[tegra7]

AKARTA, Indonesia – An AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard lost contact with ground control on Sunday after takeoff from Indonesia on the way to Singapore, and search and rescue operations were underway.


The plane lost communication with Jakarta’s air traffic control at 7:24 a.m., about an hour before it was scheduled to land in Singapore, the Singapore Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. The contact was lost about 42 minutes after takeoff from Indonesia’s Surabaya airport, Hadi Mustofa, an official of the transportation ministry told Indonesia’s MetroTV.

AirAsia said in a statement that the plane was an Airbus A320-200 and that search and rescue operations were in progress.

Mustofa said the plane had seven crew and 155 passengers, and lost contact when it was believed to be over the Java Sea between Kalimantan and Java islands.

The Singapore aviation authority said it was informed about the missing plane by Jakarta ground control about half an hour after the contact was lost.

“Search and rescue operations have been activated by the Indonesian authorities,” it said, adding that the Singapore air force and the navy also were activated with two C-130 planes.

AirAsia plane with 162 aboard missing after takeoff from Indonesia - National | Globalnews.ca (http://globalnews.ca/news/1745485/airasia-plane-with-162-aboard-missing-after-takeoff-from-indonesia/)

[meme405]

It went interstellar on em'

[Tetsugen]

Is it true that this airline is a subsidiary of Malaysian airlines ? Cause my god 2014 just isn't their year.

[StylinRed]

Is it true that this airline is a subsidiary of Malaysian airlines ? Cause my god 2014 just isn't their year.

nope

it's owned by the Tune Group which is owned by Tony Fernandes (caterham f1, queens park fc)

[SeedBNR]

Here we go again..

[shawnly1000]

-138 adults
-16 children
-1 baby
-3 Koreans
-1 Singaporean
-1 Briton
-1 Malaysian
-157 Indonesian
.

[twitchyzero]

i hope 2014 was just an anomaly for aviation incidents and will not be the norm going forward.
i wonder if we'll ever find out what really happened to MH370

[tegra7]

i hope 2014 was just an anomaly for aviation incidents and will not be the norm going forward.
i wonder if we'll ever find out what really happened to MH370

Most likely at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

[tegra7]

CNN Report says Pilot requested an unusual route just before the plane lost contact.

AirAsia jet carrying 162 missing on way to Singapore - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/27/world/asia/airasia-missing-plane/index.html)

[!Kodamu]

From Indonesia National SAR official briefing:

(all times local)

05:36 QZ8501 departed Juanda airport, Surabaya

06:12 Contacts Jakarta center 125.70 at FL320, requests weather deviation left of M635 airway and climb to FL380

06:16 QZ8501 still observed on radar

06:17 Radar contact lost. Radio contact lost. Only ADS-B signal remained.

06:18 All contact lost. Only flight plan view on radar screen.

07:08 ATC declares INCERFA (aircraft position uncertain)

07:28 ATC declares ALERTFA (emergency alert)

07:55 ATC declares DETRESFA (emergency distress)

[Gucci Mane]

It went interstellar on em'

everyone who failed this post is a tart. they're all dead... nothing can be done now.

[meme405]

everyone who failed this post is a tart. they're all dead... nothing can be done now.

I still don't understand the movie, I thought matthew mcconaughey lives in the end?

Probably fishing for fails now. Didn't mean disrespect, hope the plane gets found with those aboard safe and sound...

[inv4zn]

Yes because a science fiction movie about travel between timespace is relatable to an actual airplane going missing, for the xth time time this year...

Fail removed since you said you didn't mean disrespect, but it was still in pretty poor taste imo

[TOS'd]

Same airline that has that cheap unlimited South Asia travel pass. :woot2:

[StylinRed]

CNN Report says Pilot requested an unusual route just before the plane lost contact.

AirAsia jet carrying 162 missing on way to Singapore - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/27/world/asia/airasia-missing-plane/index.html)

yeah it was reported that there was bad weather so the pilot requested a route to go around that weather

[Tone Loc]

Inb4 Revscene aviation specialists and conspiracy theories...

[willystyle]

What happened to CharlesInCharge anyway? haven't seen any new threads from him for months. He be all over this right now.

[Soundy]

.
-138 adults
-16 children
-1 baby
-3 Koreans
-1 Singaporean
-1 Briton
-1 Malaysian
-157 Indonesian

And a partridge in a pear tree! :toot:

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

closure? :suspicious:

[hud 91gt]

Just walked by an AirAsia crew in my layover hotel. Not looking happy would be an understatement. I've been in their situation and it's a pretty sick feeling. Wishing for the best, also wish I had spoken up and given them a few wishful words.

[GabAlmighty]

How many pilots does RS have?!

[Not really racist!]

http://i.imgur.com/fSpwZTA.jpg

:(

[CP.AR]

How many pilots does RS have?!

quite a few.
:suspicious:

[GabAlmighty]

quite a few.
:suspicious:

Sorry, forgot the sarcastic smiley

[tegra7]

Official: Missing AirAsia jet likely at bottom of sea - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/27/world/asia/airasia-missing-plane/)

AirAsia flight 8501 assumed to be at the bottom of the sea.

[EmperorIS]

THEY FOUND DEBRIS!!!!

DEAD BODIES FOUND!!!!!

[nubtub]

NSFW: video of the live newscast of the recovery of the dead body…but they have so far recovered a door and 6 bodies.

[SoNaRWaVe]

source?

[2 n r]

http://hosted.ap.org/photos/2/24871b38-fee5-43ab-978c-6dadc7cba7e2-big.jpg

[Harvey Specter]

Another close call for an Airasia plane;

Flight: Z2272 Aircraft: RP-C8972 Z2272 - Flights list - Flightradar24 (http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/z2272/#5287467) … RT @jetdsantos: Airasia plane overshot runway at kalibo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6GEEE4CAAE8jP4.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6GEEE9CAAEzEl8.jpg

Live news from that region;

http://www.mivo.com/#/tvone

[Mr.HappySilp]

All these accidents, now I am not sure if I should visit China in June......

[hchang]

What the fucks in China anyways

[blkgsr]

i just spent 8 months flying around SE asia on Air Asia and others.....scary as fuck this happens right after i get home

[JHatta]

i just spent 8 months flying around SE asia on Air Asia and others.....scary as fuck this happens right after i get home

lol I was just mentioning that I spent a few months with my gf (at the time) bouncing around SE Asia and probably took AirAisa two dozen times in various countries. Scary that all this shit is happening recently. Glad we made it home safe.

[Gucci Mane]

What the fucks in China anyways

cancer and knock off luxury items.

[ilovebacon]

lol I was just mentioning that I spent a few months with my gf (at the time) bouncing around SE Asia and probably took AirAisa two dozen times in various countries. Scary that all this shit is happening recently. Glad we made it home safe.

the scary part is that this had happened three times now

[Ludepower]

Booked my air asia flight just last week too...yolo haha :heckno:

Not surprised this is happening. Third world countries with shoddy airports and skeptical maintenance procedures.

[will068]

Isn't Air Asia like Allegiant ? E.g. Discount Airline that buys second hand 30 year old planes from other carriers ?

[hud 91gt]

When it rains it pours.


It's just going to happen more and more. As air travel grows, aircraft technology requires less and less experienced crews on a day to day basis. That is, until something goes wrong... You can feel safe in Canada as every airline in the country has fairly experienced (in the grand scheme of things) crews who have flown more then just a simulator in the past.

[blkgsr]

Isn't Air Asia like Allegiant ? E.g. Discount Airline that buys second hand 30 year old planes from other carriers ?

not at all....every single air asia flight i've been on was a newish plane (6-8 years max)

they have something like 180 aircraft with 200 more on order

[jackmeister]

Isn't Air Asia like Allegiant ? E.g. Discount Airline that buys second hand 30 year old planes from other carriers ?

discount - yes
old planes - no

[Bahhbeehhaaaa]

they found the plane and bodies
AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Bodies and debris recovered by search teams - World - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/airasia-flight-qz8501-bodies-and-debris-recovered-by-search-teams-1.2885920)

RIP

[underscore]

the scary part is that this had happened three times now

Three out of thousands is a pretty small percentage.

[GabAlmighty]

When it rains it pours.


It's just going to happen more and more. As air travel grows, aircraft technology requires less and less experienced crews on a day to day basis. That is, until something goes wrong... You can feel safe in Canada as every airline in the country has fairly experienced (in the grand scheme of things) crews who have flown more then just a simulator in the past.

These pilots were experienced, something like left seat had 6000 and right seat had 2500hrs. Supposedly they asked for a clearance to get a higher alt but separation minimas kept them low. This is what my dad told me and I actually haven't read fuck all on the accident.

[Gumby]

These pilots were experienced, something like left seat had 6000 and right seat had 2500hrs. Supposedly they asked for a clearance to get a higher alt but separation minimas kept them low. This is what my dad told me and I actually haven't read fuck all on the accident.
Yes, the pilot asked 2x to fly at a higher altitude, but his request was denied because of other aircraft in the area.

[AzNightmare]

lol I was just mentioning that I spent a few months with my gf (at the time) bouncing around SE Asia and probably took AirAisa two dozen times in various countries. Scary that all this shit is happening recently. Glad we made it home safe.

plot??

[hud 91gt]

These pilots were experienced, something like left seat had 6000 and right seat had 2500hrs. Supposedly they asked for a clearance to get a higher alt but separation minimas kept them low. This is what my dad told me and I actually haven't read fuck all on the accident.

Sorry simple answer is if your flying into a dangerous situation, you change your routing, even if your not cleared. That isn't exactly a highly experienced crew but certainly not the worst. The captain was a military guy, so they are generally a little lower time then their civilian counterparts.

[CivicBlues]

Booked my air asia flight just last week too...yolo haha :heckno:

Not surprised this is happening. Third world countries with shoddy airports and skeptical maintenance procedures.

You really don't know what you're talking about. Singapore's Changi airport is probably the most advanced in the world. Air Asia hasn't had a single noticeable incident or fatality till now for it's entire history and it flies to more places than Westjet.

All of you armchair pilots need to shut your mouth and wait for the investigation to come to it's conclusion before you continue shooting it off.

[yray]

you can't shut my APU from spewing bullshit

[Gucci Mane]

You really don't know what you're talking about. Singapore's Changi airport is probably the most advanced in the world. Air Asia hasn't had a single noticeable incident or fatality till now for it's entire history and it flies to more places than Westjet.

All of you armchair pilots need to shut your mouth and wait for the investigation to come to it's conclusion before you continue shooting it off.

are you a pilot?

[CivicBlues]

are you a pilot?

No, which is why I don't speculate on investigations before they've even started.

The two idiots who failed me above already made their ignorance known with their previous posts. I don't see how we can trust anything they post anymore. /hyperbole.:toot:

[Ludepower]

Hows Malaysia mh370 and mh17 investigation going?
Lets not speculate...

[CivicBlues]

MH17 was shot down by Russian-backed Ukrainian rebels.

MH370 is still missing.

Everything else is just pure speculation.

[yray]

http://youtu.be/JHi6vuikhZ0

he's a pilot :troll:

[trd2343]

Divers retrieved one of the black boxes Monday from the AirAsia plane that plummeted more than two weeks ago into the Java Sea, a major breakthrough in the slow-moving hunt to recover bodies and wreckage.

Divers retrieve AirAsia flight data recorder from crashed jet, but hunt is on for other black box | National Post (http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/11/divers-retrieve-airasia-flight-data-recorder-from-crashed-jet-but-hunt-is-on-for-other-black-box/)

Divers find both black boxes in AirAsia crash (http://news.yahoo.com/divers-both-black-boxes-airasia-crash-061410187.html)