So how does that work when the captain or co-pilot needs to go to the bathroom? Does a member of the cabin crew need to sit in the cockpit during that time?

(Written on 2015年 03月 26日)(Permalink)

Eye witnesses saw the plane 30 seconds before impact. "There was no smoke coming from the plane, but it was so low it was clear it was going to crash". Another witness reported the plane making "a strange sound, as if something was wrong with the engine" . Honestly, I think that every plane flying at low altitude at 400 kts sounds strange. http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20150324_01595933

(Written on 2015年 03月 24日)(Permalink)

Thanks. This is a more plausable explanation. It matches with the missing flight date after 9:42.

(Written on 2015年 03月 24日)(Permalink)

(non pilot here) Dive... but speed is not going up dramatically. And what is PDQ ? Thanks for helping us understand.

(Written on 2015年 03月 24日)(Permalink)

This chart shows altitude and speed. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CA3B54uUQAAPG39.png You can see that they descended in about 10 minutes from 38.000 to 6.800 feet. I can't match the chart with a distress call at 9:47; that would be after the crash. Probably the distress call was just before the crash.

(Written on 2015年 03月 24日)(Permalink)

“the canopy came off”, but “ejection was not observed” Can someone educate me: is ejecting from an F16 (or any fighter in general?) a 2-move or a 1-move action? * 2-move: the pilot needs to make 2 actions: (1) dump canopy (2) eject seat * 1-move: only 1 move for the pilot: pull the handle and canopy will come off and seat will eject. In the latter case: could the quote at the beginning indicate a malfunction? Or is there always soe delay between the canopy coming off and the seat ejecting. In this case, the crash would have happened during that delay?

(Written on 2015年 01月 30日)(Permalink)

A: Russian separatists reported proudly they shot down an Antonov-26 https://twitter.com/RossiLuisa6/status/489798217035689985/photo/1

(Written on 2014年 07月 17日)(Permalink)

Ignor my previous post. Now the tracking line continues to the Donetsk region. May have been related to FA server problems.

(Written on 2014年 07月 17日)(Permalink)

Why does that Flightaware tracking line stop in the Western part of the country? The article states that the plane was shot down near Donetsk, which is in the Eastern part of the country. Eastern would also be more consistent with the Ukrainian/Russian war zone, so I reckon the article is correct and the tracking line is missing the last bits. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Donetsk,+Donetsk+Oblast,+Ukraine/@44.5067536,18.2580422,5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x40e0909500919a2d:0x36335efdc5856f84

(Written on 2014年 07月 17日)(Permalink)

Cheers Preacher. Life on flightaware is not easy for new people. It happened to me as well some time ago. I posted an article which apparently got posted already. I got so many negative votes that I didn't bother posting anymore on this site. Would have been more welcoming to the original poster if somebody would have made the following comment to explain the negative votes: "[Duplicate squawk] http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/24_hours/new/42834/UTair_Aviation_767_300_NEAR_MISS_GO_AROUND_at_Barcelona_El_Prat_Int_l "

(Written on 2014年 07月 07日)(Permalink)