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"Accident" is itself speculation. The Infobox and photo caption both list crash as "Accident". What is the Wikipedia guideline / rule on this labeling convention? There has been a movement away from calling automobile crashes "accidents". What is the convention with like the NTSB, or the European BEA? truthdowser (talk) 01:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In the aviation safety world an "aircraft accident" is an unintentional event that involves damage to an aircraft, serious injuries or loss of life. An "incident" is where there is potential for damage to an aircraft, serious injuries or loss of life, but none occurs, such as in a "near miss". The only reason this would not be termed an "aircraft accident" at this point, is if it turned out to be an intentional act, like a bombing or shoot down. - Ahunt (talk) 02:31, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Even shootdowns can be accidental. Ask the Americans, Iranians and Russians. Mjroots (talk) 19:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See Aviation accidents and incidents. There's also a clue in the name of, for example, the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:42, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch ( *named in 1915 before it was apparent a percentage of aircraft crashes are not accidental. ) Truthdowser (talk) 14:27, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps a percentage of its name should now be changed? Martinevans123 (talk) 14:47, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTFORUM from previously blocked IP, now suggesting "suicide by pilot" theory

Should we mention this accident in connection with Sriwijaya Air Flight 182? 87.116.78.205 (talk) 09:57, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Related article: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409. I can see why this thread exist: the timeline is so similar with this one. Others, should it in See also? GeraldWL 09:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] We can mention it in the "Similar Accidents" section in main article. What will the moderator say? 87.116.78.205 (talk) 10:04, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] "Similar accidents" section will be inappropriate. See also is already provided. We'll wait for editor comments. GeraldWL 10:25, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] We can add in See also and this air incident. Its also similar to SJ182. https://flightsafety.org/asw-article/turbulence-triggers-roll-upset-stall/ 87.116.78.205 (talk) 11:26, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Sorry, only those with Wikipedia articles can be put in See also. GeraldWL 11:33, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] "The thrust levers apparently were not moved symmetrically, or the engines did not accelerate evenly. Low-pressure rotor speed (N1) in the left engine reached about 98 percent, while N1 in the right engine reached about 87 percent. The asymmetric thrust contributed to the initiation of a very high roll rate, with the right bank angle increasing through 57 degrees. The increased thrust produced by the underwing-mounted engines also caused the airplane to pitch 9.5 degrees nose-up.The enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) generated a “BANK ANGLE” warning, and the stick shaker activated. The crew reduced thrust and applied full left aileron and rudder. “The bank reached its maximum of 102 degrees to the right, and the minimum speed of 181 kt was reached,” the report said.The airplane stalled and descended rapidly. Nose-up elevator control was being held as the right bank angle decreased through 90 degrees and the pitch attitude reached about 25 degrees nose-down. The airplane rolled through wings-level and into a 35-degree left bank. The crew applied nose-down elevator control and full thrust."87.116.78.205 (talk) 11:35, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] We could have added this video as well. Then Wikipedia readers would know everything about SJ182 accident before anyone else. But we prefer to spread the speculation of the yellow media instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2CsO-Vu7oc&t=1s — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.116.78.205 (talk) 11:45, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Sorry, the video has an uncertain license, thus is assumed un-worthy to be published to Wikipedia. I also don't see the need for this. GeraldWL 14:44, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Also, nobody still knows what caused it to fail. NTSC has given a set of possibilities, but that's what they are for now: possibilities. Please don't spread speculations, we can keep it for ourselves. GeraldWL 14:45, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] My real name is Emil Enchev. If you're dealing with plane crashes, you'll probably know who I am. https://mh370.radiantphysics.com/2017/04/16/atsb-denies-request-from-mh370-families-for-more-info/ I never speculate, I analyze data and derive the most probable hypotheses for the development of events based on them. Thanks to me you know what happened to Boeing 737 Max, because I'm the person who discovered the problem, not the Boeing engineers.I was good enough to tell them what it was without asking for credit for it. The condition was that they ground the planes and fix it otherwise in 6 months there would be another catastrophe. Dennis Muilenburg was fired because several major investors learned that I had warned him personally. So to call me conspiracy nut is at least inappropriate. I can just think a few steps ahead of the rest. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Germanwings_Flight_9525&oldid=653441253#IT_WAS_SUICIDE 87.116.78.205 (talk) 16:27, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Are you the same Emil Enchev who's done "Wildflife Photography Tours of Bulgaria"? And you actually advised the Boeing engineers about the Boeing 737 Max problem? And you "warned Dennis Muilenburg personally" and got him fired?? Wow. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] This man has nothing to do with me except that we are from the same country, Martinevans123. You're a bigger idiot, even than I think you are. Can I ask again, why you refuse to link Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in See also section? You impose censorship which is not according to Wikipedia rules, as moderators cannot moderate content on a personal basis. 87.116.78.205 (talk) 16:41, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] IP87, kindly remove or redact your personal attack above. Thanks so much. Regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:43, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Given that you launch the attack by replacing my personality with that of a photographer, I do not think it is very appropriate you to make such suggestions. But answer me the question, "why you refuse to link Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in See also section?" I will remove everything I have written myself. 87.116.78.205 (talk) 16:48, 15 January 2021 (UT 87.116.78.205 - you've already been warned about civility. Stick to the issue at hand and not who holds a differing opinion to yourself. Otherwise I might have to get this key out, and unlock my banhammer case. As for Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, if it can be shown that there are similar causes between the two accidents, then it may be appropriate to add a link. At the moment, there is no evidence that there are similar causes. We just need to be patient and wait for information to become available. Mjroots (talk) 19:55, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] And 87* has been blocked for personal attacks. But- Then Wikipedia readers would know everything about SJ182 accident before anyone else. That is explicitly not what Wikipedia is for. But we prefer to spread the speculation of the yellow media instead. Because that is exactly how Wikipedia works. - The Bushranger One ping only 23:17, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] 87* made the fatal mistake of thinking I was the only one with a banhammer. As for the (now deleted) comment about IP hopping, we can deal with that too, if necessary. Mjroots (talk) 05:55, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Why, because your banhammer stuck in your ass and you had to lease one from your fag college The Bushranger? The bunch of homosexual idiots.77.85.212.156 (talk) 08:02, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Wow, wow, wow. You know, at least homosexuals are attractive.[FBDB] GeraldWL 08:24, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Banhammer exercised. Just gotta clean and polish it before I put it back into its case. Mjroots (talk) 09:10, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] Do you see how lying bastards from Indonesian government stopped export any information about SJ182. Did you know that the parts of CVR show signs of human intervention in their destruction? The entire edge of the lid is crushed with a hammer. In a normal accident, asymmetric bends occur. These dumb bastards don't even realize that in case of doubt these things can be proven very easily. CVR memory it has been in their hands for a long time but because it shows how unprofessional their pilots are, now they are trying to procrastinate result of investigation, tampering with evidence. The memory block cannot be located more than 15 meters from the parts of the CVR shell. Even if you are blind, you will find it. Around million must be paid to the diver who allegedly removed the CVR parts and to offer him political asylum in a western country. Then you will quickly understand the truth. 87.116.76.241 (talk) 17:23, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] And how's the weather in Sofia, Bulgaria this week, IP87? Kind regards. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:37, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] I think the results of analyzing the data from the FDR are already clear. The question is no longer who is to blame for the crash, but what the Indonesian government will do to provide additional training to their non-professional pilots. Forget to idle engines before attemp for recovery from deep stall, or take of your harness after 10,000ft is criminal negligence... Everyone experiences stress in such situations, and forgets some things, but some things they must be trained to such an extent that these people can do them even in their sleep. I doubt a Lufthansa pilot to not idle the engines in such situation, even if he got his pants wet. If this accident was on this German airline operator and showed the same characteristics, I would label it Suicide. Yes a strange way to commit suicide by putting plane in deep stall first, given the trajectory and filghtradar24 data, but still Suicide - because I don't believe a German pilot would NOT try to turn off the engines before the crash, and make the plane into such small pieces. And instead of the Indonesian government continuing to make pathetic attempts in its state-controlled press to compare this catastrophe with previous ones that are due to a technical problems, it is better to try to fix things. Boeing can provide you with good tools to train your pilots in critical situations. Don't make things harder for yourself. This is a decision in the right direction. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210120/p2g/00m/0in/124000c . This is no longer a question of compensation. Boeing can easily hire people like me, and the entire bottom to be brought to the surface together with each small part of the aircraft. You know what will happen when CVR memory block is not found then? You will pay the costs of this excavation as well. It is better to 'find' this memory block ASAP. Friendly advice.87.126.169.21 (talk) 12:26, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply] And who is suggesting suicide and where?! Its not suicide, it is pilot lack of training, knowledge and professionalism. Nobody suggesting that. I wonder how you make such conclusions, as everyone can read what I wrote and see that you are lying, dumb fag?! 87.126.169.21 (talk) 12:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just to be clear. Both the Flight Data Recorder and the Cockpit Voice Recorder have a Underwater locator beacon bolted onto them.

The section for 12 January has this:

"While it was announced on 10 January 2021 that the position of both flight recorders had been located,[75] the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces said on 12 January 2021 that two underwater locator beacons had been found but the cockpit voice recorder needs to be found without the assistance from underwater guidance signals.[94] The beacons on both flight recorders were dislodged in the impact.[95]"

The latest entry for 15 January is this:

"The casing of the cockpit voice recorder was recovered, along with its beacon, but the memory module inside was missing.[112]"

Perhaps it should say this:

"The casing of the cockpit voice recorder was recovered, but the memory module inside was missing.[112] The beacon had been recovered previously."

Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Martinevans123: - the source given does not say that the CVR ULB had been recovered previously. You'll need to find a source to verify that claim. Mjroots (talk) 19:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Someone needs to find a source to verify the claim, currently in the article, that "two underwater locator beacons had been found"? Not sure it's me. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:18, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So, the existing source is this one, in Indonesian. Doing a manual Google translation I see it says this: "However, CVR searches should be performed without guidance from underwater locator beacons or guidance signals to locate black boxes. This is because the two underwater locator beacons have been found along with the FDR."

I've gone ahead and removed the phrase " along with its beacon" from the third paragraph of the 15 January section. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:06, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

perhaps the Initialisms of FDR and CVR should be indicated for people who don't see the link between Cockpit Voice Recorder and CVR? 86.132.233.112 (talk) 14:57, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea:  Done. - Ahunt (talk) 15:10, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, how they go in Indonesia, but here in Russia every time an airliner crashes, media begin citing numerous "experts", like ordinary airline pilots, test-pilots (they are considered "top level experts" by media), casual aerospace engineers (usually employees either of the manufacturer involved or of it's direct competitors), some of whom already "know" the exact cause of the accident. I, therefore, wonder whether obscure "experts" cited by general purpose media really meet the requirements for RS on such serious technical matter. Эйхер (talk) 14:22, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Эйхер, aviation experts statements are attributed. Expertise in the industry also helps understanding for the crash; I don't see how any of the statements currently are un-WP-worthy. GeraldWL 14:46, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"An Indonesian aviation expert said... other experts speculated...", that's a poor attribution. Who are these experts? What are their credentials? Why is their opinion notable? Эйхер (talk) 14:56, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Эйхер, I've removed trivial claims, but for now this article seems fine on attributing experts. They're cited by RSes with editorial oversight, and the NTSC are currently relying on these people as the FDR data downloading is in process, so I think it's noteworthy to note them, unless NTSC reports conclude otherwise. GeraldWL 16:20, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Currently, the Aviation accidents WikiProject banner rates it Start-class, whilst the others rate it B. What is the article's rating currently?

B-Class requirements

• Referencing all statements that absolutely requires citations to reliable sources. Y
• Organized tidily using section headings. Y
• Reasonably well written; does not have major grammatical errors. ?
• Contains illustration where appropriate. Y
• Is broadly understandable; technical terms are clarified. ?

C-Class requirements

• Has reliable sources, but does not reference all statements that require one.
• Organized tidily using section headings. Y

GeraldWL 06:05, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerald Waldo Luis: - see my comments in the Polishing section above. I'd give a tick to both of those {{hmmm}}s - plenty of eyes on the article mean that the prose is fine, any grammar errors arising from translation are quickly rectified. Technical terms are unavoidable with an article such as this, and are adequately dealt with by wikilinks, but foreign language references need both the language and trans-title parameters. As I said earlier, it's not quite at B class IMvHO. Mjroots (talk) 09:03, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2021/01/15/data-recovered-from-crashed-sriwijaya-air-jets-flight-recorder-.html https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/indonesia-extracts-data-from-crashed-sriwijaya-737s-fdr-/141974.article Jagtfalken (talk) 12:47, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done; JP source is enough. GeraldWL 13:01, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Have slightly expanded, with the FlightGlobal source, to describe the data. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:03, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This whole section is way, way too long and contains a lot of irrelevant WP:TRIVIA. It needs cutting down dramatically to the actual relevant information. This can either be done now, or we can waste effort adding mountains more and then cut it all later. If you want to see how much of this minute-by-minute update stuff is retained in an article have a look at Air France Flight 66. - Ahunt (talk) 15:14, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great minds. I've tagged the entire section. I vote for trimming it now but I have bigger fish to fry today. Carguychris (talk) 16:17, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for doing that! I may have some time to work on that later on today. - Ahunt (talk) 16:30, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've been thinking the same, it already fell into WP:TRIVIA when it became "day-to-day" update, so thank you so much for doing that! PaPa PaPaRoony (talk) 11:55, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Feel free to adjust as needed. - Ahunt (talk) 03:12, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad that you did it, but I think it was trimmed too much (several quite crucial information e.g other countries' assistance from Singapore and Korea were also trimmed). I will add a few later. Glad for your work though so thank you! PaPa PaPaRoony (talk) 03:22, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't think it was needed, as this is about the crash, not a list of credits, but see if you really think anything needs to be put back in. - Ahunt (talk) 03:33, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The practical assistance from Singapore and, particularly, S Korea was not routine. Korea was asked specifically by the Indonesian Government through bilateral structures for major S&R assets; Singapore provided assistance with locating pingers at the point that that was proving difficult.Davidships (talk) 13:22, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well if you think it is notable and not just WP:NOTNEWS the feel free to reinstate it. - Ahunt (talk) 13:25, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I know that there has been a lot of IP editors adding this and other editors quickly removing it pending some official announcement, but that announcement does not seem to be forthcoming. We have had many WP:RS media sources already announce "no survivors", though. Given it has been 12 days, we are starting to look a bit silly continuing to remove this as it is unlikely anyone is still "treading water" now. I think we can now safely leave the infobox indicating fatalities = 62 | survivors = 0 without being accused of WP:OR. - Ahunt (talk) 20:29, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/faulty-automatic-throttle-eyed-in-indonesia-jet-crash-probe

https://flightsafety.org/asw-article/turbulence-triggers-roll-upset-stall/ "The thrust levers apparently were not moved symmetrically, or the engines did not accelerate evenly. Low-pressure rotor speed (N1) in the left engine reached about 98 percent, while N1 in the right engine reached about 87 percent. The asymmetric thrust contributed to the initiation of a very high roll rate, with the right bank angle increasing through 57 degrees. The increased thrust produced by the underwing-mounted engines also caused the airplane to pitch 9.5 degrees nose-up.The enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) generated a “BANK ANGLE” warning, and the stick shaker activated. The crew reduced thrust and applied full left aileron and rudder. “The bank reached its maximum of 102 degrees to the right, and the minimum speed of 181 kt was reached,” the report said.The airplane stalled and descended rapidly. Nose-up elevator control was being held as the right bank angle decreased through 90 degrees and the pitch attitude reached about 25 degrees nose-down. The airplane rolled through wings-level and into a 35-degree left bank. The crew applied nose-down elevator control and full thrust."

So (Redacted), what happened with my "speculations"?! The truth is that they refused to release FDR data only because of me. If they do it, the reason for the crash will become clear one hour after that. Emil Enchev 87.126.169.21 (talk) 20:56, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your first ref says: Nurcahyo Utomo, the lead investigator at Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee, confirmed that a malfunctioning throttle was “one of the factors that we are looking at, but I can’t say at this point that it’s a factor for the crash or there was a problem with it. At this point there is nothing there but mere speculation. The second ref is from 2011, with nothing to connect it to this event. There is nothing in either ref that we can use in this article right now. When you have some relevant information feel free to post it here. - Ahunt (talk) 21:05, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Who exactly has "refused to release FDR data"? And when exactly did that happen? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:15, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No one. The idea that it is being unduly withheld is just an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory. In most accident investigations the raw FDR data is not usually released at all and never before it has been analyzed, which can take months, or longer, even in first world countries. Once it is analyzed, usually there will be a text or video summary of what it showed, often as part of the preliminary and/or the final report. Releasing the raw data is not usually done because most people can't make any sense of it and also because it leads to wild conspiracy theories propagated by unqualified people. It is for the same reason that photos of the bodies, etc, are not publicly released. - Ahunt (talk) 21:24, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the kind of people who claim "when I say something I'm usually right." Martinevans123 (talk) 21:32, 20 January 2021 (UTC) p.s. anyone got any aviation fags?? [reply]

So Ahunt, you tald me that I'm imagine when I'm analyzed FDR data in advance before final report of previous air accidents? In this specific case there are doubts that one of the pilots was take off his harness and this is the reason why the engines thrust was not on idle. His tossing body around cockpit prevent ather pilot from actions. And after I told this with my name, the FDR data must be released in full extent because Indonesian plane probably will not fly over EU and England territory anymore if this is not reject as possibility. I don't care what deal are make Indonesian government and Boeing. I'm the man who ruined Boeing, I think is not hard to me to ruin and Indonesian aviation but if they want to try me. 87.126.169.21 (talk) 22:00, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]