Flight MH370 / Flight MH17

[ewerk 30554]

Another one gone. Was flying from Paris to Cairo. Disappeared just after entering Egyptian airspace at 37,000 feet.

[Kid Dynamite 7025]

France/Egypt/Turkey aren't looking very appealing holiday destinations atm

 

Got a horrible feeling about the euros

[ewerk 30554]

If anything happens at the Euros it won't be inside a stadium.

[Renton 21577]

Was thinking of taking the family to Euro Disney next year. That should be safe, right? I know the chances of anything happening are very small but the last thing you want to do on holiday is worry about shit like this. No way would I go to turkey or north Africa now like.

[Monkeys Fist 42379]

Is there no way that flight data can be centrally stored, rather than having to find the black box after cases like this?

Seems mental that I can access pretty much anything on a device not much bigger than a credit card, yet flight data is still only accessible from a hard copy on board the plane itself?

[sammynb 3355]

Is there no way that flight data can be centrally stored, rather than having to find the black box after cases like this?

Seems mental that I can access pretty much anything on a device not much bigger than a credit card, yet flight data is still only accessible from a hard copy on board the plane itself?

 

Is it not more about ensuring the data is retained from the "black" spots, so where no radio/data communication is possible.

Also the recorder often captures data after "contact" is lost.

[Alex 35062]

This is quite a weird development:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/mh370-pilot-flight-simulator-plot-course-southern-indian-ocean

[Rob W 0]

"Is there no way that flight d ata can be centrally stored"

 

there is - you could use INMARSAT - but constant streaming from a lot of aircraft means the airlines would have to shell out quite  alot of $$$$$ - they don't see it as a priority for a once in10 year event that will probably affect someone else