AirAsia Flight Loses Contact With Traffic Control

Kinja'd!!! "PatBateman" (PatBateman)
12/27/2014 at 22:32 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Flight Number QZ8501 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with air traffic control at 6:17 AM Jakarta time after asking for an unusual reroute. It was flying from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore at the time.

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Will update when more information becomes available.


DISCUSSION (15)


Kinja'd!!! TheOnelectronic > PatBateman
12/27/2014 at 22:35

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Okay, did someone deface the grave of one of the Wright Brothers? That region has been having the WORST luck with planes lately.


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > TheOnelectronic
12/27/2014 at 22:42

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If this keeps up, I'm calling conspiracy.


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > TheOnelectronic
12/27/2014 at 22:44

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I think they might have defaced the grave of William Boeing.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > PatBateman
12/27/2014 at 22:44

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Wonder what kind of plane it was, Strange for sure.


Kinja'd!!! Dusty Ventures > TheOnelectronic
12/27/2014 at 22:47

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Really the entire year's been pretty rough for aviation accidents. This year ended a three year streak of decreasing fatalities and has is the highest number of fatalities since 2010. And that's before adding in the AirAsia flight (if it has, in fact, gone down).


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > PatBateman
12/27/2014 at 22:52

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"The official, Hadi Mustofa, said the plane had asked for an unusual route before losing contact."

BBC


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > jkm7680
12/27/2014 at 22:55

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Airbus 320, if I'm reading FlightAware right.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AW…


Kinja'd!!! wizkashifa > PatBateman
12/27/2014 at 23:05

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Just pulled a press release:

AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24hrs this morning.

At the present time we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board, but we will keep all parties informed as more information becomes available.

The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC.

At this time, search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service.

AirAsia has established an Emergency Call Centre that is available for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft. The number is: +622129850801 .

AirAsia will release further information as soon as it becomes available. Updated information will also be posted on the AirAsia website, www.airasia.com.


Kinja'd!!! wizkashifa > ttyymmnn
12/27/2014 at 23:12

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This is roughly where it should be.

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Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > wizkashifa
12/27/2014 at 23:14

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I assume that's where they lost contact. But what if it's another MH370-type thing where the transponders were shut off and it could be just about anywhere?


Kinja'd!!! wizkashifa > ttyymmnn
12/27/2014 at 23:24

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this happens.


Kinja'd!!! f86sabre > ttyymmnn
12/28/2014 at 00:32

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Not good.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > f86sabre
12/28/2014 at 00:52

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Not good at all. How much longer until we have transponders that can't be turned off? I understand the difficulties, but unless this plane is found, that makes two under very similar circumstances. And all the tin-foil-hat theories start looking just a little more believable.


Kinja'd!!! wizkashifa > PatBateman
12/28/2014 at 00:53

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Liking that we be FP to this.


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > wizkashifa
12/28/2014 at 10:11

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We were up late and Johnnies-on-the-spot.