Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost
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Interestingly this is a similar search area to a few years back when Abby Sunderland needed rescuing Australia sent a Qantas A330 Airbus.
Later picked up by a fishing vessel. Tony Bullimore was picked up by an Australian Navy ship. You need some pretty decent sea-going vessels to look at a resuce in this area not to mention as a platform for searching for a CVR.
Solo sailor Abby Sunderland alive, awaiting rescue by boat | News.com.au
Later picked up by a fishing vessel. Tony Bullimore was picked up by an Australian Navy ship. You need some pretty decent sea-going vessels to look at a resuce in this area not to mention as a platform for searching for a CVR.
Solo sailor Abby Sunderland alive, awaiting rescue by boat | News.com.au
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I'm looking forward to some good translation of the questions & answers section of this press conference because I can hardly understand a word due to poor sound setup! I'm particularly interested in the 3 questions that caused some amusement (from a French reporter?)
On the search maps the possible aircraft track has been provided by the NTSB. So do they know it went South?
Why havent the position of the pings prior to 0811 been released?
ana1936 thks for the maps.
Why havent the position of the pings prior to 0811 been released?
ana1936 thks for the maps.
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Malaysian press briefing complete with nothing new really:
Care assistants are with family members who have threatened hunger strike
Decrompression affecting the pilots has not been ruled out
Malaysia pilots not previusly flown in the 'southern corridoor'
Care assistants are with family members who have threatened hunger strike
Decrompression affecting the pilots has not been ruled out
Malaysia pilots not previusly flown in the 'southern corridoor'
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I'm looking forward to some good translation of the questions & answers section of this press conference because I can hardly understand a word due to poor sound setup! I'm particularly interested in the 3 questions that caused some amusement (from a French reporter?)
Satellite images and persistent contrails
Yesterday (17th) Tim Vasquez provided links to weather satellite imagery of the SE Indian Ocean area on the 8th March.
http://www.pprune.org/8382068-post4888.html
His images are from around 0000 - 0200 UTC and are around 2km resolution. However there are 250m pixel images available from around 0300 to 0500 UTC available on this site:
Rapid Response - LANCE - Near Real Time (Orbit Swath) Images
It's necessary to type the date in the small box at top left, click on the relevant thumbnail and select a resolution. There are two sets of images, firstly the Terra satellite with earliest coverage, unfortunately about 3-4 hours after the last 'ping'. So only a persistent contrail would be visible. To my untrained eye there's no visible contrails over the open sea areas. I expect the professionals have already enhanced these images as part of the search.
http://www.pprune.org/8382068-post4888.html
His images are from around 0000 - 0200 UTC and are around 2km resolution. However there are 250m pixel images available from around 0300 to 0500 UTC available on this site:
Rapid Response - LANCE - Near Real Time (Orbit Swath) Images
It's necessary to type the date in the small box at top left, click on the relevant thumbnail and select a resolution. There are two sets of images, firstly the Terra satellite with earliest coverage, unfortunately about 3-4 hours after the last 'ping'. So only a persistent contrail would be visible. To my untrained eye there's no visible contrails over the open sea areas. I expect the professionals have already enhanced these images as part of the search.
SOPS That a long way to fly ( and back again) before even starting a search.
Search for missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 begins 3000km south-west of Perth | theage.com.au
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If the transponder stopped transmitting, ATC is always quick to let you know. Nothing was said from ATC about this, not even when handed over to Vietnam Control.
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HANG SHENG 1 - Cargo ship - Details and current position MMSI 413501228
seems to have an enormous speed for a cargo vessel. THey say it is going 49.7 knots.
Sounds more like a navy ship.
something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship
seems to have an enormous speed for a cargo vessel. THey say it is going 49.7 knots.
Sounds more like a navy ship.
something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship
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"Up until the point at which it left primary military radar coverage, the aircraft's movements were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane".
They always emphasise the deliberate action bit but for the crew's reputational sake and keeping an open mind, I wish they'd include a caveat that this could just as easily mean somebody trying whatever they could to fly/navigate an aircraft facing considerable difficulty rather than, what seems to be in vogue, assuming foul play by the crew or a passenger.
Fortunately he went on to say they are keeping an open mind and are ruling nothing out until the aircraft and FDR/CVR are found.
They always emphasise the deliberate action bit but for the crew's reputational sake and keeping an open mind, I wish they'd include a caveat that this could just as easily mean somebody trying whatever they could to fly/navigate an aircraft facing considerable difficulty rather than, what seems to be in vogue, assuming foul play by the crew or a passenger.
Fortunately he went on to say they are keeping an open mind and are ruling nothing out until the aircraft and FDR/CVR are found.
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I just tweeted this to Don Lemmon at CNN:
#370QS what is the reason so many facts are coming out as "US officials say" rather than direct from Malaysian govt?
I agree this "US officials say" approach is yuk. And when I found one main reason, the ABC NEWS story, it gave me serious cause for doubt. Now that NY Times and WSJ are both very definitely saying this is what they have also learned from sources and just recently, folks we do know are not allowed to give their names, it seems to ring true. Not a good state of affairs, but true.
#370QS what is the reason so many facts are coming out as "US officials say" rather than direct from Malaysian govt?
I agree this "US officials say" approach is yuk. And when I found one main reason, the ABC NEWS story, it gave me serious cause for doubt. Now that NY Times and WSJ are both very definitely saying this is what they have also learned from sources and just recently, folks we do know are not allowed to give their names, it seems to ring true. Not a good state of affairs, but true.
I would rather the various authorities got on with the investigation rather than briefing tame reporters off the record.