Soon after, news flashed across global news portals informing about another flight that went missing, the world was sitting up tight wishing for the safety of those 162 passengers onboard.
The AirAsia flight 8501, which was feared to have crashed into the sea, had been 3rd such incident of the year 2014.
Following a 3-day search operation, research workers today morning spotted over 40 bodies of the victims of AirAsia flight 8501 floating across Java Sea.
As devastated relatives of AirAsia crash victims are awaiting to know of what happened in those 'last minutes', various authorities around the world have been deeply-analyzing over the collected as to what led to this incident?
A social media enthusiast and an airline pilot Tim Hibbetts on Quora posted his theory over a collected data, which showed how South-East Asia is slowly turning into the 2nd densest spot for plane disappearances.
Here's what he has to say:
I was looking at the map of plane disappearances and it looks like South East Asia has the second densest spot after the Caribbean Sea. Is there any specific climatic condition there that would cause this pattern?
The Intertropical Convergence Zone is an exciting band of weather that straddles the planet like a disco belt, flashing and making all the girls' hair fly around.
It was a causal factor in the Air France Flight 447 crash and has been identified in many other incidents, from lost aircraft to mind-numbing turbulence injuries and damage.
In addition to this dynamic environment, the density of the aircraft further limits an airplane's ability to nimbly dodge about and avoid being tagged by lightning or nasty winds.
The AirAsia airplane was requesting a higher altitude shortly before contact was lost. This is a common response when facing a thunderstorm or squall line right in front of you.
Another is to vector around the weather. But when there are other aircraft around you doing the same thing, the airspace they require will limit everyone else's options.
When in doubt, you should stop going toward the storm. This evidently didn't happen.
The combined data from above and extra details makes this relationship more clear.
Images edit by Ariel Williams.
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