Very sad. :( Hope for the best but I fear the worst. The reported complete loss of radar pings sounds ominous and concern for in-flight breakup. Of course reports are notoriously unreliable early.
Lloyd - NoK = Next of Kin. Apologies if you were joking. |
Malaysia Airlines loses contact with 777
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How does that even happen?
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Originally Posted by CRM114
(Post 1597734)
That rumor is probably based on the flight aware info that stopped 1 minute after the radar track showed the a/c reaching FL350
Flight Track Log ? MAS370 ? 08-Mar-2014 ? WMKK / KUL - ZBAA / PEK ? FlightAware All flights out of WMKK seem to drop off soon after departure. Looks like a ground radar limitation. |
A thread was started about this in the Majors section and it was moved to the Safety section but without the "Moved: __________" nomenclature.
Anyway, this is very sad news :( |
Originally Posted by flyingmau5
(Post 1597759)
How does that even happen?
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Has it been confirmed where the airplane went down ? The 777 has a near spotless record so it will be interesting to follow this.
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Originally Posted by savall
(Post 1597779)
Has it been confirmed where the airplane went down ? The 777 has a near spotless record so it will be interesting to follow this.
Unfortunately sudden loss of contact trends toward catastrophic loss. :( The satellite showed very nice weather down that way. |
Question for those in the "technical know":
If a plane, like a 777, gets in a distress situation (being it one general fault or another) will the ACARS not send a series of information to the company? AF447 did that. So losing communication and no ACARS data, could mean what? I am sure there may be more than one possible explanation, but not countless. Can this equipment be turned off manually? |
Originally Posted by flyingmau5
(Post 1597759)
How does that even happen?
These planes were 'lost' by ATC, but eventually found. :( Whatever happened, we'll find out eventually. 777's don't vanish for long. |
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