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Another Missing Plane.
« on: 24 July 2014, 10:46:37 »

Air Algerie this time, Air Bus A320, 100+ Souls being reported On Board  :-\

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28460625
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #1 on: 24 July 2014, 10:57:00 »

Not another one ......  ???

No 1 Daughter is flying to Russia  :o on Monday morning ................. where's that bucket of sand to bury my head in till she gets back home in one piece?   :-\
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #2 on: 24 July 2014, 10:59:07 »

Not another one ......  ???

No 1 Daughter is flying to Russia  :o on Monday morning ................. where's that bucket of sand to bury my head in till she gets back home in one piece?   :-\
Moscow?
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #3 on: 24 July 2014, 11:15:26 »

Not another one ......  ???

No 1 Daughter is flying to Russia  :o on Monday morning ................. where's that bucket of sand to bury my head in till she gets back home in one piece?   :-\
Moscow?

St Petersburg but via Stockholm
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #4 on: 24 July 2014, 11:21:35 »

Seems to be something of an epidemic, there was a crash in Taiwan yesterday with 58 of 68 souls lost: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28457657


I see via our travel agency that China is conducting "exercises" around it's airports so there are 25% less flights than normal and many airlines have suspended flights into Israel after a rocket landed a mile from the airport (except BA who are still flying there..)..
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #5 on: 24 July 2014, 12:47:58 »

Air Algerie this time, Air Bus A320, 100+ Souls being reported On Board  :-\

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28460625

The plane is actually a MD83, but the report states that previously in was stated it was an Airbus 320.  Big difference.  ;)
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #6 on: 24 July 2014, 13:02:51 »

Have a look on this site.

http://www.flightradar24.com/#37.53,29.32/4?&_suid=140620326388805612311519302511

With so many planes in the air its a miracle we don't lose more to be honest.

Great web site for flight info.

Check out the 3d button that shows cockpit view.
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #7 on: 24 July 2014, 13:26:24 »

Have a look on this site.

http://www.flightradar24.com/#37.53,29.32/4?&_suid=140620326388805612311519302511

With so many planes in the air its a miracle we don't lose more to be honest.

Great web site for flight info.

Check out the 3d button that shows cockpit view.
:-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #8 on: 24 July 2014, 13:39:07 »

What I fail to understand is that if a satellite can read a number plate, how the freak can it not see a plane ???
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« Reply #9 on: 24 July 2014, 13:40:44 »

Have a look on this site.

http://www.flightradar24.com/#37.53,29.32/4?&_suid=140620326388805612311519302511

With so many planes in the air its a miracle we don't lose more to be honest.

Great web site for flight info.

Check out the 3d button that shows cockpit view.
:-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
Uses Google Earth to show what the pilots could be seeing based on heading and altitude... doesn't work on all aircraft and on all computers :y
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« Reply #10 on: 24 July 2014, 13:51:24 »

What I fail to understand is that if a satellite can read a number plate, how the freak can it not see a plane ???
It's a question of knowing where to look... you can search along a flight plan, but that gives a very broad track, and doesn't allow for any deviation off route :-\

As an example. You're looking for a red car travelling from London to Edinburgh. You know it left at noon, and should therefore arrive at about 6pm. It fails to arrive by nine, so you then go looking. Starting at Edinburgh and working south, you would look at the M1/A1/A1M corridors, tracing them back towards London until you found it.
But what if the driver had deviated from the plan and gone M40/M42/M6, then cut across from Carlisle to Edinburgh and stopped in Lancaster for the night :-\

Using satellites, you would never find it :y

Also airspace is three dimensional, whereas the ground is by and large two dimensional...
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #11 on: 24 July 2014, 14:02:51 »

There is a gps based system that is currently being retro fitted to commercial aircraft but it is not yet fitted to all.

This will relay back flight data (same as the black box records) real time so if the plane has an incident the data is already back at base awaiting analysis.

No searching for boxes.

Unfortunately this all take time to complete and so at the moment not all the planes are equipped with it.

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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #12 on: 24 July 2014, 14:44:54 »

Over 10,000 flights in progress when I looked  :o
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #13 on: 24 July 2014, 14:58:34 »

Latests reports are saying it come down in bad weather, crashed!
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Re: Another Missing Plane.
« Reply #14 on: 24 July 2014, 18:50:46 »

Have a look on this site.

http://www.flightradar24.com/#37.53,29.32/4?&_suid=140620326388805612311519302511

With so many planes in the air its a miracle we don't lose more to be honest.

Great web site for flight info.

Check out the 3d button that shows cockpit view.
Best app I have on iphone. It's the only app I've ever paid for :y
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