Here we go again: another missing airplane

[maryjane48]

Officials now say 162 people were on board the AirAsia plane that went missing after leaving Indonesia for Singapore. Search and rescue operations are underway.

The Airbus A320 was last heard from at about 7:30 a.m. local time, when the crew contacted air traffic control in Jakarta. It was believed to be over the Java Sea between Kalimantan and Java islands when it disappeared.


http://www.castanet.net/news/World/1296 ... 2-on-board

[zookeeper]

I am not an aviation expert by any means but wonder why a plane would not be reported missing for a half an hour?

[maryjane48]

yes its a web weaved by who knows . im stunned this is happening again and now they saying a ferry with 300 people burning by greece

[Dizzy1]

I am not an aviation expert by any means but wonder why a plane would not be reported missing for a half an hour?

International standards ...

http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publicat ... c1003.html

... its not uncommon for an aircraft to disappear briefly off a radar or to loose communications briefly (wrong frequency as an example) so there has to be a window put in place to cover all possibilities of error before a massive search effort is launched. Even if, in this instance, the flight was reported missing within 5 minutes, nothing would be different ... the information we have to organize a search would be the same.

[omisimaw]

FAA rules are american and do not apply world wide and most definitely not in Canada

[omisimaw]

Indonesia will have there own rules as does Singapore but here in Canada this is a good start to what we require for aircraft in our airspace

https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/regserv/cars/part6-standards-625-2451.htm

lots of links to other parts of the Canadian rules as well

[zookeeper]

Briefly yes, but one would think the bar would have been raised to set the alarm off earlier given past experience.

[omisimaw]

Here ya go a link for Indonesia

http://hubud.dephub.go.id/files/dsku/CASR%20PART%2091%20Amdt.%202.pdf

[JLives]

Merry Christmas CNN, you get to bust out your plane props again!

[Dizzy1]

FAA rules are american and do not apply world wide and most definitely not in Canada

Many of the rules followed by the FAA, JAA, NavCanada are the same as elsewhere - there are international standards followed by various agencies.

[omisimaw]

FAA rules are american and do not apply world wide and most definitely not in Canada

Many of the rules followed by the FAA, JAA, NavCanada are the same as elsewhere - there are international standards followed by various agencies.

Or is it simply the other way around and the FAA mimic others LOL......

The fact of the matter is that quoting FAA rules is not the standard for the world, never has been and never will be and it is not NavCanada either, but that just proves you do not even look at the links provided....

Carry on.... it is always interesting seeing all the speculation on air ops from those who think they have it all in the bag, so to speak...

[FreeRights]

Or is it simply the other way around and the FAA mimic others LOL......

The fact of the matter is that quoting FAA rules is not the standard for the world, never has been and never will be and it is not NavCanada either, but that just proves you do not even look at the links provided....

Carry on.... it is always interesting seeing all the speculation on air ops from those who think they have it all in the bag, so to speak...

So completely ignoring whether or not the FAA is an international standard or not because it's irrelevant, is the 30 minute communications rule international standard or not?

[Dizzy1]

Carry on.... it is always interesting seeing all the speculation on air ops from those who think they have it all in the bag, so to speak...

Bye bye then :)

[omisimaw]

The Airbus A320 is equipped with a ditching switch, Diehl said, that essentially turns the plane's fuselage into a boat.

"If they got the aircraft down on the water safely," he said, "it should be floating."

[omisimaw]

Or is it simply the other way around and the FAA mimic others LOL......

The fact of the matter is that quoting FAA rules is not the standard for the world, never has been and never will be and it is not NavCanada either, but that just proves you do not even look at the links provided....

Carry on.... it is always interesting seeing all the speculation on air ops from those who think they have it all in the bag, so to speak...

So completely ignoring whether or not the FAA is an international standard or not because it's irrelevant, is the 30 minute communications rule international standard or not?

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http://www.iata.org/about/Pages/index.aspx