John Denver: I Lost My Heart On A 747 🛫✈️🛬

The first 747 flew on 9 February 1969 and the last one recently rolled off the assembly line...

AoSHQ: Morning Report 02.09.23

737 Max 8 Grounded

I am not surprised this happened. Yes the Euros are all pissed off about Airbus failures and looking to dog pile on Boeing. But there may, in fact, be an issue with this particular aircraft. 

Better to be safe that sorry. If there is no problem with the aircraft, the news cycle continuing is causing a lot of damage to Boeing (the damage, however, by grounding it will be short lived). If there is a problem with the aircraft, you cannot justify flying it and it is far better to get in front of a potential problem now. Err on the side of caution.   

Rush Limbaugh: What is going on with these aircraft and Trump Grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9

Instapundit: Seems Reasonable, Pilots Complained For Months, What May Have Caused This

TOM: Which is lower the 737 Max 8 grounded or CNN ratings?

AoSHQ: Morning Report 03.14.19

Has MH370 Debris Finally Been Found? Crashed in Indian Ocean on "southern arc" Update: Was the cargo the cause of this disaster?

Australia, China Confirming Debris Field In Southern Arc?

AoSHQ is breaking news from Malaysia saying Flight MH370 "ended" in the Indian Ocean

Update:
So what was the cargo on MH370?
Was it lithium ion batteries in cargo that exploded?
Malaysia Airlines defends battery cargo
Proposed movie of airline crash at sea and Chinese passengers eaten by sharks put on hold…
MH370 crew and passengers all lost in Southern Indian Ocean
The ping theory reasoning on MH370 taking a southern arc route…

The oil slick observed off Vietnam is not from the missing Malaysia Air flight? Where is MH370?

The oil slick observed is not from MH370?

What is going on with the search for MH370 and why did it disappear?
It is a mystery.
Vast waters hide wreckage
Unprecedented Mystery

Update:
What the passport passenger may have looked like, and now five are missing and a mysterious Iranian businessman?

Two mystery passengers identified?
The plane then changed course and flew hundreds of miles in a different direction?
Crowd sourcing the search for Malaysia Flight 370…
Malaysia not sure where the plane was going…

Did Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 crash in the South China Sea? Update: Oil slick spotted off Vietnam coastline. Update II: Terrorism?

Hopefully this is not as bad as it seems...

This is breaking news and not yet confirmed:

A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew crashed in the South China Sea on Saturday, Vietnamese state media said, quoting a senior naval official.
The Boeing 777-200ER flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing had been missing for hours when Vietnam's Tuoi Tre news quoted Admiral Ngo Van Phat as saying he had asked boats from an island off south Vietnam to rush to the crash site. 

Malaysia Airlines had yet to confirm that the aircraft had crashed. It said earlier in the day that no distress signal had been given and cited early speculation that the plane may have landed in Nanming in southern China. 

If the report that the plane crashed is confirmed, it would mark the US-built airliner's deadliest crash since entering service 19 years ago. The loss would mark the second fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 in less than a year and by far the worst since the jet entered service in 1995. An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER crash-landed in San Francisco in July 2013, killing three passengers and injuring more than 180. 

Boeing said it was aware of reports that the Malaysia Airlines plane was missing and was monitoring the situation but had no further comment. The flight was operating as a China Southern Airlines codeshare.

Update:
Oil slick spotted off Vietnam coastline. 
Stolen passports used for two passengers...terrorism? 
Appears to have been catastrophic...
Protein Wisdom: Darleen suspects something more…
Debka has what little other sites have…

« Breaking News »

Terrorism suspected in Malaysian airline disaster 

DEBKAfile March 8, 2014, 8:36 PM (IST)

The Malayasian Airlines Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and a dozen Malaysian crew members en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, lost contact with air controllers Saturday, two hours after takeoff. Security authorities started suspecting terrorism when it was discovered that an Italian national listed on the manifest was not on the plane but in Thailand, and an Austrian citizen reported his passport was stolen in Thailand two years ago. The Vietnam air force reported oil slicks in the sea off southern Vietnam, but no sign of wreckage. An explosion in the luggage hold or a suicide bomber in the passenger section could have caused the plane to vanish in a sudden catastrophe before an emergency was signaled.

Interpol: No database check passport check pre-flight…
CNN: The two passengers who had stolen passports bought their ticket together…
Where is the plane?  Limited wreckage spotted?
ABC: Absolutely baffling so few answers this long after being reported missing…
Protein Wisdom: What is the point of having passports if you don't check them…
Debka: World-wide probe to identify the two passengers traveling on false ids…
Oil slick not from missing plane?
Vast waters hide location of wreckage

Seattle's New Socialist Council Member urges Boeing workers to seize factories...

What could go wrong?

South Carolina has a better climate than Washington (in more ways than just weather) “Workers of the World Washington State, Unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains jobs!”   But there is always Obamacare to look forward to (and with the loss of jobs you might qualify for a subsidized plan)!

The strange history of homosexual Communist lumber jacks in Washington (apparently they really like wood).

A good video to watch on how this all plays out...

Update:
Nothing to do with its Washington union problems (we suspect), but Boeing has its Dreamlifter stuck in Kansas (due to the pilot landing at the wrong airport)
Live feed from Kansas
American Power:  Guess who is a big fan of Che Guevera?

Unions screw up: Boeing looking for a better place to build the 777X...

It's leaving with its jet planes...

Update:

Machinists Union rejects Boeing's last and best offer...

Boeing 777 from Seoul, Korea crashes in San Francisco

Breaking News, at least one death

More from FoxNews
NY Post is reporting 2 dead and more than 60 injured.

Update:
Facebook's CEO Sandberg switched planes and missed this flight...
A new pilot was at the controls (was it pilot error)

WIRED: After Asiana 214, Examining the Intricacies and Perils of Landing a Modern Airliner.

There were four pilots on board the 777, which is not unusual for a transoceanic flight. Typically, one pair will sleep or relax in the crew rest bunks just behind the cockpit while the other is flying. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilot at the controls was a captain in training with 43 hours in a 777 but nearly 10,000 hours in other airliners, including the Boeing 747. In addition to the flight experience, the pilot, identified as Lee Kang-kook by Asiana Airlines, also would have undergone many hours of transition training in a 777 simulator. . . .
Because Asiana 214 was cleared for the visual approach, and there was an inoperable glide slope, under normal circumstances the pilots would use the runway markings as aiming points, and the PAPI lights to place them on the correct glide slope. It is not yet known why this system did not work and is a question the NTSB is seeking to answer.

Seems like he just blew the approach for some reason.

Posted at 6:33 pm by Glenn Reynolds    

Third Chinese Teenager Dies in Hospital.  Confirmed one of the original two who died was run over by a fire truck (she was covered by foam).

Boeing 787 Remain Grounded: Battery problem Serious. Investigators stymied by burnt circuit board.

The burnt battery auxiliary power supply at the heart of the investigation

Japan airlines still back Boeing and plan to buy more 787s

Boeing 787 Dreamliners Grounded in Japan and by FAA

Lithium back up battery found swelled and with signs of over heating...

Update:
FAA: Battery problem in 787 is serious.
Circuit board which might explain why the battery melted was destroyed by melting...

This may just be a teething problem with a new aircraft,
but better safe than sorry.