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Post by mossie on Mar 28, 2014 15:23:52 GMT
It seems at long last they seem to be close to the real crash site. Let us hope they are able to recover the black box and hope it contains some information which shows what really happened. One plausible theory is of a fire in an oxygen system which could have burnt a hole in the side of the fuselage leading to explosive decompression and toxic fumes, the crew had attempted to reach the nearest airport before being overcome. The fire had either burnt itself out or been extinguished by the outrush of cabin air. The aircraft had then continued until it ran out of fuel. The only snag to my hypothesis is that there was no Mayday call, so whatever happened was mercifully quick.
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Post by bjd on Mar 28, 2014 17:37:52 GMT
That still wouldn't explain why they went off course so early in the flight.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 17:46:35 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 28, 2014 21:07:17 GMT
Another ad doing the rounds...not sure if it is genuine
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2014 21:12:48 GMT
A joke in very poor taste.
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Post by mossie on Mar 28, 2014 21:15:07 GMT
In my scenario the fire started early in the flight and they diverted to an airfield in the north of Malaysia. Then within moments they were overcome and the computer and autopilot did the rest. This could also explain the apparent increase in speed, they were desperate to get down safely. Anoxia does strange things to the brain, I know, been there, done that, just didn't get the Tshirt.
All this is pure supposition on my part, I would love to know what really happened.
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Post by questa on Mar 28, 2014 22:39:06 GMT
So it is not genuine, lizzy? It is shown as being an ad from 2 years ago. Given the circumstances, it is a poor taste comment now, but I bet the airlines are vetting their ads to eliminate double meanings like these.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 0:25:47 GMT
Seems like the ships are having no luck so far -- finding a bit of flotsam, but not from the flight.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 31, 2014 8:13:43 GMT
Will this be chalked up as another mysterious disappearance.....maybe, but if the world is such a small place these days, that would have to be one of the most mysterious ever.
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Post by questa on Mar 31, 2014 8:47:44 GMT
Because the search centre is in Oz we are getting swamped with reports and discussions. This evening an officer told of seeing 4 orange objects 2m x 4m. He was careful to say they "resembled" some of an airliners safety equipment, but the word 'Lifeboats' was carefully avoided.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 14:08:05 GMT
"All MH370 passengers have been cleared of any role in the hijacking or sabotage of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, police say."
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Post by questa on Apr 2, 2014 22:46:34 GMT
And the orange floating objects were just fishing boats rubbish...thanks a lot for your pollution, fishers!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 11:55:08 GMT
This has certainly gone on the back burner with other news from Ukraine and Korea replacing it. But until they are finally able to cry eureka, there is nothing much for the media to say anyway until various taxpayers begin to wonder who is paying for the search.
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Post by questa on Apr 17, 2014 23:22:49 GMT
K2, We taxpayers of Oz are often called on to rescue lone sailors or ships in distress in the vast Indian/Southern oceans. This time the searching is paying off as an exercise in shared technologies and resources with at least 6-7 countries combining personnel and working together.
It has diplomatic features as well. The Chinese are so grateful for our help they have signed up to some trade agreements we have been hoping for and a major agreement looks like it is positive too.
A side effect is that after such a public PR event, the Navy gets a spike in career enquiries.
I wouldn't be surprised if Malaysia and China aren't paying for some as well.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 18, 2014 15:25:06 GMT
Have you seen the explanation of the planes disappearance on YouTube? In very bad taste I thought. It's all very well making a joke out of an incident but this involves families and loved ones that don't deserve that kind of putrid humor.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2014 20:26:29 GMT
So, some sort of debris seems to have washed up on the coast of West Australia. Unfortunately:
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 22:45:31 GMT
An article today said that the search for MH370 has already become the most expensive in history. The Australian vessel HMAS Success already has a daily cost of AUD 550,000. China has not released financial data but has deployed up to 18 ships, 8 helicopters and 3 search planes and has spent USD 16 million on satellite searches. The United States has spent USD 7.3 million.
I suppose it's nice that these rich countries can do this but one is obliged to wonder when they should stop.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2014 18:12:31 GMT
Apparently Indian cinema has no limits of decency.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 21:37:09 GMT
In spite of the tragedy in the Ukraine, I still find it impossible to forget about this case. One thing that I keep thinking is that the Titanic went down in 1912 and even though everybody knew exactly where it sank, it took until 1985 to finally find the wreck. Considering the fact that absolutely nobody knows where MH 370 might have gone down, it will probably take decades for a few obsessed fanatics to finally locate the wreckage, even taking into consideration the progress that technology continues to make. We are all living on a planet mostly covered with water, and that part of the planet still holds nearly all of the mysteries that continue to baffle us. Obviously, the search should continue, but should it really be a priority as long as we can agree that everybody is dead and that no responsibility can be assigned?
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Post by Kimby on Aug 1, 2014 16:06:56 GMT
Perhaps the governments should go together on a substantial reward to whatever private search outfit finds the wreckage. It would encourage searchers to fan out over a wide area. And after all, by now there are no survivors. Probably even no remains to speak of. But would be good to get those black boxes. Governments could put their money to better use elsewhere.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 21:22:57 GMT
It has now been six months since the disappearance of MH370. Who would have ever imagined that the mystery would still not be solved?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 21:56:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2015 19:11:18 GMT
So, it has now been a year (local time) since the flight disappeared. It all goes by so fast. And information is so slow.
Apparently no indemnities have been paid to any families yet, because the case is still not resolved.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2015 20:48:30 GMT
And, I'm afraid that is how it will remain. There's no excuse at this point for the absence of substantial evidence regarding this magnitude of a disaster in this day and age. Conspiracy theories abound, one has to really wonder and be skeptical about what what, if, and how this "went down".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 17:37:26 GMT
The extremely cautious French authorities confirmed only today that the piece of wing found on a beach in Réunion is indeed from the missing plane.
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Post by onlyMark on Sept 3, 2015 18:46:54 GMT
I would expect that the currents are quite well known, and have been for centuries, around the world so I would also expect that it can be more accurately calculated where it went into the sea. I know there have been estimates already. Hopefully they can narrow it down more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 18:51:50 GMT
Well, now they are trying to work on the possible drift patterns in reverse... but even if they get it right, the drift takes months and months depending on wind or lack of it, and working it out takes just as long. All of the tropical cyclones and other storms that come through the area change the currents all the time even if the general directions are known. I imagine that the search zones will still be more than 100 km wide and very very long.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 6:07:15 GMT
It's been two years now.
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Post by questa on Aug 16, 2017 12:56:36 GMT
Australian scientists believe they have "pinpointed" the wreck of the MH370 not far from where the last search ended. Chinese and Malaysian officials meeting with Oz people to decide whether to allow private enterprise to search with a reward for finding aircraft.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 16, 2017 13:51:56 GMT
Yes, I saw that the French had released satellite photos from back then showing what seems to be quite a bit of debris floating in an area north of where they searched for two years.
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