GPS Outage Map https://sapt.faa.gov/npa_nobaro.png?t=1560092401 Moderators - please adjust the title to something like “US GPS Outage” as this issue is still ongoing and affecting many aircraft types across many carriers. The map you have displayed isn't a GPS Outage Map - it appears to be the RAIM...
Jump to postLooks to me like rotation was due to elevator deflection (ie pilot input) not stab trim setting.
Jump to postAs far as ATC watching an aircraft land poorly, I highly doubt they would interrupt a busy crew and just come out of nowhere and say go around.. I mean really, who is ATC to decide what is a good landing and what isn't? I mean I suppose it could have happened, and maybe that contributed to why the ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DarkSnowyNight" class="quote" target="_blank">DarkSnowyNight</a> (<a href="#122" class="quote">Reply 122</a>):<br/><i>Brian Williams will verify...
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Jump to postCrap - my post 66 above all screwed up and unable to edit it.. finishing sentence here: ...something prevents the pilots (system malfunction/ incapacitation) from manually dropping the next waypoint onto the discontinuity then the <acronym title="Air One (Italy)">AP</acronym> would fly the heading c...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mandala499" class="quote" target="_blank">mandala499</a> (<a href="#49" class="quote">Reply 49</a>):<br/><i>To me, it looks like that the aircra...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BackSeater" class="quote" target="_blank">BackSeater</a> (<a href="#76" class="quote">Reply 76</a>):<br/><i>If the Malaysian do not want to rele...
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Jump to postDoes anyone know whether we can expect to see preliminary investigation reports any time soon (like the BEA produced for AF447)?
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Pihero" class="quote" target="_blank">Pihero</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i>By the way, I know nothing about IDirect. Wh...
Jump to postInmarsat to Offer Airlines Free Tracking Service
http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/...fer_Airlines_Free_Tracking_Service
CNN's Martin Savidge still logging time in a sweatbox in Ontario - what a waste! Maybe he's going to get a B777 type rating out of this...
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Jump to postThe Ocean Shield accoustic detection has only occurred within the 90 minutes preceding this press conference (so that would be approximately 0200Z).
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bellancacf" class="quote" target="_blank">bellancacf</a> (<a href="#286" class="quote">Reply 286</a>):<br/><i>I suppose the sound of the plane's...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jelliesR" class="quote" target="_blank">jelliesR</a> (<a href="#280" class="quote">Reply 280</a>):<br/><i>Nobody thought to stick their phone wi...
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Jump to postWeird that he said they aren't holding any data back (from the media?). I kinda wish that one of the journalists would have been savvy enough to specifically request full disclosure of raw data rather than summaries of best guesses or interpretations... edit: Removed example lest it detract from the...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BackSeater" class="quote" target="_blank">BackSeater</a> (<a href="#284" class="quote">Reply 284</a>):<br/><i>You are welcome to discount any an...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/777Jet" class="quote" target="_blank">777Jet</a> (<a href="#105" class="quote">Reply 105</a>):<br/><i>Global Hawk and similar platforms have thi...
Jump to postI'm not a huge fan of this whole UAV drone movement but wouldn't these be awesome for SAR in this case (well at least the search part)? Great endurance, surveillance etc... Adverse weather make this a no no?
[Edited 2014-03-27 19:33:07]
They are re-tasking satellites to search this new area.
[Edited 2014-03-27 19:02:15]
Just off CNN - search area revised based on updated analysis of radar data - aircraft was flying faster than originally thought thereby decreasing it's maximum range...
Jump to postLooks like CNN is going to carry the press conference too...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/RyanairGuru" class="quote" target="_blank">RyanairGuru</a> (<a href="#84" class="quote">Reply 84</a>):<br/><i>AMSA press conference is 15:30 AED...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rc135x" class="quote" target="_blank">rc135x</a> (<a href="#169" class="quote">Reply 169</a>):<br/><i>To be even clearer the trailing 777 would ...
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Jump to postThanks for the correction cbrboy - I remember seeing map plots but you're right, they were from position reports.
Jump to postWithout going through all those AF447 posts all over again, can anyone remember what the radar situation was like? I seem to remember that, in fairly short order, radar position data was published showing a signficant turn - is that correct? I don't think there was any altitude data though right? So...
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