Malaysia airlines plane may have crashed 239 people on board #1

[Steely Dan]

Have there been any incidents involving the B777 recently? Wondering what possible malfunction could have occurred that may have previously been identified.

As far as I know the only one that's crashed is the one in SF. Last I heard they were leaning towards equipment failure.

I believe that if a plane doesn't come into and out of the US they aren't required to meet FAA regulations and a lot of carriers take great liberty with the rules that do apply to them.

 

[Leilei]

I agree Steely... I think they dropped like a rock.
I think if the pilots had been able to try an emergency landing, they also would have called it in. :twocents:

I agree with you. Zero communication from them. Whatever happened, it happened very fast.

Terrible

 

[MsFacetious]

Xinhua Intemedia ‏@XinhuaIntemedia 2m

Signal of missing Malaysia Airlines plane has been detected at some 120 nautical miles southwest of Vietnam's southernmost Ca Mau province.

So that almost has to be water... and is WAY off track.
This map is the airport... and then the Ca Mau province.
So 120 nautical miles (138 regular miles) south west of there.

Looks like the Gulf to me... but directions and geography are not my strong point...

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kua...9:0xefe0b01bb69d636d!2m2!1d105.15!2d9.1833333

 

[sleepinoz]

CKNW ‏@CKNW 1m

#BREAKING: China's state media says Vietnamese authorities have detected signals from the missing #Malaysia Airlines plane.

 

[Steely Dan]

This was just added;


Vietnamese authorities now say the reports a signal had been detected were false. “We have been seeking but no signal from the plane yet,” Pham Hien, director of a Vietnam maritime search and rescue co-ordination centre in Vung Tau, told Reuters. “The information on local media about the signal near the Cape Ca Mau was inaccurate,” Pham said.

 

[sleepinoz]

dna ‏@dna 24s

No signal picked up from missing Malaysia Airlines plane-Vietnam official http://dnai.in/c6Wr


Wish they'd make up their minds.

 

[gregjrichards]

CKNW ‏@CKNW 1m

#BREAKING: China's state media says Vietnamese authorities have detected signals from the missing #Malaysia Airlines plane.

This report has now been denied http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/08/malaysia-airlines-missing-vietnam-idUSL3N0M505Z20140308

 

[LinasK]

As far as I know the only one that's crashed is the one in SF. Last I heard they were leaning towards equipment failure.

I believe that if a plane doesn't come into and out of the US they aren't required to meet FAA regulations and a lot of carriers take great liberty with the rules that do apply to them.

SFO was pilot error, he came in too low and hit the sea wall.

 

[MsFacetious]

And we thought the information issues in Holly Bobo's case were bad! :banghead: verreaction:

 

[Brightbird]

As far as I know the only one that's crashed is the one in SF. Last I heard they were leaning towards equipment failure.

I believe that if a plane doesn't come into and out of the US they aren't required to meet FAA regulations and a lot of carriers take great liberty with the rules that do apply to them.

And I just read that the only two people killed in the SF crash were Chinese nationals. Sad.

 

[sleepinoz]

This is probably wrong as well but it gives a time:

Kezia efendi ‏@keziaefendi 5m

#MalaysiaAirlines plane “signal” found at 9.50am, location was over the sea, according to Vietnamese media http://bit.ly/1kDxDE6

 

[sleepinoz]

Brett Mcleod ‏@Brett_McLeod 35s

Missing Malaysia Airlines plane - report of signal detected in Gulf of Thailand. RT @MatthewKeysLive: http://bit.ly/1lebFV9

 

[sleepinoz]

http://www.smh.com.au/world/seven-a...re-all-nnn-nnn-vars-o&sa=D&usg=ALhdy28zsr6qiq

Authorities have detected the missing plane's signal in the middle of the ocean between Vietnam and Malaysia.

Vietnamese news site VN Express quoted Pham The Hien, director of Vietnam's search wand rescue co-ordination centre, confirming that the signal was detected 230 kilometres south-west of Cape Ca Mau, Vietnam.

 

[MsFacetious]

So basically we have no idea WTF is going on? :sigh:

 

[sleepinoz]

So basically we have no idea WTF is going on? :sigh:

Exactly :facepalm:

 

[sleepinoz]

Some are still reporting signals:

Karen Paυwellѕ™  ‏@kpauwells 27s

"@AJELive: [UPDATE] Vietnam detects signals from missing Malaysia Airlines plane, AP reports. More soon."

 

[sleepinoz]

We even have a different area:

follow you back ‏@Fastmilks 1m

Malaysia Airlines says last contact with missing plane over South China Sea http://yhoo.it/1k21B1G

 

[wfgodot]

James Fallows, following the story in The Atlantic, says whatever has happened to the plane is unlikely to be a result of chronic poor practices by Malaysia Airlines (“a good, competent and modern airline&#8221. The Boeing 777 also has an excellent safety record.

Links also here to Flight Aware, which shows the moment in the log the plane lost contact with air traffic control.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/08/malaysian-airlines-plane-live

 

[Steely Dan]

SFO was pilot error, he came in too low and hit the sea wall.

I stand corrected. I just double checked myself and I was wrong. :waitasec: I coulda sworn I'd heard that. :dunno:

 

[Rallibella]

This story is just crazy... no one knows what is true or not.. Media is just wildly reporting.