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Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2014, 21:28
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

A satphone transmits the GPS position only when...

A satphone transmits the GPS position only when an outgoing voice or SMS call is made, and a dead person isn't going to be doing either.

Thuraya and Immarsat satphones might reveal their position...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2014, 09:51
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

OTOH, major mishaps are so rare in "1st World...

OTOH, major mishaps are so rare in "1st World operated" big jets that every case you react on is going to be a rare hard case.

This isn't the 1950s when stuff used to crash all the time. When it...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th May 2014, 14:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

I don't think this one is a problem. Two reasons...

I don't think this one is a problem. Two reasons for a start:

1) To protect the dignity of the family (very important in those cultures)

2) To enable them to get the full life insurance payout...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th May 2014, 11:03
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

Reading between the lines, the govts and other...

Reading between the lines, the govts and other authorities seem convinced this was a criminal act, so IMHO we can definitely expect some changes to the satellite tracking systems so they (a) transmit...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2014, 10:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

It would be absolutely astonishing if the...

It would be absolutely astonishing if the lat/long coordinates were not recorded. Can anybody confirm this?
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2014, 21:47
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

That, along with the story about oxygen igniting...

That, along with the story about oxygen igniting lipstick, is complete rubbish.

At sea level pressure (about 15psi) the partial gas pressure of even a pure (100%) oxygen atmosphere (about 3psi) is...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2014, 10:42
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

To make sure family picked up the life assurance...

To make sure family picked up the life assurance payment. Often these exclude suicide, especially (IME) if you do it within 1 year of starting the policy.

IIRC the underwater pings were being...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Apr 2014, 16:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

Not possible. Any autopilot mode which would...

Not possible.

Any autopilot mode which would fly anything resembling a straight track over that distance would have to be heading-hold (which would fly a curved track) or flying to/via some...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2014, 10:48
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

I thought that the entire reason Immarsat was...

I thought that the entire reason Immarsat was able to distinguish between the N arc and the S arc was because their satellite is not perfectly stationary above the earth but happens to move about a...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2014, 14:23
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

Different targets reflect in different ways....

Different targets reflect in different ways. There is plenty on this in the public domain.

Whether a given installation has the capability I have no idea, but you would think the military would,...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2014, 13:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

I don't think the last couple of hours of the...

I don't think the last couple of hours of the flight were in darkness.

I agree about the probable lack of resolution, but there are other satellites up there too.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2014, 11:07
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

Why is so much information being withheld in this...

Why is so much information being withheld in this case?

Is it simply because a lot of it is military and might reveal areas of missing radar coverage?

Is it reasonable to suppose all the radar...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 11:13
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

True, but it went down out of radar range and in...

True, but it went down out of radar range and in between radio contacts and without those automatic messages the search area would have been huge too.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 11:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,371,398
Posted By IRpilot2006

One would think that either the aircraft was...

One would think that either the aircraft was carefully and skilfully ditched, or some piece of wreckage would by now have turned up on some beach. Even at a few kt of current, it would have travelled...
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