Malaysia Airlines is hurting - lets make no bones about it. It's changing routes around (with severe cuts in Asia), and is now looking at its route map further afield, with its Kuala Lumpur to Paris Charles De Gaulle route taking a cut. Currently, the route is operated by an Airbus A380. This will be downgraded from the 4th August 2015 to a Boeing 777-200ER. Malaysia … [Read more...]
Malaysia Airlines to be brought into state ownership
In the wake of two major incidents, as well as falling income, Malaysia Airlines share trading is to be suspended, on the request of Khazanah Nasional - the Malaysian State Investment firm (and it's largest stake holder). Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380 at London Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE The investment fund intends to take a 100% takeover over of the Malaysia Airlines to … [Read more...]
MH17: Repercussions and changes
With the MH17 disaster turning into something that it shouldn't be, lets take a step away and look at some of the repercussions for people intending to fly on Malaysia Airlines. For those looking at MH17 in the future, the flight number will be retired on Friday, and replace with MH19 as the Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur service. The new flight pair will operate as: MH16 DEPART … [Read more...]
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 lost over East Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines Flight Number MH17 has been reported lost at 14:15GMT today (Thursday, 17th July). Flight 17 was operating its normal service between Amsterdam Schipol Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, utilising a Boeing 777-200 (registered as 9M-MRD) when contact was lost at 33,000ft. Up until that time, there were no emergency calls, with the flight … [Read more...]
MH370: The Hunt for the Black Boxes as pings received
Black Boxes provide a useful hint to what went on during a flight - especially in the case of a disaster. Flight data recorder - Image Honeywell Aerospace It's important to remember that there are two black boxes aboard a plane (painted orange, so they can be found in dark and murky conditions). The Cockpit Voice Recorder - The Voice Recorder can record up to 2 hours of … [Read more...]
MH370: New Satellite images appear as the search continues
Yesterdays aerial and sea search for MH370 revealed nothing sadly, with no sightings of debris related to the aircraft... or otherwise. However, the Malaysian government released a satellite image from France, showing around 122 items of debris, varying in size - some were 1m in length, others as much as 23m in length, with some of the objects appearing bright - which … [Read more...]
MH370: The search recommences
After yesterdays bad weather, the search begins anew, with a multinational effort involved. Seven military aircraft are involved today, including: One Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft from China (the first plane to go out on search today) A P3 Orion from Japan A P3 Orion from the Republic of Korea Two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orion A United States Navy P8 Poseidon A … [Read more...]
MH370: French Satellites pick up possible debris
Further news this morning in the hunt for MH370 as countries continue to scour the Southern Indian Ocean as Malaysia states they have new images from the France which could help finding this aircraft. According to the Malaysian Transport Ministry "This morning, Malaysia received new satellite images from the French authorities showing potential objects in the vicinity of the … [Read more...]
MH370: New satellite imagary released by the Chinese
New satellite has emerged this morning from the Chinese government that identifies an object 22m by 13m in the Southern Indian Ocean approximately 120km from the first site from where Australia released its satellite images. Image - Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence - … [Read more...]
MH370: The Indian Ocean Search Continues
As daylight shines over in Australia, the search planes are out again to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200. Australia has already deployed a P3 Orion to begin the search anew today. There is a 4-5 hour flying time there, 2 hours endurance to search, and then the return to Perth. In real terms, the closest land is the Antarctic rather than … [Read more...]