Malaysia Airlines Flight Goes Missing En Route to China

[Anonymous]

Prune thinks that orange rectangular object could be the plane's slide. floating circular objects could be upside down life rafts.

ugh…if these people *were* alive and are not now due to this botched search, that would be the worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prune thinks that orange rectangular object could be the plane's slide. floating circular objects could be upside down life rafts.

ugh…if these people *were* alive and are not now due to this botched search, that would be the worst.

yes, it would. although i thought the rafts had emergency beacons that would contact satellites??
evidently they're organizing charter flights to australia for the relatives...how terribly sad.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps Malaysian airlines is not taking proper care of their planes??? There have been 2 incidents since the 370 disaster. One involved birds and I assume those things happen. Here is one that seems preventable:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-airlines-jet-emergency-landing-hk-23030338

[Anonymous]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26711298#TWEET1080950
The following SMS message has been sent to relatives: "Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."

[Anonymous]

Prime Minister speaking now. UK company provided satellite data to conclude that MH370's flight path was along the Southern corridor, and its last position was in the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, Australia.

Concluded that the MH370 crashed in the middle of the ocean - it's a matter of finding it.

[Anonymous]

That's sad. I feel for the families, all hope is gone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Perhaps Malaysian airlines is not taking proper care of their planes??? There have been 2 incidents since the 370 disaster. One involved birds and I assume those things happen. Here is one that seems preventable:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-airlines-jet-emergency-landing-hk-23030338

Here's the thing. It's easy to rag on Malaysia, because of these recent incidents and their lack of experience in handling crashes. In a way, that's actually a good thing - having experiences with crashes isn't a kind of experience you want on your record. No such incident is good, but I'm pretty sure US airlines are pretty far ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with plane crashes and maintenance problems. We've had a lot more of these incidents. So we handle them better, but they also still happen far more frequently here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Perhaps Malaysian airlines is not taking proper care of their planes??? There have been 2 incidents since the 370 disaster. One involved birds and I assume those things happen. Here is one that seems preventable:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-airlines-jet-emergency-landing-hk-23030338

Here's the thing. It's easy to rag on Malaysia, because of these recent incidents and their lack of experience in handling crashes. In a way, that's actually a good thing - having experiences with crashes isn't a kind of experience you want on your record. No such incident is good, but I'm pretty sure US airlines are pretty far ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with plane crashes and maintenance problems. We've had a lot more of these incidents. So we handle them better, but they also still happen far more frequently here.

I'm sure you;re so ultra-PC you're afraid of upsetting anyone but here's the thing. If you want to have a large international airline then you must be held to certain standards, or you end up killing people from many other countries, and causing the world to spend hundreds of millions in resources looking for your plane. It's obvious that Malaysia can't support this infrastructure but like most third world countries they have a misapplication of resources. We also have a lot more incidents because we have much more air travel. Duh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Perhaps Malaysian airlines is not taking proper care of their planes??? There have been 2 incidents since the 370 disaster. One involved birds and I assume those things happen. Here is one that seems preventable:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-airlines-jet-emergency-landing-hk-23030338

Here's the thing. It's easy to rag on Malaysia, because of these recent incidents and their lack of experience in handling crashes. In a way, that's actually a good thing - having experiences with crashes isn't a kind of experience you want on your record. No such incident is good, but I'm pretty sure US airlines are pretty far ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with plane crashes and maintenance problems. We've had a lot more of these incidents. So we handle them better, but they also still happen far more frequently here.

I'm sure you;re so ultra-PC you're afraid of upsetting anyone but here's the thing. If you want to have a large international airline then you must be held to certain standards, or you end up killing people from many other countries, and causing the world to spend hundreds of millions in resources looking for your plane. It's obvious that Malaysia can't support this infrastructure but like most third world countries they have a misapplication of resources. We also have a lot more incidents because we have much more air travel. Duh!

+100

It is unacceptable to have so many issues in such a short period of time. Furthermore, the amount of money we have spent is insane. It was an experienced pilot flying flight 370. I strongly suspect this was not an issue of pilot skill, but more one of crappy plane. Hope we will get more answers soon.

[Anonymous]

Forgive my ignorance, but I am confused as to why the families are being flown to Australia. First off no way in hell would I fly a Malaysian airplane there. Second, what is the point? There is no recovery of bodies. I would want to have a ceremony in my homeland. The last thing I would be able to handle is going anywhere near the Indian Ocean.

[Anonymous]

I think people want to feel like they are doing as much as they can, being as close as possible to their family members, etc. They may take them on a flight over the site or show relics from the flight to the families, etc. so they have some physical proof. I'm sure the airline is doing what they can to help with the grief, otherwise its a even more of a PR nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forgive my ignorance, but I am confused as to why the families are being flown to Australia. First off no way in hell would I fly a Malaysian airplane there. Second, what is the point? There is no recovery of bodies. I would want to have a ceremony in my homeland. The last thing I would be able to handle is going anywhere near the Indian Ocean.

Yes but you see, your personal feelings are not the same as the other 239 families'. It's very possible quite a few of them DO want to be there.

[Anonymous]

Why did this British satellite tracking information only just come out?

[Anonymous]

Most countries have at least one national airline - are you saying that no country should have a national airline unless you can pull off an unprecedented hunt around half the globe?!? It is not a country (in this case Malaysia) that "kills" other nation's citizens as you wrote.
We don't know yet, what happened. It was and is the right thing to do, for all of us, all the different countries to band together and spend the money, and find this airplane, and now, to find out what happened!!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Perhaps Malaysian airlines is not taking proper care of their planes??? There have been 2 incidents since the 370 disaster. One involved birds and I assume those things happen. Here is one that seems preventable:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-airlines-jet-emergency-landing-hk-23030338

Here's the thing. It's easy to rag on Malaysia, because of these recent incidents and their lack of experience in handling crashes. In a way, that's actually a good thing - having experiences with crashes isn't a kind of experience you want on your record. No such incident is good, but I'm pretty sure US airlines are pretty far ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with plane crashes and maintenance problems. We've had a lot more of these incidents. So we handle them better, but they also still happen far more frequently here.

I'm sure you;re so ultra-PC you're afraid of upsetting anyone but here's the thing. If you want to have a large international airline then you must be held to certain standards, or you end up killing people from many other countries, and causing the world to spend hundreds of millions in resources looking for your plane. It's obvious that Malaysia can't support this infrastructure but like most third world countries they have a misapplication of resources. We also have a lot more incidents because we have much more air travel. Duh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did this British satellite tracking information only just come out?

I thought that was what led them to the last pings.