Comments on: Search called off for missing plane

By: alan rankin

alan rankin — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:41:56 +0000

I know chris personally. It’s horrible to think of how young he was.. My prayers are with his family.

By: Mary Smith

Mary Smith — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:44:21 +0000

My son works for Dynamic Avaition also my heart goes out to all the families involved and my thoughts and prayers go out to you to and I truly feel they will be found alive this has also been hard on the employees at Dynamic, Wes is a friend of my son’s and I know if he could he would be there searching also.. Mary

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:45:20 +0000

Thank you Ron,
I am a friend to one of the families First officer Chris Paris and I too want a speedy recovery and closure for this family no matter what it may be. Chris is engaged to be married soon and my prayers are with his girlfriend as well. It is my understanding both companies involved, aviation and Canadian companies are still searching. It is only the Guyana gov that has stopped searching.

By: Milowills

Milowills — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:13:38 +0000

it seems as though the Search was mis managed from day one. I have found every Aircraft that went down between 1987 and 2000 within hours after the Accidents. getting to the Area of high probability as soon as possible is extremely important. A search was not initiated until late morning the next day. The Kingair Aircraft used also are not suitable for Search and rescue.

By: Flyer

Flyer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:25:27 +0000

My prayers are with the families of the missing crew members.

I think the criticism of the government search parties is partially misplaced. They cannot be totally responsible for aircraft flying in remote areas. Who IS totally responsible is the company who sent the aircraft there.

What kind of jungle survival kit was the crew provided? Were the maps they got up to date? are there even good maps of that area? Why is the Emergency Locator Transmitter not going off? What was the companies plan in case of loss of contact with aircraft? Why are the satellite updates only every 30 min? Were more closely spaced updates available and for how much more money? Also does this tracking work if they were intercepted, forced to turn transponder/or ELT off and forced to some remote jungle landing strip? In another country?

Articles I have read focus on what the governments are doing but the governments did not send this aircraft to the area. I want to know what is being done by those who did send it. I think the governments have a responsibility to end the search at some point in time and the company who sent the aircraft has a responsibility to search until this crew is found.

By: mike j

mike j — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:12:37 +0000

The US government is involved. Read the daily news journal (www.dnj.com). I have no idea whether the Canadians are involved. One of my friends in on board. The search was called off to save face because the govt search was slowing down the native peoples search group and that of the others involved. Private aircraft ares till searching. Trust me, my sources are reliable as they come from peopled directly involved and NOT from Guyana.

By: Alain

Alain — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:55:07 +0000

I am very optmastic about the search and rescue, hopefully the authorities will ask for foreign help in finding the aircarft and get some sort of closure as to what happened. My prayers go out to the family.

Good job to the local authorities so far.

By: Rovin toronto.

Rovin toronto. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:50:39 +0000

I’m not sure the aircraft went down, it could be that the aircraft left guyana. If the aircraft did go down we should have found it. I took part in the search of Captain Miles an Gerry , the team in Guyana does a very good job I’m sure they did . However if the missing a/c went down in guyana then I’m very sorry my prayers are with every one.
I hope that these flights will have a local pilot from today who know the area an the weather very well.

By: true guyanese

true guyanese — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:18:34 +0000

it is indeed sad…but why should the guyanese people foot the resources and bills to continue search for these men……when the sugar workers disappare…in 2006….there was not so much cry to continue…in a small area….but hear are foreigners and we try to prove to the world we care ,,,and don’t even care for our own…

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:04:35 +0000

anti means against or opposite – nothing is against or opposite to magnetic unless it is another magnet of opposite pole. So if you want to give anti-magnetic a meaning it actually means a magnetic material of opposite pole, ergo, a magnetic magterial. No one, physicists or laymen or school kids, ever uses the term anti-magnetic because it is meaningless. Your term is found in no textbook from elemetary to the most advanced level. yours is the first time I’ve ever seen that term. But there’s a first time for everything…even something… ah well, let it rest….
Aluminium is non-magnetic, not anti-magnetic. As for physics, it is easier than most people think.

By: true guyanese

true guyanese — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:51:31 +0000

i think 15 days is a long time ,,,,,,if the plane indeed crash in the jungle ..somthing wolud have beed detected…..they need to check to see if the plane was indeed doing a survey or some illegal activity run…..and went to its destination…….to do its drop off….

By: GodsGirl

GodsGirl — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:37:06 +0000

Mr. Benn -

In Jesus Name….please do not quit looking. They are alive. They need you to find them.

By: injin joe

injin joe — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:06:03 +0000

mark simon you said it well.finding uranium in guyana is big bisiness and poses a great security risk in the area. this is huge the big dogs will do anything to keep this low keyed. and hopes it goes away remember the lease expires pretty soon for the canadian company that is looking for uranium there.
that is also a good reason why a us ship is based only 17 miles off shore doing good deeds, with another one taking its place when it heads to haiti. that now brings 2ships in the area.

By: gtbeat

gtbeat — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:27:59 +0000

YOU SHOULD JOIN THE SEARCH.

By: mackydog

mackydog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:29:35 +0000

ankoko,
true that with the change of suits. The Bush government can easily be sucked into another war if America makes an issue with Chavez, so they may prefer to let it ride till Obama gets in to start something…you make a real good point there bro. Our presumptions kinda make some sense.

By: mackydog

mackydog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:22:34 +0000

balgobind-Hackett,
In the context of the topic and balgobind’s blog, what is the difference between my “anti” and your “non”?

This is not physics, this is terminology and comprehension. Physics is the actual behavior (or lack of) of aluminium and magnets. I even went further to mention the reason why they’re not attracted to each other.

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:48:55 +0000

try write it in creolese

By: Arnold

Arnold — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:40:23 +0000

And the faint E.L.T signal that was picked up in the planes flight path in Guyana territory, what emitted that?

By: alan

alan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:13:11 +0000

i agree with mark simon.the venezuelians are shooting missiles regularly into guyana forest with f16.we cannot see the a/craft but we hear them and the explosion.the f16 is faster than sound(supersonic).or the a/craft can be intercepted by venezuela because of its equipment.

By: Ankoko

Ankoko — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:12:40 +0000

Very tragic indeed for the loved ones of the missing.
Mackydog – you know that I sometimes have the same suspicious thinking as you and I am more and more coming to that same conclusion. I believe that the Southern Command in Miami knows exactly where that aircraft is. I also think that the US authorities are well aware of what is going on. It just may be possible that the time is not right to do whatever has to be done so they are playing ‘possum.’ Remember that there is an administration transition going on in Washington so they may be waiting to see how the new suits want to deal with it.

By: Varsha

Varsha — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:04:59 +0000

I for one am holding out hope that those young fellows are alive and well, in the jungle or whereever, surviving on roots, fruits and whatever else one eats to survice under those dire circumstance.

These smart men are probably trekking their way using to civilization as we speak using all sorts methods – a map they have salvaged, perhaps even a compass, sense of direction and most of all survival instincts.

There is hope, and they are prayers. Let us pray, please.

On a slightly differentnote,the Canadain and AMerican Gov, as well as these gentleme’s respective company they were working for should send in rescue team, to aid in their journey back to us.

By: alan

alan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:03:03 +0000

i flew that area many times.it is “horrible” terrain.when weather closes in there is no visibility and a/craft have to navigate between a lot of hills and mountains.the gcaa should have not allow a high speed a/craft to operate in those areas in the first place and with unexperienced ppl.guyana have a fleet of 206 and islanders could have done that -and now they are calling off the search-kinda sad.

By: mark simon

mark simon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:31:20 +0000

I HAVE A WILD THEORY, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE CRASHED IN VENEZUELA OR EVEN SHOT DOWN? REMEMBER THIS WAS AN AMERICAN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO LOOK DOWN BELOW, AND A NERVOUS VENEZUELA NOT BEING ON GOOD TERMS WITH UNCLE SAM. JUST A WILD GUESS.

By: Pinnacle

Pinnacle — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:15:01 +0000

mackydog u ent notice his name ?????????