Airbus launched (click here) its single-aisle product line with the A320, which continues to set industry standards for comfort and operating economy on short- to medium-haul routes. Typically seating 150 passengers in a two-class cabin – or up to 180 in a high-density layout for low-cost and charter flights – the A320 is in widespread service around the globe on services that vary from short commuter sectors in Europe, Asia and elsewhere to trans-continental flights across the United States.
The jet that is missing is a A320-200. The 200 is about the passenger capacity of the jet.
28 December 2014
An AirAsia (click here) flight travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, the company has said.
Indonesian media say more than 160 people were on the Airbus A320-200.
Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (23:24 GMT), Malaysia-based AirAsia tweeted.
Malaysia's national carrier Malaysia Airlines has suffered two disasters this year - flights MH370 and MH17 - but AirAsia has never lost a plane.
Flight MH370 disappeared on a flight from Jakarta to Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew, and MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in July, killing all 298 on board.
AirAsia says that search and rescue operations are under way for the missing aircraft.
The flight had been due to arrive in Singapore at 08:30 (00:30GMT)....
May well use the same graphics, there is no reason not to.The few differences are the city departing and arriving. This is Surabaya, Indonesia.
The map below was the destination of this fight in Singapore.
Norad better be doing something other than following Santa.
The distance between Surabaya and Singpore is about 847.7 miles. There is something very wrong here. Now either there are deadly patterns of wind, which is possible because there was an airliner that returned to Japan recently after being tossed around, but, that was over the northern Pacific. This area is susceptible to Antarctica influences.
Below is the Antarctica water vapor satellite. It has a loop of three days. There is some turbulence between longitude 60 to 120. That is where Indonesia lies.
This is a loop that 'rocks' from forward to backward (click here). It can be adjusted as viewer prefers.
There has also been major flooding in Malaysia. It is summer there.
December 28, 2014
Rescuers are struggling (click here) to get help to the tens of thousands of people affected by Malaysia's worst flooding in decades as angry victims accused the government of being slow in its response.
Malaysians have vented their anger at Prime Minister Najib Razak after photos went viral on social media showing him playing golf with US President Barack Obama during the storms.
The number of people forced to flee their homes climbed past 120,000 with weather forecasters warning of no respite for the northeastern states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang.
From the air, parts of Kota Bharu, the state capital of badly-affected Kelantan, resembled a vast, muddy lake, with row after row of rooftops peeking out of the murky waters....
There are two air ridges fairly easy to discern. One off Antarctica and the other more tropical over Indonesia.
There is a dense circulation center (click here) developing in the past day northwest-west of Australia.
The weather could have played a part in it.
December 28, 2014
Michael Bachelard
There is a dense circulation center (click here) developing in the past day northwest-west of Australia.
The weather could have played a part in it.
December 28, 2014
Michael Bachelard
A search and rescue operation (click here) is underway after an AirAsia flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore with 162 people onboard lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday.
The passengers onboard the flight include 138 adults, 16 children and one infant. Also on board were two pilots and five cabin crew.
AirAsia said there were 157 Indonesian passengers onboard, three South Koreans, one French, one Singaporean, and one Malaysian. No Australians were said to be on the plane....
If authorities can't find this jet in such a small and specific path, there is sincerely something very, very wrong.
FIND THE DAMN JET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIND THE DAMN JET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
