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1:10 flight time makes sense from last location to Pulau Perak? What would the average speed be, considering they might have been flying low (but not too low as apparently military radar saw them)?
How much more flying time would they at that point have (min/max taking above average speed) and what airports would be reachable (where you can put down a 777) taking the initial computed average speed from last location to Pulau Perak?
How much more flying time would they at that point have (min/max taking above average speed) and what airports would be reachable (where you can put down a 777) taking the initial computed average speed from last location to Pulau Perak?
Re Pulau Perak. Plenty of snaps of it online (including some aerial ones), but interesting that GE has erased it completely.
So IF it's changed course at IGARI, then that gives the remaining original planned range of around 2100nm, or around 2600nm until dry.
Well, that's here..
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=PEK,+KUL,...0&RC=%23000080
So IF it's changed course at IGARI, then that gives the remaining original planned range of around 2100nm, or around 2600nm until dry.
Well, that's here..
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=PEK,+KUL,...0&RC=%23000080
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Malaysia's military believes it tracked the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner by radar over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country's east coast, a military source told Reuters.
short flights long nights
Seems like the leaks are starting, and the picture may begin changing. Note to people who a running the press conferences.....standing in front of microphones, with a chest full of medals, and saying things, does not necessarily make it so.
Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost
Well I guess this was to be expected given the SAR operations there over the past days. That being said it makes things even more bizarre. A crash in the Malacca straight would have most likely be spotted or at the very least generated some debris by now. And if they did not crash there where on earth is this aircraft ?!
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Google hasn't erased it, they use commerical satellite images. Pulau Perak is way to tiny for anyone to bother sending a satellite over it to take a photo. Even if they did you wouldn't see much at all. Not worth the time and effort.
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If it was obtained, I would fly it in the opposite direction of search groups. I would fly to a remote location with near to none cell/radar coverage. On the other hand, that would be between Malaysia and Australia (my guess). But then you need a pretty solid strip to land it and you need fuel to refuel it. The third question would be, what to do with it then? What to do with the PAX (who may be pretty hungry by now). There are no political hot topics in that area for which a 777 could be used to do something. Getting more bizarre.
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Its not a conspiracy....
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Perhaps the pilot was just as confused about geography as you are.
Please tell me that was a typo... you mean westbound over the Malay peninsula surely?
edited...OH, you mean after flying sw over Malaysia, which is accepted now. Apologies for questioning your geography.
Please tell me that was a typo... you mean westbound over the Malay peninsula surely?
edited...OH, you mean after flying sw over Malaysia, which is accepted now. Apologies for questioning your geography.
Last edited by glenbrook; 11th Mar 2014 at 11:40.