Talk:SilkAir Flight 185

Fatalities

103 fatalities -- but only 3 families??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ° (talk • contribs) 21:44, August 21, 2006 (UTC)

Actually there was one survivor who made it out over the over wing exit — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.46.119 (talk) 23:59, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

The pilot was reprimanded for disabling the CVR in the past

If you read the NTSC report, it says (around page 42ish) that the pilot was previously caught manually pulling the circuit breaker in order to have a private conversation (while the plane was on the ground.) He apparently lost an "LIP appointment" due to this, whatever this is, and was upset enough by it to try to get it overturned.

He also is noted to have several years of losses in stock trading, though with "marginal" gains in the last year. His multiple life insurance policies are also discussed, though in a weird over-dismissive tone of voice.

The chairman whom the WP article says "overrode the findings of the investigators" was apparently from the Indonesian AAIC. There was also this gem from appendix N:

"A significant amount of pertinent factual information developed during the 3-year investigation is either not discussed in the draft Final Report or not fully considered in analyzing the cause of the accident.

...

Among other things, version 6.0 of the report contains comprehensive information about the flight crew members, including information about their professional, personal, and financial backgrounds. For example, substantial information was developed indicating that the captain’s professional and financial situations had undergone negative changes in the months preceding the accident. It is disappointing that much of this information was either omitted from the draft final report or was not fully analyzed."

The whole appendix a real riot to read. (But to be clear the other stuff I mention was from the main report.)

If someone wants to integrate any of this info into the article, feel free. I'm too old and lazy (and easily annoyed by busybody reverters) to bother. But as it is, the article makes a big deal out of differentiating flipping the switch vs. manually pulling the breaker, apparently without ever mentioning that the pilot under suspicion was caught red-handed manually pulling the CVR breaker in this exact fashion in the past. 184.89.44.198 (talk) 04:06, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Worlds longest grammar commas ive ever seen

Here Although the NTSB and PCU manufacturer Parker-Hannifin had already determined that the PCU was properly working, and thus not the cause of the crash, a private and independent investigation into the crash for a civil lawsuit tried by jury in Los Angeles County Superior Court, which was not allowed to hear or consider the NTSB's and Parker-Hannifin's conclusions, decided that the crash was caused by a defective servo valve inside the PCU based on forensic findings from an electron microscope, which determined that minute defects within the PCU had caused the rudder hard-over and a subsequent uncontrollable flight and crash

Long sentences always interrupted by commas thus rejecting any possibilities to the verb.(possibly)182.3.46.118 (talk) 23:10, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

jurisdiction

The state where the crash occurred usually has jurisdiction over accident investigation. In the event that it occurs in international waters, then the state of registration has jurisdiction. State of manufacture does not have any sway in this Guinness2702 (talk) 12:46, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

These days, the state of manufacture is entitled to an associated representative + advisers: https://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/Aftermath-of-an-Aircraft-Accident-ICAOs-role-in-accident-investigation-.aspx. Although I suppose that might not be "jurisdiction" over the investigation itself per se, so I've updated the article. BalinKingOfMoria (talk) 14:23, 28 August 2024 (UTC)