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[05omegav6]

As above really...

http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/1.2884831

[joff]

Not again !!!!!!!!

[05omegav6]

Last contact was at 32,000ft and 470knts, requesting a deviation from the flightplan... not encouraging 

[TheBoy]

Last contact was at 32,000ft and 470knts, requesting a deviation from the flightplan... not encouraging 

To avoid weather, as opposed to a human factor?

[Kevin Wood]

Last contact was at 32,000ft and 470knts, requesting a deviation from the flightplan... not encouraging 

To avoid weather, as opposed to a human factor?

Indeed. Pretty much confirms it was nothing sinister. Otherwise, the pilot would have turned off ADS-B and disappeared. Still, it's something the media can use, coupled with zero understanding, to whip this up into a frenzy.

I'm guessing he hit some bad weather and was unsuccessful in avoiding it.

[05omegav6]

The spokesman for the airline said that the request wasn't routine, which implied that it wasn't for weather purposes...

That said, it had only just happened when I first posted. Latest reports do clearly suggest a weather related detour, which is indeed perfectly routine.

This... http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qz8501/ reveals nothing beyond a quick climb

[Shackeng]

The Cb's in that part of the world are serious bruisers, and tower to well above normal cruise levels, however, unless his weather radar was out, he should normally not have had difficulty avoiding them, regardless of whether approval for avoidance was received. 

[05omegav6]

The Cb's in that part of the world are serious bruisers, and tower to well above normal cruise levels, however, unless his weather radar was out, he should normally not have had difficulty avoiding them, regardless of whether approval for avoidance was received. 

It shouldn't be possible, but could it be a repeat of the Air France crash? That said 32,000 feet is a long way to drop a serviceable aircraft

[Kevin Wood]

The spokesman for the airline said that the request wasn't routine, which implied that it wasn't for weather purposes...

That said, it had only just happened when I first posted. Latest reports do clearly suggest a weather related detour, which is indeed perfectly routine.

This... http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qz8501/ reveals nothing beyond a quick climb

If you look at the previous flight tracks, quite a few have climbed to FL36 around the time that QZ8501 requested this flight level, so it may have been requested purely for an efficient cruise.

ADS-B tracking in that area also drops out in the mid section of the flight so we may not be seeing anything of the abnormal portion of the flight.

[05omegav6]

Makes sense when the track stops, it had been at 32,000 for a while, so in an established cruise... initial climb seemed pretty quick though... not that that is relevant 

[aaronjb]

Not a good time to be flying, maybe.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30625945

[Kevin Wood]

Not a good time to be flying, maybe.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30625945

Nicely done, by the look of it.

Nicely done by the pilots, that is. The media are spouting cr@p, as usual.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I'm amazed that in 2014 they don't know EXACTLY where the plane is.

Should we still be living in 1950 I could understand it.....but in 2014, with GPS, and the technology that goes with it.

[05omegav6]

Not a good time to be flying, maybe.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30625945

Text book landing, stopped quickly too considering a quarter of the brakes were effectively u/s... didn't ground the number 4 engine either by the look of it

Tricky bit will be dragging it to hanger 7 without breaking anything else but it is at least at the right end of the runway for it...

[Kevin Wood]

I'm amazed that in 2014 they don't know EXACTLY where the plane is.

Should we still be living in 1950 I could understand it.....but in 2014, with GPS, and the technology that goes with it.

They will have a very good idea, given that it was under air traffic control at the time, and talking to them up to the minute it disappeared. Once it's underwater, no technology works, so there'll always be a search.