If what I am reading is correct: that the the jetliner's last known contact was at 35,000 feet before mysteriously disappearing from radar, you can bet the plane likely entered some sort of uncontrolled descent and slammed into the ocean's surface with enough G's and force to not only kill everybody instantly but also enough to rip the plane apart completely. This is terrible news. Absolutely terrible. So what caused this supposedly? I read there was some sort of electrical failure that was likely induced by severe turbulence. Note: turbulence is RARELY enough to bring a jetliner down so there has to be some sort of contributing factor or other cause. I suppose it's possible the jet was struck by lightening. Although, that's another scenario that's supposedly unlikely to bring down a jetliner. 228 people on board....
Do airliners fly through thunderstorms regularly? I remember on a trip to Houston a few years back we took off after they calmed down but the turbulence was pretty nerve racking.
They were over the ocean and they lost power. What kind of emergency landing are you thinking they manuevered? An uncharted Island with a makeshift runway was probably not in their vicinity... There's always a miracle, but I think contact would have been made by now. RIP
Pilots try to avoid them whenever possible. Now, sometimes they're unavoidable if, say, the storm is widespread or you're unable to veer off course due to airway separation issues. Planes can fly through storms, it's just highly discouraged for good reason.
we had our plane diverted due to weather a month ago. i was pissed off (since we never should've taken off in the first place), but we were on a shuttle with some people who said they were on the last flight that landed before they shut the airport down and they said grown men were crying they were so scared during the approach. ugh.
This doesn't smell right. And I hate to be Debbie Downer but they were traveling way too fast and high for any US Airways Flight 1549-esque miracle water ditch scenario to be an option. This is just, ughhh, 35,000 feet then NO contact at all?
You don't have to convince me. This plane is lost at sea after a horrific crash. It could have been struck by lightning. There was an automatic message signifying electrical failure. Is there no backup communication power in a case like this?
That's why I freaking hate flying especially through to Phoenix. Freaking air turbulence scare the bejesus out of me. Just giving me bad experience with flying overall. Must be some freak of nature strong storm coming out of nowhere that swap the heck out of the plane. There are like millions of stuff hitting our Earth atmosphere every single days so anything is possible.
I really don't understand people that joke about what is likely a mass death event hours after it is reported. Is it really ok because it wasn't a US airline?
Pretty much every critical system on a jetliner is backed up by some form of redundancy. At least to my knowledge, it is. Which makes this incident all the more peculiar. What I want to know is how/why the aircraft lost cabin pressurization.
Plane Struck By Lightning Plane I don't think lightning would be the major cause but could be part of the disaster that mix in with other factors. It could probably flew right into a strong buildup of electric charges that's about to give off.
Yeah, we we're flying from Little Rock to Houston. Luckily, there was a nice guy that sat next to me and my girl and he flew quite often and he had vouchers for free alcohol. Needless to say, it made the trip a little more comfortable but that turbulence sobered me up quick.
I don't know how much of it is faux outrage and how much of it is people just find your lack of respect disturbing.
Don't be r****ded. If the disaster happen to someone close to you. I wonder if you would made the same stupid comments. Just because this situation had nothing to do with you doesn't need people being disrespect about it.
Outrage? Nah. More like mild disgust, kind of like I'd feel towards a grown man that thinks his farts are really really funny.
