*confirmed* Yemeni airliner with 150 aboard crashed in Indian ocean

[Kaido]

"We really have no sea rescue capabilities," he said.

:heart:

 

[z0mb13]

Im flying tomorrow and good thing the plane is a 777!

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
Im flying tomorrow and good thing the plane is a 777!

Heard nothing but good things about those, enjoy the ride

 

[Hacp]

Another air bus plane. There's something wrong with their quality.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: z0mb13
Im flying tomorrow and good thing the plane is a 777!

Heard nothing but good things about those, enjoy the ride :evil:

I am not liking the evil sign...

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: z0mb13
Im flying tomorrow and good thing the plane is a 777!

Heard nothing but good things about those, enjoy the ride :evil:

I am not liking the evil sign...

Hah sorry wrong one

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Another air bus plane. There's something wrong with their quality.

That's a pretty intense claim to make based on 2 recent crashes don't you think, god only knows what happened with either, could have nothing to do with plane quality whatsoever.

 

[Modelworks]

The thing that gets me with both crashes is the lack of radio communications. If the pilots on this plane did not say what was going on, then it makes it look very suspicious for two planes in this short time to both crash without communication information.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: Hacp
Another air bus plane. There's something wrong with their quality.

That's a pretty intense claim to make based on 2 recent crashes don't you think, god only knows what happened with either, could have nothing to do with plane quality whatsoever.

No shit. Considering there are tens of thousands of flights a day in the US alone, it's extremely impressive that crashes aren't more frequent, regardless of cause.

 

[poncherelli2]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: Hacp
Another air bus plane. There's something wrong with their quality.

That's a pretty intense claim to make based on 2 recent crashes don't you think, god only knows what happened with either, could have nothing to do with plane quality whatsoever.

No shit. Considering there are tens of thousands of flights a day in the US alone, it's extremely impressive that crashes aren't more frequent, regardless of cause.

If anything, the crash is probably an indictment of the airline's maintenance program, not the oem's build quality.

 

[foghorn67]

Yeah, even as a Boeing fanboy, I'm not going to regulate myself to thinking this is some sort of Airbus issue. Airbus is a world class manufacturer, with exceptional factory support to their customers.
As always, I'm always inclined to think it's human error with the flight crew or a failure in maintenance.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
TERRISTS!! </kneejerk American reaction>

Stupid Americans!

</typical kneejerk reaction to the statements of one person who happens to be American>

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: Hacp
Another air bus plane. There's something wrong with their quality.

That's a pretty intense claim to make based on 2 recent crashes don't you think, god only knows what happened with either, could have nothing to do with plane quality whatsoever.

Must be completely normal for no time for communication and Boeing's to break up in flight then eh? :roll:

 

[Feldenak]

If it ain't Boeing I'm not going.

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I know nobody likes to go there but I believe this one will have terrorism written all over it.

What a fear filled life you must live. Good job at letting the terrorists win.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
If it ain't Boeing I'm not going.

Oh please. This companies previous three "incidents" were all on boeing planes.

Here's a quote

"French Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau said:''The A310 in question was inspected in 2007 by the DGAC (French transport authorities) and they noticed a certain number of faults. Since then the plane had not returned to France,'' he told the I-tele television channel. ''The company was not on the black list but was subject to stricter checks on our part, and was due to be interviewed shortly by the European Union's safety committee.''

Seems to suggest the airline was super slack on maintenance.

 

[Pepsei]

wow, they found a baby in the indian ocean.... alive....

edit: correction... 5 year old. toddler?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
wow, they found a baby in the indian ocean.... alive....

Believed to be the only survivor.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
wow, they found a baby in the indian ocean.... alive....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl...-crash-rescuers-bodies

:shocked:

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
wow, they found a baby in the indian ocean.... alive....

Babies bounce, adults break

 

[Cellulose]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news...30/yemen-plane-crashes

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Cellulose
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news...30/yemen-plane-crashes

That isn't a good chart.

Why compare current in service to total crashes?

Why not compare total used in service to total crashes?

 

[Phokus]

Aren't most flights controlled by computers these days? I'm wondering if pilots don't get enough 'practice' because the plane is always being flown by computers.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I just flew on a Swiss Airbus back in April. It was nice and comfy. Good thing it didnt drop into the middle of the Atlantic.

 

[Baked]

That baby's a mutant.