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Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2015, 22:41
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,588,690
Posted By DCrefugee

We may never know

Given the F/O's reported change in demeanor during the TOC/TOD briefing, he may only have wanted to kill the Capt. The other 148 may be collateral damage.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2015, 23:41
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,588,690
Posted By DCrefugee

Moar data, plz

Publicly available data are too coarse, so far, and unofficial, but the flight appears to have maintained a roughly 3500-fpm average descent, constant heading and cruise power, according to public...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jan 2015, 20:04
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

I have one in a piston single, but it was next to...

I have one in a piston single, but it was next to useless *before* XM WX or ADS-B In's FIS-B. Now, I wouldn't pay to get it fixed or removed. Nothing replaces the Mk.1, Mod1 eyeball...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2015, 00:40
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

From that image, it appears the fuselage...

From that image, it appears the fuselage separated from the tail near the aft cabin door...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jan 2015, 20:04
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

What should be rounded appears flat...

What should be rounded appears flat...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jan 2015, 22:47
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

As well as from vintage taildraggers, like Cubs...

As well as from vintage taildraggers, like Cubs and Champs, which didn't feature things like differential ailerons -- they probably hadn't been invented when these aircraft were designed -- and with...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jan 2015, 01:02
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

@peekay4: Yeah, that too...

@peekay4:

Yeah, that too...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jan 2015, 00:37
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

We can't even work on that. Only evidence of such...

We can't even work on that. Only evidence of such is what the media has reported, and much of that (donned life jackets, Airbus-shaped shadow on ocean floor, etc) have been disavowed by officials. We...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Dec 2014, 20:05
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

Or a Blue Button, like some Garmin avionics have,...

Or a Blue Button, like some Garmin avionics have, which automagically returns the airplane to straight-and-level when pushed, no matter its attitude.

Altitude permitting, of course...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Dec 2014, 16:23
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

Nothing can be assumed. And we don't know the TS...

Nothing can be assumed. And we don't know the TS posed any real danger. (Although it probably will turn out to be related, we don't know that yet). It likely was a routine request for deviating left...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Dec 2014, 23:43
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

+1. Besides, you're still planning to fix...

+1. Besides, you're still planning to fix whatever the problem is, so issuing a Mayday call is admitting defeat. And you may not know enough about the problem to verbalize it in the first place. This...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Dec 2014, 19:15
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,440,724
Posted By DCrefugee

What would they say?

AFR447's crew had 3.5 minutes, but never mashed the mic button...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 18:23
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Breakup

If wreckage was spread over a large area of water, it's likely some of it would have been found by now.

Either it entered the water largely intact and didn't generate much (if any) flotsam, or it...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2014, 22:40
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Looks like it's been in the water a lot longer...

Looks like it's been in the water a lot longer than just since March 8.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2014, 19:45
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

BEA on the search for AFR447

The following conclusions reached by the BEA after its search for AFR447 may be of interest:
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2014, 03:42
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Not really... They would have mashed the mic...

Not really...

They would have mashed the mic button and told ATC they were returning, if for no other reason than to request the equipment. And there are plenty of other reasons to tell ATC,...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 22:50
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Mandarin?

I took that to mean English was the spoken language, it was originally written up in Mandarin, and then translated back to English.

No, I don't know why. LiveATC.com actually has a recording of...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 22:33
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

So...

...launching from Perth in a King Air has its risks, eh?

Mods: Feel free to delete (as if you wouldn't...).
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 14:31
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Motivation

Presuming the CVR is of the two-hour, looping variety, only the last two hours of cockpit activity would be recorded. The only way the CVR would have anything useful would be if someone was still...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 01:07
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Space Jet

They're saying there's more than one ping and they have their records.
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 00:03
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Tonight's BBC report

One big thing I took away from this is that the Australians appear to be taking a larger public role, as is the NTSB. That's good.

The other big thing is the AMSA guy saying there were multiple...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 02:53
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Takeover

Under Annex 13, Malaysia can request/obtain formal assistance or delegate responsibility to anyone they want at any time.
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 02:34
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

In the know

You're right, none of us are entitled to know anything, but as a member of the general public, it would kinda/sorta be nice to know if there's a rogue T7 out there somewhere. There's also a not-small...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 00:59
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Inmarsat

Unless there's some Sekrit Skwirrel Blowing Snow going on preventing it, we'd all be a lot better off if Malaysia would turn this over formally to the NTSB. The incompetence is staggering.

That...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 01:39
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

ELTs and surveillance

I can easily arm or disarm my ELT from the left seat...

I can't envision the airplane getting into or beyond Pakistan or any of the other 'stans without U.S. surveillance assets seeing it. Same...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 01:01
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

D.S.

Not my understanding of the public information. ACARS was shut down shortly after feet wet and before Malaysian ATC bid the flight farewell. Shortly after which the transponder(s) was/were disabled....
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 17:58
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

AMF

Some have discussed in this thread -- and many more have discussed elsewhere, including in the lamestream media -- MAS370's last words to ATC. On one level, unless it was "Allahu akhbar!" or "Mayday,...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 17:44
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

There's a movie about such a scenario: Fate...

There's a movie about such a scenario:

Fate Is The Hunter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058091/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)

Not at all like the book...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 16:47
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

It's nominally a radar environment, so there may...

It's nominally a radar environment, so there may not be a next mandatory reporting point...

Each minute you fly along the cleared route puts you another minute from your destination, wherever that...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 16:17
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

Why ACARS first?

Sure:

-- You're the bad guy. The a/c is at TOC, so it's time to get to work hiding.
-- After the TOC message is sent, shut down ACARS first, since you're still in Malaysian ATC radar coverage....
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 01:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,190,061
Posted By DCrefugee

How to appear invisible to civilian radar?

There's a lot of talk about how MAS370 could have evaded several countries' civilian ATC radar (and by implication their military search radar). Has anyone considered maybe it didn't?

Admittedly,...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Jul 2009, 03:09
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,282,734
Posted By DCrefugee

Flight crew incapacitation?

When is anyone going to use the phrase "false sense of security" to help understand the lack of communication from AF447's cockpit after it flew beyond ATC radar range?
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jun 2009, 16:59
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,282,734
Posted By DCrefugee

Aal587

Images from the NTSB's investigation into AAL587's crash are here:

NTSB - American Airlines Flight 587 (http://www.ntsb.gov/events/2001/aa587/tailcomp.htm)
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jun 2009, 15:49
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,282,734
Posted By DCrefugee

Flyguy2006

Only the vertical stabilizer has been recovered, according to the posted images, and was separated from the aft fuselage, where the recorders are mounted.

I'd guess the aft fuselage is on the...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Jun 2009, 18:43
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,282,734
Posted By DCrefugee

Altitude

One item I've not seen enter the discussion:

Based on the flight plan posted on Tim Vasquez' excellent discussion (http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/af447/), the following jumped at me:
...
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