https://www.cnn.com/2021/01...lane-intl/index.html 50 passengers and 12 crew aboard the older Boeing 737. This obviously will not end well. Looks like airspeed increased from 285 kts to about 350kts on the way down. Flight 182 lost contact 11 nautical miles north of Jakarta's Soekarno--Hatta International Airport at an altitude of 11,000 feet while climbing to 13,000 feet, officials said. The plane dropped 10,000 feet in less than a minute before disappearing from the radar, according to the global flight tracking service Flightradar24. The drop happened about four minutes after takeoff, it said.
A couple of Conspiracy radio shows about the last one stated that patent holders (a dozen or 3?) from one entity were on the last one and that the beneficiaries of the patents lived in China or Israel (foggy memory now). Probably Alex Jones's guest was one of them. Yeah I know what it sounds like. I didn't invent the information so don't assail me, please. I'm asking if anyone knows of that?
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Fisherman Solihin, who goes by one name, told the BBC Indonesian service he had witnessed a crash and his captain decided to return to land.
"The plane fell like lightning into the sea and exploded in the water," he said.
"It was pretty close to us, the shards of a kind of plywood almost hit my ship."
A plywood 737... I knew Boeing had really gone downhill over the last few years, but that's pretty bad there..but not all that surprising either. Of course, they are HQ'd in Washington State, one of the leading forestry producing states and plywood could be considered a renewable resource so damn the tree huggers, full speed ahead!
A plywood 737... I knew Boeing had really gone downhill over the last few years, but that's pretty bad there..but not all that surprising either. Of course, they are HQ'd in Washington State, one of the leading forestry producing states and plywood could be considered a renewable resource so damn the tree huggers, full speed ahead!
(it worked for Howard Hughes...once)
The article says the plane was 26 years old. I'm thinking the plywood back then wasn't as good as today. My heart goes out to the families of the passengers and crew.
The article says the plane was 26 years old. I'm thinking the plywood back then wasn't as good as today. My heart goes out to the families of the passengers and crew.
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I was thinking the exact opposite. Today's plywood is crap.
... "It was pretty close to us, the shards of a kind of plywood almost hit my ship."
Don't they use some sort of foam sandwich insulation or board in some areas of aircraft? Bulkheads? Floorboards - especially between cabin and cargo area?
Depending upon the color of the foam, it might be what he saw.
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Three fishermen from Lancang Island told CNN they heard an explosion and experienced a sudden large wave around the time the plane went missing. "I heard very loud explosion. I thought it was a bomb or a big thunder. We then saw the big wave, about 2 meters high, hitting our boat," Hendrik Mulyadi told CNN. Hendrik's colleague, Solihin, described the sound as "a bomb on the water." They said it was dark and raining at the time. The men said they didn't see a plane crash into the sea, but smelled fuel and spotted debris. The men said they returned to shore to report what they experienced to police.
Must have been a relatively big boat. 2 meters is about 6 1/2 feet.
Everything is on the table right now, but the 737-5xx (524 in this instance) is viewed as a very reliable aircraft. None of the rudder problems associated with the much newer 737 MAX. Completely different controls.