Malaysian 777 crashes in Ukraine

[Ian K]

A Malaysian passenger plane has crashed in Ukraine, according to aviation sources cited by the Russian news agency Interfax.
The airliner, which was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 people on board, is thought to have come down close to the border with Russia.

http://news.sky.com/story/1302864/malaysian-plane-crashes-with-295-on-board

RIP

[Smudger98]

http://avherald.com/h?article=47770f9d&opt=0  as well

[Anmer]

Heard this in the car driving to London.

I bet the tracking websites are being hammered tonight.

[LX-LGN]

FR24 was almost unreachable for a while. AMazing that there are now 100s of "experts" now spouting how, where and when it disappeared.

[Anmer]

FR24 was almost unreachable for a while. AMazing that there are now 100s of "experts" now spouting how, where and when it disappeared.

It was like that with MH370 and dozens of so-called researchers demanding access to flight data.

[satcom]

PP just locks down the data and sends it to the AAIB

[Anmer]

PP just locks down the data and sends it to the AAIB

Does the AAIB have jurisdiction for these flights?

[satcom]

They act as a point of contact Mike and send the data on to the relevant authorities.
Did the same with other incidents including MH370

[Anmer]

Thanks satcom.

I'm sure FR24 helps the appropriate authorities too.

Did PP track MH17 up to the time it disappeared?

[satcom]

Yes we appear to have last contact logged to the second

[Anmer]

Yes we appear to have last contact logged to the second

Contact over Ukraine up to its disappearance?

[satcom]

Thats correct Mike

[Anmer]

Thats correct Mike

Thanks satcom.

I've been away for a long weekend and just got back.

Is there a particular reason why PP doesn't show any traffic over Ukraine at this time?

[Anmer]

Is there a particular reason why PP doesn't show any traffic over Ukraine at this time?

Just in case my original question to satcom was overlooked.

[satcom]

Hi Mike

Sorry , saw the original but got distracted locating the site of the missile launcher....then forgot to get back to you


As you can see from  http://www.coaa.co.uk/pp-user-charts.htm  our coverage is to the South and East of the area at present.