Malaysia Airlines 777 Disappears: 239 on board. - Page 85 - Other Topics Forum - Discuss Pop Culture, Arts and Entertainment

Two Plus Two Forums 2+2 Communities Other Other Topics

Malaysia Airlines 777 Disappears: 239 on board.

Post Reply Subscribe

...

Page 85 of 164

First

35 65 75 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 95 105 135

Last

Page 85 of 164

First

35 65 75 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 95 105 135

Last

03-19-2014 , 11:04 PM

#2101

andyhop

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,253

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

While a wide body jet will not itself survive a water landing, people on board can (e.g. Ethiopian 961).

One of the women who survived this flight used to be a regular visitor to the place that I worked.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:06 PM

#2102

JustASpectator

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,096

I very much hope that the deleted flight data on the captain's home flight simulator is relevant and not a complete dead end.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:08 PM

#2103

JustASpectator

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,096

And not to be too "tin foil hatty", media was making a big deal about the fact that the captain and co-pilot had not specifically asked to fly together on this flight. That doesn't necessarily mean that they weren't working together on this. The plan might have been to just wait until they had an overnight flight scheduled together before they executed it.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:10 PM

#2104

housenuts

1st Quartiled the 500

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 49,752

How many times, if ever, had they flown together before?

Any evidence they'd called or texted each other before? Or any form of communication before? Like did they even know each other?

I don't know how big the Malaysian Airlines pilot crop is.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:21 PM

#2105

Mark_K

Fast Food Value KING

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 28,216

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zebest7r

Link to this documentary please?

I've seen it broadcast on the Cartoon Network in the afternoon a few times.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:22 PM

#2106

Alobar

Born Ready

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 42,368

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zebest7r

Link to this documentary please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:23 PM

#2107

ChrisV

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 40,336

It's absurdly unlikely they were working together since they have nothing in common. Very different ages, one a Muslim and one an atheist, etc. And since the lead theory right now is the plane ditching in the ocean, they obviously aren't going to be working together on a plan like that. Finally, there's no reason to complicate the scenario by having two pilots who want to hijack a plane instead of one. Occam's Razor. Having both pilots in on it doesn't explain anything as there are plenty of scenarios for how the other pilot was incapacitated.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:24 PM

#2108

mindraider

adept

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 723

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcticKnight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111

The wiki on Swiss Air is worth a read. The aircraft broke into over 2 million pieces when it impacted the ocean.

Thanks for the wiki link. I am reading further and see that both the CVR and FDR stopped recording over five minutes before impact due to loss of power, which is an extremely crucial time period for investigators. Does anyone know if this is still the case in this day and age? (W0x0f?) Kind of odd not to have a battery backup system in place.

Last edited by mindraider; 03-19-2014 at 11:53 PM.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:26 PM

#2109

ChrisV

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 40,336

The Prime Minister of Australia just announced in parliament that debris has been spotted by a satellite and a P3 has been dispatched to check it out.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:26 PM

#2110

PartyGirlUK

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23,530

Tony Abbott says satellites might have found parts of MH370.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-2...-mh370/5334314

Doubt the Australian P.M is saying this unless they are confident.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:26 PM

#2111

Pokerlogist

veteran

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,303

Wacko F** news channel is sticking with an expert (an ex-general) who continues to claim he has a tip that the plane landed specifically in western Pakistan! This is in spite of USA intelligence narrowing the search to a spot in the far south Indian Sea and in spite of common knowledge that western Pakistan has got to be the most watched area in the world by the USA. That channel is an embarrassment.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:27 PM

#2112

JustASpectator

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,096

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

I never said it was likely, of course it's not, I was just making the point that the fact that they didn't ask to fly together doesn't make the chance that they did this together 0, which is what some experts were contending.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:31 PM

#2113

ChrisV

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 40,336

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is holding a press conference at 3:30pm AEST (11:30pm US EST, I think). Seems like they're fairly confident they found something.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:34 PM

#2114

Pokerlogist

veteran

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,303

Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:38 PM

#2115

Alobar

Born Ready

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 42,368

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisV

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is holding a press conference at 3:30pm AEST (11:30pm US EST, I think). Seems like they're fairly confident they found something.

well guys its been fun.

W0X0F thank you so very much for all the comments in this thread, this thread easily could have just been sewage, but instead it was pretty informative and actually the best way I found to keep up on info.

bummed its not aliens tho

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:45 PM

#2116

chisness

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,683

Good news! Can't wait to hear the explanation once they figure it out

The uncertainty factor was making me very uneasy even as a relatively frequent flyer

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:50 PM

#2117

Zebest7r

MTT wizard, Twitch Streamer

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,444

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark_K

I've seen it broadcast on the Cartoon Network in the afternoon a few times.

just went through the whole cartoon network online schedule , i do not see anything that sticks out as a documentary. can you give me the name of the show please? thank you very much

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:51 PM

#2118

jjshabado

Carpal Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 22,732

We're probably far away from knowing anything and we still may never know.

It took years and millions of dollars to find the black boxes from the Air France flight. It's also likely that the interesting info like the CVR from the first part of the flight won't be available/recoverable.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:56 PM

#2119

housenuts

1st Quartiled the 500

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 49,752

it's also not even confirmed to be parts of 370, or even parts of a plane at all.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:58 PM

#2120

Brad Childress

adept

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,129

Yeah, there's still sweat value.

Quote

03-19-2014 , 11:58 PM

#2121

Rendle

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 5,058

Quote

03-20-2014 , 12:00 AM

#2122

housenuts

1st Quartiled the 500

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 49,752

so the debris is down by perth. after 13 days of floating, where would this mean the plane would have landed. in any of the possible arcs?

Quote

03-20-2014 , 12:02 AM

#2123

mindraider

adept

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 723

@Rendle

^I had to google that just to be sure.

obligatory facepalm

Quote

03-20-2014 , 12:03 AM

#2124

PartyGirlUK

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23,530

Why did they introduce Richard Quest as "CNN's aviation expert"? Did some quick googling and couldn't find any evidence of aviation expertise.

Quote

03-20-2014 , 12:04 AM

#2125

ChrisV

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 40,336

Quote:

Originally Posted by housenuts

so the debris is down by perth. after 13 days of floating, where would this mean the plane would have landed. in any of the possible arcs?

I suspect "off Perth" in this instance could easily mean "3000km west of Perth".

Quote

Page 85 of 164

First

35 65 75 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 95 105 135

Last

Post Reply Subscribe

...

Page 85 of 164

First

35 65 75 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 95 105 135

Last