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Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 goes missing over South China Sea; 239 Souls Onboard
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Before last weekend, it might have been difficult to consider a scenario where a 210 ft long, 340,000 pound airliner could vanish completely with all 239 passengers and crew. Well, it’s happened. At 12:40 a.m. local time on Saturday Morning, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lampur bound to Beijing. The 5 hour and 6 minute flight was to take place in excellent weather conditions. However, between approximately 30 minutes and two hours after takeoff - depending which source you follow - air traffic
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controllers lost sity in Prescott, contact with the Four passengers on Arizona. aircraft. Currently, At the time of the flight were using ships and aircraft stolen passports... from the Vietcommunication Terrorism has not namese Military, loss, the aircraft was south of yet been ruled out... Malaysian Navy, Vietnam over the and Chinese MilSouth China Sea. itary are searchIt also simultaneously disap- ing the area of disappearance peared from radar. for wreckage of the aircraft. The Chief Executive of Late Saturday an oil slick Malaysian Airlines, Ahmad Jau- was discovered by Vietnamese hari, reported to media officials planes in the area the 777 is that there was no distress call or supposed to have disappeared. warnings of any kind. The lack As of Sunday afternoon, of a radio distress call “Suggests search and rescue vehicles from something very sudden and the United States, Singapore, very violent happened,” said and the Philippines were also William Wadlock, who teaches enroute to join the search. Accident Investigation at EmbThe case is shrouded in mysry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer- tery, and many different theo-
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Zack Wilkinson News Editor
Experience the Fantasy of Flight Jeff Ickers Guest Reporter On March 4, 2014, Kermit Weeks, owner of Fantasy of Flight, decided he would close the doors to his museum in Polk City, FL. This has caused ripples in the aviation appreciation community as Fantasy of Flight maintains one of, if not the largest private airplane collections in the world. At first I was saddened by this turn of events, and quickly contacted Fantasy of Flight to arrange an interview with Kermit.
My sadness stemmed from losing a piece of my childhood with the doors closing, but sitting with Kermit in his self styled 40’s deco restaurant, the Compass Rose, I was quickly put at ease. Originally I had planned to attack the issues of closure and what would happen to the museum. I came armed with questions about the collection and restoration efforts, how the museum could no longer endure, and what would become of it all. Continued on B2 >>
ries are abound. On Saturday night, news broke that two passengers on the flight were using passports which had been reported stolen. On Sunday, that number increased to four, as the passenger manifest went under closer speculation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the National Transportation Safety Board have sent a teams to assist with the investigation. Terrorism has not yet been ruled out, and no solid physical evidence of the airliner has been found. For now, we can only speculate and wait for more information and evidence to float to the surface.
NTSB Chairman Visits Campus Zack Wilkinson News Editor As long as there have been airplanes, there have been airplane crashes. The first recorded death from an airplane accident occurred at Fort Meyer, Virginia on Sep. 17, 1908. At the controls of the aircraft was our very own hero, Orville Wright. The ‘Flyer 3’ aircraft experienced a sudden loss of control and nose down pitching moment at low altitude due to a loose propeller shearing. Contributing to
the accident was an undiscovered stress fracture in the propeller. The victim was Orville’s passenger, Lt. Thomas Selfridge, who was viewing the exhibition on behalf of the US Army. On Wednesday Apr. 7, Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Honorable Deborah Hersman and three other NTSB investigators, Erin Gormley, Katherine Wilson, and Katherine Wilson, visited Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Continued on B2 >>
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TONIGHT! 3/11/14 - 7PM COAS126
Avion Photo Workshop Trey Henderson Editor-in-Chief Ever wanted to learn how that DSLR sitting in your closet works? ...Ever wonderedwhat a DSLR is? The Avion is hosting the ultimate in photographic symposiums in order to answer just that! 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 11th in COAS 126, 3 of our very own photographers will be presenting on the topic of SLR operation, introductory-level photography techniques, skills, and ideas, as well as more advanced topics for attendees who may have more experience in the field of photography. Our photographers have a wide background of experience and expertise. With a combined experience of over 2 decades, they have covered events from weddings to Space Shuttle launches to Rolex races and airshows across Florida. They have traveled the world developing their skills in portraiture and landscape photography and they have shot events on campus ranging from Tennis to Family Weekend to Touch-N-Go’s BigShow. Bring in your equipment and our photographers will work with you on learning the ins and outs of their operation. Canon or Nikon, we have photographers that are experienced with either brand. Don’t have a camera? No worries, The Avion will be bringing their entire collection of photography equipment to demonstrate with. We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any further questions, feel free to email editor@theavion.com.