cichlidfan Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1557653/least-51-feared-dead-taiwan-passenger-plane-crash-lands-penghu A passenger plane of Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways on a domestic flight crashed during an attempted emergency landing on an outlying island province of Penghu, leaving 47 people dead and 11 injured, local media said. The twin-engine ATR-72 turboprop aircraft, carrying 54 passengers and four crew members, was on a flight from Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan to the Penghu Islands. The aircraft was unable to land at the airport on the islands and crash-landed in a village on Wednesday evening after flying in circles, Taiwan’s CDNews said in an online report. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Sashmeister Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 I guess i wont ever fly ATR.. they fall every year.. Jesus
Rangi Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 I guess i wont ever fly ATR.. they fall every year.. Jesus Have any of the crash investigation reports indicated that there is a design/manufacturing problem with ATR products? PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
dumgrunt Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 they had some landing gear problems, remember that Air Newzealand one that made a belly landing a couple of years ago? id say their poor safety record is more attributable pilot error and maintenance issues, ie small commuter airlines operate them frequently. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Sceptre Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 I fly Air New Zealand ATR regularly, never had an issue. RTX 2070 8GB | 32GB DDR4 2666 RAM | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 4.2Ghz | Asrock X570 | CH Fighterstick/Pro Throttle | TM MFDs | TrackIR 5
Sashmeister Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Another plane went down today. With 116 ppl on board. What the hell is going on :(
dumgrunt Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 I fly Air New Zealand ATR regularly, never had an issue. my bad, was actually a dash 8 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Emu Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Another plane went down today. With 116 ppl on board. What the hell is going on :( Where?
Sashmeister Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Where? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28460625 omg they are talking about that it could also have been downed by a missile.. Edited July 24, 2014 by Sashmeister
PFunk1606688187 Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 What a shitty year... Law of averages. Warning: Nothing I say is automatically correct, even if I think it is.
Rangi Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28460625 omg they are talking about that it could also have been downed by a missile.. No they aren't. PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
Rangi Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 Listen carefully around 00:50 Video does not play in my region. They are almost certainly talking crap if they are saying it could be missile as there is no evidence to support that claim, but the media love to find patterns and join dots that don't exist. PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
NoJoe Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 The reporter in the video mentions that it was flying over an area where the armed groups use 122mm Grad rockets fired from technicals. She points out that they aren't very accurate, and that the most likely explanation for the missing airplane is that it went down in bad weather. So yes, the possibility of it being shot down was raised, but even the reporter seems to find that very unlikely.
Sceptre Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 How many planes is that now this year? RTX 2070 8GB | 32GB DDR4 2666 RAM | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 4.2Ghz | Asrock X570 | CH Fighterstick/Pro Throttle | TM MFDs | TrackIR 5
dumgrunt Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 yeah, it looks as if it went down in northern mali, so you definitely couldnt categorically say it wasnt shot down, but given it would have probably been at cruising altitude, bad weather is the far more likely cause. according to wiki, 7 airliner incidents this year. which doesnt seem unusual, the two MH losses are extraordinary obviously. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft#2014 we have had a few light plane crashes in Aus already, which seems up on the average. one was caused by a broken seat bracket, one by the pilot trying to land at night on an unlit strip, another crashed shortly after takeoff, havent heard the cause yet. could be a reporting thing but. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Pilotasso Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 weather really went bad down there. Most likely cause. Another awful aviation year this is. .
cichlidfan Posted July 25, 2014 Author Posted July 25, 2014 An Air Algerie jetliner with 116 people aboard crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over northern Mali, and officials said its wreckage has been found. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/07/24/algerian-plane-disappears/13084329/ ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
cichlidfan Posted July 25, 2014 Author Posted July 25, 2014 Three in a week! When it rains it pours My last post is the latest news about the crash mentioned in post #7 ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
cichlidfan Posted July 25, 2014 Author Posted July 25, 2014 Yeah, there has been a 777, ATR and MD-80 OK. I wasn't sure what you were counting. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Emu Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 Three in a week! When it rains it pours Pours airliners it would seem.
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