10-27-2015, 06:35 PM
G'day Brock & welcome,
Yes the Maldives CAA investigation & official explanation into the apparent sighting of a passenger jet never really added up.
Agree totally with the Pilot's observations and I would add that the local islanders would be very familiar with the Maldivian Airlines Dash 8, it would be a regular sight in and around the islands bringing mail & freight. Although not impossible it would seem highly unlikely that a regular scheduled service would be 40nm off track without notification to relevant authorities.
40nm is approx. a 10min transit for a Dash8 and presuming DQ149 was operating IFR such a diversion should have been notified with either an 'Ops Normal' time designated for arrival or amended time for arrival (accurate to within +- 2 minutes).
Also agree that there should be a archived tech log for that flight. Not sure about the Maldives CAA but most aircraft records, maintenance records etc need to be stored for a lot longer than 1-2 yrs, usually up to 7 yrs .
Cheers
P2
Yes the Maldives CAA investigation & official explanation into the apparent sighting of a passenger jet never really added up.
Agree totally with the Pilot's observations and I would add that the local islanders would be very familiar with the Maldivian Airlines Dash 8, it would be a regular sight in and around the islands bringing mail & freight. Although not impossible it would seem highly unlikely that a regular scheduled service would be 40nm off track without notification to relevant authorities.
40nm is approx. a 10min transit for a Dash8 and presuming DQ149 was operating IFR such a diversion should have been notified with either an 'Ops Normal' time designated for arrival or amended time for arrival (accurate to within +- 2 minutes).
Also agree that there should be a archived tech log for that flight. Not sure about the Maldives CAA but most aircraft records, maintenance records etc need to be stored for a lot longer than 1-2 yrs, usually up to 7 yrs .
Cheers
P2