Addie Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 .. and the missing Douglas Mayoress' chain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Another one missing, AirAsia this time http://news.sky.com/story/1398597/search-suspended-for-missing-airasia-plane Bad year for Asian airlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31039460?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central Malaysia has declared an end to the search and officially attributed the loss to an accident. So it looks as if we will never know what happened. Hopefully, real-time transmission of flight and cockpit voice data will be ushered in by this, so that this data isn't dependent in future on finding two orange containers at the bottom of an ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Hopefully, real-time transmission of flight and cockpit voice data will be ushered in by this, so that this data isn't dependent in future on finding two orange containers at the bottom of an ocean. I doubt the bandwidth exists to do this - the continuous data flow from appx 100k commercial flights per day would surely far exceed satellite capacity (many flights spend hours outside of vhf range - hf has very limited capacity and is no good for reliable real-time data transmission). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de plume Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Something seriously not right with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Hopefully, real-time transmission of flight and cockpit voice data will be ushered in by this, so that this data isn't dependent in future on finding two orange containers at the bottom of an ocean. I doubt the bandwidth exists to do this - the continuous data flow from appx 100k commercial flights per day would surely far exceed satellite capacity (many flights spend hours outside of vhf range - hf has very limited capacity and is no good for reliable real-time data transmission). Many airlines subscribe to services that send performance & fault data anyway. Often to their engineering depts. and to others such as engine manufacturers. They use satellite links, usually. These days, many airlines also provide internet access and phone services for their PAX. Flight parameters and cockpit voice data aren't going to be especially bandwidth intensive. Here is the US NTSB's recent letter on the subject. They are proposing a burst of recorded data triggered by a set of abnormal conditions. http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/A-15-001-008.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31039460?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central Malaysia has declared an end to the search and officially attributed the loss to an accident. So it looks as if we will never know what happened. Hopefully, real-time transmission of flight and cockpit voice data will be ushered in by this, so that this data isn't dependent in future on finding two orange containers at the bottom of an ocean. The search is not over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31039460?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central Malaysia has declared an end to the search and officially attributed the loss to an accident. So it looks as if we will never know what happened. Hopefully, real-time transmission of flight and cockpit voice data will be ushered in by this, so that this data isn't dependent in future on finding two orange containers at the bottom of an ocean. The search is not over. Ah - no, you are right. The BBC breaking news item that my link originally linked to stated that the search had been ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 There are currently four vessels searching the southern end of the "seventh arc" where it is thought the plane went down. The ATSB releases a fortnightly bulletin here http://www.atsb.gov.au/mh370.aspx Today's press release from Malaysia http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/01/29/MH370-declaration-DCA/ It's a BIG ocean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I suppose declaring it an accident allows some insurance/compensation pay outs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Possible aircraft wreckage found washed up on the island of Reunion. With most aircraft parts numbered and recorded it might have proof which aircraft it came from. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33714780 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Yeah, they will be able to tell quite quickly if it's the right aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 The BBC are reporting that it is almost certainly from a B777, and that it is being taken to Toulouse for examination by the BEA. I should think the odds are very high that if the wreckage is indeed from a B777, it is from MH370. It's the only one to have gone into the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 "MH370: Reunion debris is from missing Malaysia flight". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33794012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 The conspiracy nutters will soon be out claiming the wreckage was planted by the CIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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