Talk:Kenya Airways Flight 507

message: This article seems to have been started even before reports came out confirming the plane crash. 124.176.87.176 09:22, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: BBC News in UK is now showing "Cameroon Plane Crash" 194.75.37.250 09:42, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I started Adam Air Flight 574 within five hours of the loss of contact; no wreckage was found for ten days, and the main debris field was missing for about a month. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)  (Contribs) 10:05, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Scary that it can take that long to discover wreckage. In that case in ocean, in this case in dense jungle. I'm off to post a question on the Wikipedia:Reference Desk about longest discovery times and which crashed aircraft were never discovered (eg. those early aviation pioneers). I suppose the world is not as small as modern telecommunications makes it seem. Carcharoth 14:52, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd suggest the longest discovery times would be some recent discoveries of WWII US and British/Australian Air Force aircraft and flight crew remains in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.  The US Army organisation that deals with that sort of work does a great job I think.  I think that's about 65 years waiting for discovery.  Wampusaust 04:14, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: After writing 1996 New Hampshire Learjet crash, I began wondering the same thing. Yes, there's plenty of early crashes that still haven't been found, but since the advent of modern radio equipment (arbitrarily, say, 1950? How about after the advent of ELTs?), what's the record?Akradecki 02:25, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 has never been found. It vanished in 1950 on a flight from La Guardia to Minneapolis over Lake Michigan. It had been in radio contact but failed to report again after crossing the lake. This incident may have inspired Rod Serling to write The Arrival. If this happened today one could presume there were be a massive underwater search by the military. A few years ago a Kalitta cargo 747 lost an engine over Lake Michigan that has never been found either. Skywayman 23:45, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article was started as Flight KQ 507, however someone saw fit to change it to Flight 507, supposedly to be consistent with other Wikipedia articles.   The company itself calls it Flight KQ 507, so why do some Wikipedia contributors see fit to change this fact by omission?  Ajayvius 02:06, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The current title is like other similar air crashes (eg Adam Air Flight 574). It is also more likely users will search Kenya Airways Flight, rather than use the airline's two letter code. My two cents. Flyguy649talkcontribs 03:53, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, the country code is not used for titles of articles about plane crashes. The correct title would be *Airline* flight 1234. --Hetfield1987 (Wesborland | James Hetfield) 02:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Flight KQ 507

message: Why is there almost identical info in both articles?
Should there even be a Wikipedia article?
Perhaps once sentence in Wikipedia (at most), then redirection or link to Wikinews. rossnixon 05:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikinews and wikipedia serve different purposes. Ultimately these articles should diverge significantly Nil Einne 05:59, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikinews & Wikipedia

message: I absolutely don't see any necessity of the world map highlighting the various countries of origin. What good does that do for the article or for coverage of the plane crash in general? If you want to list the countries, as the number missing section does, that is perfectly understandable. However, the map is pointless; just because one person from the U.S. is missing, you highlight it just as you did for Cameroon where 35 people were from? I understand the need to show how diverse the passenger list was, however a better picture would be a stock photo of the plane, the wreckage, etc... Neoelitism 17:05, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Countries of Origin Map 

message: Since editing for this page is restricted, here are relevant news articles
* AirDisaster.com: Accident synopsis
* AirDisaster.com: Wreckage of crashed Kenyan 737-800 found (2007-05-07)
* JetPhotos.net: Photograph of the plane on its delivery flight
* iafrica.com: Seven SA citizens on crashed plane
* iafrica.com: No hope of Kenyan crash survivors
* AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Plane Wreckage Found
Annesville 08:23, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference links

message: The "Tail number" link on the summary sidebar takes you to an AirLiners.net "Big-no-no" image.  This link needs to be revised. Annesville 08:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed by Mareklug - Annesville 11:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

text: The original link worked at the time. I substituted the above one for it, mentioning both in the edit summary. --Mareklug talk 23:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: If there were 104 passengers and 9 crew, then how is there 114 fatalities? Does the 9 crew exclude the pilot but include the copilot (and flight engineer if there was one)? Is there some confusion because one of the crew members is not a Kenyan? Nil Einne 16:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All sources I've seen say 105 passengers and 9 crew. --Zamphuor 16:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  104 + 9 = 114? 

message: Seems a bit strange that one of three links at the end is to the Houston Chronicle? Rross101 18:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Houston Chronicle?

message: i'm genuinely curious, why so many people from india in an 'inter-african' flight? --Leladax 22:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Very likely they were investors or working for some company in India. There was also 5 people from PRC. Nil Einne 09:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Nairobi airport is an important hub in Africa and most passengers of the ill-fated plane were probably heading for Asia or Middle East. On the other hand, passenger volume between most African countries are generally low. Anyway, it's a bit interesting that not a single passenger was from Kenya. Julius Sahara 16:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  why so many Indians & why so few Kenyans? 

message: Articles such as this one are stating that the crash site was Mbanga Pongo. However, I can't figure out if this is the name of a town, a village, or the mangrove swamp where the plane went down. It's probably worth mentioning in the article, but I thought I'd ask if anyone knows what this place is. Google results are little help, since removing terms related to the crash leaves only some non-English pages. — Brian (talk) 06:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crash site 

message: Why Is This Page Protected? Lukecarpenter169 07:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nil Einne 09:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why So Protected? 

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 03:58, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
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message: I've added info from FlightGlobal's article on the final report: pilot error in info box, 1 line in lead, 1 para in investigations section. I'll look for a link to the report itself. Obviously everyone should feel free to add to and/or change what I added. -- Flyguy649 talk 14:17, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: CCAA splash page for the crash with links to the reports and CVR transcripts. -- Flyguy649 talk 14:20, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Final Report 

message: Archives of goodies:
* English final report without appendices: http://www.webcitation.org/5ybChGAul
* French final report: http://www.webcitation.org/5ybCfVumz
* CVR transcript (English): http://www.webcitation.org/5ybCmaoyI
* FDR info (English): http://www.webcitation.org/5ybDUsCVx
* Vehicle Performance Study (English): http://www.webcitation.org/5ybDcZ1Ta
When I try to archive the English final report with the appendices ( http://www.ccaa.aero/images/blogs/d033e22ae348aeb5660fc2140aec35850c4da99744f683a84163b3523afe57c2e008bc8c/rapport%20kenya.pdf or http://www.caa.co.za/resource%20center/accidents%20&%20incid/reports/Foreign/Cameroon%20Accident.pdf), I get the error "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 23330816 bytes) in /home/webcita/public_html/metadata.inc.php on line 8"
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