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[MIMIC]

huh?

He asked the guy "do you think that this is debris from the plane" or something like that, right after he said that he wants to caution that this might not be debris from the plane.

 

[KHarvey16]

It's hard to imagine 24m worth of material that would float.

 

[Freaky Fred]

huh?

Confusing post is confusing.

reporter really wants them to say it's definitely from the plane.

i think that's what he meant

 

[everyday math]

It's hard to imagine 24m worth of material that would float.

UFO

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

"If anybody is alive."

Would be amazing if they found survivors.

 

[StopMakingSense]

It's hard to imagine 24m worth of material that would float.

Wing depleted of fuel?

 

[KingFire]

Some of these questions are so stupid.

 

[Megasoum]

It's hard to imagine 24m worth of material that would float.

Modern planes like the 777 are made, in parts, of composite material which is honeycombed and full of air so it does float.... Not everything of course but it's expected that large parts of the wings and other control surfaces could float.

 

[KHarvey16]

Wing depleted of fuel?

I dunno. It's still aluminum and likely full of cracks and holes if it's crash debris.

 

[WorldStar]

It's hard to imagine 24m worth of material that would float.

from an article I read earlier today

Planes like the Boeing 777, the type in the Malaysia flight, or the Airbus A330, in the case of the Air France crash, make major use of composite materials, and some of those are in the form of a honeycomb using light materials with air trapped inside. Those parts will float for some time, as the tail of Air France Flight 447 did, and the tail of the American Airlines A300 jet that crashed shortly after takeoff from Kennedy International Airport in November 2001.

source

 

[everyday math]

Is CNN having sound issues?

 

[Linkhero1]

So it's confirmed or are they still investigating what they found?

 

[MThanded]

So this plane possibly hit the water going pretty slow. 24 meter piece floating.

If it is the plane at all.

 

[JMizzlin]

So it's confirmed or are they still investigating what they found?

Still investigating. Just going off satellite images atm.

 

[toxicgonzo]

24m of material = attempt to set the plane down gently?

 

[StopMakingSense]

So it's confirmed or are they still investigating what they found?

The very first plane just got to the search area, it's going to take some time.

 

[Smellycat]

This may take some time.

 

[MIMIC]

Is CNN having sound issues?

I couldn't hear the reporters' questions on CNN. I switched.

 

[mj1108]

So it's confirmed or are they still investigating what they found?

Still investigating, but it's the best lead they have had so far.

 

[crozier]

The CIA needs to rewrite its entire playbook after this incident. This my friends is how you pull off a disinformation campaign (alright, so not intentional here...but I digress).

 

[MThanded]

24meter blob

 

[KHarvey16]

Modern planes like the 777 are made, in parts, of composite material which is honeycombed and full of air so it does float.... Not everything of course but it's expected that large parts of the wings and other control surfaces could float.

The latest 777X has composite wings, but this model doesn't.

from an article I read earlier today



source

The largest piece I can see on the 777 is the cabin floor, and I would be pretty amazed if that was intact after a crash.

 

[Freaky Fred]

did she ask about whales?

 

[Linkhero1]

Still investigating. Just going off satellite images atm.

The very first plane just got to the search area, it's going to take some time.

Thanks.

24m is pretty long. I hope it's confirmed soon.

 

[MIMIC]

Reporter: is this debris unusually large?
Answer: uh....not really? Maybe it is? Etc.

Sounded like a non-answer to me.

 

[Agnostic]

several thousands meters deep...

Jonathan Wald ‏@jonathanwald 6m
The area where possible plane debris has been spotted by satellite is near Diamantina Trench, the deepest trench of the Indian Ocean,

 

[MThanded]

So the biggest thing was 24 meters but there are a bunch of other objects according to what he said.

Lets see.

 

[MIMIC]

Reporter: Was there any indication that the debris had windows or something related to the plane?

Answer: the satellite imagery was too imprecise to tell

 

[KingFire]

It would be much more informative if they postponed this press conference after they confirm that the debris is in fact from the plane.

All we got is that they found a bunch of things, and the biggest is 24m long. That is all.

 

[everyday math]

Jonathan Wald ‏@jonathanwald 6m
The area where possible plane debris has been spotted by satellite is near Diamantina Trench, the deepest trench of the Indian Ocean,

A maximum depth of 7299m.

Damn

 

[Tzeentch]

The CIA needs to rewrite its entire playbook after this incident. This my friends is how you pull off a disinformation campaign (alright, so not intentional here...but I digress).

-- So the plan is that you don't need a plan and you just let the news networks fill in the void with insanity? Yeah, I'm sure the CIA already knew that.

 

[kaiju]

Trying to wrap my head around (if this is the plane) how it's still intact at 24m and bobbing in the water. Would be amazing if any survivors are found!

 

[btrboyev]

It's all up in the air right now, but I have a feeling this is it.


edit-poor choice of wording on my part.

 

[Incognito]

Would there be radar returns for debris?

@WilliamsJon: Crew on @USNavy P-8 spotter tell @WrightUps "significant radar returns" coming from site where possible #MH370 objects spotted.

 

[MThanded]

7000meter deep...

Would there be radar returns for debris?

A big chunk of metal will show up on radar.

 

[Slayer-33]

A maximum depth of 7299m.

Damn

Welp

 

[rodvik]

Any info on the location? The search area on CNN seems almost southern Indian Ocean, which is kind of crazy.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

Trying to wrap my head around (if this is the plane) how it's still intact at 24m and bobbing in the water. Would be amazing if any survivors are found!

Would be great, but I'd imagine it'd be pretty freezing down that far south.

 

[Sean*O]

So they searched this area based on US dept of transport analysing signals from what may have been the plane? I'm wondering what took so long to get this data out or to follow up on it?

 

[Slime]

Jonathan Wald ‏@jonathanwald 6m
The area where possible plane debris has been spotted by satellite is near Diamantina Trench, the deepest trench of the Indian Ocean,

First Sunda, now Diamantina. Charles Widmore's at it again.

 

[toxicgonzo]

Would there be radar returns for debris?

Holy crap. The P-8A is so awesome!

How can an airplane probe so deep into the water is beyond me

 

[KHarvey16]

Would there be radar returns for debris?

I think the aircraft they're using have special equipment to find objects in the water. Stuff developed for hunting submarines and ships I guess.

 

[Beautifully Shaped Monsters]

Jon Williams ‏@WilliamsJon 7m
Crew on @USNavy P-8 spotter tell @WrightUps "significant radar returns" coming from site where possible #MH370 objects spotted.

 

[MThanded]

I really want to know what went wrong here.

 

[Game-Biz]

A maximum depth of 7299m.

Damn

Paging James Cameron...

 

[KingFire]

The location is just crazy.
I feel like even if debris was found, we will never know why the plane crashed.

 

[rodvik]

I cannot think of an explanation that would give that location. Weird.

 

[Megasoum]

Would there be radar returns for debris?

Those planes were designed to be able to detect (via radar) a Soviet periscope from a couple of thousands feets in the air so yeah getting a return on a 24m wide piece won't be a problem.

 

[Lamel]

IF this is it, and IF the black box is intact but has sunk to the bottom of the ocean, that's gonna be one hell of a mission to retrieve it.

 

[KHarvey16]

I think a crash in the southern Indian ocean points more toward accident than deliberate takeover, but whichever it is it'll be one hell of a story since nothing is really straight forward in either scenario.