Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost
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In discussion about that supposed mine or fire bottle in the Maldives, does anyone seriously believe that the authorities would not have looked into the alleged finding by now? If they have and it was significant then does anyone seriously believe that so many governments would still be wasting so much money and resources searching 5000 miles away? 
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37kHz audio, is in the VHF audio range capable of being detected with a transducer and then displayed on the appropriate equipment.
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its been close to a week now that the australian authorities had said that a few possible aircraft debris been seen on satellite images. since then so many aircrafts and ships been doing rounds of the suspected area and still its so surprising that not even a single piece of debris is visually identified and checked hands on just so to make 100% sure that the aircraft has crashed there.
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Satellites seem to spot whatever you want them to spot. If you want them to find evidence of chemical and nuclear facilities they'll oblige. If you want them to spot dinner plate sizes of aircraft wreckage they'll oblige. Anyone who has a satellite wants to be able to say they have spotted something. At this stage its all one-upmanship. All this manpower searching, nothing found, too many false positives.
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BANGKOK (AP) - A Thai satellite has detected about 300 objects floating in the Indian Ocean near the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner.
Anond Snidvongs, director of Thailand's space technology development agency, said Thursday the images showed "300 objects of various sizes" in the southern Indian Ocean about 2,700 kilometers (1,675 miles) southwest of Perth.
He says the images were taken by the Thaichote satellite on Monday, took two days to process and were relayed to Malaysian authorities on Wednesday.
Images here. It would be useful to get some background from analysts on the rarity of seeing this type of flotsam on satellite images.
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Anond Snidvongs, director of Thailand's space technology development agency, said Thursday the images showed "300 objects of various sizes" in the southern Indian Ocean about 2,700 kilometers (1,675 miles) southwest of Perth.
He says the images were taken by the Thaichote satellite on Monday, took two days to process and were relayed to Malaysian authorities on Wednesday.
Images here. It would be useful to get some background from analysts on the rarity of seeing this type of flotsam on satellite images.
https://twitter.com/RodrigoEBR/statu...495424/photo/1
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'South of Greenland' would be about 60 degrees North. The search area is 40 degrees South. I wouldn't expect to see ice at 40 degrees North - would you expect to see it at 40 degrees South?
'South of Greenland' would be about 60 degrees North. The search area is 40 degrees South. I wouldn't expect to see ice at 40 degrees North - would you expect to see it at 40 degrees South?
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In discussion about that supposed mine or fire bottle in the Maldives, does anyone seriously believe that the authorities would not have looked into the alleged finding by now? If they have and it was significant then does anyone seriously believe that so many governments would still be wasting so much money and resources searching 5000 miles away?
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In discussion about that supposed mine or fire bottle in the Maldives, does anyone seriously believe that the authorities would not have looked into the alleged finding by now? If they have and it was significant then does anyone seriously believe that so many governments would still be wasting so much money and resources searching 5000 miles away?
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In reply to the post that suggested the debris could be from Yolanda, it doesn't look likely. Most of the debris still around from Yolanda would be bare wood.
Very little is painted in the Philippines, most of the people in the affected areas would spend what little they have on rice and fish rather than paint.
Most of the debris in the pictures looks white.
Very little is painted in the Philippines, most of the people in the affected areas would spend what little they have on rice and fish rather than paint.
Most of the debris in the pictures looks white.
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Data transmission – or not – from MH370?
1 This very interesting pprune blog has informed us many times that all forms of communications from the missing B777 were shut down at about the time that the aircraft left the airways leading to China.
2 But several pprune posts have also told us that there were hourly pings from the B777 until shortly before the time that it was estimated to have run out of fuel (7 hours or so).
3 This same pprune blog has sometimes told us that the 2 Rolls-Royce Trent engines throughout the flight sent coded performance data back to R-R – as this system cannot readily be disabled or was overlooked. (Most comments about R-R maintenance monitoring have been quickly deleted by the Mods. Watch this space!)
pprune blog quote:
So here are 3 simple questions:
1 What system & antenna aboard MH370 continued to send the pings?
2 What system & antenna aboard MH370 sent the R-R data engine monitoring data?
3 When did these two data streams cease?
2 But several pprune posts have also told us that there were hourly pings from the B777 until shortly before the time that it was estimated to have run out of fuel (7 hours or so).
3 This same pprune blog has sometimes told us that the 2 Rolls-Royce Trent engines throughout the flight sent coded performance data back to R-R – as this system cannot readily be disabled or was overlooked. (Most comments about R-R maintenance monitoring have been quickly deleted by the Mods. Watch this space!)
pprune blog quote:
Using the data from just eight satellite "pings" after the plane's other onboard Acars automatic tracking system went off at 1.07am, the team at Inmarsat was initially able to calculate that it had either headed north towards the Asian land mass or south, towards the emptiest stretches of the India Ocean.
1 What system & antenna aboard MH370 continued to send the pings?
2 What system & antenna aboard MH370 sent the R-R data engine monitoring data?
3 When did these two data streams cease?
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In reply to the post that suggested the debris could be from Yolanda, it doesn't look likely. Most of the debris still around from Yolanda would be bare wood.
Very little is painted in the Philippines, most of the people in the affected areas would spend what little they have on rice and fish rather than paint.
Most of the debris in the pictures looks white.
Very little is painted in the Philippines, most of the people in the affected areas would spend what little they have on rice and fish rather than paint.
Most of the debris in the pictures looks white.
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The a/c was fitted I believe with Satcom which can be used in real time to send back engine data etc or used as a Satphone. The data stream costs money and was not subscribed to by the airline however the Satphone was still available for use in an emergency & only cost the airline money if used.
The pings I believe were just the handshake, similar to your mobile phone, & were produced to establish a connection if needed. I have been wondering if the final "partial" ping was in fact generated when the power went down on the Satcom & was re established by the RAT say. ie maybe the system was trying to re establish contact after a power outage.
The pings I believe were just the handshake, similar to your mobile phone, & were produced to establish a connection if needed. I have been wondering if the final "partial" ping was in fact generated when the power went down on the Satcom & was re established by the RAT say. ie maybe the system was trying to re establish contact after a power outage.
1 This very interesting pprune blog has informed us many times that all forms of communications from the missing B777 were shut down at about the time that the aircraft left the airways leading to China.
2 But several pprune posts have also told us that there were hourly pings from the B777 until shortly before the time that it was estimated to have run out of fuel (7 hours or so).
2 But several pprune posts have also told us that there were hourly pings from the B777 until shortly before the time that it was estimated to have run out of fuel (7 hours or so).
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the French images of yesterday look like ice
The furthest north Ice I know of was a fairly recent solitary iceberg off the coast of New Zealand in an extremely rare event.