rdarby Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Surely of the seven people on board, one must have a mobile phone Unless it turns out well they are unlikely to be in a state to use a phone.
Admin Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 I wonder if this search pattern has anything to do with trying to hone in on mobile phone:
Compulsion Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 I am surprised the personal EPIRB isnt sending unless it was never activated. I carry 2 but you do have to be able to activate them. I pray everyone is ok.
hendonguy Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 A press conference has been called for 10am this morning (Tuesday) in Moroochydore with authorities expected to provide further details - information from that press conference will be updated here shortly
Gnarly Gnu Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Ian is that Flightradar? How do you set it to show the aircraft track like that?
Admin Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Just click on the aircraft and its flight comes up
Admin Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 An update for those that can't monitor the Dornier: And a picture of the aircraft:
Gnarly Gnu Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Just click on the aircraft and its flight comes up Thanks Ian. This process is sad and frustrating, in this day and age of low cost and slick mapping and avionic devices we really should be able to do much better with location. This drawn out search is just a bad situation for all parties involved. 1
Guest Andys@coffs Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Which is why I posted about SPOT. Epirbs and crash activted beacons require the pilot do something when the event occurs whereas SPOT works on the principle of timed reporting while all is well. If the pilot is incapable of turning the epirb on or the crash damaged the beacon or it didn't activate for what ever reason you have the track reported by SPOT to derive the likely crash location. A few hundred dollars and an annual subscription vs what is happening now. With SPOT you can also push the OMG button if you need it which immediately gets AMSA involved. Andy
flyerme Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2012/s3601606.htm
flyerme Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/family-hopeful-as-search-continues-for-missing-vintage-plane-20121001-26v6q.html updated 2hrs ago
motzartmerv Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Horrible news..:(. Can someone fill me in?. Where were they heading? Was it a VFR flight? If so, and there was soup around, I reckon they need to be searching either west (more likely) or east of the area they are. When the clag is on those hills you have to decide which side your gunna go, coastal or inland. The search location seems to be focussed right in the guts of the crap.
Tex Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 MM I think, going by reports, he was well and truly in the whiteroom for a while... lost in non VMC.... and they had a short duration EPIRB activation they are obviously focusing on that being best estimation on last location.
dan3111 Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 I was standing on the ground at caboolture at 10am yesterday looking west i couldn,t even see the hostipal 2km at the end of the 24 runway . The weather got worst from them so went home and it rained for over 4 hours then . sad news
Gnarly Gnu Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 PPQ Constant circling, yet not a very tight circle - picking up a signal.... or some other reason?
Scooby Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 From what im hearing, Des' wife and 2 other couples were onboard! Anyone who spends regular time around YCAB, knows this plane. It gets around a fair bit. Still got hopes they will be found.
nomadpete Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 PPQ Constant circling, yet not a very tight circle - picking up a signal.... or some other reason? Seems odd to see a search aircraft retracing the same oval path - maybe half a dozen times so far? My guess is about 2k wide by ten kilometers long, at 10,000 feet. As Ian said, it would be informative to know their strategy.
winsor68 Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 I recently spent a few days down that way... I found myself marvelling at the dense forestry and the hilly terrain. It could be potentially very hard to get a positive fix on an aircraft right under their nose, especially considering the conditions if they still haven't improved. If they haven't picked up on a heat source last night I imagine that would not be an option 12 hours later. 1
turboplanner Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 May be sorting out a way to get ground crew in
Admin Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 It's got to be something but at 10,000ft and 190knots TP, I wouldn't have thought he would be doing that...too high and too fast I would have thought:
rob c Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 They have several choppers working the grids below the aircraft relaying info back and being co-ordinated via the orbiting PPQ
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