[HN Gopher] Crash: Sriwijaya B735 at Jakarta, lost height and im...
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Crash: Sriwijaya B735 at Jakarta, lost height and impacted Java Sea
Author : parsecs
Score : 47 points
Date : 2021-01-09 19:06 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (avherald.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (avherald.com)
| 101008 wrote:
| I didnt know avherald but what a great resource. Also, a bit
| scary that it seems to be daily accidents/incidents...
| fendy3002 wrote:
| Fortunately most are minor problems. The C rated one is still
| kinda rare, especially on passengers flights.
| codetrotter wrote:
| C means casualties or crash or something else?
| doktorhladnjak wrote:
| crash
| neurotech1 wrote:
| AvHerald is one of my preferred sources of information
| regarding airline accidents. Additionally, several trusted
| aviation youtubers use it as a source of news related to
| accidents. Simon Hradecky, the site owner, very much sticks to
| the facts.
| implements wrote:
| In case you don't know it, https://www.pprune.org/
| (Professional Pilots Rumour Network) is another go-to site for
| Aviation news and incidents - it's heavier weight than the
| "rumour" part of the name suggests.
| arnon wrote:
| Previous discussion:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25699338
| tutfbhuf wrote:
| Completely unrelated but it somehow reminds me of flight MH370.
| NikolaeVarius wrote:
| How? The only commonality is that its an Aviation incident that
| lost an entire hull, but thats common major aviation incidents.
|
| We know where this went down and already have debris.
|
| MH370 probably also didn't go down due to catastrophic hull
| failure, as it seems probable in this case.
| haihaibye wrote:
| A commonality is they're both in South East Asia.
| nikau wrote:
| Go home boys, this case is closed.
| medecau wrote:
| a really small geographic area
| bullen wrote:
| Has anyone considered that the kerosene quality might be to
| blame?
| na85 wrote:
| Typically the crash investigation folks are open to considering
| every angle. Reputable airworthiness investigation programs
| will conduct a root cause analysis and compile a comprehensive
| report that can take months, sometimes even years.
|
| Until more evidence and/or debris is found it's pointless to
| speculate as to the cause.
| NikolaeVarius wrote:
| I dont understand what this comment is supposed to accomplish.
| Its just a wild random guess?
| phreeza wrote:
| Whats the failure mode with bad kerosene? The rapid loss of
| height doesn't sound like a failed engine or similar.
| cjbprime wrote:
| That sounds like it would cause engine failure. If your engine
| fails at a reasonable altitude soon after takeoff, you don't
| suddenly nose-dive, you glide back in to land at the nearest
| airport as every pilot regularly trains for.
| xwdv wrote:
| What is going on with aircraft in this part of the world? Highly
| publicized crashes that claim hundreds of innocent lives for
| mysterious reasons.
|
| Is it just shitty airlines?
| netsharc wrote:
| Black swan event?
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory
|
| I can't remember the last air crash in SE Asia. Thousands of
| flights take off and land there safely every day...
|
| Edit to add: they're highly publicized because they're so rare.
| One of the last crashes in Indonesia I can recall is the
| 737MAX, and that's [Edit: Wrong info! It crashed October 2018!]
| almost 2 years ago (March 2019).
| cjbprime wrote:
| Yes, the accident rates do vary by country and airline, with
| factors like how experienced (in hours) the pilots are required
| to be, how well-trained they are, how old the aircraft are, how
| well-maintained they are, whether there is a robust safety
| culture in which people feel they can speak up against unsafe
| behavior both while in the air and on the ground..
| arnon wrote:
| Lots of factors go into it.
|
| The routes, air traffic control, politics and "respect" in the
| cockpit, maintenance procedures, weather, age of aircraft, etc.
|
| Developing countries have it bad on most of the fronts.
|
| However, sometimes it's just freak accidents...
| vondur wrote:
| Yikes, some witnesses have reported the sounds of explosions. I
| wonder if it was from the aircraft hitting the water or something
| on the plane exploding before crashing into the ocean?
| medecau wrote:
| ... and the rumors start.
| vmception wrote:
| wow someone missed the flight because their PCR COVID test took a
| few hours longer to arrive
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