Beijing bound Air Malaysia flight loses contact

[Viet]

Vietnamese patrol aircrafts found kilometer long oil traces 150 Kilometer before island of Tho Chu. Search efforts by patrol aircrafts cannot continue because of darkness. Search area is about 11,200 square kilometer large.

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[cnleio]

The worst situation is disintegration in 10,000m air then drop into the sea.

 

[Viet]

A 12-mile long oil slick spotted between Malaysia and Vietnam

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight.html?_r=0

An AN26 aircraft of the Vietnam Navy has discovered an oil slick about 20 kilometers in the search area, which is suspected of being a crashed Boeing aircraft -- we have announced that information to Singapore and Malaysia and we continue the search,” Lai Xuan Thanh, the director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said in reporting the sighting of the slick.

 

[Viet]

Vietnam navy is sending 3 rescue vessels to the region near the crash site, where oil slick is spotted.

 

[BoQ77]

12.58pm GMT

Key event
After a couple of hours of speculation, Associated Press has reported that Vietnamese air force planes have spotted two large oil slicks that authorities suspect are from the missing plane.

There was no confirmation that the slicks were related to the missing plane, but the statement said they were consistent with the kinds that would be produced by the two fuel tanks of a crashed jetliner.

The slicks were located about a third of a mile apart and were spotted from above.

 

[Marshmallow]

heard its been crashed

RIP to da departed souls

 

[Viet]

Vietnam has informed both Singapore and Malaysia about the alleged oil spills for verification.
first oil spill at 7.55 degrees latitude north and 103.18 degrees longitude east
second oil spill about 150 km from Tho Chu Island

three Vietnamese vessels, a naval ship, a coast guard boat and a rescue boat, are sailing to the site of crash.

 

[MarkusS]

This is really bad news and i hope some may survive. I heared the wheather was fine so it will be hard to understand what happened.

 

[BoQ77]

This is really bad news and i hope some may survive. I heared the wheather was fine so it will be hard to understand what happened.

Some specialists and experienced pilot suspected a hijacked or bombing case !!!
Suspected area reported by Vietnam airplane in red circle

 

[waz]

Horrible.......I have flown Air Malaysia and it is a great airline.

My prayers go out to the families of the deceased people. How tragic.

 

[Viet]

This is really bad news and i hope some may survive. I heared the wheather was fine so it will be hard to understand what happened.

something happened in the plane.

according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, the Malaysian plane had not automatically sent its signals to satellites. that it is an abnormal phenomenon.

I don´t want to speculate, BUT someone had turned off the sender on the plane.

 

[MarkusS]

Some specialists and experienced pilot suspected a hijacked or bombing case !!!

I suspect the same. Wheather was fine, no emergency call and just lost signal. But it is way to early to say what happened.

Anything is possible, even a blow out of the cargo door. Its really strange, airplanes normally dont just fall out of the sky.

 

[A.Rafay]

The worst situation is disintegration in 10,000m air then drop into the sea.

Lost....

Sad incident. RIP to those who lost their lives.

 

[Viet]

I suspect the same. Wheather was fine, no emergency call and just lost signal. But it is way to early to say what happened.

Anything is possible, even a blow out of the cargo door. Its really strange, airplanes normally dont just fall out of the sky.

all signs indicate a sudden blow of the aircraft. The pilots must have totally lost control in a matter of seconds.

 

[MarkusS]

all signs indicate a sudden blow of the aircraft. The pilots must have totally lost control in a matter of seconds.

Thats what i mean, This normally only happenes when the airframe loses its structural stability. Like a cargo door blows. When that happenes large parts of the hull rip off the plane and the floor sinks down, separating cables and makes controlling the airplane impossible. Another thing that could have happened and has the same effect is, when the airplane loses its tailfin.

But thats just speculations right now. Boeing already send a team for investigation.

I work for EADS and Boeing is our biggest competitor...but that does mot change the fact that we are worried too and hope the issue is found fast so it can be prevented in future. Of course it could also be a hijacking or terrorist attack, but idk...Air Malaysia and that route aren't a top priority for terrorists i thought. But im no expert in that region and possible conflicts there.