AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 to Singapore missing

[Operator 1,925]

An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board has gone missing.

Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 06:24 local time (23:24 GMT Saturday) over the Java Sea.

The plane, an Airbus A320-200, disappeared midway into the flight of more than two hours from the city of Surabaya. No distress call was made.

Bad weather was reported in the area, and an air search operation has now been suspended for the night.

Planes from Indonesia and Singapore had been scouring an area of sea between Kalimantan (Borneo) and Java. Some boats were reported to be continuing to search as night fell.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30614627

Not a good year Malaysian airliners.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Alien abduction?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I'll ask my wife what's the local news is reporting.

[GandD 5,966]

Local news is probably blaming the us for creating a black hole weapon or something.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

That is like 3 flights in how long? It would probably be best not to fly aboard that airline.

Edited December 28, 2014 by I AM NOT THAT GUY

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That's insane. Hope this one turns up so the families get closure

[Operator 1,925]

That is like 3 flights in how long? It would probably be best not to fly aboard that airline.

This is a different airline but still Malaysian owned and based. I've flown them before from China to Thailand and the service was great for a discount carrier.

Serious bad luck for Malay aviation.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Seems they found it. It reportedly went down in shallow waters.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/airasia-jet-debris-confirmed-as-from-missing-flight-8501-2014-12-30?dist=lcountdown

[JohnR! 5,495]

That sucks...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

That sucks...

I think it was clear that it went down. The place where it went down will make recovery of the aircraft and the remains of the passengers much, much easier.

Sure, it always sucks when a plane goes down and there are lots of lives lost but the families that lost loved ones on this AirAsia flight - unlike those of MH370 or AF447 - will very likely be able to bury their lost family members.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

[LibCampFireClub 635]

It's absolutely insane that each and every commercial aircraft on earth is not immediately fitted with real time GPS tracking, and real time data communication to a land-based server. The pilots are the ones who are fighting being watched while they fly. We have the technology to know the precise location and condition of every aircraft, yet the public must face the same conditions as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart when they are seated on a plane.

[Operator 1,925]

Need more High Altitude Drone Surveillance! Maybe bring back the SDI. If morons can track their Dominos pizza delivery how on earth can someone lose a commercial airliner.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146909-darpa-shows-off-1-8-gigapixel-surveillance-drone-can-spot-a-terrorist-from-20000-feet

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Need more High Altitude Drone Surveillance! Maybe bring back the SDI. If morons can track their Dominos pizza delivery how on earth can someone lose a commercial airliner.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146909-darpa-shows-off-1-8-gigapixel-surveillance-drone-can-spot-a-terrorist-from-20000-feet

Pilots don't want to be tracked and seconded guessed in real time. If the aircraft can offer Wi-Fi inflight, why can't they transmit location and status in real time, instead of downloading all that information upon landing. Sure, the storage is virtually indestructible, but the average smart phone has more storage, and would be redundant, if only the air controllers and airlines could interrogate the aircraft itself at anytime anywhere in the world. Some airline manufacturers already "talk" to engines and other subsystems via satellite.

[GandD 5,966]

It's absolutely insane that each and every commercial aircraft on earth is not immediately fitted with real time GPS tracking, and real time data communication to a land-based server. The pilots are the ones who are fighting being watched while they fly. We have the technology to know the precise location and condition of every aircraft, yet the public must face the same conditions as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart when they are seated on a plane.

Bingo

Need more High Altitude Drone Surveillance! Maybe bring back the SDI. If morons can track their Dominos pizza delivery how on earth can someone lose a commercial airliner.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/146909-darpa-shows-off-1-8-gigapixel-surveillance-drone-can-spot-a-terrorist-from-20000-feet

Are you suggesting only morons order dominos pizza or only morons track their pizza?