in a post-9/11 world, it is hard to imagine what type of human activity could bring down a modern jet so quickly that not a single alarm was sounded.

For instance, when a JetBlue captain had a mid-air mental breakdown on his New York-to-Las Vegas flight in April, he was locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot and subdued by passengers until the flight made a safe landing in Texas.

Could a similar disturbance explain what happened to the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777?

"Maybe somebody on the flight has bought a huge sum of insurance, who wants family to gain from it or somebody who has owed somebody so much money, you know, we are looking at all possibilities," Bakar said. "We are looking very closely at the video footage taken at the [airport and] we are studying the behavioral pattern of all the passengers."

With those remarks, eyes are turning toward the 1997 Silk Air crash in which a Boeing 737 plunged so rapidly into an Indonesian river that only six of 104 victims were positively identified.

U.S. officials who helped the international investigation concluded that the evidence was consistent with a deliberate manipulation of the controls — most likely by the Singaporean captain, who had reportedly incurred debts of more than $1 million and was already facing disciplinary action.

The cockpit voice recorder had been intentionally disconnected, but a possible rudder failure meant pilot suicide could not be conclusively proven as the cause.

Only two years later, EgyptAir Flight 990 plunged into the sea off Massachusetts, killing all 217 on board. Cockpit voice recordings revealed that one of the relief co-pilots, Gamal al-Batouti, repeated the Arabic phrase “I rely on God” several times before the plane entered a rapid, deadly dive.

The United States' National Transportation Safety Board concluded that al-Batouti’s action at the controls had probably caused the Boeing 767 to crash, but again the motive for that action was “not determined” and Egyptian officials rejected the suicide theory.

Health checks for pilots

Malaysian commercial pilots undergo health checks at similar time intervals to those in the U.S., but it was not immediately clear if those tests match American requirements for mental competence.

Federal Aviation Administration rules require captains to have a first-class medical certificate, renewed every year if the pilot is under 40 and every six months if 40 or over. First officers (co-pilots) need a second-class certificate - renewed every year - but some airlines insist all pilots have first-class certificates.

“The system relies on pilots self-declaring, so unless a pilot is honest about an alcohol problem or a psychiatric disorder, there’s no guarantee a problem would be spotted,” said Diane Damos, who holds a doctorate in aviation psychology and whose company specializes in pilot selection and screening.

“Cabin crew are supposed to block anyone from getting close to the cockpit area while the door is open,” said Damos. “Nobody should by anywhere near the flight deck.”

That’s why Malaysia Airlines said on Tuesday that it was “shocked” by a report that the first officer on the missing Boeing 777 broken the airline’s rules by allowing passengers to sit in the cockpit during take-off and landing.

Jonty Roos, from Australia, said that she and a friend were on vacation in 2011 when they were invited to the flight deck by two pilots – one of whom she identified as Fariq bin Ab Hamid, the 27-year-old co-pilot of Flight MH370. She said the pair also smoked during the flight.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/mis...e-blame-n50241

[Jaybar]

They were on the plane, so unless they turn up okay I don't think it makes much of a difference.

Forgot they don't have family, my mistake.

[Mertron]

two pilots – one of whom she identified as Fariq bin Ab Hamid,

lol

[Roranora]

Ummmmm.. wut?

i'm ~ 50% chinese 30% malaysian, and 3/227ths american

this shit still cray and they took our peoples and a plane tube thing

[TummieGaruda]

There is a crowdsourcing project for the public to look through satellite images in search of wreckage. These maps are huge so plan to have a lot of time on your hands

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/...014?source=abc

[Roranora]

That is a pretty solid way to go about it. Teamhuman(tm) can handle that; use the power of that 7 bees of peeps. Won't get quite that many sifting imagery, but will get some elite contributors no doubt.

wru with our plane&peoples, bishes

I too am disappointed @lack of tech and this apparent ninja-vanishing possibility. wtf Boeing/MA, there's no little off-the-blueprint beacon in this 777 you can set off? In March 2014? Hrmph.

[Roranora]

I hope the pilot just went all Denzel's char in that.. shit! Flight, what a turrible name.. anyway, he just throws it out to the passengers, "haay guys it's time for a party and a vanish vacation, let's do it! we'll come back in a couple weeks. Everyone hand over cell phones, thx."

They're shit-faced on Helena island or something now. Laughing hysterically whilst drunk and getting bits of this world news event of theirs.

Or they're in Osama v2's caves and starving.

Can't leave out wormhole and they'll brb 50 years.

[Xno Kappa]

Legitimate off-topic question, are you drunk and/or high right now?

[Ksandra]

There is a crowdsourcing project for the public to look through satellite images in search of wreckage. These maps are huge so plan to have a lot of time on your hands

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/...014?source=abc

Someone may have found "something" looks like an airplane but could be a boat:

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1103537

http://i.cdn.turner.com/ireport/sm/p...3189824_p9.jpg

[Twilight Sky]

If my computer stops being a piece of unreliable shit, I can zoom in on it, save as and try to enhance the image..

BAH looks like 20m/100ft is the minimum range.

[Mertron]

I used that for like 30 minutes, then I found some kind of carrier with a helipad and gave up because I was pretty sure the helipad thing already did a good job of not finding anything

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