It's going to be interesting to see if the "black boxes" survived this wreck. I tend to agree that this may be more of a suicide than an aircraft malfunction. The video on the news shows the plane diving straight down with no signs of any attempt to correct the dive. I suspect that this is one tragedy that may never be fully explained.
Wow! That's a wild thought but what if it's true. Very scary. Isn't that still one of the thoughts on that one plane that was never found? The one from Indonesia I believe?
My friend in Thailand who is a flight instructor went from buying a beefed up Mercedes to selling cosmetics as a side gig. It's really that bad.
My diving buddy from back in the days lives in Thailand. We went there to do some scuba diving and he stayed - met a local girl, teaches English and gives scuba lessons to tourists.
So the workers paradise, isn't all that the communists claim.
I actually saw communism (East Germany) in the mid 70's. I'd have dumped every member of my so called family to get out of there if I was stuck behind the eastern block. I think I knew even then they were all nuts.
I spent 1967 in Thailand, and it WAS beautiful, but like you say, hot and humid with some huge rainfalls. The airbase was built such that the drainage was pretty good, but the local town flooded several times a year....everything there was built on Stilts.
I can see the day coming when it may be necessary to build a huge water pipeline from the Midwest to Southern California. Enough water probably passes through New Orleans, every day, to keep LA serviced for an entire year.@Murrmurr At least it's water. Probably too much, muggy water. But I'm beyond depressed with the drought here.
If that is typical of how the people live in the "workers paradise" of China, suicide would probably appeal to such a person.
I've actually thought something like this could be built. It seems like an answer. Or we are all doomed out here.
Exactly right. We stayed in a small-ish village there....wish I could remember the name of it. Yeah, it flooded almost every afternoon when the storms swept through. People would simply rush up onto the deck of the nearest house, which were on stilts like you said (and more like a hut than a house). Sometimes the storms lasted a couple of hours, sometimes they were a lot more brief, but they were reliable.
That's what I thought, too.I saw on one news report that foul play has not been ruled out. My goodness...if it was an act of suicide why take 131 other people with you?! So tragic.
Yes, I thought so to, it was horrifying watching it plunge to earth. I sure hope the passengers were unconscious before it hit.
