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Only 46 years in International ATC and Aviation (civil and military) Some of us enjoy mental exercises. Do you think that the people that projected the trajectory were impatient and just theorising?

I have my own theory that the plane did not descend to 4500 feet but remained at the higher FL. In one report the Malaysian Military reported that MH370 'went through the bottom of the screen' at 4500 feet. It may be that obstructions relatively near the station limit higher and lower coverage of bo...

I seem to remember a Lion Air 737 that crashed in to Mt ymittos (Greece). Examination has shown that pilot,crew and passengers were incapacitated/dead due to oxygen starvation. The plane flew till out of juice. In this case military could see non moving people in plane. There was also a bizjet with ...

Incident: Airbridge Cargo B748 near Hong Kong on Jul 31st 2013, both left hand engines surged at same time, one right hand engine damaged too http://avherald.com/h?article=46679ba1&opt=0 :o On Nov 25th 2013 Boeing confirmed that a Multi-Operator-Message (MOM) has been sent to B747-8 and B787-800...

The Scimitar winglets look cute. However we should not forget that the Scimitar is a cutting tool for elimination of competion (in battle) Thus,I feel that other planes and higher vehicles need to their distance, since this winglet is a can-opener too.

Lets wait for the AAIB report! Tomorrow or a bit later. It will be a preliminary report. Hopefully the real source of the fire will be identified and the necessary corrective mesasures proposed (maybe including grounding).
We will see....................

Where is Ro-Max? He seems to be a better informed person for Boeing. On a well deserved holiday, I hope.

Did a bit of reading up.....Lithium Manganese batteries can be volatile under certain conditions, i.e above 100 deg C and especially when exposed to fire/flames. Dunno the construction of the ELT battery, but if heated by another source nearby (I assume it was in something like an electronics bay), ...

It looks like Boeing may be sighing with relief. Inspectors are looking at an emergeny locator beacon located just under the fire area. It has lithium-manganese batteries. Honeywell the ELB manufacturer is sending their own people

Whatever the cause of the fire, the temperature must have been very high to torch the crp to melting point and to ignite/destroy insulation. the time element remains common. Seems to remind me of Swissair 111.....

Out of service since hours, rear of aircraft, smoke. Ethiopian case seems to have some commonalityy to the first JAL 787.........

Particularly transponder antennas are mounted on top and bottom of a/c to make sure they are seen by the secondart radar a/c while maneuvering. TCAS also calls for antennas on top and bottom of aircraft.

Looking at some fotos, the fire(s) seem extremely close to 2 antennas (transponder and DME?). Is there an electronics bay underneath? :?: In 40 years ATC I have never heard of a civil ATC transponder catching fire though. The burnthrough of the skin seems to indicate very high temperature (not just ...

AIB03WB. Flying to the South of Marseille at the minute. Will there still be a visual at Le Bourget?

When did the 350 make its second flight? There was a lot of hooha that it should have been yesterday,but I dont find references on aviation fora

Just heard that an ANA scheduled service scrapped cos a RR Trent engine would not start.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rolls-roy ... 59483.html
Is that not the same series of engines used in the Airbus 350?

RoMax, I dont think you understood what I was saying fully.Normally such a box should have a self test mode after installatiom. The installation engineer should have checked the unit for correct functioning before he left. At start up of the bird, the crew should have had a no-go from the battery/ba...

I dont understand how a sensor could be taped over and the plane could take off. Surely pre-flight checks should have shown a sensor anomaly. Was the plane just handed over to JAL? I would have thought Boeing (or subcontractor) must have made a handover test. How and why was the sensor taped over?

I am curious too. What the H+ll will happen if another battery starts smoking despite all the safety changes? :?: 100-200 beautiful birdies grounded? The idea of a venting system means Boeing still fear/think the unthinkable might happen. I read somewhere that the dynamics of Lithium-ion batteries a...

Will the japanese FAA and others accecpt this very short series of certification tests as proof that the lithium batteries wil not self-destruct under some future flight circumstances? I believe that nobody really understands the dynamics/reason for the overheating/smoking/burning of cells.