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AJ currently running some bullshit on how the rising fuel prices are affecting the American economy. What the gently caress, who cares?
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Finlander posted:What's the Khamis brigade? The 32nd Brigade, Libya's most elite military unit, commanded by Ghaddafi's son.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 15:53 |
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That Korean Air plane is just circling outside of Tripoli. edit: It just disappeared! KAL3927 / HL7461 Jack Napier fucked around with this message at Feb 25, 2011 around 16:10 |
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Monkeytime posted:Here's an interesting site that lets you monitor global air traffic: While sounds pretty cool, I'm wondering how reliable this is. I see like 10 planes over the US right now. And a bazillion over Europe just north of Africa.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:04 |
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Geisladisk posted:AJ currently running some bullshit on how the rising fuel prices are affecting the American economy. At least it's not an hour documentary on Latvian timber.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:04 |
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A plane I was watching on that site http://www.flightradar24.com/ just vanished heading directly for Libya. I don't think it was downed or anything. I just thought it was loving weird. It wasn't a smaller plane either. Syr1119 is heading there too. This is totally fascinating.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:05 |
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Oh cool they got the guy that got his phone taken back on the line.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:05 |
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Jack Napier posted:That Korean Air plane is just circling outside of Tripoli. It's disappeared now. I wonder if they go out of range of the receiver once they descend and head further south.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:06 |
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Few key links for the new page: For monitoring Twitter cioxx posted:This is the best site for monitoring twitter, for those who don't know. For monitoring aircraft unable to land at Tripoli Monkeytime posted:Here's an interesting site that lets you monitor global air traffic: Live Blogs BBC Guardian AJE TV News AJE Stream
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:06 |
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Is flightradar usually this glitchy or is this for real?
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:07 |
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Finlander posted:What's the Khamis brigade? It's Qadaffi's rough equivalent of Saddam's Republican Guard (i.e. his heavies). Edit: Beaten like Qadaffi should be.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:08 |
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Jack Napier posted:Is flightradar usually this glitchy or is this for real? I'm getting a 503 service not available message for the website now  edit: nevermind, got it loaded now. Must be a lot of traffic
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:09 |
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Jack Napier posted:Is flightradar usually this glitchy or is this for real? drat drunkie pilots  That straight line that looks like its heading away from the coast is probably a glitch. It more than likely starts where the sharp angle is, meaning it headed towards Libya then turned around.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:09 |
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There's reports of Libyan air space being closed, so planes must be turning back or circling until they receive a new destination.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:09 |
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Look at this cocksucker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mNyIhg_png gently caress you Saif. I hope he is the first up against the wall.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:10 |
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I'm looking forward to Gaddafi's final speech at some point tonight. It'll be him, drunk, with a bottle of whisky in one hand, and a revolver in the other.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:10 |
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Brown Moses posted:There's reports of Libyan air space being closed, so planes must be turning back or circling until they receive a new destination. But they disappear off the radar like they never existed.  It's sort of exciting.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:11 |
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Jack Napier posted:But they disappear off the radar like they never existed. Read their FAQ and 'how it works'.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:13 |
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Between retweets and the blogs being behind reports on Twitter I'm really not sure how things are going at the moment.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:14 |
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Jack Napier posted:Is flightradar usually this glitchy or is this for real? My MSR1031 (or something) was an Egyptian Air I think. I just went to double check and it had vanished too.  edit: nocallsign_4BA9C9 just showed up. I think it's the larger one from before. It has seemingly turned back but there is definitely a cut off point heading toward Tripoli. edit2: nocallsign_4BA9C9 just became THYTHY39 #Airline: Turkish Airlines #Aircraft: Airbus A330-343E (A333) edit3: The vanished Egypt craft now having turned back. MSR830 *Airline: Egyptair (Star Alliance livery) *Aircraft: Airbus A330-243 (A332) SauceNinja fucked around with this message at Feb 25, 2011 around 16:25 |
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cioxx posted:Look at this cocksucker. Ahhaa he just called one of their states under control of protesters a "mickey mouse" state. It's really creepy how they are in that room with echo. Who is the interviewer? He even said 'what do you mean a mickey mouse state'?
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:15 |
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Darth123123 posted:Ahhaa he just called one of their states under control of protesters a "mickey mouse" state. It's really creepy how they are in that room with echo. Who is the interviewer? He even said 'what do you mean a mickey mouse state'? I believe it's CNN-Turkey.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:20 |
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Airliner from Paris inbound to Tripoli. AAW901. And from London. AAW913.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:22 |
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DevNull posted:I seem to remember you being one of the guys that was very pro-Israel and anti-Islamic/anti-Iran. Those who have predicted the fall of the Islamic Republic have been proven wrong time and time again. Iran has gained a lot from the invasion of Iraq, and stands to gain even more with the fall of US client states throughout the region.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:22 |
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Brown Moses posted:I'm looking forward to Gaddafi's final speech at some point tonight. It'll be him, drunk, with a bottle of hallucinogenic milk in one hand, and a revolver in the other. Fixed.
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EskimoFreeState posted:Fixed. Youths drinking Nescafe bit was hilarious when he said it. The company should capitalize on that and declare Nescafe as the "Official Freedom Drink of Arab Revolution"
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:33 |
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Settepotet posted:Airliner from Paris inbound to Tripoli. AAW901. And from London. AAW913. #Altitude: 11825 ft (3604 m) It vanished for me but since I had it selected, it's still giving me readings.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:33 |
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Watching this FlightRadar thing following those two airbusses flying into Tripoli is like watching Inception
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:35 |
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Alman posted:Watching this FlightRadar thing following those two airbusses flying into Tripoli is like watching Inception It is pretty weird. Especially since AAW901 is now #Airline: Afriqiyah Airways #Flightnr: 8U901 #From: Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) #To: Tripoli Tripoli (TIP) #Aircraft: Airbus A320-232 (A320) And it spawned from Malta.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:40 |
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Yeah, something is not right... 913 just vanished..
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:44 |
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This is a map of where stuff is happening in Tripoli. I can't post it cause the link won't load for me.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:45 |
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Settepotet posted:Yeah, something is not right... 913 just vanished.. And 901 is turning away! I really wonder what happened here
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:45 |
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cioxx posted:What makes you say that? Why would CIA bet on a losing horse? They probably wouldn't support Gaddafi, but that wouldn't mean they would support anyone trying to topple him. The CIA has a history of doing all that it can to build governments that are in step with the US economy and government. There is nothing to suggest that the downfall of Gaddafi will bring in a government that is more sympathetic to the US. Chade Johnson posted:Those who have predicted the fall of the Islamic Republic have been proven wrong time and time again. Iran has gained a lot from the invasion of Iraq, and stands to gain even more with the fall of US client states throughout the region. A year ago, no one would have guess that the governments of Tunis or Egypt would fall. Just because a lot of people have incorrectly predicted the fall of the government in Iran, doesn't mean it can't happen now. I agree that Iran gained a lot though the invasion of Iraq. The biggest client state falling that would give power to Iran is actually Israel. The complete fall of Libya and Gaddafi will actually encourage the people of Iran to rise up against the leadership of Iran. The fall of Tunis and Egypt has already emboldened a lot of Iranians. Even though they are not Arabs, they are inspired by the courage of other Islamic nations.
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Is there a scale of crazy for each of Gaddafi's children? I know one of the sons is full on fuckshit crazy and the other a smug over-educated git but I don't know to what extent. How bad / indifferent is his daughter? Does he have any other crazy family members dug in elsewhere within the country and his "government"?
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Chade Johnson posted:Those who have predicted the fall of the Islamic Republic have been proven wrong time and time again. Iran has gained a lot from the invasion of Iraq, and stands to gain even more with the fall of US client states throughout the region. Just like everybody would have said 3 months ago that if you believe Egypt, Libya and Tunisia would fall any time soon you're an idiot. We don't know what's going to happen and neither do you.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:48 |
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Wth, there's a place called Tataoine?! Also it looks like aaw901 is circling.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:51 |
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That Flightradar thing is addictive. I wish it was more reliable though. Meanwhile... The BBC posted:Word emerging now of a possible replacement for Col Gaddafi if indeed the Friday factor works against the hard-pressed Libyan leader and he is forced out. Al-Jazeera TV says talks are taking place between "personalities from eastern and western Libya to form a body to govern the country". - the Friday Factor is a reference to the symbolic importance that day now has after the Tunisian and Egyptian presidents were deposed on that day.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:52 |
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Just a heads-up: when a plane looks like it's making circles, usually that means it's in a holding pattern until it's turn in the queue to land. Also, disappearing from view doesn't mean anything necessarily; it could have been cleared to land or taken off the website for one reason or another. Keep in mind too, air traffic controllers have the right to,and often divert planes to other airports for reasons ranging from "too many birds/traffic" to "holy gently caress there are people waiting to shoot you down". I'm betting that there may be an issue in the tower or on the Tarmac preventing the planes from landing safely.
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| # ? Feb 25, 2011 16:52 |
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Al Jazeera is airing Gaddafi addressing a crowd live in green square 'World media is evil'... he is encouraging the youth to be free about the squares, dance and sing, etc. He is one of the people... tons of people waving green flags and cheering. Pweller fucked around with this message at Feb 25, 2011 around 16:57 |
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Settepotet posted:Yeah, something is not right... 913 just vanished.. This is probably just because the ADS-B that flightradar relies on uses VHF, so it's sort-of line-of-sight. That means there's a blind spot depending on distance from the station and height. Under perfect conditions the range at 36,000ft is 250 miles or so, and this decreases with height. Malta to Tripoli is about 220 miles, so if the ADS-B receiver is on Malta, it'll drop off as the aircraft descends.
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