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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Feb 2022, 10:03
Replies: 64
Views: 17,071
Posted By overthewing

What happens if there's an emergency over Russia...

What happens if there's an emergency over Russia and a 787 from a NATO-member country has to land in, say, Novosibirsk? Would you trust Putin with a couple of hundred stranded hostages?
Forum: Private Flying
14th Jun 2014, 14:25
Replies: 19
Views: 10,738
Posted By overthewing

Small plane crashes near M1 motorway in Nottinghamshire

BBC News - Small plane crashes near M1 motorway in Nottinghamshire (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-27849294)
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2014, 16:46
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

Black box pings, apparently: MH370...

Black box pings, apparently:


MH370 'pings' may NOT have been from aircraft | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2633295/MH370-pings-NOT-aircraft.html)
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2014, 15:33
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mh370-relatives-told-pin...

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mh370-relatives-told-pings-heard-off-australian-coast-151959876.html#GU5kTWT
Forum: Rumours & News
9th May 2014, 18:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

Perhaps this event is revealing that the original...

Perhaps this event is revealing that the original assumptions about ULBs need to be revised? Perhaps when the requirements were first specified, oceans were relatively quiet places, with very little...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th May 2014, 11:17
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I can't find information on what 'continuous'...

I can't find information on what 'continuous' means in terms of marine tag pinging. One site states:



www.asfb.org.au/pdf/1999/1999-01-05.pdf

That suggests to me that there's a pulsing...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th May 2014, 10:33
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

But if an aviation ULB can't be distinguished...

But if an aviation ULB can't be distinguished from a similar device attached to an animal, you're depending on the aircraft crashing in an area where there aren't likely to be any tagged animals?
Forum: Rumours & News
9th May 2014, 10:15
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

A site about acoustic tags on marine animals...

A site about acoustic tags on marine animals says:



Ocean Tracks | Acoustic Tags (http://oceantracks.csiro.au/tags-acoustic.html)

I presume that the SAR investigators were able to rule out...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Apr 2014, 17:44
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

From that same Malaysian Insider article: ...

From that same Malaysian Insider article:



RMAF deployed search aircraft on March 8, but did not inform anyone - The Malaysian Insider...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2014, 16:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

According to one report, debris has /had been...

According to one report, debris has /had been reported in the area. Perhaps they were investigating that?


...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2014, 20:31
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

It may be that much is being investigated, but...

It may be that much is being investigated, but that the public is not being informed, and /or that the western media doesn't know how to dig and probe in the context of an oriental culture.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2014, 17:57
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

One sincerely hopes this is the case, but...

One sincerely hopes this is the case, but evidence so far suggests such enquiries are being done reluctantly and without enthusiasm.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 15:44
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

@felix505 Several posters have...

@felix505




Several posters have stated that ATC is only available for sectors west and north of KL.

Edited to add: I meant listening in to ATC, not actual control. obviously!
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 00:08
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

My calculations say that it took about 5 mins to...

My calculations say that it took about 5 mins to get to FL180, then about 15 mins to get to FL350?

Is 35,000ft a bit low for cruise on this flight? I noticed that on previous flights on this...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 00:07
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

@Sheep guts At 17.30Z, the only flight...

@Sheep guts



At 17.30Z, the only flight in the air above Kota Bharu was China Eastern Flight MU5093, going south towards Singapore at 37,000ft.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2014, 14:33
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I'm quite astonished by the absolute confidence...

I'm quite astonished by the absolute confidence with which those ministers confirm something which is the opposite of what they confirmed the day before, without a flicker of a blush or an...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 23:52
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I wonder whose idea it was to look for those...

I wonder whose idea it was to look for those pings in the first place? Inmarsat? Boeing? RR? The CIA?

With the Malaysians apparently not asking for much help, there must have been a bit of...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 18:03
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I agree it seems a little serendipitous. ...

I agree it seems a little serendipitous. However, my own experience of low-flying a/c is that by the time I've heard it and raced outside, I'm looking at a plane moving away from me, with little...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 14:07
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I'm a little puzzled by the Chinese statement...

I'm a little puzzled by the Chinese statement that they've 'cleared' all the Chinese pax.

From NY Times:


Wasn't there one passenger travelling on a Chinese passport, where the passport owner...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 13:59
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

My understanding was that he emailed management...

My understanding was that he emailed management in the company for which he works? If he'd told the 'captain' and had his story dismissed, this seems a reasonable course of action to me.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 13:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

Thanks for this. Not sure this is relevant to...

Thanks for this. Not sure this is relevant to the current thread, but does that mean that your working TCAS becomes inop if you switch the transponder to Standby?
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 12:54
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I'm afraid I don't know enough about TCAS to know...

I'm afraid I don't know enough about TCAS to know what will happen if the a/c using it has no working transponder. Certainly, it won't co-ordinate with nearby TCAS systems as a collision advisory. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 10:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

According to Flightradar24 for that time, the...

According to Flightradar24 for that time, the only a/c anywhere near Kelantan was a Chinese Eastern Airbus (MU5093) which was at 37,000ft. So unless another plane with no transponder was in the air,...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 13:39
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

If ACARS is anything like software I've worked...

If ACARS is anything like software I've worked on, a menu-driven closedown may be a 'graceful' termination, ie there's some housekeeping done and a minimal 'That's it for now. Goodbye'. An abrupt...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 08:55
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

@D.S. From what I remember reading,...

@D.S.




From what I remember reading, Vietnam ATC informed Malaysian ATC about the missing a/c at 02.40L (Malaysian time). This is pretty much exactly the time when the mystery a/c...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 01:55
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

The Telegraph (UK) reports on plot to hijack...

The Telegraph (UK) reports on plot to hijack Malaysian plane:

Malaysia Airline MH370: 9/11-style terror allegations resurface in case of lost plane - Telegraph...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 01:25
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

They know exactly where it was when those...

They know exactly where it was when those movements were detected - above the Gulf of Thailand not long after the transponder went dead, ie at the very start of the disappearance. They know this...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 23:12
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I refer you to my post #4095 and Jonathan3141's...

I refer you to my post #4095 and Jonathan3141's post #4108. Suicide is a complex issue, and a long delay is not unusual.
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 20:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

@bbg I believe that BA38, the 777 that...

@bbg



I believe that BA38, the 777 that crashed at LHR, had spent a lot of its flight at 40,000ft? That was thought to have contributed to the icing problem.
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 19:13
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I'm not sure there is such a thing as 'typical...

I'm not sure there is such a thing as 'typical suicide planning behaviour'. From my own exposure to the subject, suicides can get themselves 'into position' and then take a long time to commit...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 19:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

I'm sure that's true, but it depends on there...

I'm sure that's true, but it depends on there actually being data to supply, I would think? Given what we've learned from all this, there seems to be patchy alertness and coverage in that part of...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 17:55
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

@OldObern I'm afraid I'm struggling a bit to...

@OldObern

I'm afraid I'm struggling a bit to understand what you mean - can you clarify? When you say that do you mean that the plane's position would have been on the 50-degree arc rather than...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 16:04
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

If something that pops up on Pprune is enough to...

If something that pops up on Pprune is enough to give an 'amateur' troublemaker the means to take over a plane, then it seems to me it's a vulnerable area that should be identified and dealt with. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2014, 15:15
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

Ages back in the thread, someone posted about the...

Ages back in the thread, someone posted about the vulnerability of the electronics bay, accessible through the floor outside the cockpit. Does anyone know what can be done from there, ie can the...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2014, 23:57
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,206,894
Posted By overthewing

If any of this turns out to be true, you can see...

If any of this turns out to be true, you can see why the Malaysians were flustered. They start off with something that looks like a 'straightforward' destruction /crash, then are gradually presented...
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