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Superjet Disappears Off Radar In Indonesia Part 2 (by wilco737 May 10 2012 in Civil Aviation)
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Quoting mandala499 (Reply 1): |
Quote: The Minister stated that the flight plan for the ill-fated second flight was an Instrument Flight Rule flight plan from Halim Airport, to the Pelabuhan Ratu area and back, with a planned altitude of 10,000ft. The flight was planned to take around 30 minutes. Timeline 0710UTC aircraft requested engine start. 0721UTC aircraft took off from Runway 06 and climbed to 10,000ft. 0724UTC aircraft contacted ATC at Soekarno Hatta airport along radial 200 from Halim VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range beacon). 0726UTC aircraft requested to descend to 6,000ft. 0728UTC aicraft requested to make a right orbit over Atang Sanjaya (Bogor) Training Area. 0752UTC ATC attempted to call aircraft as it disappeared from radar. 0755UTC ATC reported the missing aircraft to the Air Traffic Service Coordinator. 0835UTC SAR "Uncertainty Phase" declared. 0905UTC ATC contacted Search and Rescue 0955UTC SAR "Alerting Phase" declared. 1122UTC "Distress Phase" declared after aircraft endurance time elapsed. |
Quote: For the Cyan coloured items: 1 A line depicting a course of 200° outbound from Halim VOR. 2 A 20 nautical mile radius ring. The Magenta coloured items: 1 Aircraft took off from runway 06, and made a right turn to intercept the Halim VOR radial 200° whilst climbing to 10,000ft. 2 Aircraft continued on a course of 200° and reached 10,000ft, to enter the Bogor Training Area. The request to descend to 6,000ft and the right hand orbit would be made shortly after this. 3 After entering the training area, a right-hand orbit (360° turn) was made at position HLM200/20 (20 nautical miles from Halim VOR on radial 200°), and the aircraft also descended to 6,000ft. Note: This should keep the aircraft within the training area throughout the orbit turn. What should have happened then: 4 After completing the orbit, aircraft leaves Bogor Training Area on the same heading before performing the orbit, and it is to obtain Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearance to head back to Halim for the approach to runway 06. 5 Aircraft would continue to descend to 1600 until performing a visual approach to runway 06, or reach the position of HLM250/5 (5 nautical miles from Halim at radial 250°), and land. We know points 4 & 5 never happened because the aircraft never made it back to the airport. But why? |
Quoting mandala499 (Reply 7): 3 After entering the training area, a right-hand orbit (360° turn) was made at position HLM200/20 (20 nautical miles from Halim VOR on radial 200°), and the aircraft also descended to 6,000ft. Note: This should keep the aircraft within the training area throughout the orbit turn. |
Quoting ltbewr (Reply 5): As noted in previous posts, the area of the crash has tight tolerances for error and just being a few 100 feet too low or an 'orbit' a few 100 feet too wide slams you into the mountains. |
Quoting ltbewr (Reply 5): that their instruments had readings they were at 6000 ' |
Quoting mandala499 (Reply 7): And FDR is found today... |
Quoting CM (Reply 12): and will also put to rest the idiotic accusations the airplane was disabled remotely by a foreign entity in an act of industrial sabotage |
Quoting fiscal (Reply 13): Thanks again mandala499 your reports are much appreciated. |
Quoting bellancacf (Reply 11): Search teams were digging 100 feet down?! Into what? Landslide debris?! THAT is persistence |
Quoting bellancacf (Reply 11): Quoting: "The flight data recorder for a Russian plane that crashed in Indonesia in May has been recovered. Search teams found the black box buried 30 metres underground. " |
Quoting mandala499 (Reply 7): And FDR is found today... |
Quote: However, the flight data recorder — which logged data such as the jet's altitude, speed and route — was buried in a landslide after the plane smashed into the side of Mount Salak, said Daryatmo, chief of Indonesia's search and rescue agency. He said the recorder was in good condition when nine villagers found it Wednesday in a deep ravine. Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/articl...ndonesia-3597520.php#ixzz1xzQVtjqb |