Air Asia A320 missing
12-28-2014, 08:03 AM
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Sounds like something catastrophic, maybe they hit softball sized hail, or extreme turbulence.
12-28-2014, 08:24 AM
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I'm also wondering what their gross weight/max alt was at the time. 38 seems awful high for a flight that was planned to be at 320 at that time. Is the Bus still having issues with pitot icing/airspeed unreliable/etc? Might be a factor as well considering the amount of moisture in the area at the time.
12-28-2014, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Swedish Blender
The thing that gets you the most are the buildups that aren't raining yet. Middle of the night plugging along and you just get the snot kicked out of you from something you can't see or paint.
12-28-2014, 09:19 AM
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Another good technique is to move the seat all the way up and forward. Place your head on the dash and wrap your arms around your head. (Blocking all the light from the cockpit). Have your buddy fly. After a couple of minutes. You can see most of the weather in the darkness.
12-28-2014, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Tanker-driver
Is the Bus still having issues with pitot icing/airspeed unreliable/etc?
12-28-2014, 09:51 AM
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Correct me if I am wrong. Unlike Boeing aircraft Airbus planes are continuously sending aircraft data back to MX, including approximate location. Unless there was deliberate sabotage, then this thing should be found.
12-28-2014, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by aviatorhi
They don't let us fly their fancy new fangled airplanes unless we have 500 on type, but if they crash the sim on their checkride, no sweat.
12-28-2014, 10:32 AM
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Air Asia A320 missing
I agree flying that high when your heavy is close to stall margin on both ends .... And sure we have all been bumped around at the tops of something unexpected which appeared to come out of no where .. Doing the island stuff from NY I have come across monsters we just couldn't see ...
Hope we find something out from this, even if it's catastrophic we can hopefully learn from it...
Hope we find something out from this, even if it's catastrophic we can hopefully learn from it...
12-28-2014, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Pogey Bait
Correct me if I am wrong. Unlike Boeing aircraft Airbus planes are continuously sending aircraft data back to MX, including approximate location. Unless there was deliberate sabotage, then this thing should be found.
12-28-2014, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Pogey Bait
Correct me if I am wrong. Unlike Boeing aircraft Airbus planes are continuously sending aircraft data back to MX, including approximate location. Unless there was deliberate sabotage, then this thing should be found.
MH370 hasn't been ruled deliberate sabotage and it still hasn't been found
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