Air Asia down.

[Thunder Down Under]

Flight from Indonesia to Singapore.

Wreckage spotted north of Jakarta.

TDU

[J]

A320-200
According to the following the search has been suspended until morning.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/ ... 1C20141228

[3WE]

...there's some indications of course and altitude changes being made for weather.

[monchavo]

I looked for a report RE: wreckage and couldn't find one.

[Jorge]

Wow! This site is still around. It has been years since I visted. I see Don is still listed as a moderator. Sadly he passed away several years ago.

[Thunder Down Under]

Flight from Indonesia to Singapore.

Wreckage spotted north of Jakarta.

TDU

My mistake. As of now no wreckage has been found. I blame our (AUS) woeful news services.

TDU

[Peminu]

Sorry I have been out this long.

But now is time to be sorrow for the posible victims , families and friends.

Being cruel, in this website, it is time for especulation!

No active volcanos, weather bad, A320 (just a Little joystick to control it if you manage to shut down the computer), apparently no Mayday message.

That leave us to a few possibilities:

1) Explosion

2) Suicide mission by a pilot or somebody inside the aircraft.

3) Catastrophic break of the airplane due to weather.

4) They have landed on Gilligan's Island.

????

[3WE]

It's reported that their initial request for what likely was a weather deviation was denied.

And I guess daylight is fading on the first full day of searching with no sightings.

[flyboy2548m]

I see Don is still listed as a moderator. Sadly he passed away several years ago.

Thanks for letting us know.

[Thunder Down Under]

Debris has been spotted, plus a reported body.

TDU

[monchavo]

BBC indicating 40 bodies now recovered. Twitter awash with photographs of debris from the Indonesian reportage.
This is an interesting one.

[Thunder Down Under]

Another Air Asia off the runway in the Phillipines. Mefinks they are having a bad hair week.

TDU

[3WE]

In more recent news we have:

-Indications of very slow speeds just before the loss of radar contact.
-Discovery of the tail.

[monchavo]

- tail section recovered
- fuselage "spotted" on sonar

FDR and CVR apparently not in the tail (?!) although I think it's too early to make that statement yet.

[monchavo]

- tail section recovered
- fuselage "spotted" on sonar

FDR and CVR apparently not in the tail (?!) although I think it's too early to make that statement yet.

Just checked another report. Piece of tail is v-stab and that's about it. Not connected to rest of tail section.

[monchavo]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... -indonesia


Wholly unconvinced, however "authorities" are reporting that they have located the FDR/CVR.

[3WE]

Paraphrased news of the day:

Strangely worded comments implying a mid-air, internal explosion.

Source: A link on Yahoo.

[monchavo]

FDR up
CVR up
no pics of the latter yet

[3WE]

Recorders being processed...

http://avherald.com/h?article=47f6abc7&opt=0

...copied from Gabriel over there.

[3WE]

1/20/2015...

A "higher than normal climb...6000 fpm" according to some sources...Yeah, that's quite a climb rate, but conversely, I think it's within the realm of a 'harmless good pull up at cruise speeds' + an updraft.

...

"And then a stall."

I really wish the "S" word wasn't part of this...it generates too much parlour talk (yeah, I need to get out a mirror).

[monchavo]

Interesting photograph of the "balloons" they are intending to use to raise the "main section of fuselage"

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... -foul-play

[Not_Karl]

New attempt to lift AirAsia Flight QZ8501 fuselage fails after rope snaps

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)
A new attempt to lift the submerged fuselage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 failed Sunday when a wire rope snapped after the wreckage reached the surface of the water, Indonesian officials said.
(...)
A previous effort to the raise the wreckage on Saturday was also foiled when sharp parts of the debris sliced through a strap connecting the fuselage to a giant balloon, the search agency said.

Officials are trying to float the 13-meter (43-foot) piece of wreckage to the surface and then hoist it onto a waiting ship.

But strong winds, high waves and heavy rain prevented the Indonesian Navy divers from having another go Sunday at raising the fuselage, officials said.
(...)
Efforts in previous days by divers to examine and get inside the fuselage as it lay on the seafloor were hindered by strong currents and bad visibility.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/25/asia/ ... index.html

[Ancient Mariner]

Remarkable incompetence. We've never allowed our equipment to be hauled our stern rollers, although we've had frequent inquiries.
Per

[flyboy2548m]

I, too, prefer more happy-go-lucky rollers.

[3WE]

http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-airasia ... nance.html

cue the classic phrase, "What's it doing now?"