MMBosstones86
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Are you talking about dash cams? Because that is not exactly the same thing as a camera in the cockpit pointing at the pilots.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended in the Southern Indian Ocean
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Are you talking about dash cams? Because that is not exactly the same thing as a camera in the cockpit pointing at the pilots.
you're right, but talk about suicide as a cause usually doesn't involve "him" just sitting there, not worrying about the 237 people on the other side of that door, because it's been covered before that the cabin crew can gain access to the cockpit.
I find it hard to believe it was suicide. Maybe murder suicide, willingly knowing all passengers would be killed but from my little life experience with suicide, most people take their lives when they are so down, distraught and alone that they feel they have no way out. If it was a "suicide" by the pilot, I think it needs to be called a premeditated murder suicide. Whoever did this was in the right state of mind to knowingly get on the plane and go through all the necessary motions etc to carry this out.
I have no idea what happened on the flight but I am hoping it was just a catastrophic mechanical event and not murder.
I have no idea what happened on the flight but I am hoping it was just a catastrophic mechanical event and not murder.
Escape Goat
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CNN has been covering this literally all day. Its embarrassing.
Tankers aren't only used for fighter jets.
Wow, that really is appalling. Shame on CNN indeed.
THE:MILKMAN
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China found debris? Hope so.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26697048
Edit: But that is the "wrong" ocean isn't it? Confused....
Edit 2: BBC have now changed it to debris "images" and Southern Indian Ocean! Even the BBC are jumping the gun.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26697048
Edit: But that is the "wrong" ocean isn't it? Confused....
Edit 2: BBC have now changed it to debris "images" and Southern Indian Ocean! Even the BBC are jumping the gun.
Kenshin001
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Why wouldn't they just share that data with everyone? If the debris' location is known they should just give that location and anyone nearby could check.
I assume if its anything it will float away before they get there.
Kenshin001
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Good. Seems it might be in the same vicinity as the object detected by Australia.
Australia 45:58 90:57
China 44:57 90:13
If planes are in that area they could take a look.
genius, mock your sister for me
I imagine building a dam for this purpose if we were to entertain the idea would be highly costly, and environmentally dangerous.
Gozer the Gozerian
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Nah it seems pretty reasonable to me
Kenshin001
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Seems the Chinese image was taken two days after the Australian image. It's either the same debris that has drifted or could possibly be another piece of debris from the same source object. Hope they find it even if it turns out to be something else.
Slayer-33
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Damn with such huge distances from drifting one has to wonder if this plane will ever be found if it did indeed crash
I think some cargo is loaded in palettes to cargo bay
120 km, in 2 days - is that possible?
it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current
ships use them all the time to increase speed of the boats
I want to say the amount of water displacemcent required would put most of the rest of the world underwater.
It's like 7km deep there hahahaha... One hell of a dam!
thank you very much, I was aware that the oceans do not stand still. my question is whether or not these currents are strong enough move debris over a distance of 120 km in two days.
they are
I saw a video once showing how a duck doesn't move because of waves. He just sort of floats on top of them, unmoving. But I don't think that is related to currents. Maybe he and others think something floating on top of the water isn't as affected by currents as something deeper down in the water.What would slow it down (induce drag)? The ocean?
Our company air freights roughly 5 pallets a week.
Who's talking about slowing it down?What would slow it down (induce drag)? The ocean?
I simply asked whether or not the current down there is strong enough in the first place. Am I writing in latin?
As soon as they changed their mind about when the last communication was sent, I stopped caring about updates. Unless they find the plane and/or wreckage, nothing is true and everything is possible as far as I'm concerned.
this is my colleague/friends boyfriend (australian RAF pilot)...its insane to see haha.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...a-airlines-mh370/story-fn907478-1226862359007
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...a-airlines-mh370/story-fn907478-1226862359007
Wolfe
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The dude answered you and then you came back with what comes off as an attitude to clarify your question (which he then answered again).
Would you prefer if you were writing in latin?
toxicgonzo
Taxes?! Isn't this the line for Metallica?
Squirrel Killer
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I certainly wouldn't bite on a black dot picked up by satellite in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.
PotatoeMasher
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Sourced to The Daily Mail, which is probably still a banned site since it tends to be a fountain of lies.
sonikokaruto
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Is there like a trimmed down version of everything up to this moment?
I am still on the Putin blasting it down with the intercontinental missile
I am still on the Putin blasting it down with the intercontinental missile
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Seems like we can expect the first debris to be picked up within a day or two. They are zooming in on them. Whether those debris are related to the airplane or not is up in the air.
They mentioned strapping belts being seen, whatever that means.
They mentioned strapping belts being seen, whatever that means.
CitizenVectron
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I'm pretty sure the satellite resolution cannot even see individual seats, let alone belts. At best you can see car to bus-sized objects floating on the water.
No daily press conference today. French Satellites may have picked something up in terms of potential debris in the southern corridor now.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10717049/Malaysia-Airlines-MH370-live.html
9.40 A statement has just been released detailing the French sightings.
Quote Australia, China and France have now released satellite images that show potential objects, which may be related to MH370, in the vicinity of the southern corridor. All this information has been forwarded to Australia, as the lead country in the area of concern.
09.39 Breaking news:
MALAYSIA TRANSPORT MINISTER SAYS RECIEVED NEW SATELLITE IMAGES FROM FRENCH AUTHORITIES SHOWING POTENTIAL DEBRIS IN SOUTHERN CORRIDOR
09.37 Meanwhile, in Malaysia, a group of cyclists have organised "The Ride of Prayer" - a bike ride for the missing plane. Here some children gather outside the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang.
09.33 So how significant is this sighting of a wooden pallet off the coast of Australia?
When Brazilian searchers in 2009 were looking for debris from Air France Flight 447 after it mysteriously plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, the first thing they found was a wooden pallet. The military first reported that the pallet came from the Air France flight, but then said six hours later that the plane had not been carrying any wooden pallets.
Malaysia Airlines asked The Associated Press to submit questions via email for comment on whether Flight 370 had wooden pallets aboard when it disappeared. There was no immediate response.
09.15
09.05 More details on the difficulty of identifying and then refinding the wooden pallet that was spotted on Saturday. Mike Barton, chief of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's rescue coordination centre, said the plane that spotted the pallet had been unable to take photos of it.
A New Zealand P3 Orion military plane then sent to find it but failed, he said. "So, we've gone back to that area again today to try and re-find it," Mr Barton said. An Australian navy ship was also involved in the search.
07.50 Our correspondent in Kuala Lumpur, Jonathan Pearlman, reports:
Liu Guiqiu, who was seen in a dramatic photograph last week demanding that Malaysian authorities provide more information, has given an interview with Chinese television. Liu, whose son Li Le was aboard the missing flight, said that when her son failed to arrive in Beijing, she was initially told by the airline that the flight had never taken off.
“I really just want my son to come home and to be safe,” she said. “My heart is broken.”
Discussing the scuffle at the press briefing room last week which was shown around the world, she said:
“At that stage, the plane had been missing for 12 days. I can’t understand why there hasn’t been any news. There has been no news about my son, none at all. I’m going to be crazy.”
“I was surrounded by reporters. There was a young policeman whom I initially thought was about to grab me. I said ”What are you doing? Help!” Then they put me aside and there was someone from Malaysia Airlines who can speak Chinese telling me to take it easy and reassuring me that they were trying to protect me.”
“I’m sure they (the Malaysian government) are under a lot of pressure. I understand that they’re busy searching for the plane so that they can’t pay as much as attention to the families.”
07.40 Malaysian authorities are not planning to hold a daily press briefing today, partly because the Formula 1 motor race has forced the media and officials to move out of their base at the airport hotel. The hotel was booked out in a year advance by Formula 1 organisers.
Instead, daily briefings have been moved to the downtown Putra World Trade Centre. A government spokesman said an update will be released today but at this stage a briefing will not be held.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10717049/Malaysia-Airlines-MH370-live.html
9.40 A statement has just been released detailing the French sightings.
Quote Australia, China and France have now released satellite images that show potential objects, which may be related to MH370, in the vicinity of the southern corridor. All this information has been forwarded to Australia, as the lead country in the area of concern.
09.39 Breaking news:
MALAYSIA TRANSPORT MINISTER SAYS RECIEVED NEW SATELLITE IMAGES FROM FRENCH AUTHORITIES SHOWING POTENTIAL DEBRIS IN SOUTHERN CORRIDOR
09.37 Meanwhile, in Malaysia, a group of cyclists have organised "The Ride of Prayer" - a bike ride for the missing plane. Here some children gather outside the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang.
09.33 So how significant is this sighting of a wooden pallet off the coast of Australia?
When Brazilian searchers in 2009 were looking for debris from Air France Flight 447 after it mysteriously plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, the first thing they found was a wooden pallet. The military first reported that the pallet came from the Air France flight, but then said six hours later that the plane had not been carrying any wooden pallets.
Malaysia Airlines asked The Associated Press to submit questions via email for comment on whether Flight 370 had wooden pallets aboard when it disappeared. There was no immediate response.
09.15
09.05 More details on the difficulty of identifying and then refinding the wooden pallet that was spotted on Saturday. Mike Barton, chief of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's rescue coordination centre, said the plane that spotted the pallet had been unable to take photos of it.
A New Zealand P3 Orion military plane then sent to find it but failed, he said. "So, we've gone back to that area again today to try and re-find it," Mr Barton said. An Australian navy ship was also involved in the search.
07.50 Our correspondent in Kuala Lumpur, Jonathan Pearlman, reports:
Liu Guiqiu, who was seen in a dramatic photograph last week demanding that Malaysian authorities provide more information, has given an interview with Chinese television. Liu, whose son Li Le was aboard the missing flight, said that when her son failed to arrive in Beijing, she was initially told by the airline that the flight had never taken off.
“I really just want my son to come home and to be safe,” she said. “My heart is broken.”
Discussing the scuffle at the press briefing room last week which was shown around the world, she said:
“At that stage, the plane had been missing for 12 days. I can’t understand why there hasn’t been any news. There has been no news about my son, none at all. I’m going to be crazy.”
“I was surrounded by reporters. There was a young policeman whom I initially thought was about to grab me. I said ”What are you doing? Help!” Then they put me aside and there was someone from Malaysia Airlines who can speak Chinese telling me to take it easy and reassuring me that they were trying to protect me.”
“I’m sure they (the Malaysian government) are under a lot of pressure. I understand that they’re busy searching for the plane so that they can’t pay as much as attention to the families.”
07.40 Malaysian authorities are not planning to hold a daily press briefing today, partly because the Formula 1 motor race has forced the media and officials to move out of their base at the airport hotel. The hotel was booked out in a year advance by Formula 1 organisers.
Instead, daily briefings have been moved to the downtown Putra World Trade Centre. A government spokesman said an update will be released today but at this stage a briefing will not be held.
There is reason why I haven't updated the OP in a while. The whole thing is a mess and news media constantly messing up their basics doesn't help.
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