Why can transponders on commercial airplanes be switched off? Gregg Easterbrook offers a thought-provoking commentary on this issue and a way ahead to prevent a future Flight 370-type scenario. “The issue today is exactly as it was on 9/11. Pilots like their locations to be known — for ground assistance, and because the transponder warns […]
read more“There is a precedent for a modern jetliner to fall from the sky while ‘in the cruise’ and lie hidden for months, according to CNN aviation correspondent Richard Quest. On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 was en route from Rio De Janeiro to Paris when communications ended suddenly from the Airbus A330, another […]
read more“There is a precedent for a modern jetliner to fall from the sky while ‘in the cruise’ and lie hidden for months, according to CNN aviation correspondent Richard Quest. On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 was en route from Rio De Janeiro to Paris when communications ended suddenly from the Airbus A330, another […]
read more“A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, prompting China to send ships to scour the water for possible wreckage. The airline, speaking several hours after the plane had been due to land in the Chinese capital, said it was still too […]
read more“Vietnamese air force planes on Saturday spotted two large oil slicks in the area where the plane vanished in the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239 people on board, including two infants and 12 crew members, had crashed. The slicks were each between 6 miles and 9 miles long. There was no confirmation that […]
read more“Vietnamese air force planes on Saturday spotted two large oil slicks in the area where the plane vanished in the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239 people on board, including two infants and 12 crew members, had crashed. The slicks were each between 6 miles and 9 miles long. There was no confirmation that […]
read moreUpdate: “The woman who died was 55-year-old Darla Sue Farnell of Tahoe City, said Placer County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Dena Erwin. The injured man is 70-year-old Ray Richard Farnell also of Tahoe City.” (Source: https://www.news10.net/). “One woman has been killed in the plane crash of a small plane in Placer County, and there is one […]
read more“An outbound flight from Hawaii’s Lanai Island crashed about a mile from the airport, killing three people and leaving three others injured, authorities said Thursday. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Maui County spokesman Rod Antone said. He told The Associated Press that details were still sketchy but that the plane was taking off […]
read more“Two Tallahassee men were killed Saturday night in a [Robinson R44, 10602] helicopter crash in Wakulla County, but a woman survived the crash. The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office said Curtis Robert Clifford, 53 and Terry Bryan Ooten, 49, were found dead at the scene of the crash. Sheri Noelle Devore, 45, also of Tallahassee, was […]
read more“An Air India Boeing 787-800 [Dreamliner], registration VT-ANJ performing flight AI-301 from Melbourne, VI (Australia) to Delhi (India) with 215 people on board, was enroute at FL380 about 20nm north of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) when all three flight management computer system failed simultaneously. The crew diverted to Kuala Lumpur for a safe landing on runway […]
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