Wonder how close that area is to being antipodean with Bermuda???

No kidding, it is pretty freaky this is the 2nd one to vanish.

Fox thinks it might have something to do with the metric system.

?Is it safe, is it not safe??: Fox host speculates metric system brought down AirAsia flight (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe-fox-host-speculates-metric-system-brought-down-airasia-flight/)

Fox thinks it might have something to do with the metric system.

?Is it safe, is it not safe??: Fox host speculates metric system brought down AirAsia flight (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe-fox-host-speculates-metric-system-brought-down-airasia-flight/)

Thanks Obama!

Fox thinks it might have something to do with the metric system.

?Is it safe, is it not safe??: Fox host speculates metric system brought down AirAsia flight (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe-fox-host-speculates-metric-system-brought-down-airasia-flight/)

Look at that guy on the left ... He's like ....." would someone please shut this lady up?" :D

Fox thinks it might have something to do with the metric system.

?Is it safe, is it not safe??: Fox host speculates metric system brought down AirAsia flight (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe-fox-host-speculates-metric-system-brought-down-airasia-flight/)Well, there's precedent for such an idea. The Gimli Glider incident stemmed directly from a metric/imperial mixup. However it ended well, thanks to incredible piloting and an unblievable amount of luck. (If the reference mystifies you, Google for Gimli; it was a feature on Smithsonian Channel within the past month.)

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Then moving pictures with sound might be worth two-thousand one . . .
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Fox thinks it might have something to do with the metric system.

?Is it safe, is it not safe??: Fox host speculates metric system brought down AirAsia flight (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe-fox-host-speculates-metric-system-brought-down-airasia-flight/)

I don't know.. it's slightly less dumb than Bermuda Triangle type theories...

I don't know.. it's slightly less dumb than Bermuda Triangle type theories...

ssshhhh . . . you're letting the cat out of the bag . . . the newscasters may put up a spoiler alert.

Well, there's precedent for such an idea. The Gimli Glider incident stemmed directly from a metric/imperial mixup. However it ended well, thanks to incredible piloting and an unblievable amount of luck. (If the reference mystifies you, Google for Gimli; it was a feature on Smithsonian Channel within the past month.)

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Or anything involving precedents as compared to presidents. =)
Or Nick Cage.

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and if you ignore the warning, don't buy the book
or check it out from your local library.
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Well, there's precedent for such an idea. The Gimli Glider incident stemmed directly from a metric/imperial mixup. However it ended well, thanks to incredible piloting and an unblievable amount of luck. (If the reference mystifies you, Google for Gimli; it was a feature on Smithsonian Channel within the past month.)

You mean this Gimli?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Gimli_With_Axe.jpg


I seriously doubt the pilots and ground crew didn't understand metric, but I suppose anything is possible. From what I could find the Gimli was due in part to " Fuel loading was miscalculated due to a misunderstanding of the recently adopted metric system which replaced the imperial system." Again I doubt that's the case here or what the FOX reporter was referring to.

Again I doubt that's the case here or what the FOX reporter was referring to.Oh, I agree with you. At this point I suspect this is a case of frozen pitot tube, a la Air France in the Atlantic. But since I don't really believe in coincidences, I enjoy stirring a bit of spice into conversations.

It's quite possible the reporter saw (and remembered portions of) the Smithsonian feature but failed to recognize how dissimilar the cases are.

Smoke spotted as searchers look for missing AirAsia jet | KFOR.com (http://kfor.com/2014/12/29/smoke-spotted-as-searchers-look-for-missing-airasia-jet/)

AirAsia Searchers Spot Emergency Slide And Plane Door - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/airasia-searchers-spot-emergency-slide-and-plane-door-2014-12?utm_content=bufferab021&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.

There was reportedly terrible weather in the area at the time of the accident and the pilot called into ATC to ask for a divert to a higher elevation around it. The plane disappeared off of radar about three minutes after that. Is it not at all probable that weather was a contributing factor? I mean, Occam's Razor and all that.

:(

Grim End To AirAsia Mystery - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports | (http://www.news9.com/story/27728301/grim-end-to-airasia-mystery)

:(

Grim End To AirAsia Mystery - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports | (http://www.news9.com/story/27728301/grim-end-to-airasia-mystery)

After spotting debris you have to start assuming your going to find bodies. The news outlet should have been more careful and not had live shots.

There was reportedly terrible weather in the area at the time of the accident and the pilot called into ATC to ask for a divert to a higher elevation around it. The plane disappeared off of radar about three minutes after that. Is it not at all probable that weather was a contributing factor? I mean, Occam's Razor and all that.
But...but...aliens...

AirAsia Didn?t Have Permission to Fly Route on Day of Crash, Indonesia Says - WSJ (http://www.wsj.com/articles/airasia-didnt-have-permission-to-fly-route-on-day-of-crash-indonesia-says-1420261574?mod=e2FB)

Fox thinks it might have something to do with the metric system.

?Is it safe, is it not safe??: Fox host speculates metric system brought down AirAsia flight (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/is-it-safe-is-it-not-safe-fox-host-speculates-metric-system-brought-down-airasia-flight/)

Hey, this is precisely why a billion $ space probe missed Mars a few years ago.......