Based on what logic? Read more

I don't think it could have been hijacked by anyone but the plane's own pilot(s). If it were someone breaking into the flight deck, the pilots would have called that in to ATC on the radio. I think the pilots did it. The question is really where they took / crashed it. Read more

Okay perhaps they wouldn't have been able to contact relatives, but if they were alive, couldn't cell companies at least gotten a GPS fix on their locations? Read more

I'm pretty sure that AF447 debris was found within about three days. Those famous shots of the floating tail we've all seen. Read more

On Valujet 592, they had the cargo stacked too high to allow the fire suppression system to extinguish the fire. 737 cargo bins now have labels saying that cargo must not be stacked within two inches of the ceiling. Read more

As a student of geomorphology, I know that there are indeed mountains under the ocean. They won't be intercepting any airborne planes, of course. Read more

Is there evidence to the contrary? Not really. It's important we look at all possibilities. Read more

You obviously didn't even read the story. Read more

I agree there, and concern is good. There's a big difference between concern and going into "The sky is falling" Chicken Little mode. Read more

Two words... Tray table. Read more

Good call! Read more

Airlines never pay list prices, and it's not unheard of for the bulk-buyers to discounts of over 30 percent. Read more

Yes, you're correct. Airbus is a European consortium, primarily France and Germany. Airbus also builds some A320s in China and are in the process of building a new A320 factory in Mobile, Alabama. Read more

Boeing has plenty of market share. Their backlog for the 737 is several years long, which is why they have to keep bumping up their production rates. The A320neo was announced quite a while before the 737 MAX, which at least partly accounts for why the neo has more orders. Read more

You can email me — paul@jalopnik.com Read more

That's awesome to hear that the store is willing to reunite people with their devices, even once the matter is out of the airlines' hands. Read more

Oh you'd be shocked at the number who show up to the gate in a wheelchair so they can pre-board, yet when they get to their destination and there's a wheelchair attendant there to assist the passenger, the passenger is long-gone. Read more

That's the cool thing about the interwebs, you just click on what you want to read. Read more

That's great advice. Those name tags attached to your bag handles fall off all the time! Read more

So you expect them to just pony up $1,500 every time somebody claims "uh, yeah, that bag had my new MacBook Pro in it?" Of course they're going to want receipts! Read more