Another missing plane.

[Spark plug]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-3061908

What's going on? Air travel is sadly haveing a very worrying year.

 

[the snooper]

yeah another 162 people looks to have perished not good news

 

[cumbriasteve]

At least this one does appear to be severe weather related due to the pilots request to change height, even though I would have thought with all the technical aids it should have been an automatic diversion to miss the storm, that's of course if what's been reported is accurate.

Flying is not my favourite pastime, just a need's must to get the holidays we want and I always remember coming back from Palma a couple of years ago, another plane passed us and there is no way it was at the 'safe' distance away, it probably will have been further but looked no more than a couple of hundred metres...it was damn BIG and close.

 

[Robotstar5]

..another plane passed us and there is no way it was at the 'safe' distance away, it probably will have been further but looked no more than a couple of hundred metres...it was damn BIG and close.

Probably a BMW driver

 

[Psymon]

I'm in Mumbai now. At least 2 planes to get home in a few days. Am I worried? No more than usual - just think flying is tedious at the best of times. Chances of being killed by a plane crash are 1 in 4.5 million, in a car 1 in 20,000 which is more scary?

 

[awemawson]

It's very sad, but you need to keep it in perspective - there are THOUSANDS of planes in the air at any one time. Watch this amazing web site where you can actually see them and where they are going:

http://www.flightradar24.com/

 

[ukracer]

It's very sad, but you need to keep it in perspective - there are THOUSANDS of planes in the air at any one time. Watch this amazing web site where you can actually see them and where they are going:

http://www.flightradar24.com/

Interesting that there are websites with them all on but when they go missing they dont know where its gone. (Try looking underneath) There would appear to be a lot more t some of these incidents than we are being told.

 

[daleyd]

Interesting that there are websites with them all on but when they go missing they dont know where its gone. (Try looking underneath) There would appear to be a lot more t some of these incidents than we are being told.

I think the "tracks" are nothing more than where the flights are assumed to be, worked out from take off times and estimated landing times rather than actual "live" gps data

 

[brightspark]

put it this way a lot of near misses are shuffled under the carpet and not reported .when i used to hanglide the toradoes used to fly underneath us and we were under a 1000 foot. nearest to a 2 seater plane was plane was 100 foot above and a passenger plane coming in low to land same height as me 100 yards apart running parallel , the people were waving out of the bloody window at me now that was frightening. we had a tornado pilot in our club but the airforce stopped him flying hangliders in case he had an accident .can u imaging how long and how much the cost would be to train him up .megga £££££

 

[zx9]

I think the "tracks" are nothing more than where the flights are assumed to be, worked out from take off times and estimated landing times rather than actual "live" gps data

Correct, we had a delayed departure and thought it would be a good idea to check one of those web sites. It showed the incomming flight to be on time, hours later we were still sat in departutes, turns out it had been diverted to and landed at another airport.

 

[awemawson]

Not so sure about that - I had it on for a while a couple of days ago, and you could see the 'stacking circle' for Heathrow, which as I watched was expanded into a long oval as more plane joined the stack. Also occasionally an 'air sea rescue' helicopter pops up and can be followed in real time. The tracks don't follow straight lines, but are articulated, presumably showing recorded track data

 

[zx9]

Not so sure about that - I had it on for a while a couple of days ago, and you could see the 'stacking circle' for Heathrow, which as I watched was expanded into a long oval as more plane joined the stack. Also occasionally an 'air sea rescue' helicopter pops up and can be followed in real time. The tracks don't follow straight lines, but are articulated, presumably showing recorded track data

I have just had a look at the pictures, it was Jan 2010 in Grenoble, perhaps they are a bit more real time now.

 

[ford34/2]

I often use this one to track the progress of a flight into say Newcastle when I have someone to pickup. Last plane I tracked from take off in Gran Canaria right up to Newcastle. Always half interesting if you got nowt to do. Plus you can click on a plane and find Info on it or call sign etc. Doesnt tell you where it vanished to though
http://planefinder.net/


Just followed an Air France, AF1158El-RJO up the coast landing at Newcastle from Paris CDG, came in up coast turned left at the lighthouse and onto the landing flight path at 16.24 --sure enough from the bedroom window there it was 800 feet,. 16.25 be landed now.
Stan

 

[daleyd]

Not so sure about that - I had it on for a while a couple of days ago, and you could see the 'stacking circle' for Heathrow, which as I watched was expanded into a long oval as more plane joined the stack. Also occasionally an 'air sea rescue' helicopter pops up and can be followed in real time. The tracks don't follow straight lines, but are articulated, presumably showing recorded track data

Probably radar tracks from heathrow air traffic control, there are pretty large areas that aren't covered by radar iirc so I think the worldwide tracks you see are guesstimates, then as they get into an air traffic cell then they can get live data.

 

[ford34/2]

ust followed an Air France, AF1158El-RJO up the coast landing at Newcastle from Paris CDG, came in up coast turned left at the lighthouse and onto the landing flight path at 16.24 --sure enough from the bedroom window there it was 800 feet,. 16.25 be landed now.
Stan

This website appears to be in real time. http://planefinder.net/

 

[mart]

put it this way a lot of near misses are shuffled under the carpet and not reported .when i used to hanglide the toradoes used to fly underneath us and we were under a 1000 foot. nearest to a 2 seater plane was plane was 100 foot above and a passenger plane coming in low to land same height as me 100 yards apart running parallel , the people were waving out of the bloody window at me now that was frightening. we had a tornado pilot in our club but the airforce stopped him flying hangliders in case he had an accident .can u imaging how long and how much the cost would be to train him up .megga £££££

You had no trouble with constipation then.

 

[brightspark]

You had no trouble with constipation then.

lol it makes your throat a bit dry and your bum nips. it all happens fast . the airspace under 2000 foot is a verry busy space .helicopters raf jets microlites paragliders hangliders and light planes hot air baloons and even parachute jumping on a weekend near us . all visual flight rules . u need to be on your guard. as said theres not that many accidents considering the amount of traffic flying

 

[ford34/2]

when i used to hanglide the toradoes used to fly underneath us and we were under a 1000 foot

Ah!!! but you get to browse the car boot fairs in record time.-- FREE


Stan

 

[zx9]

I often use this one to track the progress of a flight into say Newcastle when I have someone to pickup. Last plane I tracked from take off in Gran Canaria right up to Newcastle. Always half interesting if you got nowt to do. Plus you can click on a plane and find Info on it or call sign etc. Doesnt tell you where it vanished to though
http://planefinder.net/


Just followed an Air France, AF1158El-RJO up the coast landing at Newcastle from Paris CDG, came in up coast turned left at the lighthouse and onto the landing flight path at 16.24 --sure enough from the bedroom window there it was 800 feet,. 16.25 be landed now.
Stan

I like that site, displays a lot of information when you click on a plane, I take it all back that is a big improvement on what you could see five years ago. I shall download the app, I can see that filling lots of time in airport lounges.

Edit: Hum $5 perhaps not.

 

[ford34/2]

I`ve never paid for owt, just click the link and off I go-any where in the world, I dont use it as an App, would the App be better??
once you got the plane code, type that into google and see what it comes up with.
Thers an Easyjet U26454 G 780-EZWG, just come into Newcastle a minute ago: on the ground,Now changed to U26454 GEZWG, Google says:

Construction Number (MSN) 5318
Aircraft Type Airbus A320-214
First Flight 14. Sep 2012
Age 2.3 Years
Test registration F-WWBI
Airframe Status Active

Stan