Jamesc Hypersonic July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 It's on the great circle route lah. Shortest distance When it comes to lives and safety of passangers, MAS should not try to save money. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGCMsmallcar 4th Gear July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 RIP for those on board Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazerath Turbocharged July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Nowadays travel very hard, need to see the country dangerous or not and also on the way got pass dangerous neighborhood or not and that is on top of terrorist, hijacks n influenza, mers. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosaria Turbocharged July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 That is right. The sky is so big, why they must fly directly above the conflict zone? They should have never even go near it. Don't even need the civil aviation to declare it a no fly zone. Got war in that country, don't even go near there. It was noted that just the day before, a russian military aircraft supposedly intruded into the airspace and shot down ukrainian military aircraft. So I guess everybody was quite jumpy already. Airlines will always fly the most optimal, shortest route to get from origin to destination, if not limited by availability of suitable diversion airports and high terrain. Notice that the route also passes over afghanistan. I remember in the opening days of the war in iraq and afghanistan, airline flights from singapore - europe were re-routed to fly a longer southern route through saudi arabia airspace... have to carry more fuel and sacrifice some payload. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxus-MIFA9 Supersonic July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 When it comes to lives and safety of passangers, MAS should not try to save money. Well.... some ppls wants cheap tickets. So in order to save fuel cost to cover the cheap tickets, fly a shorter routes lor ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosszero Turbocharged July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 When it comes to lives and safety of passangers, MAS should not try to save money. Did you miss the bit where an SIA plane was minutes behind and an Air India plane on a reciprocal heading was using the same route? Airliners fly routes in the sky just like cars drive routes on expressways. If a car has an accident on a particular bit of expressway, do you stop using it because its "dangerous"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Russian Jet Shoots Down Ukrainian Warplane Over Ukraine - Kiev Military World | Reuters | Updated: July 17, 2014 15:57 IST Kiev: A Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over the east of Ukraine, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The plane was brought down on Wednesday night by a rocket strike and the pilot safely ejected,Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's national Defence and Security Council, told journalists. © Thomson Reuters 2014 given the tension in their airspace, the aviation authority should stop all plane from flying across those area 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesc Hypersonic July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 (edited) If we see 2 neighbours throwing stones at each other and we go and walk directly between then and got hit by a stone, is there any point finding out who threw the stone and trying to blame them? Should have walked far far away from them. And do we really need someone to tell us cannot walk near there? We cannot think for ourselves? Edited July 18, 2014 by Jamesc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothiewabbit Supersonic July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 why were the children on this flight? perhaps summer school holidays? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged July 18, 2014 Author Share July 18, 2014 When it comes to lives and safety of passangers, MAS should not try to save money. Yeah sorry James that was for Tigerwoods but I typed on mobile device. Agree fully with you 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Guys you got to see this http://prdstaff.tnp.sg/news/we-have-just-shot-down-plane-say-pro-russia-rebels-according-leaked-audio-transcript 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder79 3rd Gear July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Guys you got to see this http://prdstaff.tnp.sg/news/we-have-just-shot-down-plane-say-pro-russia-rebels-according-leaked-audio-transcript omg... they should be skin alive... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Guys you got to see this http://prdstaff.tnp.sg/news/we-have-just-shot-down-plane-say-pro-russia-rebels-according-leaked-audio-transcript these people are crazy In the final phone call, a rebel checks in with his commander: Militant: Regarding the plane shot down in the area of Snizhne-Torez. It's a civilian one. Fell down near Grabove. There are lots of corpses of women and children. The Cossacks are out there looking at all this. They say on TV it's AN-26 transport plane, but they say it's written Malaysia Airlines on the plane. What was it doing on Ukraine's territory? Nikolay Kozitsin: That means they were carrying spies. They shouldn't be f***ing flying. There is a war going on. It must be noted that the video has not been verified by other media. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesc Hypersonic July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Nowadays travel very hard, need to see the country dangerous or not and also on the way got pass dangerous neighborhood or not and that is on top of terrorist, hijacks n influenza, mers. If its your time to go, its your time to go. We can stay at home and the roof falls in on us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGCMsmallcar 4th Gear July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 why were the children on this flight? Was having dinner with my Dutch friend on Wed night. Holland summer holiday just started , He flew back last night n going holiday with family. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getzsfv 5th Gear July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Now its easy to say which route to take and all that BS. The fact of the matter is, it was deemed not to be a no fly zone and thats the "normal" route many airlines took. Usually, after event review is much more easier than real time process. Just saying... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camrysfa Turbocharged July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 Airlines beginning to avoid flying over that zone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged July 18, 2014 Share July 18, 2014 See any similarities? May not be separatists after all. Ukraine has a history of denial for shooting plane down. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/1359353/Ukraine-admits-it-shot-down-Russian-airliner.html Russian Flag Colors Malaysian Airlines Colors The plane is flying at 30000ft, that's almost 10km vertical distance. Unless you're a fighter jockey, no way you can see the colour of the plane ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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