Retrieving wreckage from AirAsia Flight To Singapore- no survivors recovered

[Gypsy Road]

Planes do fly in and around thunderstorms all the time, but that radar looks quite nasty with all that red- red meaning very severe storms. Wonder how high those thunderclouds reached?

 

[sleepinoz]

Planes in the area at the same time

 

[SCHMAE]

Some Q & A with random pilots about flying in thunderstorms.

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/152684/

 

[panthera]

Yikes, those look like some severe storms. JMO, but the storms will play into this.

Sadly, I agree this could be storm-related, which also would likely mean the plane is gone.

Praying for all those aboard, and for answers.
raying:

 

[SouthAussie]

From the Malaysian transport minister:

Liow Tiong Lai
@liowtionglai
I have been alerted that @AirAsia indon flight AWQ8501 from Surabaya to SPore has lost contact at 0724hrs with 155 ppl on board

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-28/air-asia-flight-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control/5990424

 

[concernedmother]

Planes in the area at the same time

Looks like alot of planes.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

Thunderstorms in Singapore, shows heights / frequency etc: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/training-knowledge-hub/weather-climate/lightning-thunderstorms

32,000 feet = 9.7536 km

 

[trigger]

Richard Quest is on CNN

 

[SouthAussie]

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Planes in the area at the same time

Few planes in the area ... I wonder if they saw anything. Lightening strike ... smoke ...

 

[SouthAussie]

Media release ..... SAR, Air Force, Navy have been activated. Waiting area set up for relatives and friends

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-28/air-asia-flight-loses-contact-with-air-traffic-control/5990424

 

[kalekona]

Yes planes fly in storms usually above weather activity but it isn't unheard of for storms to be at higher altitudes so planes fly "through" storms as well as above them or they can have problems getting to an altitude above the storms.

Seems sort of sketchy but if true about the weather it could be just a tragic accident. (but there is no way I'd be flying or letting friends and family fly anywhere near Malaysia.

 

[concernedmother]

Thunderstorms in Singapore, shows heights / frequency etc: http://app2.nea.gov.sg/training-knowledge-hub/weather-climate/lightning-thunderstorms

32,000 feet = 9.7536 km

The plane was flying 32,000 ft too so it was on top of the cloud?

 

[SCHMAE]

https://www.facebook.com/AirAsia

They updated their cover photo 35 min ago....... Why ?

 

[Isabelle]

Just horrible.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

The plane was flying 32,000 ft too so it was on top of the cloud?

No, that graph is in Kilometres, so 9.7536 km is the number you should be looking at there, and that is about 2/3 of the way up.

 

[trigger]

The plane is 6 years old so I guess it was weather related. But why did they fly? A delay would have made SENSE.

 

[SouthAussie]

https://www.facebook.com/AirAsia

They updated their cover photo 35 min ago....... Why ?

A lot of comments under that update ... speculating why.

https://www.facebook.com/AirAsia/ph...18801397386/10152963915367387/?type=1&theater

 

[trigger]

On CNN they stated there will be a news conference soon.

 

[Isabelle]

That darkness could imply loss of contact with the plane that is missing.

ETA: darkness = the color of sorrow and grief, IMO and from my personal experience

 

[SouthAussie]

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No emergency signals .... ?


Flightradar24 @flightradar24 · 10m 10 minutes ago
Flightradar24 did not pick up any emergency signals from #QZ8501 The signal was just lost at 23:12 UTC

Flightradar24 @flightradar24 · 9m 9 minutes ago
#QZ8501 may have flown out of Flightradar24 coverage at 23:12 UTC as we are missing coverage on lower altitudes in this area.

Flightradar24 @flightradar24 · 6m 6 minutes ago
The time is now 4:42 UTC which means that #QZ8501 has been missing for 5h and 30min. Search and rescue operation underway.