I'm a manager for Virgin Atlantic. When I was senior cabin crew I worked on Malaysian Airlines for a year. - there was a code share and Virgin had 2 Virgin Atlantic Crew onboard the Malaysian aircraft flying from London. We wore Virgin Uniform and were like representatives of Virgin. They stopped having Virgin Crew onboard after the year and I returned to flying Virgin Atlantic.
Have bsome great memories of their crew, it was fun.
So tragic for the families of the passengers and crew.
If you look on flightradar24.com they seem to have good coverage of the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam. One minute it is at 35000 feet and the next it had completely disappeared.
It has been reported that the Italian passenger never boarded the plane and is well and alive in Thailand. He reported his passport stolen last year. Italian authorities have confirmed this.
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If that is true, there were two people on that plane with false documentation.
One of the passports was stolen last summer, the other two years ago. My feeling on it is that people traveling on fake passports may be more common than my perception on it was.
I just can't see why you'd wait such large amounts of time between theft and use (and the discrepancy between the timescales in which they were both stolen).
That said, it's certainly concerning that no mayday call was made, whilst I've seen some news agencies comparing this incident to the Air France flight over the Atlantic (I believe based on the time of the incident), I'm under the impression that the significant difference between the two was that Air France was in a between two radio contact points, the Malaysia Air flight looks to be in an area with good coverage.
, I'm under the impression that the significant difference between the two was that Air France was in a between two radio contact points, the Malaysia Air flight looks to be in an area with good coverage.
Because of the world we live in today, I immediately think terrorism which is wrong. The stolen passport story i guess is more just a criminal part of passport fraud rather than something more sinister, well i hope so.
Also if anyone tried to get in the cockpit, the pilots would have called for help immediately.
Been listening for updates on this all through the night.
I just hope, by some freak condition, that they are found alive somewhere.
The longer the search carries on the less likely any of them would be alive. Had a look at Marine and Planes tracker and the area where plane was lost is empty of any searchers. Even if a searching plane or ship looks at the sea,the chances of seeing anyone in it is very small, as people would be tiny. A very sad happening all the same.
Because of the world we live in today, I immediately think terrorism which is wrong. The stolen passport story i guess is more just a criminal part of passport fraud rather than something more sinister, well i hope so.
Also if anyone tried to get in the cockpit, the pilots would have called for help immediately.
Air France Flight 447 which has been compared to this incident had passengers with false documentation on board and at least one terror suspect.
But as we know now it was nothing to do with terrorism, could be the case here too.
I understand the media being outside the airport as it is a big news story.. but can they please stop harassing the families as they leave and enter the airport..these poor families must be going through hell today and the media pointing cameras infront of them will hardly be helping the situation.
I understand the media being outside the airport as it is a big news story.. but can they please stop harassing the families as they leave and enter the airport..these poor families must be going through hell today and the media pointing cameras in front of them will hardly be helping the situation.
I very much doubt they are following this thread on DS and seen your post request.
As journalists they have a job to do and this is how we get News which you are seeing on your television.
I understand the media being outside the airport as it is a big news story.. but can they please stop harassing the families as they leave and enter the airport..these poor families must be going through hell today and the media pointing cameras infront of them will hardly be helping the situation.
I'm afraid whether or not you like it, it happens in all disasters.
Because it was a Chinese Southern code share? There is some terrorist activity going on in China at the moment as the recent mass stabbing incident shows.
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Have bsome great memories of their crew, it was fun.
So tragic for the families of the passengers and crew.
Not as often as they would have you believe tbh. A lot of them turn out to be further away but are reported to be close to etc
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If that is true, there were two people on that plane with false documentation.
With it emerging two of the passengers were travelling on stolen passports, it's all looking rather sinister.
An Austrian and Italian.
One of the passports was stolen last summer, the other two years ago. My feeling on it is that people traveling on fake passports may be more common than my perception on it was.
I just can't see why you'd wait such large amounts of time between theft and use (and the discrepancy between the timescales in which they were both stolen).
That said, it's certainly concerning that no mayday call was made, whilst I've seen some news agencies comparing this incident to the Air France flight over the Atlantic (I believe based on the time of the incident), I'm under the impression that the significant difference between the two was that Air France was in a between two radio contact points, the Malaysia Air flight looks to be in an area with good coverage.
This is my understanding too.
Also if anyone tried to get in the cockpit, the pilots would have called for help immediately.
Air France Flight 447 which has been compared to this incident had passengers with false documentation on board and at least one terror suspect.
But as we know now it was nothing to do with terrorism, could be the case here too.
Yea, it does seem to be one of those unfortunate rare accidents.
As journalists they have a job to do and this is how we get News which you are seeing on your television.
Maybe you should switch it off?
I'm afraid whether or not you like it, it happens in all disasters.
Because it was a Chinese Southern code share? There is some terrorist activity going on in China at the moment as the recent mass stabbing incident shows.
Separatist Islamists are thought to have been behind the massacre at a Chinese Tube Station recently.
This flight was bound for China. 50% of the passengers were nationals.
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