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Post by flyinkiwi on Sept 26, 2014 10:01:14 GMT 12
A self made "aviation expert" who would be more at home selling cars or real estate. Well he is selling planes at the moment, does that count?
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Post by baronbeeza on Sept 26, 2014 11:02:12 GMT 12
That is a worry. I flew to Perth on a return ticket with Kiwi International, never again. From memory the price was about $500 for the ticket, naturally it turned out to be good for just the outbound leg. I was left stranded as the airline had gone bust before I was ready to return. I have been on the receiving end of any number of aviation companies suddenly closing up, that would be the only time as a passenger though. I generally travel within a week of buying a ticket now, often within a day or two. Perhaps I have learnt a thing or two and there are also some bargain seats to be had at that timing. Twice from Bali to Darwin for $30 each and once from Jakarta to Singapore for $5 stick in my memory. Both those operators were on a par with Kiwi for the lack of service and schedule. I guess you get what you pay for (or not !). The really worrying thing is that we just bought an aircraft out of Hamilton this week.....
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 30, 2015 10:26:25 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Jan 30, 2015 11:40:09 GMT 12
I can't find an exact reference to the relevant definition (for purposes of paying compensation etc), but 'accident' in this case is a very broad category that includes e.g. hijacking. I'm sure the media was told this, and have excluded it in most cases is it is 'more dramatic'.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 19, 2015 13:52:54 GMT 12
Kiwi: MH370 search 'in the wrong place'Thursday 19 Feb 2015 1:43 p.m. By 3 News online staff A former Kiwi oil rig worker who believes he saw Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crash has spoken out, saying the ongoing search could be happening in the wrong area. Mike McKay, 57, has told MailOnline that almost a year on, he stands by what he saw. "I've thought about it and thought about it, over and over and while I cannot say for certain that the burning object in the sky was definitely MH370, the timing fits in with when the Malaysian plane lost contact. I have been trying to disprove that what I saw was the aeroplane ever since." Flight MH370 disappeared in March last year. Malaysian authorities last month declared the plane's unexplained disappearance an "accident" under global aviation conventions, saying all 239 passengers and crew were presumed dead. Mr McKay lost his job after sending an email to Vietnamese officials on his company computer on the Songa Mercur oil rig, which is located south of Vietnam, informing them without certainty, that he saw MH370 crash in flames into the South China Sea. "Unfortunately my words were misinterpreted. I was careful to say that I 'believed' I saw the aircraft come down. The email was never for public consumption," he says. "If it was the plane that has been missing for so long, then the search in the southern Indian Ocean is clearly in the wrong place." Mr McKay's comments come as relatives of Chinese passengers on the plane gather in Malaysia to demand answers. The MailOnline says Mr McKay, who worked in the oil and gas exploration industry for more than 30 years, has be laying low in Auckland and hasn't worked since losing his job. 3 News Read more: www.3news.co.nz/world/kiwi-mh370-search-in-the-wrong-place-2015021913#ixzz3S9T1uKnC
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Post by isc on Apr 16, 2015 14:00:32 GMT 12
A Malaysian Airlines branded towelett was found washed up on the western Australian coast, saw it reported yesterday. isc
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Post by lesterpk on Apr 16, 2015 14:20:24 GMT 12
You reading the papers around the fish'n'chips? Story about the towlett was reported around a month ago.
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Post by isc on Apr 17, 2015 15:32:22 GMT 12
Yep, I'v been off line for a wee while, first time I'd seen it, wouldn't mind betting it didn't get there by accident. isc
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 11, 2015 12:23:14 GMT 12
(click on the picture to read the news story)• If you wish to read the real technical report, then CLICK HERE to download a PDF document.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 30, 2015 10:07:07 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 30, 2015 11:17:36 GMT 12
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Post by isc on Jul 31, 2015 0:08:09 GMT 12
In the time since the crash, the aircraft part has had time to drift on the anti clock wise ocean current to it's location where it was found. This was predicted by an Oceanographer shortly after the crash. I wonder if they back track around the current, would they find more parts? isc
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 31, 2015 22:23:50 GMT 12
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Post by isc on Jul 31, 2015 22:45:57 GMT 12
They found a suitcase at the same place, but the bloke who found it didn't think it had been in the water very long. An update on the flap, it along with a blue seat and some suit cases were found in May, by the person who has the job of clearing rubbish from the beach, and not thought to be of great importance until it was reported the other day. The seat and suit cases were burnt. isc
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Post by AussieBob on Aug 10, 2015 15:45:24 GMT 12
For those with an interest on the debris being washed up on the Reunion Island seashore, this aviation and beachcomber enthusiast is photographing the debris being found and seeking advice and clues from anyone who might recognise its source, hoping it may give a clue to MH370. twitter.com/creissen
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Post by isc on Sept 5, 2015 3:38:14 GMT 12
The French investigators have at last said that the Flaperon came from MH 370. isc
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 14, 2015 12:43:32 GMT 12
I'm not sure how accurate this website is, but if this is the case it blows that previous theory of the flaperon out of the water Teen’s discovery of skeleton-filled fuselage in jungle could be MH370By Emily Saul October 12, 2015 | 1:38pm A teenager hunting for birds in the jungle of a Philippine island claims to have stumbled upon a fuselage “full of skeletons” and a Malaysian flag, and authorities believe it could be from missing Flight MH370. The coastal wreckage in Tawi Tawi was under investigation by local authorities in Malaysia’s Sabah region Monday. The finding was reported by Jamil Omar of Borneo, 46, who says his nephew made the grim discovery in September, but didn’t realize what it was as he has no access to television or newspapers. “There was a skeleton still in the pilot’s seat. The pilot had his safety belt on and the communication gear attached to his head and ears,” Omar told local police, Free Malaysia Today reports. The youth and pals found “many skeletons” in the fuselage, Omar said, some still wearing seatbelts, and more human bones nearby. The teen also allegedly swiped a piece of fabric to use as a blanket, only to discover later it was a Malaysian flag. “I have told the [Department of Civil Aviation] to look into the report. We don’t know if the report is true, so we need to verify it first … Let’s not speculate and give space to the DCA to conduct its investigation,” Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai told local media. The claim comes five weeks after French experts confirmed a piece of wing that washed up on Reunion Island near Madagascar was indeed from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. The Beijing-bound Boeing 777 was carrying 239 passengers and crew members when it vanished into thin air an hour after departing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8 last year. nypost.com/2015/10/12/teen-might-have-found-flight-mh370s-skeleton-filled-fuselage-in-philippines/
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Post by delticman on Oct 14, 2015 13:11:27 GMT 12
The story surfaced on the 12th, Sabah is not the end of the world for communications.
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Post by shorty on Oct 14, 2015 16:19:45 GMT 12
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Post by isc on Oct 14, 2015 19:40:26 GMT 12
First I heard of the above story, it was in the Philippines! isc
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