Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost
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Originally Posted by mabuhay_2000
It seems utter madness to have the aircraft's flight computers on the same network was the PAX WiFi.
Aircraft don't use the internet for navigation or communication. Some aircraft have internet capability for passenger entertainment only.
Originally Posted by mabuhay_2000
It seems utter madness to have the aircraft's flight computers on the same network was the PAX WiFi.
Aircraft don't use the internet for navigation or communication. Some aircraft have internet capability for passenger entertainment only.
Reduced to the absurd, it is the same as connecting the highways at an airport to the runways with paved roads and trusting the planes and cars to play nicely - what could go wrong?
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My guess is that this is 370. Chinese imagery is much sharper
resolution than what they're showing for obvious reasons so they
must be confident. Image is from Sunday so backtracking water and wind currents will lead to underwater material. But, the way this mess has gone
it could be another false lead.
resolution than what they're showing for obvious reasons so they
must be confident. Image is from Sunday so backtracking water and wind currents will lead to underwater material. But, the way this mess has gone
it could be another false lead.
A poster asked about CPDLC.
Yes SINGAPORE AND HOCHIMINH both have and use CPDLC ADS-C
However on the flight plan MH370 used they would have gone straight from Lumpur Control to Hochiminh and NOT spoken or logged on to WSSS.
They may have logged on to VVTS....? VVTS ATC haven't said.
But yes VVTS CPDLC does work and I use it all the time.
Yes SINGAPORE AND HOCHIMINH both have and use CPDLC ADS-C
However on the flight plan MH370 used they would have gone straight from Lumpur Control to Hochiminh and NOT spoken or logged on to WSSS.
They may have logged on to VVTS....? VVTS ATC haven't said.
But yes VVTS CPDLC does work and I use it all the time.
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Guess the Gmail from the rig worker could have been correct based on the position of the chinese images.
Well, just measured it on google maps and it's not that close after all. over 20° error. The distance is a moot point as he didn't really know.
Well, just measured it on google maps and it's not that close after all. over 20° error. The distance is a moot point as he didn't really know.
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I'm quite curious about the very time of the obviously (and clearly documented) first incident (all other data are speculative/non-confirmed, as of right now):
that was right after the pilot said 'good night' (verbally) to KL/Subang via VHF and before saying 'hello' to Saigon/HCMC, which obviously never happened.
What would be a reasonable time gap between such messages on a 'normal' flight on this route? 2 minutes? Is that a fair number?
Instead of this, the flight disappeared at the (almost) very same time on secondary radar.
Coincidence?
Given the standard route from Lumpur to Beijing, that point in time / position would make a perfect time stamp to make the flight 'vanish' to primary and secondary radar for whatever reason.
Any 'takes'?
that was right after the pilot said 'good night' (verbally) to KL/Subang via VHF and before saying 'hello' to Saigon/HCMC, which obviously never happened.
What would be a reasonable time gap between such messages on a 'normal' flight on this route? 2 minutes? Is that a fair number?
Instead of this, the flight disappeared at the (almost) very same time on secondary radar.
Coincidence?
Given the standard route from Lumpur to Beijing, that point in time / position would make a perfect time stamp to make the flight 'vanish' to primary and secondary radar for whatever reason.
Any 'takes'?
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I hope this is a find.
I wonder why, with all the other eyes on land, air, and sea, that he was the only one to come forward.
Not saying he isn't truthful, but there are thousand of other eyes that saw nothing.
I wonder why, with all the other eyes on land, air, and sea, that he was the only one to come forward.
Not saying he isn't truthful, but there are thousand of other eyes that saw nothing.
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It may not disrupt the avionics bay as I well know; it may have however created an environment in which the capacity of both crew members was heavily overloaded. After all, aviate - navigate - communicate.
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China reveals location
We've had lots of geopolitical pussyfooting from the authorities up to this point, no state willing to reveal the extent or accuracy of their radar/tracking capabilities and/or the range of operation. Of course we've also had the yes/no/maybe/confirmed/denied mystery track to the west.
Enter China with a long-awaited solid lead.
It is virtually inconceivable that China would risk embarrassment on the world stage by releasing these satellite images without being absolutely certain they are highly relevant to the search for MH370. That alone ought to tell us this is the approx. location of the missing aircraft.
Enter China with a long-awaited solid lead.
It is virtually inconceivable that China would risk embarrassment on the world stage by releasing these satellite images without being absolutely certain they are highly relevant to the search for MH370. That alone ought to tell us this is the approx. location of the missing aircraft.
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According to various news sources (CNN & Daily Mail) - the debris and oil slick is in the area initially searched after the crash and is floating.
If that's the case, why wasn't it noticed before?
If that's the case, why wasn't it noticed before?
Can't make out too much of these images.
Pieces seem pretty big.
However China would probably not release this information unless they were certain. They certainly would have the means to have a much more detailed look before releasing these low res photos.
Direction is right. Unlikely plane turned around and overflew land. Cell phones are often left on, and do work just fine at cruise levels. Certainly good enough to be tagged by network. Certainly good enough for SMS or data. And sometimes good enough for voice. If it had reversed course and pax concerned, someone would have got a message out.
All the stuff to the west is confusion, random "noise" and some rumors.
Pieces seem pretty big.
However China would probably not release this information unless they were certain. They certainly would have the means to have a much more detailed look before releasing these low res photos.
Direction is right. Unlikely plane turned around and overflew land. Cell phones are often left on, and do work just fine at cruise levels. Certainly good enough to be tagged by network. Certainly good enough for SMS or data. And sometimes good enough for voice. If it had reversed course and pax concerned, someone would have got a message out.
All the stuff to the west is confusion, random "noise" and some rumors.
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According to various news sources (CNN & Daily Mail) - the debris and oil slick is in the area initially searched after the crash and is floating.
If that's the case, why wasn't it noticed before?
If that's the case, why wasn't it noticed before?
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Out of interest: there seems to be plenty of precedent to suggest that if an aircraft hits the water hard and fast it breaks up a lot and leaves smaller fragments of floating debris. Does anyone know what the situation would be likely to be if you managed to successfully ditch - or almost successfully ditch - a T7 at low speed? If it remained in one or two pieces, how long could you reasonably expect it to float? I know the safety cards in the seat pocket tend to show a lovely, stable floating aircraft buoyed by the escape slides with pax disembarking in an orderly fashion, but is that plausible?
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Why did it take China 48 hours to release those pictures??
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I am also wondering, surely they already searched that area? Seems quite large to miss, if what we are seeing is the wreckage. And are we now being told the oil rig worker actually exists? i thought this was disputed earlier?
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Apologies if this has already been raised, but... is there any practical reason why manufacturers don't fit EPIRB devices to airliners ? I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to engineer an impact-triggered release system that, in the event of a mid-air explosion or impact with water, would release a floating radio locator beacon (epirb). The cost of these devices are pennies in the grand scheme of things and would have been invaluable in this case, as well as AF447.
Does anyone know ?
Does anyone know ?
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The Chinese are not stupid and have a vested interest in finding the aircraft. It would suit their political purposes to release satellite imagery if they thought there was a high probability that it was the downed aircraft, not only to show the Malaysians that they arent doing a good job of SAR but to reassure their own citizens that they are on top of things.
As for the Chinese being reticent to release images showing their satellite capability - anyone who doubts that if the Chinese can soft land something on the moon, and start off a space station and dont have high res imaging on a satellite are not being realistic.
As for the Chinese being reticent to release images showing their satellite capability - anyone who doubts that if the Chinese can soft land something on the moon, and start off a space station and dont have high res imaging on a satellite are not being realistic.