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From Australia:

Search operation for Malaysian airlines aircraft: Update 7

Search operations in the Southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft have been completed for the day in the Australian Search and Rescue Region.

Four aircraft were tasked by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on Thursday to a 23,000 square kilometre area about 2500 kilometres south-west of Perth.

This followed the receipt of satellite data imagery from the Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organisation on Thursday morning.

The imagery, on analysis by AGO, identified two objects possibly related to the missing aircraft.

The images were captured on March 16..Due to the volume of imagery being searched, and the detailed process of analysis that followed, the information was brought to the attention of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on Thursday morning.

The images have been assessed as being credible but it is possible they do not relate to the search. The four aircraft involved in Thursday’s search covered an area of 23000 square kilometres.

Two Royal Australia Air Force AP-3C Orions, a US Navy P8 Poseidon, and a Royal New Zealand Air ForceP-3K2 Orion were utilised, along with an RAAF C-130J Hercules aircraft.

A merchant ship arrived in the search area on Thursday evening. Another merchant ship is en route to the area.

A total of six merchant ships have assisted in the search since a shipping broadcast was issued on Monday night.

The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success is also en route to the search area. The search will continue on Friday.
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Well, not all news concerning this event is bad. We just cancelled my mother-in-laws ticket to Barbados. She was going to join us on our vacation there but has bailed as she is afraid of flying due to potential terrorist activity.

 
I didn't realize there was so much wind and currents in that area of the Indian Ocean. CNN put up a graphic showing 40-50 mile per hour winds. With swells of 8 feet, earlier discussions of a water landing, now seems impossible.

 
KCitons said:
I didn't realize there was so much wind and currents in that area of the Indian Ocean. CNN put up a graphic showing 40-50 mile per hour winds. With swells of 8 feet, earlier discussions of a water landing, now seems impossible.
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Nothing to slow the wind speeds out there.

 
lod01 said:
Not wavering from my theory that it is at the bottom of the ocean.

To those that think it landed, what is required for refueling? Gotta have a refueling truck. You also gotta be able to purchase jet fuel, somehow get it delivered. Forget the island bull####. It has to be a runway. Got to have a lit runway long enough for the plane. All has to be coordinated ahead of time. The US listens for suspected terrorist conversations. So does mossad. If this really happened and bin laden was still alive, he would be jacking in ecstasy of such a plot. All 600 landable runways are being checked. It would have to refuel, take off again and avoid radar.
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Bottom of the ocean theory. :yes:

 
kentric said:
Well, not all news concerning this event is bad. We just cancelled my mother-in-laws ticket to Barbados. She was going to join us on our vacation there but has bailed as she is afraid of flying due to potential terrorist activity.
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You did tell her about riding in a car and lightening and all that, right??

 
seahawk 17 said:
TheMagus said:
seahawk 17 said:
I am sure someone can dig up one of my old links about flying, I ####### hate it...I have a flight Saturday and just canceled it.

Towers, threats, missing planes... I'm out.
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The terrorists have won?
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I just booked a one way Greyhound fare for 70.00 and will now have a 6hr longer trip. Probably get head lice and set off some Final Destination protocol, but I'm cool with it.
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You likely have a far higher chance of injury or death riding the bus, but hey, why should Logic play into this.

 
I think I'll buy a plane ticket today. Seems like a good time to fly if MoP and the rest of our grandmothers aren't flying.

Now, if only we could get an event that would lead mothers of young children to stop flying...

The skies would be paradise.

 
Why would someone hijack a plane and fly it for 7 hours to the middle of nowhere?

Is there any other reason outside of the hope that the plane would never be found?

I'm not buying into these new pictures until they find anything anyways.

 
fantasycurse42 said:
Why would someone hijack a plane and fly it for 7 hours to the middle of nowhere?

Is there any other reason outside of the hope that the plane would never be found?

I'm not buying into these new pictures until they find anything anyways.
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Pilot suicide + political statement = make the Malaysian government look foolish.

 
seahawk 17 said:
TheMagus said:
seahawk 17 said:
I am sure someone can dig up one of my old links about flying, I ####### hate it...I have a flight Saturday and just canceled it.

Towers, threats, missing planes... I'm out.
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The terrorists have won?
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I just booked a one way Greyhound fare for 70.00 and will now have a 6hr longer trip. Probably get head lice and set off some Final Destination protocol, but I'm cool with it.
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WAY bigger chance of a bus crash than a plane crash.

 
fantasycurse42 said:
Why would someone hijack a plane and fly it for 7 hours to the middle of nowhere?

Is there any other reason outside of the hope that the plane would never be found?

I'm not buying into these new pictures until they find anything anyways.
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It just seems to me that the fact that the plane flew 7 hours to the middle of nowhere points much more strongly to the incapacitated pilot, autopilot flew till the thing ran out of gas theory.

Todem said:
Area of those SAT pics......depths of 16-18 thousand feet.
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Flight Data Recorders are designed to withstand and transmit signals at depths up to 20,000 ft. for 30 days, so if they can figure out a rough area, they've got ~18 days...

 
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.

 
glock said:
kentric said:
Well, not all news concerning this event is bad. We just cancelled my mother-in-laws ticket to Barbados. She was going to join us on our vacation there but has bailed as she is afraid of flying due to potential terrorist activity.
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You did tell her about riding in a car and lightening and all that, right??
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Going to save that powder for the next road trip. ;)

 
NCCommish said:
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.
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I gave it up for Lent...in 1996.

 
NCCommish said:
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.
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:goodposting:

Flying is a PITA. Frankly, I'd a lot sooner they did away with all the chickenxxxx stuff they do, and took the Israeli airports approach.

 
Bucky86 said:
:lmao: At the not flying anymore shtick.
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Yes. :lmao: Heading to Vegas in June. No worries. Not ####ting my pants.

As a matter of fact, as ghoulish as it sounds I like to fly right after large airline disasters.

 
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NCCommish said:
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.
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i felt this way for a long time. 8 to 10 is my window
 
NCCommish said:
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.
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Give me cruise control and SiriusXM radio, and I'm perfectly content to take a long drive.

 
tri-man 47 said:
NCCommish said:
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.
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Give me cruise control and SiriusXM radio, and I'm perfectly content to take a long drive.
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Anything under ~6 hours and it makes sense just to drive it. Any flight with a hub connection takes about that long.

 
Sand said:
tri-man 47 said:
NCCommish said:
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.
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Give me cruise control and SiriusXM radio, and I'm perfectly content to take a long drive.
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Anything under ~6 hours and it makes sense just to drive it. Any flight with a hub connection takes about that long.
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Oh yeah even if I didn't hate air travel that is definitely true.

 
tri-man 47 said:
NCCommish said:
Well as far as the not flying crowd add me in. If I can drive and I consider anywhere within 12 hours drivable then I do. If it is on my side of the Mississippi I am perfectly content to drive. Not for fear of terrorism or crashing. But because of the cattle car nature of flying today. I remember when people dressed up to fly. I remember when Stews were hot and nice. I remember when you didn't get nickled and dimed for everything. Flying today just sucks and I avoid it like the plague.
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Give me cruise control and SiriusXM radio, and I'm perfectly content to take a long drive.
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Exactly. I don't sit on the tarmac for hours. If I want a drink or some food I pull over when I feel like it. I don't deal with some fat guy leaning all over me because he doesn't fit into the seat. I don't deal with anyone else's kids. Beats flying 99.9 times out of 100.

 
Bucky86 said:
Oye. 5-6 hours in a car is better than a 45 minute flight? That's just crazy talk.
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Its not the 45 minute flight - its the leave my house 90 minutes before the flight, take the 45 minute flight, which is really 90 minutes when you add take-off and landing taxi time, then add another 30 minutes to get out of the airport, and probably another 30 minutes to get to your destination - all of a sudden that 45 minute flight turned into 4 hours of aggravation.

5-6 hours in your car, where you are in control - its not that bad by comparison.

 
Bucky86 said:
Oye. 5-6 hours in a car is better than a 45 minute flight? That's just crazy talk.
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Just put someone on a 55 minute flight. By the time she got there to get through security and all that it was now a 3 hour flight. Then I understand they had to circle DC for a bit. Now we are up to 4 hours. Then she had to wait to get her luggage for a bit. Now we are talking roughly 5 hours later she is walking out of the airport at her destination.

 
Bucky86 said:
Oye. 5-6 hours in a car is better than a 45 minute flight? That's just crazy talk.
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Once you take into account the BS of waiting in line and all the scanning and other BS that 5-6 hours is right on the line.

I'll fly out of a regional airport over driving any day of the week if it is going to my destination. I'll also take the regional one over the major airports. No traffic stops to the airport, drive in, get out get on plane, head to destination. Pittsburgh or Cleveland, they suck.

For the longer drives in the 18 hours range, I can drive into Youngstown Airport and be in Florida in 3 hours.

 
Bucky86 said:
NCCommish said:
Bucky86 said:
Oye. 5-6 hours in a car is better than a 45 minute flight? That's just crazy talk.
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Just put someone on a 55 minute flight. By the time she got there to get through security and all that it was now a 3 hour flight. Then I understand they had to circle DC for a bit. Now we are up to 4 hours. Then she had to wait to get her luggage for a bit. Now we are talking roughly 5 hours later she is walking out of the airport at her destination.
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Just flew from Vegas and my friends drove. I left for the airport 40 minutes before they hit the road. 12PMish. I was on my couch watching TV by 3:30PM. They were on the road stuck in horrible traffic and finally got home at 9:45PM.
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Lots of variables but I'm with ya. If it's 8 hour drive, I am definitely looking at alternatives.

 
Bucky86 said:
NCCommish said:
Bucky86 said:
Oye. 5-6 hours in a car is better than a 45 minute flight? That's just crazy talk.
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Just put someone on a 55 minute flight. By the time she got there to get through security and all that it was now a 3 hour flight. Then I understand they had to circle DC for a bit. Now we are up to 4 hours. Then she had to wait to get her luggage for a bit. Now we are talking roughly 5 hours later she is walking out of the airport at her destination.
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Just flew from Vegas and my friends drove. I left for the airport 40 minutes before they hit the road. 12PMish. I was on my couch watching TV by 3:30PM. They were on the road stuck in horrible traffic and finally got home at 9:45PM.
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Well Vegas would be a fly for me. That is far too long to drive from here unless it's part of an overall road trip.

 
Got my pilots license so I could do the middle-distance 3-6 hour road trips in less time than either flying commercially OR driving. No security, leaves when I want, airport close by. :thumbup:

...Met my wife about a year later...she won't fly in small planes. :doh: :kicksrock:

 
Bucky86 said:
NCCommish said:
Bucky86 said:
Oye. 5-6 hours in a car is better than a 45 minute flight? That's just crazy talk.
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Just put someone on a 55 minute flight. By the time she got there to get through security and all that it was now a 3 hour flight. Then I understand they had to circle DC for a bit. Now we are up to 4 hours. Then she had to wait to get her luggage for a bit. Now we are talking roughly 5 hours later she is walking out of the airport at her destination.
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Just flew from Vegas and my friends drove. I left for the airport 40 minutes before they hit the road. 12PMish. I was on my couch watching TV by 3:30PM. They were on the road stuck in horrible traffic and finally got home at 9:45PM.
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I saw you post in the LA Earthquake thread - if they drove through Primm on a Sunday afternoon that is ALL their fault.

 
Bucky86 said:
lod01 said:
Bucky86 said:
NCCommish said:
Bucky86 said:
Oye. 5-6 hours in a car is better than a 45 minute flight? That's just crazy talk.
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Just put someone on a 55 minute flight. By the time she got there to get through security and all that it was now a 3 hour flight. Then I understand they had to circle DC for a bit. Now we are up to 4 hours. Then she had to wait to get her luggage for a bit. Now we are talking roughly 5 hours later she is walking out of the airport at her destination.
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Just flew from Vegas and my friends drove. I left for the airport 40 minutes before they hit the road. 12PMish. I was on my couch watching TV by 3:30PM. They were on the road stuck in horrible traffic and finally got home at 9:45PM.
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Lots of variables but I'm with ya. If it's 8 hour drive, I am definitely looking at alternatives.
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This was back to L.A. Should only be a 4-5 hour drive. My point being that by saying you only deal with delays flying and not driving is wrong.
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Flying into LA vs. driving in LA is a distinction without a difference.

 
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