Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people goes missing

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-where-the-investigation-stands-now/

 

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Australia says possible objects in Indian Ocean

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/19/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

They are looking in an area about 2500 kilometers from Perth on that southern line of position identified a couple days ago. The only land close is St Paul Island about 540 knots to the west.

The interesting thing is, Beijing is around 4300 Km from KL where the plane took off and this search sight is about 4300 KM from KL also so if it only had fuel for Beijing then this sure could be about right for how far it could get.

The sea in this area is about 3600 meter deep and far enough North that it won't be too ruff
only about 20 foot seas. Not quite down to the Roaring 40s.


But?? WTF do you fly 240 people 7 hours due south into oblivion in the southern ocean?
I guess he did take out a load of Infidels, most of the Chinese would qualify.

 

Someone out there knows the truth.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/australia-che...QDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDcG1oBHRlc3QDU1NMX09u;_ylv=3

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to try to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean were part of a possible debris field of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

Related Stories

Australian PM says satellite finds objects possibly from missing Malaysian jet Reuters
Australia reports possible debris from Malaysian plane in Indian Ocean Reuters
Australia says objects 'possibly' related to MH370 spotted AFP
Malaysia Airlines says plane missing Associated Press
Australia narrows search area in southern Indian Ocean for missing jet Reuters
One of the objects spotted by satellite imagery had a dimension of 25 meters (82 feet) and the other one was smaller. There could be other objects in waters nearby in the area that's a four-hour flight from Australia's southwestern coast, said John Young, manager of Australian Maritime Safety Authority's emergency response division.

"This is a lead, it's probably the best lead we have right now," said Young, while cautioning that the objects could also be seaborne debris along a key shipping route where containers periodically fall off cargo vessels.

Young told a news conference in Canberra, Australia's capital, that planes had been sent to the area about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth to check on the objects. He said that satellite images "do not always turn out to be related to the search even if they look good, so we will hold our views on that until they are sighted close-up."

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had earlier told Parliament about the debris, and said Orion search aircraft were expected to arrive in the area Thursday afternoon.

Young said visibility was poor and may hamper efforts to find the objects. He said they "are relatively indistinct on the imagery ... but those who are experts indicate they are credible sightings. The indication to me is of objects that are a reasonable size and probably awash with water, moving up and down over the surface."

View galleryA Chinese relative of a passenger aboard a missing …
A Chinese relative of a passenger aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is carried out by securit …
Military planes from Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand have been covering a search region over the southern Indian Ocean that was narrowed down from 600,000 square kilometers (232,000 square miles) to 305,000 square kilometers (117,000 square miles).

The hunt for the Boeing 777 has been punctuated by several false leads since it disappeared March 8 above the Gulf of Thailand.

Oil slicks that were spotted did not contain jet fuel. A yellow object thought to be from the plane turned out to be a piece of sea trash. Chinese satellite images showed possible plane debris, but nothing was found.

But this is the first time that possible objects have been spotted since the search area was massively expanded into two corridors, one stretching from northern Thailand into Central Asia and the other from the Strait of Malacca down to southern reaches of the Indian Ocean.

Abbott said he spoke to the prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, about the latest developments. Australia's envoy to Malaysia, Rod Smith, joined a meeting of senior Malaysia search officials at a Kuala Lumpur hotel after Abbott's announcement. Smith did not respond to reporters' questions.

View galleryA Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia …
A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane cries as she holds a banne …
"As I've been doing from day one, I've followed every single lead. And this time, I hope it is a positive development," Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters.

The FBI has also joined forces with Malaysian authorities in analyzing deleted data on a flight simulator belonging to the pilot of the missing jet.

Files containing records of flight simulations were deleted Feb. 3 from the device found in the home of the pilot, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu said.

It was not clear whether investigators thought that deleting the files was unusual. They might hold hints of unusual flight paths that could help explain where the missing plane went, or the files could have been deleted simply to clear memory for other material.

Hishammuddin told a news conference Wednesday that Zaharie is considered innocent until proven guilty. He said members of the pilot's family are cooperating in the investigation.

View galleryAn elderly woman, one of the relatives of Chinese passengers …
An elderly woman, one of the relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight …
Zaharie was known to some within the online world of flight simulation enthusiasts.

A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation by name, said the FBI has been asked to analyze the deleted simulator files.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in Washington that the FBI was working with Malaysian authorities. "At this point, I don't think we have any theories," he said.

Flight 370 disappeared March 8 on a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian authorities have not ruled out any possible explanation, but have said the evidence so far suggests the flight was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca, with its communications systems disabled. They are unsure what happened next.

Investigators have identified two giant arcs of territory spanning the possible positions of the plane about 7½ hours after takeoff, based on its last faint signal to a satellite — an hourly "handshake" signal that continues even when communications are switched off. The arcs stretch up as far as Kazakhstan in central Asia and down deep into the southern Indian Ocean.

Police are considering the possibility of hijacking, sabotage, terrorism or issues related to the mental health of the pilots or anyone else on board, and have asked for background checks from abroad on all foreign passengers.

 

If this debris is indeed the missing aircraft, I am afraid I owe Sly 10 bucks.
The plane must have flown down there on autopilot, it's almost impossible to believe
a man did intentionally.

The debris distance from origin is almost the same as destination, equals out of fuel.

 

Floating objects were checked a week ago, much closer to Malaysia. They turned out to be unrelated. This new stuff is a glimmer of light picked up from 22,000 miles high. They send a P-3 on a 10-hour flight to check. The media gets its daily headline from this, and this thread goes nuts.

Both kinds of transmitters have a short range. You act as if searchers a thousand miles away can receive their signals.

 

For 10 bucks, I can come up with theories to help you win your 10 bucks. For example, even if the plane is found in the water,

1. Check whether it's a plastic facsimile made in China. Kids nowadays.
2. They might have flown it to Uzbekistan to kidnap the 20 computer experts on board and the tungsten cargo, then flown it to the ocean and ditched the evidence.

 

Life raft found!
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-c...ont-fishermen-find-life-raft-near-pd-1.509222

Struggle in the cockpit!
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/evi...irlines-flight-370-22920757?cid=news_outbrain

The diabolical plot has been spotted, making a break for it!
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-c...d-plot-spotted-200km-north-of-penang-1.509526

Loud noise heard on the beach!
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-c...ted-believed-linked-to-missing-plane-1.507926

Man saw it come down!
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/man-claims-he-saw-plane-descending-1.506573

The last voice contact wasn’t the last one!
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/genera...lot-i-established-contact-with-plane-1.503464

They found it 12 days ago!
http://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-1485855?source=outbrain

Poster saves thread 6 posts!
http://sportstwo.com/threads/258331...goes-missing?p=3288740&viewfull=1#post3288740

 

Both the P-3 and the P-8 returned. Nothing to see here. Move along.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...ve-found-objects-linked-to-missing-plane.html

 

Here's a colorful map to get stoned staring at, plus, bonus, an article describing some wilder theories.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-19/maldives-and-afghanistan-theories-blossom-for-airliner.html

 

World wide is correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_radiobeacon

 

I have read for years that the black box signal range is way under a hundred miles. They find it with a grid search. And that's when it's on the water surface. If it's 15,000 feet down like the location they're now checking off Australia, a receiver has to be closer.

 

I'll be darned, an empty patch. Well I guess the thinkers use the logic I gave you above to calculate the search area that seems to be empty.
But it was good logic except no 406 mhz beacons were deployed. Now I hope the hell they find the plane before it really raises hell.

 

I read this morning that the black box range is 1 mile for 1 month. Since the spot 1500 miles from Australia is 13,000-20,000 feet deep, even dragging a receiver at the end of a 2-3 mile cable would have trouble finding it. Half of the month is gone.

 

Good thing there was a well trained pilot at the helm to land it safely...