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Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jan 2017, 15:52
Replies: 484
Views: 591,721
Posted By Propduffer

All the more reason to think the aircraft was...

All the more reason to think the aircraft was overloaded. But until we find out basic things like the location where it impacted the water, and confirm what the highest airspeed / altitude obtained...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jun 2016, 18:58
Replies: 121
Views: 454,587
Posted By Propduffer

UPI is carrying a story which says that a BUK...

UPI is carrying a story which says that a BUK missile part has been found near the debris field of MH-17.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2016, 06:39
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,613
Posted By Propduffer

gulfairs...

gulfairs (http://www.pprune.org/members/42120-gulfairs)

A difference that jumps out at me is the fact that you had the "aviate" part under control; this doesn't seem to be the case with MS804. It...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2016, 10:15
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,613
Posted By Propduffer

290 km directly north of Alexandria puts the...

290 km directly north of Alexandria puts the debris location about 25 km within the Greek FIS, with the boundary running on about a 283° heading at that point. So if the wreck is exactly 290 km...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Dec 2015, 23:21
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

It could also be reasonably hypothesized that the...

It could also be reasonably hypothesized that the captain had something along the line of a gushing head wound or even a broken finger. This would help explain some otherwise inexplicable actions on...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Nov 2015, 16:18
Replies: 211
Views: 158,111
Posted By Propduffer

oyviv There's nothing to worry about with what...

oyviv
There's nothing to worry about with what has been posted here

This is stuff that an industrious middle school kid with a bit of a mechanical aptitude could easily come up with.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2015, 17:37
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,495,674
Posted By Propduffer

This is an outstanding thread, a credit to PPrune...

This is an outstanding thread, a credit to PPrune but there are two kinds of posts I've mostly skipped over. The first kind are the "picture analysis" posts which seem to be a separate subject to me....
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Aug 2015, 00:29
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

Igs942 The Satcom unit gets its power from...

Igs942

The Satcom unit gets its power from the left AC bus.
The RAT does not supply power to that bus.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Aug 2015, 18:11
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

The Malaysian stone wall is under some serious...

The Malaysian stone wall is under some serious attack

"Now that the French have invited the Malaysians to participate in the examination of the wing, the French judge expects information from ...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Aug 2015, 17:35
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

PersonFromPorlock The Wikipedia snippet you...

PersonFromPorlock

The Wikipedia snippet you posted leads to some very revealing information I had overlooked, or had failed to document until now. This information brings something new an a tad...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Aug 2015, 20:34
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

All the course changes attributed to 9MMRO after...

All the course changes attributed to 9MMRO after turnaround could have been pre-set into the FMC with the exception of altitude changes occurring in both directions.

So the question before us is:...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Aug 2015, 16:22
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

Interflug There are many forums devoted to...

Interflug

There are many forums devoted to philosophy semantics and such.
This is an aviation forum discussing an actual event.

My posts haven't been meant to address philosophical issues,...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Aug 2015, 15:48
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

Interflug Why are you still flogging this a...

Interflug

Why are you still flogging this a year and a half later?

Vietnam - This story was carried March 8th by the Malaysian Insider:
"We informed Malaysia on the day we lost contact with...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Aug 2015, 01:59
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

PrivtPilotRadarTech Yes, I see what you're...

PrivtPilotRadarTech

Yes, I see what you're saying. When I did the calcs months ago I did them off a chart and 240nm looked about right, but if we were to assume an altitude of 35,000 feet the...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Aug 2015, 00:02
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

I measure the distance from the antenna to "a...

I measure the distance from the antenna to "a point 10 miles past (west of) MEKAR" as 243nm, using Google Earth.

That's where the earth's curvature should limit a line of sight radar for a plane...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2015, 23:56
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

Again this is just something you claim, not fact....

Again this is just something you claim, not fact.

In the realm of logic used in the real world, information is assessed by it's probable reliability in the eyes of the investigator (or judge or...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2015, 20:21
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

There have been many attempts to obscure the...

There have been many attempts to obscure the facts surrounding the loss of MH-370. This particle of a story, especially coming out of Malaysia, appears to be just one more attempt to confuse the...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2015, 01:28
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

@Blake777 There's no radar on Pulau Perak...

@Blake777

There's no radar on Pulau Perak island. However in the first few days, while they still had everyone searching in the South China Sea, they said something like "We may have seen an...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Aug 2015, 23:59
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

I've spent a lot of time on this and I think I've...

I've spent a lot of time on this and I think I've evaluated about every snippet of information that's available.

From all that I've learned, I am certain that the radar at Pulu Penang was up and...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Aug 2015, 21:24
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

That location would calculate to be the location...

That location would calculate to be the location 9MMRO would have run out of fuel had it been maintaining a 428kt groundspeed (based on potential flight duration according to known fuel on board.)
...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Aug 2015, 05:29
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

etudiant Yes it's true that the flight path...

etudiant

Yes it's true that the flight path over the Malaysian Peninsula is still unknowable in spite of the fact that the Malaysian Military tracked the flight - probably beginning even before ...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2015, 21:58
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

@Etudiant The various sources all support each...

@Etudiant
The various sources all support each other and fit like a hand in a glove. No independent review is necessary to see the obvious.

The route reported by the Malaysian Military...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2015, 18:58
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

@DesparingTraveller Rather than tedious debate...

@DesparingTraveller
Rather than tedious debate about pheripheral issues, would you be willing to take the issue head on?

Do you believe that the known flight path (turnaround at IGARI, flight...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Aug 2015, 03:05
Replies: 918
Views: 1,118,053
Posted By Propduffer

*If you wanted to make the plane disappear I...

*If you wanted to make the plane disappear I wouldn't choose this route. I would have expected 3 different air forces to have intercepted me.*

In this case, the person who was most likely flying...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2015, 00:08
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,590,285
Posted By Propduffer

This happens when there is a pressure...

This happens when there is a pressure differential between FD and cabin. We (or at least I) don't know what that differential is; we don't know how tight the air seal is between the two spaces. If...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Feb 2015, 06:52
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

African Skies: There was an equipment...

African Skies:

There was an equipment failure on AF447 and it's looking like an equipment failure on QZ8501. So your assertion lacks any foundation.

Not that it ever had any foundation anyway.
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jan 2015, 03:09
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

It seems likely that this crew were doing the...

It seems likely that this crew were doing the same thing that's been asked about in this thread - trying to get it in direct law.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2015, 03:07
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

News from the data and voice recorders is...

News from the data and voice recorders is apparently leaking out.

The WSJ has a story including this:
They have said icing of speed sensors, a phenomenon that contributed to numerous fatal...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2015, 06:09
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

Although we don't know exactly what it was based...

Although we don't know exactly what it was based on - because we were never told what radar had reported this, but in the first few days all the media was reporting that they had been told that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2015, 03:39
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

Here's a summary of all the information I've been...

Here's a summary of all the information I've been able to glean about search locations:


Asia Air LRP ----> from a graphic released by the Indonesians
52.9 miles from RAFIS ---->...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2015, 20:24
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

island_airphoto That makes sense to me.

island_airphoto

That makes sense to me.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2015, 20:02
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

I wasn't referring specifically to this incident,...

I wasn't referring specifically to this incident, we don't even know for sure if my question relates to QZ8501.

My question was about how any or all transport pilots handle a strong updraft...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2015, 17:28
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

There is something I don't understand about the...

There is something I don't understand about the flight condition this aircraft is assumed to have gotten itself into.

From what I've read here and elsewhere it seems that if a transport pilot who...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2015, 17:01
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

It looks to me that it broke up behind the...

It looks to me that it broke up behind the pressure bulkhead. Compare this to the picture above. The pressure bulkhead is on the right, the jackscrew mount is on the left. This looks like the same...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2015, 15:59
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,450,315
Posted By Propduffer

This picture is of the area behind the bulkhead. ...

This picture is of the area behind the bulkhead.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6uuKqJCQAE-jnC.jpg

But it may be that the point where the plane broke apart is exactly where the recorders are.
...
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