Missing Malaysian jet news (1 Viewer)

[17seconds]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

Someone mentioned that this should be re-posted multiple times throughout the day.

sweet

 

[drummer]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

Someone mentioned that this should be re-posted multiple times throughout the day.

sweet

Malacca

http://www.thesamecinemaeverynight.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wire_ziggy.jpg

 

[jamny]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

Someone mentioned that this should be re-posted multiple times throughout the day.

Well that's stupid.

 

[None_More_Black]

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Pilot's Simulator 'Contains Five Practice Runways near Indian Ocean'

Investigators who examined the simulator belonging to Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, are said to have found several runways near the Indian Ocean.

The home-made simulator of the pilot has been loaded with runways of at least five airports in and around the Indian Ocean, where the search for the vanished Boeing 777 is gaining momentum.

"The simulation programmes are based on runways at the Male International Airport in Maldives, an airport owned by the United States (Diego Garcia), and three other runways in India and Sri Lanka, all have runway lengths of 1,000 metres," an unidentified investigation source told local Malay daily Berita Harian.

I'm assuming, maybe wrongly, that a flight simulator would be used for "practice" by pilots. If that's the case it makes sense to have it know locations where a plane might be able to make an emergency landing.

The guy had microsoft flight simulator x. It contains most of the world's airports. It's not like he was programming the software, Now if he had a lot of saves flying into an unusual airport near the plane's disappearance, that might be something.

 

[KCitons]

I threw together a quick comparison of plane from reddit and the 777-200 from blueprints.com.

The wing sweep looks different. But, it may be because the plane in the picture is pitch to the right a little.

 

[NJ]

NBC is now reporting that the "left turn" was pre-programmed at least 12 minutes prior to the "Alright, good night" cockpit transmission. If that's true, that would seem to discount some sort of electrical fire.

 

[17seconds]

The closest long runway on the known turnaround path was Pulau Langkawi

It was pinging for several hours after lost radar contact

The satellite arcs are known to the south, so...

why isn't the Indian Ocean west of Australia being searched?

 

[KCitons]

The closest long runway on the known turnaround path was Pulau Langkawi

It was pinging for several hours after lost radar contact

The satellite arcs are known to the south, so...

why isn't the Indian Ocean west of Australia being searched?

It is. The U.S. has re-positioned at one of its planes to Perth. The Australians are in charge of searching the lower arc.

 

[Sinn Fein]

I threw together a quick comparison of plane from reddit and the 777-200 from blueprints.com.

The wing sweep looks different. But, it may be because the plane in the picture is pitch to the right a little.

No chance that is the plane, intact, in the jungle. imo

 

[culdeus]

I threw together a quick comparison of plane from reddit and the 777-200 from blueprints.com.

The wing sweep looks different. But, it may be because the plane in the picture is pitch to the right a little.

No chance that is the plane, intact, in the jungle. imo

It's flying over it.

 

[KCitons]

I threw together a quick comparison of plane from reddit and the 777-200 from blueprints.com.

The wing sweep looks different. But, it may be because the plane in the picture is pitch to the right a little.

No chance that is the plane, intact, in the jungle. imo

It's flying over it.

I could see the Malaysian government discounting it for the same reason. "guys, we're looking for a crashed plane, not a 777 flying above the treetops in Bangladesh"

 

[Sinn Fein]

So, if the reports are true that the new flight path was programmed into the system 12 minutes before the final sign-off, that would seem to change things - in terms of turning towards an airport because of an emergency.

 

[OldBill]

So, if the reports are true that the new flight path was programmed into the system 12 minutes before the final sign-off, that would seem to change things - in terms of turning towards an airport because of an emergency.

Also means the chance of a, non-crew member, terrorist taking control of the plane is out.

 

[NajehHejan]

So, if the reports are true that the new flight path was programmed into the system 12 minutes before the final sign-off, that would seem to

change things - in terms of turning towards an airport because of an emergency.

I wonder how valid this is. Everything about the pings and the arcs and when comm was shut down (before or after last pilot chatter) seems to be so unreliable. What is absolute certainty and how do you know it's that?

 

[DiStefano]

All I can say is that if the pilots got knocked out by smoke and the passengers in the back were still awake as that plane was going out to sea, that is an awful way to go. It's torture.

Oh, I'm sure one of the stewardi came out and said:

"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"

 

[jon_mx]

The only theory that is left is the co-pilot got shut down by some hot Chinese chick in business class who refused to come inside the cockpit. He got made and took the plane off wildly off course before running out of fuel and crashing into the ocean.

 

[Sinn Fein]

So, if the reports are true that the new flight path was programmed into the system 12 minutes before the final sign-off, that would seem to

change things - in terms of turning towards an airport because of an emergency.

I wonder how valid this is. Everything about the pings and the arcs and when comm was shut down (before or after last pilot chatter) seems to be so unreliable. What is absolute certainty and how do you know it's that?

I'd put it as less reliable than the radar data, more reliable than the satellite "pings"

 

[dickey moe]

Anyone brought up gremlins yet?

 

[avoiding injuries]

So, if the reports are true that the new flight path was programmed into the system 12 minutes before the final sign-off, that would seem to change things - in terms of turning towards an airport because of an emergency.

Also means the chance of a, non-crew member, terrorist taking control of the plane is out.

Unless the copilot was a hostage.

 

[The Goat]

"stewardi?"

 

[shadyridr]

"stewardi?"

is that an airline blogs term?

 

[BobbyLayne]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

Someone mentioned that this should be re-posted multiple times throughout the day.

sweet

Should probably repost that every 6-8 posts.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Maybe its just lost...

 

[jon_mx]

"stewardi?"

More than one stewardess is a stewardi. I thought everyone knew that.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

Someone mentioned that this should be re-posted multiple times throughout the day.

sweet

Should probably repost that every 6-8 posts.

Except that when the computer was reprogrammed nothing was wrong yet. The cockpit communicated with ATC after the settings were changed.

 

[DiStefano]

Anyone brought up gremlins yet?

I think Putin has his hands full with the Crimea.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

Someone mentioned that this should be re-posted multiple times throughout the day.

sweet

Should probably repost that every 6-8 posts.

Except that when the computer was reprogrammed nothing was wrong yet. The cockpit communicated with ATC after the settings were changed.

According to NBC sources, correct? Has this been verified or independently confirmed?

There doesn't seem to be anyone disputing the turn came after sign off.

 

[The Goat]

"stewardi?"

is that an airline blogs term?

I checked in there, and all I could find were threads about the various potential radiuses of where the missing flight might be.

 

[DiStefano]

"stewardi?"

is that an airline blogs term?

I checked in there, and all I could find were threads about the various potential radiuses of where the missing flight might be.

Or maybe even radii.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

The Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished nearly two weeks ago was already 12 minutes into its diverted course when the plane's co-pilot calmly told air traffic controllers that things were "all right," former FAA spokesman Scott Brenner said Tuesday on "The Kelly File."

At 1:19 p.m. on March 8, 12 minutes after the plane had changed course to the west, co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid gave a routine "All right, good night" in his final radio call.

 

[Bob Magaw]

With the Air France flight, did they have a better idea of where it went down? That took several years to find.

The search space possibillities are so large it could be a lot longer before they find it, if ever (though it sounds like this is a far more massive, concerted international search effort).

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I was just reading that the co-pilot used to work with the DHARMA Initiative. Anyone else see that?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

With the Air France flight, did they have a better idea of where it went down? That took several years to find.

The search space possibillities are so large it could be a lot longer before they find it, if ever (though it sounds like this is a far more massive, concerted international search effort).

No, it took two years to recover the black box. They knew where it was on day 5 or 6.

 

[Apple Jack]

Took five days to find air France. Two years to find the black boxes. It was a bit off course due to weather, so it wasn't a slam dunk finding it, but nothing like this range. And it broke up on impact, so there was a good bit of debris.

 

[The Goat]

"stewardi?"

is that an airline blogs term?

I checked in there, and all I could find were threads about the various potential radiuses of where the missing flight might be.

Or maybe even radii.

Welcome to the party, pal!

 

[saintsfan]

Anyone brought up gremlins yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1xqrdtJs8w

 

[identikit]

Pretty compelling theory:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

 

[PatsWillWin]

Pretty compelling theory:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

Been posted 35 times. Doesn't jive with the fact that the "goodnight" call happened after the left turn had begun.

 

[fatness]

"stewardi?"

More than one stewardess is a stewardi. I thought everyone knew that.

The plural of stewardess is stewardice.

 

[DiStefano]

Pretty compelling theory:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

Been posted 35 times. Doesn't jive with the fact that the "goodnight" call happened after the left turn had begun.

That's true; IF the timing on all these things is incontrovertible. But given all the back and forth and snippets which came out at one time or another, I am not so sure the timeline can be conclusively proved.

 

[Fennis]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

Someone mentioned that this should be re-posted multiple times throughout the day.

sweet

Should probably repost that every 6-8 posts.

Except that when the computer was reprogrammed nothing was wrong yet. The cockpit communicated with ATC after the settings were changed.

According to NBC sources, correct? Has this been verified or independently confirmed?

There doesn't seem to be anyone disputing the turn came after sign off.

I've verified *and* confirmed it

 

[PatsWillWin]

Pretty compelling theory:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

Been posted 35 times. Doesn't jive with the fact that the "goodnight" call happened after the left turn had begun.

That's true; IF the timing on all these things is incontrovertible. But given all the back and forth and snippets which came out at one time or another, I am not so sure the timeline can be conclusively proved.

Agreed, everything depends on the information that comes out, which is changing almost daily. As things currently stand though, the fire theory wouldn't make sense.

 

[jon_mx]

"stewardi?"

More than one stewardess is a stewardi. I thought everyone knew that.

The plural of stewardess is stewardice.

A pair of them is menage a trois

 

[Patriotsfatboy1]

I was just reading that the co-pilot used to work with the DHARMA Initiative. Anyone else see that?

Was his name Greg?

 

[fatness]

I was just reading that the co-pilot used to work with the DHARMA Initiative. Anyone else see that?

Was his name Greg?

Pretty sure it was.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

=136355057&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0]I threw together a quick comparison of plane from reddit and the 777-200 from blueprints.com.

The wing sweep looks different. But, it may be because the plane in the picture is pitch to the right a little.

Was that picture taken with night vision goggles?

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Maybe the pilots are really nice guys and offered to take all the passengers on a free trip around the world.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Maybe the pilots are really nice guys and offered to take all the passengers on a free trip around the world.

Maybe they saw a squirrel, that #### happens to my dogs all the time.

 

[T Bell]

Somebody posted this already, right?

because it's the best thing I've heard or read

That certainly has the first Occam's Razor feel to me given the reliable evidence that's out there.

 

[Joe T]

Don't forget, two people on board were using stolen passports.