Missing 777

   / Missing 777 #441  
Whether it crashed or not I'll bet some seat cushions or debris start to turn up pretty soon to fill the void.
 
   / Missing 777 #442  
If that 777 landed somewhere. Who ever stole it should have grabbed a few seat cushions etc. Then chartered a flight west of Australia and chummed the waters to fool the searchers.

Somebody in Malaysia, Singapore,Indonesia, Kalimantan,Vietnam, Cambodia Thailand or Burma has to have military radar data they are not talking about. MY370 could not have left it's last known location . Unless MH370 was skimming the ocean just above the waves.
Singapore has to have some data but they are staying quiet.
 
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   / Missing 777 #443  
What 'facts'?? Theories have changed daily. :eek:
And I would hardly call them 'theories'. My best definition thereof... " the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another"
 
   / Missing 777 #444  
Since it has been a month since the plane crashed, any large debris that was floating, has most likely sunk. The large debris would be the parts easy to see from space or airplanes. A month of wind and waves which can be huge down in that part of the world will have sunk floating plan structure, especially after this length of time. How many storms have they had down there in a month? If is fall in the upside down part of the world which is a bad time of year for bad storms.

I still wonder if the pilot used the simulator to practice ditching the plane at sea. If he had ditched the plane, there is a good chance there would not be much debris to find.

Given the time that has passed since the plane crashed, it will be unlikely to find any large structures from the plane, and any debris they would have to find is likely to be small and hard to see. The search and rescue people have some pretty good algorithms for calculating the drift of a boat/person because of current, wind and waves but I would be shocked if the programs would be that accurate after a month worth of weather. Especially the weather in that part of the world.

At this point, it would not surprise me if the plane is ever found.

Later,
Dan
 
   / Missing 777 #445  
Check the news. Lots of reports of a pinger possible detected and ??? debris spotted.

Bruce
 
   / Missing 777 #446  
again?

who reported it... hopefully not the malasian govt.
 
   / Missing 777 #448  
oh well... then that settles it. has to be true right? ;)
 
   / Missing 777 #450  
Well, I see that both Fry's and Cabella's advertise at the UFO site. Who knew?

And, am glad to see that everyone else is catching up with me.....I posted long ago that alien abduction was the perfect explanation...you get high technology and a large DNA sample size plus everything in the cargo hold...all in one swoop!!
 
   / Missing 777 #451  
Well, I see that both Fry's and Cabella's advertise at the UFO site. Who knew?

And, am glad to see that everyone else is catching up with me.....I posted long ago that alien abduction was the perfect explanation...you get high technology and a large DNA sample size plus everything in the cargo hold...all in one swoop!!

Yep, don't forget the load of mango's in the hold... I understand ET loves mango's:laughing:
 
   / Missing 777 #452  
Australians picked up two different signals on two different frequencies consistent with what the black boxes transmit. They got stronger, then weaker as expected with movement of the ship. One signal lasted two hours and twenty minutes. Other lasted 13 minutes. They are going back to attempt to triangulate.
 
   / Missing 777 #454  
Latest news this morning says the black box may be in almost 3 mile deep water.
If it I the one, is there any problems trying to recover the box that is so deep ?
Kinda sounds like someone knew exactly where they wanted to ditch the plane, and make it very, very tough to recover.
 
   / Missing 777 #455  
Latest news this morning says the black box may be in almost 3 mile deep water.
If it I the one, is there any problems trying to recover the box that is so deep ?
Kinda sounds like someone knew exactly where they wanted to ditch the plane, and make it very, very tough to recover.

i guess if you want the issue clouded in mystery.. then picking the worst recovery zone in fuel range is a smart idea. and if the pilot did a good 'soft landing' then the debis will be minimal.. and when this much time pases.. well... we'll see.
 
   / Missing 777 #456  
i guess if you want the issue clouded in mystery.. then picking the worst recovery zone in fuel range is a smart idea. and if the pilot did a good 'soft landing' then the debis will be minimal.. and when this much time pases.. well... we'll see.
If you're thinking that way, they would have flown it out farther from Australia than where the pingers are allegedly being heard from today. There are deeper, more remote areas within reach than where they are looking today.
 
   / Missing 777 #457  
Just a reminder, please keep the conversation non-political in this thread, otherwise we'll have to move it to the politics forum. :thumbsup:
 
   / Missing 777 #458  
Thanks for the reminder, welcome in any thread that gets out of hand or threatens to. :thumbsup:

Sometimes posters are unaware that their posts are out of line and need to be reminded by a PM regarding the particular post which goes over the line.

Just a reminder, please keep the conversation non-political in this thread, otherwise we'll have to move it to the politics forum. :thumbsup:
 
   / Missing 777 #459  
The report from the Aussies is interesting. The Chinese "heard" something 600-700K away to the SSW. The Aussie equipment has to be within about TWO miles to pick up the pings. :shocked: The Aussie location looks like it is within the first southern path based on the Satellite data. The water depth in that area is just a bit deeper than the Air France crash depth. One of the search devices can just make the depth in that area. Barely. :eek:

Pilot Charts are historical, monthly, data for wind direction, wind speed, wind direction percentages, current direction, current spend, wind calm percentages, water temperature, air temperature, etc, laid out on a chart. The Pilot Charts does not give one 100% predictions about weather in a given area but it is a good clue.

The area off of Australia where the pings might have been heard, and where the satellite pings traced the planes path, has interesting wind and current in March. The current is going counter clockwise at 1/2 knot. The current is moving AWAY from Australia and heads out into the Indian Ocean. It is possible debris would eventually spin back to Australia but it could also spin to the north and end up somewhere along the eastern, western, or northern Indian Ocean.:eek: In other words, debris is almost certainly heading away from Australia and could end up anywhere in the Indian Ocean coastline. :eek:

IF the plane crashed much closer to Australia, there is a current that flows along the coast but the plane would have had to be really close, roughly 200-300 miles. Even then, the wind is blowing most of the time away from Australia. There is ONE place were the current and wind has a chance to blow/flow debris towards Australia but the plane would have had to have crashed much closer than the data suggests. Even then the odds are not favorable for debris to wash ashore.

The wind in this area is mostly from the SSE and flows most of the time with the current. Meaning the wind is blowing away from Australia. In one area, 88% of the time the wind is from the S or SSE at Force 4 which is around 15 MPH and the waves are 3-6 feet which is not that bad. Historically, the wind blows ALL of the time. There are NO reported calm periods. Another wind rose might be where the search is taking place and the conditions are about the same with 65% of the wind from SSE at Force 4 but maybe 15% of the wind at Force 5 from the E. Force 5 is 25ish MPH and has 6-9 foot waves.

From a wind, wave, current perspective, the plane crashed in one of the worst places in the Indian Ocean if you want to find the plane. The only way the location would be worse was if the plane was farther from land to make air searches more difficult.

Looking at shipping lanes, this is a really cool map/chart I saw recently, File:Shipping routes red black.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, it looks like the plane just happened to head too, and crash in, an area with very little shipping traffic. Hmmmmm....

If there was no satellite location data, it would be almost impossible to find the plane. The plane would have just disappeared.

Later,
Dan
 
   / Missing 777 #460  
Every county with nuclear subs has been cruising Australia's west cost since the "south arc was suspected. Great opportunity for a military training exercise. And to snoop around everybody else's subs in the area to test their capabilities.
If the Chinese did find a pinger. It was via a sub and the location was transmitted to the surface ship with the toy hydrophone for a good show.
 

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