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Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2014, 08:08
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

edit: aireps you beat me there, re satellite...

edit: aireps you beat me there, re satellite ads-b ( like http://www.aireon.com/Home )

the main driver probably isn't safety (rather reduced separation minima, fuel savings, and eg weather...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2014, 19:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

a "towed pinger locator remotely operated...

a "towed pinger locator remotely operated vehicle" doesn't make any sense. Neither does an ROV for locating pingers. Any ROV has a huge disadvantage: propulsion noise. I can't think of any...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 22:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Weird/non-standard translation? So they claim all...

Weird/non-standard translation? So they claim all communications were in Mandarin? And then there's obvious spelling errors like "Hu (sic) Chi Minh city". Seems a bit weird? It's hard to believe...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 21:41
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Methinks you are offering a solution in search...

Methinks you are offering a solution in search for a problem, just like numerous others here. As for flight deck access, for obvious reasons, no one is going to discuss this in public. Big surprise...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 12:45
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Apparently the last r/t, the "good night", was...

Apparently the last r/t, the "good night", was made by the FO.

Not that that piece of information will help a lot, but it's more interesting than knowing an alleged bizjet mechanic was on board....
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2014, 18:18
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Silver: some of the navy surface vessels involved...

Silver: some of the navy surface vessels involved in this search, and sonobuoy-equipped p-3s also have capable sonar. Submarines are good at hiding, not necessarily searching a large area for flotsam...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2014, 13:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

There's specialzed hydrophones to locate the...

There's specialzed hydrophones to locate the pingers. www.phnx-international.com/specs/TPL-25_SpecSheet.pdf

If they're not already in the area - with all the assets already available - I sure...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2014, 12:25
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Martin, primary radar is used for...

Martin,



primary radar is used for approach control, eg at VVTS, but not built to cover entire oceans. There's certain physical limitations on radar range :)
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 21:41
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Snowfalcon2, nice effort, but "the capital Ho Chi...

Snowfalcon2, nice effort, but "the capital Ho Chi Minh" ? :(
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 19:48
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Don't worry. Vietnam doesn't have any of the...

Don't worry. Vietnam doesn't have any of the venerable P-3; but they have several more modern aircraft, and patrol vessels. They're also equipped with Mark 1 eyeball sensors. No need to underestimate...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 15:38
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

It takes very little oil/jet fuel whatever to...

It takes very little oil/jet fuel whatever to form a long/large slick on water. Yes of course the a/c would have carried enough to form a slick like that. These questions are very simple to answer,...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 15:09
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Ships would be more likely to dump sludge, bilge...

Ships would be more likely to dump sludge, bilge water with possibly some almost solid heavy fuel oil, and used lubricants.

Jet fuel is very different. Experts will check this out, ships are on...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 10:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

I occasionally run an adsb receiver in South...

I occasionally run an adsb receiver in South Vietnam, I never hooked it up to publicly transmit anything to the global internets, but I can confirm that "enthusiast" coverage over large parts of SE...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 04:47
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,340,271
Posted By deptrai

Very few fishermen have radios. Vietnamese Coast...

Very few fishermen have radios. Vietnamese Coast Guard has state of the art, very capable fast oceangoing SAR vessels. Vung Tau, not far from where to a/c reportedly crashed, is the centre of the...
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