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Malaysia Airlines at it again
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:28 am
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:28 am
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Apparently the autopilot flew a different flight path than what the captain was expecting, then it took nearly an hour to get it turned around. Computer error? Hacking?
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An investigation has been launched after a Malaysian Airlines plane appeared to fly in the wrong direction after taking off from New Zealand on Christmas Day.
Flight MH132 usually takes a direct route heading north-west over Australia on its way from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur but radar data showed the aircraft heading south for almost an hour.
The New Zealand Herald reported that the pilot questioned the Airbus A330’s path just eight minutes into the flight, which took off at 2.23am local time.
Apparently the autopilot flew a different flight path than what the captain was expecting, then it took nearly an hour to get it turned around. Computer error? Hacking?
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Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:31 am to Jim Rockford
if they offered me $5000 to fly to any destination in the world on that airline I would tell them to get fricked.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:35 am to dagrippa
What if I offered you 6k?
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:35 am to Jim Rockford
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Computer error? Hacking?
Nope. It's simple. Asian drivers.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:55 am to dagrippa
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they offered me $5000 to fly to any destination in the world on that airline I would tell them to get fricked.
Really? I mean, hundreds of MH flights will fly today without incident. I'd gladly take 5k.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:56 am to GetCocky11
Routinely one of the highest rated airlines
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:15 pm to Jim Rockford
I'm thinking it's time Garmen sent them new updates for their autopilots 
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:25 pm to Jim Rockford
Was the pilot Wong Wei?
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:26 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Yes... co-pilot was Wut Da Fuk
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:27 pm to Jim Rockford
autopilot doesn't work that way, pilot still has to manually operate the "tool." This is most likely pilot error having no clue in what they're doing due to lack of training.
Autopilot basically just controls airspeed, altitude, headings, etc. But the pilot still has to continuously update it if that makes sense..
Autopilot basically just controls airspeed, altitude, headings, etc. But the pilot still has to continuously update it if that makes sense..
This post was edited on 12/29/15 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:28 pm to Jim Rockford
They typed in and connected to the wrong radio frequency.
Same reason that American flight crashed into the mountains in South America a long time ago.
Same reason that American flight crashed into the mountains in South America a long time ago.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:31 pm to GetCocky11
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Really? I mean, hundreds of MH flights will fly today without incident. I'd gladly take 5k.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:38 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:I wonder if they realized there was a problem when they saw the sun rising in the West???
which took off at 2.23am local time.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:40 pm to LSURussian
Malaysian Airlines
We get you there...eventually...most of the time.
We get you there...eventually...most of the time.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:44 pm to LSURussian
This article is somewhat misleading. From what I see the pilots created a different flight plan than what was the routine route. They did a poor job of communicating and flew the path they wanted. Original flight time: 10:30; new flight plan: 10:16. So they made it faster, they weren't heading straight south or anything.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 2:12 pm to kilo1234
I laughed pretty hard at that. Especially after my crasian neighbor backed in my other neighbors car last night.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 2:15 pm to gthog61
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Malaysian Airlines
We get you there...eventually...most of the time.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 2:15 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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Yes... co-pilot was Wut Da Fuk
Navigator: Sum Ting Wong
Posted on 12/29/15 at 2:23 pm to Jim Rockford
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Malaysia Airlines
Can't believe anyone would use this airline after the events.
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