Air Asia Flight missing..

GBX · 28-12-2014 04:50AM #1

"@BBCBreaking: Air Asia flight QZ 8501 travelling from Indonesia to Singapore has gone missing - reports http://t.co/4ZqCzIoKXE"

Hopefully contact us made soon.

man98 · 28-12-2014 05:46AM

It went missing 6 hours ago

Thrill · 28-12-2014 05:57AM

indonesian transport ministry confirms that QZ8501 requested a change in course because of heavy weather. There were thunderstorms in the area it seems. Planes been missing for around 6 hours now. Doesnt look good.

Thrill · 28-12-2014 06:25AM

Airplane wreckage reportedly found east of Belitung Island in Indonesia. No confirmation from Air Asia yet.

ardle1 · 28-12-2014 06:48AM

Remind me never to fly with Air Asia!

Thrill · 28-12-2014 07:10AM

There is no possibility for missing flight to continue flying. Only had fuel for 4.5hrs. - Indonesian Officials

Luke92 · 28-12-2014 08:05AM

AirAsia added to the no fly list for myself!

What is up with these Malaysian airlines this year!

keith16 · 28-12-2014 09:23AM

ardle1 wrote: »

Remind me never to fly with Air Asia!

Luke92 wrote: »

AirAsia added to the no fly list for myself!

What is up with these Malaysian airlines this year!

Well in that case you might want to strongly consider never flying again. First aircraft Air Asia have ever lost.

28-12-2014 09:42AM

Luke92 wrote: »

AirAsia added to the no fly list for myself!

What is up with these Malaysian airlines this year!

Eh Air Asia is INDONESIAN not Malaysian for a start two completely different countries.

You can put all the airlines of the world on a list of you want because most if not all at some stage have had an incident

fits · 28-12-2014 10:01AM

I wouldn't blame people after reading the article in the indo. Indonesian air Asia flight crashes, and they talk about Malaysian airlines and Malaysian air Asia. Gutter journalism

mickdw · 28-12-2014 11:59AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Eh Air Asia is INDONESIAN not Malaysian for a start two completely different countries.

You can put all the airlines of the world on a list of you want because most if not all at some stage have had an incident

Well the founder / owner tony fernandez is Malaysian and the entire business is headquartered in kuala lumper. I don't think it's incorrect to call it a Malaysian airline.

billie1b · 28-12-2014 12:05PM

mickdw wrote: »

Well the founder / owner tony fernandez is Malaysian and the entire business is headquartered in kuala lumper. I don't think it's incorrect to call it a Malaysian airline.

Correct, a few of the articles on line are even quoting it as Malaysian, one from an official source too

the_monkey · 28-12-2014 12:11PM

They say a thunderstorm brought the plane down ? How can a thunderstorm bring a plane down ? Planes go through them all the time ...

kona · 28-12-2014 12:29PM

the_monkey wrote: »

They say a thunderstorm brought the plane down ? How can a thunderstorm bring a plane down ? Planes go through them all the time ...

They most definatley avoid them!

A Dub in Glasgo · 28-12-2014 12:34PM

the_monkey wrote: »

They say a thunderstorm brought the plane down ? How can a thunderstorm bring a plane down ? Planes go through them all the time ...

Aircraft go to great lengths to avoid thunderstorms / bad weather, you can see this all the time on the radar sites where planes take strange routes to avoid them!!

highlydebased · 28-12-2014 12:36PM

the_monkey wrote: »

They say a thunderstorm brought the plane down ? How can a thunderstorm bring a plane down ? Planes go through them all the time ...

They definitely don't fly right into thunderstorms intentionally, not a very safe place for an aircraft to be with severe turbulence, windshear, microbursts, hail, lightning etc! In a very strong storm it could be fatal

kona · 28-12-2014 01:18PM

Anybody know the aircraft reg?

billie1b · 28-12-2014 01:23PM

kona wrote: »

Anybody know the aircraft reg?

It's believed to be PK-AXC

roundymac · 28-12-2014 01:47PM

Did'nt the Air France AF 447 fly into one which caused the pitot tubes to ice up?

smurfjed · 28-12-2014 01:56PM

Eh Air Asia is INDONESIAN not Malaysian for a start two completely different countries.

Air Asia is a MALAYSIAN airline owned by Tony Fernandez. The airline was set up in KL and operates from its own low cost terminal. As the airline expanded, it joined with associated airlines which operate under the Air Asia brand, one of these is Indonesia Air Asia. This was originally called Awair (Air Wagon International) and started in 1999.

Peregrine · 28-12-2014 02:04PM

It(Awair) operates under the Air Asia brand which is Malaysian but it's an Indonesian airline majority owned by an Indonesian.

coffeepls · 28-12-2014 02:10PM

I'm going to beg to differ here - this is actually an Indonesian owned airline
Here is a link: http://worldairlinenews.com/tag/pk-axc/
I was actually doing a search to see who the lessor was, not to prove this

Just saw your post there Nim after I posted the above

Stinicker · 28-12-2014 02:41PM

It doesn't matter if it's Indonesian or Malaysian, they all operate under the AirAsia umbrella, I've flown on AirAsia (The Malaysian version), Thai AirAsia and Air Asia Zest in the Philippines. They are a huge group similar to Ryanair here and very cheap. Indonesia has some shocking aviation safety so what I'd be more interested in was finding out what happened and if it was human or mechanical error. RIP to all those who have by now surely perished.

snowgal · 28-12-2014 03:33PM

I don't see anywhere where they said about it being brought down by thunderstorm, sure they haven't even found it yet..? Unless I'm missing something?

martinsvi · 28-12-2014 03:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

You can put all the airlines of the world on a list of you want because most if not all at some stage have had an incident

Well AirAsia Indonesia were on EU Banned airline list from 2007 to 2010 due to safety concerns. Sure enough they got their issues resolved and got removed from the list, but what if they came back? Way too early to say, but I wouldn't blame certain posters for not wanting to fly with this airline

kona · 28-12-2014 03:43PM

Basically anything not easa or FAA approved will be below par safety wise. There's a reason they are cheap and don't have any easa or FAA approval.

Reoil · 28-12-2014 04:32PM

snowgal wrote: »

I don't see anywhere where they said about it being brought down by thunderstorm, sure they haven't even found it yet..? Unless I'm missing something?

They asked to increase altitude approaching a storm. There is a high possibility that this is a factor to its disappearance.

Slippin Jimmy · 28-12-2014 05:27PM

Reoil wrote: »

They asked to increase altitude approaching a storm. There is a high possibility that this is a factor to its disappearance.

More than likely it is, but nothing has been confirmed yet.

highlydebased · 28-12-2014 05:30PM

According to this link, there is a suggestion it came down off the east coast of Sumatera, in the waters of East Belitung. http://www.nst.com.my/node/66736?d=1

man98 · 28-12-2014 06:19PM

At least the wreckage should be relatively easy to recover, in comparison to MH370. I'd be leaning towards the theory that perhaps adverse conditions, computer failure and pilot incompetence may have formed a "perfect storm". All speculation, as well as mysterious. As far as I know, no Mayday call was made. Bombs are effectively ruled out, highly unlikely that an army is out training in a storm close to a busy airport.

smurfjed · 28-12-2014 06:45PM

I'd be leaning towards the theory that perhaps adverse conditions, computer failure and pilot incompetence may have formed a "perfect storm"

What do you mean by this?

Basically anything not easa or FAA approved will be below par safety wise

Have you compared the safety record of Air Asia versus Air France?

Air Asia Flight missing..

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