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5th Apr 2011, 15:23

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Posted By ushumgal

Very true, my mistake - I mistook the stator...

Very true, my mistake - I mistook the stator vanes for the rotary vanes.

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4th Apr 2011, 20:50

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Posted By ushumgal

Is it just me, or does it look like the engine in...

Is it just me, or does it look like the engine in the picture had not been turning at the moment of impact. If it had, you would expect fractured or bent blades all around, not just on one side,...

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4th Apr 2011, 15:56

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Posted By ushumgal

No, the pings were detected (very faintly) at the...

No, the pings were detected (very faintly) at the extreme west edge of the search radius. Which calls into question the detection - acoustic searches were made much closer to the wreck site than...

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4th Apr 2011, 12:10

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Posted By ushumgal

Designating the wreck as a grave is more a...

Designating the wreck as a grave is more a nautical matter, I think. It makes some sense with ships, which, needless to say, are much more difficult to raise than an aircraft.

I'm pretty sure...

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4th Apr 2011, 09:19

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Posted By ushumgal

I'm quite surprised about that - not to sound...

I'm quite surprised about that - not to sound gruesome, but I would think that after nearly 2 years, the local sea life would have eaten most of the organic material they could get at. It seems to...

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27th Jun 2010, 01:13

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Posted By ushumgal

So, based on the timing of the ACARS messages, if...

So, based on the timing of the ACARS messages, if the aircraft continued to fly more or less on course for approx. 2 min 16 sec, then made a hard turn to the left lasting some 30 sec (perhaps turning...

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31st May 2010, 13:53

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Posted By ushumgal

I'm no aeronautical engineer, but is it perhaps...

I'm no aeronautical engineer, but is it perhaps possible that both theories - in-flight breakup and intact impact with the water - are partly true? Would it be possible for the aircraft to lose the...

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15th May 2010, 00:27

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Posted By ushumgal

Thanks for the info, mm43, and for your fantastic...

Thanks for the info, mm43, and for your fantastic updates!

I guess it's pretty likely then, that they won't miss the wreckage when they finally pass by it.

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14th May 2010, 16:28

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Posted By ushumgal

Thanks for your informed comments, auv-ee! :ok: ...

Thanks for your informed comments, auv-ee! :ok:

This has probably been answered before, but does anyone know roughly the 'resolution' of the detectors being used? I.e., how small a piece of metal...

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13th May 2010, 16:35

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Posted By ushumgal

Does anybody else think that they spent a...

Does anybody else think that they spent a surprisingly small amount of time at the new search area indicated by the analysis of the acoustic recordings? And, if I am interpreting the data correctly...

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