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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

Old 23rd Apr 2014, 08:42
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Originally Posted by hamster3null
The only thing known about the military radar trace is one screenshot from a press conference back in March.
Thinking about that screen shot.

It was heavily synthesised as the only plot was that of MH370. There must have been other plots but they appear to have been suppressed.

A simple screen shot would have shown the contact at one moment. This short was clearly a composite showing an initial track, a dark period, and then a regain until it ran out of radar range.

What caused the initial 'dark' period?

Either they had no plot for some technical reason or the aircraft was at a medium level and ran out of radar range at that level.

Contact was then gained as the aircraft was climbed to a greater altitude and finally lost at that higher altitude when it was too far from the radar site.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 08:58
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I am just a Aussie person, of which we normally try very hard to try and fix problems if we can. With the evidence we have at hand. But surely we should have
Some evidence. Nothing floating. I agree how hard this must be be for the workers on this job
I have had to find 1 yacht in port Phillip , Victoria Aus it took 4 hours with air support. I wish them all the best but with not :1 bit of plane ?? How long do we
Keep searching .
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 09:03
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Interesting re debris.

Smart of the police to take and send photos

Hope they can tell from the photos but won't take long once the ATSB get hold of it.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 09:05
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Further to Andy above:
Possible MH370 debris found in WA
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/...-debris-found/
Near Augusta...Long way from Ocean Shield...
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 09:06
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News Flash

Similar news flash relating to possible debris washed up on WA coastline.

Channel 7 Local news Brisbane, QLD
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 09:08
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Long way but 7 weeks is long enough and that would follow the current down the coast
which is the major current.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 09:37
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I think they are talking about the South Equitorial current
which is further north.

Have a look on Google.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 09:47
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MH370 search: 'Object of interest' found on Western Australian coast - CNN.com


Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan described the object as appearing to be sheet metal with rivets.
"It's sufficiently interesting for us to take a look at the photographs," he said.
But Dolan also added strong words of caution: "The more we look at it, the less excited we get."
The object was picked up near Augusta, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Perth, a source with the Australian Defence Force told CNN.
The source also described the object as having rivets on one side with what appears to be a fiberglass coating.
When asked about the shape and scale of the object, the source described it as "kind of rectangular," but torn and misshapen.
The source said it was too difficult to estimate the size because they had only seen one photo with no clear scale.
The object of interest is in the custody of a police agency in Western Australia. Authorities there wouldn't comment further because it's a federal investigation.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 10:05
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Leeuwin Current

There may be some relevance, on the other-hand may be not??

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"But Dolan also added strong words of caution: "The more we look at it, the less excited we get."


This statement concerns me......
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 10:50
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Debris

Anything resembling fibreglass on the inner fuselage of a 777?
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 10:52
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Lack of any physical evidence. All the circumstantial evidence we have says it should be on the sea bed around where they're currently searching with the AUV, but nothing's turned up in the right place yet, on the surface or under it.

I strongly suspect it's down there somewhere, but, until something is found, people will continue to consider other possibilities.
What if the plane broke up shortly before entering the water?

That would account for the ULB pings (the black boxes are there but not the rest of the aircraft), the satellite arcs (the rest of the aircraft is nearby but just outside of the narrow search area defined by the ULB pings) and the lack of debris field (if the breakup occurred at a low altitude).
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 11:35
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'Anything resembling fibreglass on the inner fuselage of a 777? '


I would think it more likely to be a component in wing panels/flap covers etc
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 17:38
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Oz or Africa

In recent years several pleasure boats which have broken their moorings in W.A., have end up on the East African coast and Madagascar.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 17:43
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Glea

"He said the debris appeared to be sheet metal with rivets."

It's BIG !

"Senior Sergeant Steve Principe at Busselton Police Station told The Busselton-Dunsborough Mail the object in their possession, which had washed up on a beach at Scott River near Augusta, was eight feet (2.43 metres) tall, half a metre wide and was an alloy type of metal.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 18:35
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I'm not actually clear whether a fiberglass coating is plausible on parts that are not structurally composite, perhaps that broadens the areas it might be from.


Reading the Boeing site as we speak..
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 18:36
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Hmmm...let me think about this.
Something that is in the sea....and is made of fibreglass !

It's a tricky one that.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 18:37
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Why not wait until they say, yes, it is from MH370 and release the photo
then we can play jigsaw and work out where it fits
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 19:25
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That's a good point.


Regarding the radar plot you posted about on the previous page, Pontius,


forgive me but is it a plot from one particular radar operator or something cobbled together from two different ones? If it was the latter that might explain the bit in the middle with no information.


I'm probably way off. I like your theory better.
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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 19:36
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susier, how the radar plot was constructed I don't know.

If it had been a snap-shot then there would have been many different contacts shown.

Instead it was a clean plot showing a succession of plots for just MH370. It was this plot that was shown to the Chinese relatives.

I would speculate that it was a computer generated plot showing the historic plot rather than an image from the radar system.
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