Jakarta – Dozens of planes and ships searching Indonesian waters for a missing AirAsia plane focused on Monday on a patch of oil for possible clues, as a senior official warned the aircraft was likely at the bottom of the sea. Australia, Malaysia and Singapore joined the Indonesia-led search as anguished relatives awaited news of…
JC Mac Farlane @Macfarlane123 It’s been less than 48 hours since AirAsia flight QZ8501 went missing but the conspiracy theorists are already at it. After MH370 and MH17 its the third Asian passenger plane to meet a bizarre and unexplained end. This time there were 162 passengers on board the flight from Indonesia to Singapore…
How can a passenger jet just disappear? That’s what people are asking after Airasia Flight QZ8501 disappeared en route from Indonesia to Singapore. It’s certainly not the first time a flight has met a mysterious end. Here’s what happened to some other planes that disappeared or crashed amid strange circumstances: 1937: Amelia Earhart disappears during round-the-world flight…
AirAsia once boasted that its well-trained pilots would never lose a plane days after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared. The budget carrier was forced into a humiliating apology and withdrew its in-flight magazine in which the article appeared last year. The article sparked anger on social media after an AirAsia passenger posted a photograph of…
Link from JC Mac Farlane ( @Macfarlane123 ) Weibo user warned travelers to avoid AirAsia in series of posts. A mysterious user of the Chinese social media network Weibo apparently predicted the disappearance on AirAsia Flight QZ8501 almost two weeks before the plane went missing, urgently warning Chinese nationals not to use the airliner in…
Air New Zealand has appointed Kathryn Robertson to the role of general manager UK & Europe. Robertson has a wealth of market knowledge and industry experience, first joining the Air New Zealand team in 2007 as marketing manager UK & Europe.
Boeing and Jetlines have announced an order for five 737 MAX 7s as the new Canadian ultra-low cost carrier builds its future fleet. The order, valued at $438 million at current list prices, includes purchase rights for an additional 16 737 MAXs.
A widening search for missing AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 is unlikely to locate survivors, with the head of the Indonesian rescue efforts suggesting the aircraft was likely at the bottom of the ocean. Bambang Soelistyo revealed his hypothesis based on the co-ordinates of the Airbus A320-200 when contact with it was lost.