Don't you think a flash memory would be destroyed if the black box is destroyed?
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended in the Southern Indian Ocean
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Don't you think a flash memory would be destroyed if the black box is destroyed?
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Slayer-33
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Something was mentioned about the search area being dramatically reduced.
I believe they said they got the general location from the NTSB.
The Amsa general manager, John Young, revealed in a video update that the search area had been significantly refined from the area searched on previous days using better, more
detailed analysis from the US National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB).
ETA: General location...and confirmation.
Not necessarily. You would certainly recover the recorder and assume it could be usable, even if the chances are low.
That El Salvadorian dude who was adrift for 13 months survived in part by drinking Turtle's blood, or so he claims.
http://time.com/3977/castaway-fisherman-survives-13-months-at-sea-on-turtle-blood-and-fish/
ChainedMaster
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This story wasn't really confirmed, was it?
*hungry*
I'm not sure. I edited my post to mention that was his claim.
Slayer-33
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freefornow
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I reckon that water too cold for Turtles. It really is a long way south
Hmm, sounds like they're playing their cards close to their chest, for now.
toxicgonzo
Taxes?! Isn't this the line for Metallica?
As in, they know the true coverage of Australian radar
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/777family/pf/pf_rc_singapore.page?
Couldn't this plane have flown a lot farther than we think?
Couldn't this plane have flown a lot farther than we think?
no.
they know how much fuel was on board. they will have modelling on speed, wind, fuel flow etc. they'll get a decent approximation of range from that.
which they may have well run in a sim to see whats what.
toxicgonzo
Taxes?! Isn't this the line for Metallica?
I think the assumption is that the plane was loaded for the fuel necessary to get to China + reserves. Loading the plane up with way more fuel than necessary would be a red flag to fuel team / co-pilot.
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I still like the scenario that the pilot came up with where he thinks the guy made a deliberate turn for the largest airport in the area, explains the acars etc turning off would happen due to pilots pulling breakers due to electrical fire and they were eventually overcome by smoke.
edit: I don't 'like' the scenario but it sounds like best explanation thus far.
ostrichKing
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Still doesn't explain how they ended up where they seem to have ended up...
CrazedProfessional
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I cant exactly picture an accident flying so far off unless we are counting a fatal human error as an accident. Flying blind maybe?
ChainedMaster
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Honestly still think it's pilot suicide, even if it's the plane. It just makes the most sense, even though it doesn't make much sense for him to fly for hours just to crash the plane. If the reports are true that the autopilot was changed before the last sign-off with the pilots, it has to be a suicide or some intention of hijacking.
Even a simple compass would tell them they were headed South?
Could be. Maybe he wanted to go as far as possible so nobody would ever find the plane? I can't find a good reason to do that though. Hell, I can't find any good reason to commit suicide by crashing a plane full of innocent people instead of hanging yourself in your bedroom.
CrazedProfessional
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Both pilots die, passengers fight back hijacking, passenger with no knowledge of flying drives plane for hours in attempt to survive? 
in which case they'd have put it down at Kota Bahru, which they just flew over before turning left. its near 2000m, in an absolute emergency, that would be enough.
or the Penang or Phuket, or Langkawi.
the track i've seen is turning at waypoints. this has to be deliberate. not something you'd do in a fire. which is GTFO of the air ASAP. not tour malaysia, thailand and indonesia.
Slayer-33
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Both pilots die, passengers fight back hijacking, passenger with no knowledge of flying drives plane for hours in attempt to survive?
CrazedProfessional
Current and former 777 pilots have commented that the checklist for smoke or fire in the cabin has one pilot flying the plane and communicating with the ground or nearby aircraft and the other pilot trying to fix the problem. Apparently pulling breakers is a ways down the checklist and wouldn't likely include the transponders in any case. There is also a specific warning for landing gear bay over temp, so the idea a fire could smolder unnoticed 40 minutes into the flight seems unlikely. The pilots also have full face mask oxygen so it would take quite a bit for them to be incapacitated.
AusRoachman
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Looks like they "might" have found the plane not too far from perth (where i live)
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/possible-wreckage-spotted-in-search-for-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-raaf-plane-on-its-way-to-identify-objects/story-e6frg12c-1226859723416
Oops old news
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/possible-wreckage-spotted-in-search-for-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-raaf-plane-on-its-way-to-identify-objects/story-e6frg12c-1226859723416
Oops old news
Aesius
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Both pilots die, passengers fight back hijacking, passenger with no knowledge of flying drives plane for hours in attempt to survive?
That's a scary thought.
I like this theory.Both pilots die, passengers fight back hijacking, passenger with no knowledge of flying drives plane for hours in attempt to survive?
if they can do that by accident i'd be amazed. they are turning at designated waypoints. a non-pilot would be all over the sky.
Catchpenny
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If that's the plane, it's amazing that it ended up 3000 miles south of its last known position. What a fucking horror show if passengers were conscious the entire time, regardless of the circumstances.
I don't believe in a god but I understand why people do. You want to believe people could know peace after going through something like this. I hope they found some comfort within and with each other during their last moments, and that the families can have some kind of closure, awful as the finality of it must be, if this is the crash site.
I don't believe in a god but I understand why people do. You want to believe people could know peace after going through something like this. I hope they found some comfort within and with each other during their last moments, and that the families can have some kind of closure, awful as the finality of it must be, if this is the crash site.
I don't think I'll be able to stomach the smug racism if we're the ones to find the damn thing
The deepest place on Earth is about as far away though.
Still think whatever precipitated the whole thing was no accident. As for the inexplicable final location, maybe the pax eventually breached the cockpit, but there was nothing to be done at that point, with no way of contacting ATC, other than fly around aimlessly until out of fuel.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Wouldn't there be anyone who could contact air traffic control or whatever? Anyone using any type of phone?
where are their O2 tanks located? remember that australian 747 that "almost crashed" a couple of years ago, after (one of) the main O2 tanks malfunctioned and exploded, tearing a hole in the plane?
CrazedProfessional
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if they can do that by accident i'd be amazed. they are turning at designated waypoints. a non-pilot would be all over the sky.
Either that or pilot suicide, not much else explains the bizarre randomness of its current presumed location.
Bam Bam Baklava
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If they weren't good enough to confirm anything to the experts looking at them what good would they be to us?
It'll just create more conspiracy theories.
They said during the press conference they would be sharing the images with the media at some point.
Goodacre0081
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any way to tomnod this area?
At this point, the likelihood of survivors is as likely as the plane being taken by a UFO.
Boom Boom Pow
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what if this is indeed an airplane, but not the Malaysian air airplane....
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Bam Bam Baklava
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As long as something gets solved today.
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