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Updated 10.54pm
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news…
#D-DAY: Tributes were paid to troops who lost their lives on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. [AFP]
#CHILD ABUSE: Gary Glitter is to be charged with eight sex offences involving young girls. [AFP]
#INDIA: Ten people were wounded when a massive sword fight broke out at a temple.
An important life question: Why does a pack of Peanut Butter M&M’s weigh a little less than a regular pack? [NPR]
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FFS. I really hope this is a glitch.
It would give ye the willies about flying at the moment. Hopefully all is well and this is the last we will hear about it.
The last I want to hear of it is the plane is found and all alive !
It’s not. Confirmed crashed. All souls aboard lost. Circa 110 according to breaking reports.
Crap, I don’t know where you got the report, but this is heart breaking, another, again. RIP
I know. Im flying on Tuesday and Im a really nervous flyer as it is.
Up-to-date news feed http://english.cntv.cn/2014/07/24/VIDE1406201043686138.shtml, really shity….
Always seems when theres an aviation incident theres 2 or 3 of them in short space of time , the Malaysia one , the Taiwan one and now this swift air one , all within a week or so
Cue Frank with his weird maths and fake plane theories in 3,2,1
Don’t forget the all important .jpg to back up his point
http://bp2.uuuploads.com/photoshopped-animals-gyyp/photoshopped-animals-gyyp-2.jpg
Speaking of Conspiracies…
Both Malaysia and Algeria haven’t recognized Israel yet.
And both countries end is “ia” and this flight number also ends in 17 and has a “H” in it – as did MH17.
Over to you Frank!
And they were both planes
116 people on board.
No need to add.
Just turn it upside down.
What do you get?
……………911
And 9-1+1=7
My God….Ffffffrrrraaaaaaaaannnnnnnk!!!!!!!!
Back to school for you.
#falseflag #daytimetv #loanconsolidation #instantloan #lawyers4u #bargainhunt
Its 9 not 7
Dufus….
Flying this weekend. First time ever I am even remotely anxious about it!! I hope this is just a glitch
It’s safer to travel by air than in a car , don’t worry about it . Have a small scotch when you’re up and relax :)
20,000 planes take off each day…. Unlikely you will have a problem – even if stuff like this happened every day, which is doesn’t, would be a .005% chance…..
Thanks for the stats :) I like those odds. First time leaving baby behind so makes it worse!
Avoid alcohol on the plane, enjoy the experience without that junk inside you
Im flying 4 times in the next 2 weeks and im dreading it, i was already a bad flyer before all these accidents.
103 thumbs down from closet alcoholics
103 thumbs down from people who think you are a sanctimonious arse.
A few deep breaths and a glass of wine or whatever you’re having yourself in the airport lounge before boarding and all will be fine! :-)
Sanctimonious good medical advice more like, hard liquor FFS
Alcohol, the Irish answer to everything
Define contender for comment of the week
If someone recommends a drink to relax someone who is nervous of flying why do you feel the need to shove your opinions down their throat. They did say one drink by way. Or is it you who can’t just have one?
Good stuff John, don’t let your hatred of alcohol get in the way of being a sanctimonius pr1ck.
John are you available for parties?
What a silly, patronising comment, John Stewart! If you’re nervous about it, it’s hard to enjoy something. Thus lady obviously needs something to help her relax during the flight.
For party pooping, more like, James!
Get yourself a ride dude ?? Too much frustration !! Chill
I’d say you’re great Craic john :)
It’s a known fact that internal flights in Africa are the most dangerous flights to be on due to lack of safety checks,which is why a lot of African airlines are not permitted to fly into Europe because they don’t meet the standard safety procedures.
Air Algerie is one of the safest companies in the world, and their pilots are some of the most experienced. This is a tragedy that may have been caused by factors that can affect, and have affected many airlines around the world, including european ones.
There is no need to point the finger out at Africa.
I love “known facts”.
Yeh I often wonder who they’re know by because I never know any of them
You wron Mr, Algeria is one of the toughest airport security checks in the world as the country suffered terrorists attacks in the early naughties.
Al coholic, if you hadn’t noticed, this was a flight from a Spanish operator with 6 Spanish crew members.
Very encouraging for any readers about to make a flight on an African airline! Thanks Al coholic!
Yes Danny Rigg you are correct my mistake.
Please think of the souls on board. Less of the crap comments and more consideration for human life. Could be anyone from anywhere on board. Maybe even someone local.
While my thought and concerns will be for those on board, their safe return and their families, sadly we have to draw attention to the fact that the Journal allows frank to say whatever he likes about those killed or injured on various incidents
Who is this Frank fellow and why are you all obsessing over him?
He’s been missing for a couple of days (which is concerning in itself as there’s reason to believe he should be medicated & under supervision), but he’s the local leader of the conspiracy club
He was on here yesterday spouting more lunacy.
I heard the Journal lost contact with him between his last post and the Liffey.
So three comments, and no answer to my question?
There’s a frank over on the poll about execution. If I’m putting 2+2 together correctly I think it could be him…..
And he attempts to prove his theories by quoting the Bible (usually Old Testament and Revelations) and through Numerology with a sprinkling of conspiricy websites thrown in.
Yes Gillian that’s him, he was quoting from the book of revelation when I popped in, but He didn’t see me so it’s ok we’re safe here
Thanks folks
Frank seems to be conspicuous by his absence on this thread. Would it be too much to hope that he’s on holidays?
He’s the Journal’s conspiracy-theorist-in-chief. Maybe he’s looking for his tinfoil hat at the moment.
He’s the local conspircy nut cum village idiot cum escapee from the local home for the bewilderd who gets acces to the internet to amuse or outrage or baffle us with crazy assed conspircy theories or numerology,or quotes from the bible.As one person described him .Like watching an episode of STAR TREK…Exploring strange new worlds, that are in his head.
Personal attacks here on Frank are disgusting. Right, wrong or batshit crazy, he is entitled to his opinions.
Peace and love too..
And when his opinions cross the line of decency?
He is not entitled to say that victims if the Boston bombers were actors or that the victims of Mh17 were not real
Well, he’s entitled to say that stuff….but others are entitled to ridicule him about those views…
Wayne O’Fathaigh .. I would 100% agree with you. Governments should shut down and all censor all alternative media sources and forums.
People should not be allowed discuss anything other than the official story and what the governments states in the media.
Ablitive. There is a reason for Libel laws and why the journal regulary deletes comments that are offensive. People have the right to express their opinions and make remarks but within reason. Just like you cannot incite someone to commit a crime you cannot make inflammatory remarks on a public website and not expect to be censored.
Ablitive, I know someone who lost a limb in the boating bombings cousin in holland lost a work colleague on this flight who she was at lunch with the day before the flight.
Alternative media is one thing desecrating the lives of real people is a whole other issue
And what do they say about the relationship between opinions and butt holes?
Irish gravy, what’s disgusting is seeing frank’s comments about the newton school tragedy. Have you ever read them? There are grieving parents out there and frank said it never happened. That man is despicable. I wouldn’t defend him.
Please god no… I couldn’t stand any more of the conspiracy loons on the Journal
The rothschilds were seen having dinner with Satan last night and playing soduku in tel aviv last night so it must be them
I kinda agree with frank as there is a hidden agenda for one world government , this is plain to see with the EU , Putin is like a thorn in their side .. dunno what it has to do with planes tho.
hahaha
you have got to give it to him….his observations while crazy and off the wall are interesting….a lot more amusing than the ordinary bog standard troll
It was spraying chemicals out the back just before it went missing..
Frank flew on a plane once but he denies it ever happened.
@Mitch
I agree too. But downed planes is the wrong place to start. He should start with the mediia. He should research that aspect first.
Declan. I much check with the lads in the Central Mental Hospital to see if they let the patients near the internet or if they know of an institution that does. Could be some liberal do gooder Doctor that thinks its good for their socialization.
The ‘lads’ are presumably fellow ‘mushroomed’ inmates……or fellow conformist shit-munchers of little illumination!!
One world government is on its way, until they reach North Korea then the shit will hit the fan, in a way North Korea are like our defence system.. I would imagine in the near future a propaganda smear campaign will explain how we need to free North Korea by invading it, maybe a few fake stories in the paper and off we go
Would that be “liberal do-gooder doctor” as opposed to “conservative do badder doctor” or would it be “liberal do-badder doctor”.
Is there another type of doctor besides those who do good?
Oh wait—O’Reilly…
True they have ruined the comment section of the journal.
Why would we want to invade N Korea??It is a perfect poster country for dictatorships run by utter lunatics and it sucks of China,so let the Chinese throw a few million Yen down the jacks every day just to keep this Soviet Workers paradise afloat.
A plane would have to fly over Eastern Mali to get from Ouagadougou to Algiers. Rebel held war zone. Could it be the same kind of thing as last week? I really hope not :(
I’d be shocked if Malian rebels had the equipment to bring down a plane.
That said, there’s hardly a worse place in the world to run into difficulties. Few airstrips. It’s held by Islamic fundamentalists. It’s in the Sahara desert in Summer. Local countries aren’t exactly known for their S&R capabilities.
Yeah you’re right, it’s very unlikely and it would be horrendous place for a plane to run into difficulty. You’d have thought if they ran into difficulty they’d have been able to communicate it in some way though.
They did – they asked ATC if they could change their course shortly before disappearing from the radar. Big sandstorms in the area apparently.
Really? Ok, my understanding was that they were asked to change course and then disappeared shortly afterwards.
Sand in the engines? A bit like volcanic ash. Awful news. RIP those poor souls. Thoughts with their families. Tragic.
It’s been a really bad year so far for horrible occurrences, I hope this one works out ok. Doubt I’ll be forgetting the tragedies of 2014 any time soon from planes to war to natural disasters, I’m aware this stuff happens every year but with the Gaza invasion going on at the same time as a second plane could be down, I guess it’s just piling up at once. Not enough is being done, and it’s becoming more obvious that we have to start changing or we’re doomed to destroy our selfs. I hold on hope that this plane is ok and just technical issues are the problem. I really hope this has nothing to do with human intervention.
uh oh…
fingers crossed
That Frank doesn’t read this story !
Flew out of Barcelona yesterday and there was loads of police at checkpoint at departures ,from the taxi drivers translation we understood they were looking for israelis.
Frank is a ledge. Everyone belives offical stories . Then 20 years later and the truth comes out.. just like buiding 7. Brimingham 6 guilford 4 just to name a few. Most people are sheep and belive the crap that is cramped down their throats by the same people who u have caught out lieing loads of time s before.frank if ur out there hang In their pal.;)
He’s a leg end alright.
Barry at the time of their trials there wasn’t a person in Ireland who didn’t know the Birmingham 6, Guilford 4 or Maguire 7 where innocent. Their severely beaten faces as they stood in the dock was a give away if one was needed, so on this occasion Frank is one of the sheeple too.
Seriously wtf is goin on?
Frank and his conspiracy cohorts haven’t shown up here as expected so we’re all just chillin
Frank is waiting for Alex Jones to inform him of what really happened. Then Frank will tell us we are all sheep and to learn to think for ourselves.
“Chilling” on a news thread about a plane crash possibly killing all on board. You are sick and offensive.
Denise by your comment we can tell this is the first time you’ve read the comments on a Journal story about an aircraft crash. We’re all saddened and relieved at the same time about this latest crash, sadden by loss of life, and relieved because the conspiracy loons that invaded the previously stories have not used this tragedy as a platform to make disgusting and outrageous allegations about the crash and the victims…or at least not yet, touch wood.
Its disgusting to see so many insensitive finger pointing comments posted here.
The only reason why someone would expect malicious involvement in an incident like this would be if an agenda could be pulled out of the crisis.
For example of a group of governments wanted to point the finger at another government to start a war or if the incident could be used as a distraction for a bigger agenda such as an illegal invasion of a country.
Fingers crossed that this is a genuine situation.
“Its disgusting to see so many insensitive finger pointing comments posted here.” Are you pointing the finger at someone??
Ablitive your in the wrong place the conspiracy loons are over on the botched execution story
That airline must be really bad. I got 2 emergency alerts via flightradar app last week alone!
I wouldn’t read too much into that, a Squawk code 7700 is most often is just an ill passenger.
The “facts” need some work; the article mentions a DC9 is missing, the screen grab of the tweet mentions an MD83 and the latest rte news reports are discussing the safety records of the airbus a320!
The MD83 is a revamped DC9 and belongs to an airline that leased the plane to Air Algerie. Air Algerie have a flett of A320′s. It was thought to be an A320 at first.
And the top picture is actually a B737!
Sorry – just traying to explain somewhat!
Spanish private airline company Swiftair on Thursday said the plane on route from Burkina Faso to Algiers it had lost contact with was a MD-83.
Average Joe that’s just the Journal they’re not big on detail or proof reading
No flight radar in that neck of the woods, might be hard to find
Jaysus don’t be saying things like that Frank will hear ya
I think its very sad that people on this post deviate away from the horrifying and down right sad fact that 116 people have died……. like ffs what has happened to humanity and compassion , i think its disgusting how people are on this thread slagging a guy whom clearly has mental health problems , and no one seems to care that 116 innocent people have died ……….:-(
So R.I.P to the 116 people who tragically lost there lives on that flight . Thoughts are with the families left behind and most likely totally devastated and possibly completely heartbroken by the loss of there loved ones :-(
SO SO SAD :-(
Exactly, well said. The idiotic comments by some people is really putting me off reading the comments section.
There is a report button to use if you find a comment that is outside of the T&C of the journal.
Flight finder- Check out Reuters the flight is missing!
I’m not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.
110 on board, no more details yet and if it is down SAR will be a nightmare.
The only reason one would expect malicious involvement would be if an agenda could be pulled out of the crisis such as finger pointing in order to start a war or to use as a media distraction for something serious such as an illegal invasion on another country.
FRANK …Is that you ???? You changed the account again??
uhh.. who’s frank?
Frank is a part of all of us.
Frank is the glue that binds us.
Frank is the tear on the cheek of a child.
Frank is the morning dew & the dawn chorus.
Frank is mad as a bag of rats.
MOST PATHETIC COMMENTS SECTION EVER. COMMENTS NEED TO BE CLOSED FOR THIS TRAGEDY.
Hello Denise. This is the Internet. That is all.
I wouldn’t say “ever”, at least not till you’ve read one of Franks posts.
Hello J, i think your life revolves around the internet. Maybe you need to log off and live in the real world for a while. This is a real world air crash not a fictional story on the “internet”.
Hackers can hack into a plane and make it crash
Jasus is there a new ” Bermuda Triangle “
I think my local pub is in the Bermuda Triangle because every time I go in there I disappear for hours.
That explains the crap you post here so. Get off this thread and have respect for people who have died.
Oh dear Denise how embarrassing, I feel for you. I too once commented on a story without knowing all the facts also and ended up appearing silly, so don’t feel to bad when you’ve read my response to your previous comment.
You’re grand Boganity, I just get annoyed by some of the conspiracy nuts spouting ridiculous rot and some people being insensitive with the topic. I should just take a deep breath and ignore it.
Mayday mayday…..grief-bomb alert….code blue in the face!!
Its an awful tragic even and many families will be devastated.
Can’t help thinking the next couple of series of sir crash investigation will be must see tv
The MH370 vanishing should be good..
Sky News are gonna love this!
I suppose when your time is up,your time is up
But want if the Captains time was up ?
That’s it. Plane crash overload.
Can’t get a nose wheel light.
The cloud makes it look like the plane in the picture is on fire.
Do you remenber the movie is there a pilot in the plane? Do you think it is idiot that passengers have information if pilots are not from this people who know only one book and be promessed 8 womans in another life ?
OMG. Did you just throw a bunch of words into the air to see where they land and posted the result ?
And people call frank a nutter. At least he can string a sentence together
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