Yeah the average airliner gets struck by lightning several times a year as I recall. Oftentimes, those inside don't even notice it, although I'm sure there are videos taken by planespotters showing it happening.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended in the Southern Indian Ocean
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Really off-topic butwhy does the Malaysian flag have the same red stripes as the American flag?
The person who designed Malaysia's flag says it has nothing to do with the American flag.
GungHo
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They have 14 stripes. We have 13. Malaysia is a federation of 13 states, and they add a stripe for the federal government. The star is also 14-pointed, for the same reason.
And, the flag is designed after the flag of the East India Company (as was our own).
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I caught a little bit of this on the news last night and the reporter stated that the plane's black box has approximately two weeks' worth of battery power left.
Would it be impossible for them to determine what happened after that?
Would it be impossible for them to determine what happened after that?
Well there's a chance the black box was damaged in the crash.
No. That's just the battery for the radio beacon in the "black box." Once that runs out, it becomes significantly harder to find the "black box," but that battery doesn't effect the data on board.
CNN has consulted with experts and ruled out the possibility that the plane disappeared into a black hole.
What I meant is that the transponder and ACARS can be switched off, so what about the black box? Is that something that can be turned off?
Yes
Amakusa
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Hard to tell if it even is a piece of the plane..
If someone does a zoom in, please oh please put Dickbutt as the last image.
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That question always leads to this one which then leads to cans of worms being opened
and people getting arrested
Flying Toaster
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I am really disappointed honestly.
Next on CNN they will run with the theory of Star Gates.
I'm surprised that they haven't mentioned a Back to the Future like scenario but with a plane. CNN has been covering this like professionals but they're slipping imo for not bringing up the Back to the Future theory.
speculawyer
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I am too but we really shouldn't be.
With our global village world where everything is a mouse-click away we forget how much empty space there is out there. Once out get out cell coverage range and especially out over the ocean . . . there is a whole lot of nothing.
That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. What situation would require the flight data recorder to be turned off?
It catch on fire?
speculawyer
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Is it possible for the plane to sink and leave no debris on the surface? I wouldn't think so.
At the minimum, I'd think that the pressure would break it up as it sank and bits of floatable debris would float back up to the surface. But perhaps such debris would be minimal and something that you can't see from a satellite.
At the minimum, I'd think that the pressure would break it up as it sank and bits of floatable debris would float back up to the surface. But perhaps such debris would be minimal and something that you can't see from a satellite.
From what I've read in this thread, after a plane lands they usually turn it off or put it in stand-by mode. There may be rare cases where the device malfunctions and needs to be turned off for troubleshooting.
Ah, makes sense now. So if the plane crashed it could very well be that the cause will never be known.
Ollie Pooch
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Isn't the recorder in the tail? How can it be turned off? (serious question, not disputing it)
CurlySaysX
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So there should be daylight in Australia at the moment, so when can we expect news from that merchant ship or spy planes?
you are right. It's impossible. But you are also right that the debris could be small and scattered enough to be undetectable.
I was thinking of the transponders. There's no actual switch to turn off the flight data recorder.
on SilkAir flight 185, the pilot allegedly disabled both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder
I think they would have to destroy the circuit or pull a breaker, no? I'm not too familiar with the innards of a cockpit.
-- In a crash it would certainly leave debris. But would it be recognizable as pieces of an aircraft, or be distinguishable from all the other trash floating in the ocean? Perhaps not.
-- Satellite imagery with the best repeat time has a spatial resolution (ground area per pixel) of about 30 meters (900 square meters per pixel). Any debris would have to be VERY large to be distinguishable from background clutter even on the open ocean. The imagery from DigitalGlobe and other vendors is usually, at best, 1 meter resolution color (half meter panchromatic) -- but that's at the expense of scene size, which is about 15 km wide (and there's a substantial cost with regards to bandwidth and wear).
It would be a breaker to turn it off, yup.
They've got the Golden Arches, we've got the Golden Arcs.
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Chezzymann
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Flipped on Fox News, saw "PILOTS SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSES INTEREST IN ATHEISM", flipped off Fox News.
WonkyPanda
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ATHEISM?!? HE KILLED THEM ALL!
It's unlikely something like this was used, but even if it was it wouldn't be able to do things like turn off various systems or really anything that wouldn't be apparent to the crew and dealt with.
those godless people crashing planes every time
creationtheory
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At least it also says they were interested in democracy.
That isn't the Fox way. They are interested the Republicans, anyone else can bugger off.
Aesius
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He was obviously conflicted between the choice of communist, satanic atheism and Jesus-loving American democracy.
I was reading a news article about a family who beat the shit out of some family friend and left him for dead in the frozen forest for wolves, because he had hit their kid on the ass or something. And they pointed out that the family were proud Christians, involved in their community. It was an interesting change.
Thequietone
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OMG, first they reveal he had an interest in democracy and now atheism! Does his evil know no end?
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RoadHazard
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Atheism AND democracy? Clearly a terrorist.
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