MH 777 missing - MH370 media statement

[whatmeworry]

Surprised no one has mentioned this.

[h=1]Malaysia admits MH370 pilot flew Indian Ocean route on flight simulator[/h]

Malaysia admits MH370 pilot flew Indian Ocean route on flight simulator

 

[JessicaTam]

Surprised no one has mentioned this.



Malaysia admits MH370 pilot flew Indian Ocean route on flight simulator

It was mentioned waaaay back in the early days of this thread.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

It was mentioned waaaay back in the early days of this thread.

Yeah - but now Malaysian authorities have finally admitted it.

I guess the question is... is it normal for pilots to practice and fly dozens of simulated routes to no where in their spare time? Maybe it's common??

 

[straitman]

Yeah - but now Malaysian authorities have finally admitted it.

It was common knowledge and never hidden.

I guess the question is... is it normal for pilots to practice and fly dozens of simulated routes to no where in their spare time? Maybe it's common??

IF they have a simulator they have to fly it to somewhere.

 

[whatmeworry]

It was common knowledge and never hidden.

IF they have a simulator they have to fly it to somewhere.

So some pilots practise flying x hours from any airport to ditch into the middle of the ocean?

 

[Mal]

So some pilots practise flying x hours from any airport to ditch into the middle of the ocean?

And nobody plays racing games just to crash a car into a wall for fun?

 

[whatmeworry]

And nobody plays racing games just to crash a car into a wall for fun?

I play to win.

I can understand if pilots are practising ditching into the Hudson, Port Phillip bay, the Channel, the Thames etc.

 

[JohnK]

I play to win.

I can understand if pilots are practising ditching into the Hudson, Port Phillip bay, the Channel, the Thames etc.

Maybe one day they need to ditch into the Indian Ocean?

By the way I still think there's more to this then we'll ever know.

 

[jb747]

The fact that there was a route into the Indian Ocean doesn't mean all that much in itself. In the early days, this route supposedly ended at Diego Garcia, which is one of the few places you can land in that entire ocean. So, it could simply have been a way of practising the approach to the only emergency airfield available. I expect that Malaysian had some flights to Africa. We'd really need to see the entire track...

 

[Awesom Andy]

I expect that Malaysian had some flights to Africa.

They used to fly to South Africa a few years back. Not sure which type they used though. They also went to the Maldives but it was serviced by a 737.

 

[OATEK]

They used to fly to South Africa a few years back. Not sure which type they used though. They also went to the Maldives but it was serviced by a 737.

My daughter flew from Capetown (I think it was) to KUL with MH a couple of years ago, in what she described as a very run-down aircraft (probably A330 or B777).

 

[Himeno]

They used to fly to South Africa a few years back. Not sure which type they used though. They also went to the Maldives but it was serviced by a 737.

They used to fly KUL-JNB-EZE, but canned them during cost cutting just before they joined oneworld.

 

[straitman]

So some pilots practise flying x hours from any airport to ditch into the middle of the ocean?

That wan't the question :!:

 

[browski]

The recent report in the New York newspaper which re-dredged up the pilot suiced angle was a curious piece.
It followed soonafter the announcement that the search was being called off - it seemed to suggest to the public that "it is ok to call off the search because it looks like it was pilot suicide".
However, as soon it was released, all interested parties knew it smelt to high heaven because:

1. It was exactly the same story that was released 4 days after the plane went missing - with no new information
2. The story failed to mention that there were hundreds of other tracks on the simulator.
3. It coincided with the insurance payout offer which encouraged families to take the one-off compensation offer rather than wait for the final determination. If they take the one-off compensation, then they cannot re-litigate if/when the real reason for the crash is discovered.
Flight MH370 search: families face legal deadline as well as emotional milestone - Telegraph

Once the insurance liabilities have been capped, then we can get back to finding what really happened.

 

[dajop]

My daughter flew from Capetown (I think it was) to KUL with MH a couple of years ago, in what she described as a very run-down aircraft (probably A330 or B777).

Because the route was KUL-JNB-CPT-EZE and involved southern polar route (CPT-EZE) due to ETOPS restrictions it was a (four engine) 747 operated route.

 

[OATEK]

Because the route was KUL-JNB-CPT-EZE and involved southern polar route (CPT-EZE) due to ETOPS restrictions it was a (four engine) 747 operated route.

Fair enough. The youngster really had no idea what she flew in when I asked her recently, but she was certain that it was in need of TLC, with very grubby seats and lots of creaks and groans. Ranks it just ahead of Ryan Air but behind Easyjet based on that flight.

 

[dajop]

Fair enough. The youngster really had no idea what she flew in when I asked her recently, but she was certain that it was in need of TLC, with very grubby seats and lots of creaks and groans. Ranks it just ahead of Ryan Air but behind Easyjet based on that flight.

Yes the 747's were getting quite old from what I understand, and were almost all retired when they embarked on their first round of route cutting at the time of getting their first A380's and prior to joining oneworld and well prior to their "annus horribilis" with MH 370/17. I understand one remains in their fleet and only performs chartered flights for Haaj pilgrimages to Mecca.

 

[straitman]

Another version of what might have happened. No more or less credible than others IMHO.

MH370 that disappeared almost two years ago plunged into the Indian Ocean at an extremely high speed.

 

[marki]

There is no great need to know why it happened, beyond morbid ...........snip.

That statement is ridiculous " there is no need"

Even for a program like national geographic black box series there is always s need to find out the mysteries behind every aircraft investigation. ( that's to prevent the same mistake in the future happening again)

So that statement shows a complete lack of understanding in relation to the current investigation.

Whereas ® a morbid fascination is only an opinion of one person on this list ..... I am sure the rest of us here agree........

 

[Foreigner]

More on MH 370 today, part found suggests fire onboard:

MH370 fire? ‘Debris’ found in Madagascar could be a game changer