Delta Assault
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I think that's just the Loch Ness monster.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended in the Southern Indian Ocean
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Freaky Fred
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looks legit
Slayer-33
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Kinda looks like a blue whale
Just saying...
That thing is gigantic
On average they are 30m (100 foot) long and weigh about 170 tonnes (380,000 pounds)
Ninja Scooter
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Looks like the modern version of that pixel shop guy.
Replace his face with Courtney Love.
MMBosstones86
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Is it even possible for the plane to fall out of the sky...and still be in mostly one piece?
depends on the height of the fall
As well as angle of impact, speed, and sea/swell. The height matters less so since terminal velocity would be reached soon, but obviously if it fell from a height it might be in an uncontrolled spin, increasing the breakup.
I think the water on that area is too deep, the plane couldn't be that visible from the surface
The fact that the guy uses a Pilot ball pen to point stuff on the screen and the way he holds the pen, parallel to the screen, instead of crudely pointing directly toward it, strongly indicate that he must be legit.
It's CNN I'm buying it
weremichael
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Only would be true if he was sporting a Frixion pen.
andthebeatgoeson
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In this story, I would be surprised if something random like this doesn't find the plane. In a couple of months, some couple will find wreckage at a remote beach that leads to the discovery.
TOP SHOTTA
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I feel like something is actually happening. CNN has a breaking story right now about how an Australian firm found wreckage. Not debris. Wreckage. But in typical WTFCNN fashion, that statement is tucked at the end of a story that has been up since early this morning.
is anyone else seeing this and what are you thinking about it?
Edit: ^yeah, that one^
is anyone else seeing this and what are you thinking about it?
Edit: ^yeah, that one^
RoninChaos
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So reading all this made me think of the crash in the Hudson. Obviously a river is different than the ocean but how was that flight able to stay afloat for so long?
TOP SHOTTA
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That plane the one that landed in the Hudson - Airbus A320 - can close any external port. which lets it more or less float indefinitely unless it gets cracked.
Betta Lines
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I bet the plaaaaane's down in Aaaaaafricaaaaaaaaaaaaa
onken
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I hate to be simplistic here but surely it crashed into the ocean somewhere and sank into a crevice? I don't really get the big mystery..
Aw, come on man. That was funny but I feel terrible for laughing at anything in this thread.
TOP SHOTTA
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...well then I guess it just doesn't tickle your fancy mystery-wise. The rest of the world and disagrees with you though. Frankly I don't find how anyone who spends any amount of time in airplanes isn't really interested in what's happened here. You need to understand that planes are insanely safe - they typically just don't crash. The mystery is that it went off its planned path, stopped communicating, flew high then low, and then disappeared. The mystery is... jesus. Whatever. I work with a few people like you and I walk away from them. It sounds so ignorant to just be like "It crashed. What's the mystery?" Ughhhhhhhh.
I found myself devolving into this guy below as I was responding. Realizing that kind of sentiment drives me fucking crazy. "don't get the mystery."
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Again everything seems to point to the plane having crashed elsewhere. I think this case will demonstrate that we are flooded with so much data that we can't even interpret it correctly.
GeoResonance looks like a company founded on nonsense technology. They claimed to have found some ship in the Black Sea back in 2005 that was never actually found. They detect elements using satellite images. Somehow.
Betta Lines
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On second thoughts you're quite right. I guess I was prompted by the hope that it has landed somewhere, rather than making light of the situation.
Except for the data pointing to the plane having crashed in the search area.
TOP SHOTTA
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Right... except for ALL of the data pointing to that area. These people are not morons, you guys. They have access to information that has not seen the light of day. How some people assuming they just wasting time out there.
You sure they didn't change their name to Immersat?
Yes. It's Inmarsat, by the way, and nothing that company did was magical.
What's wrong with their analysis?
Pretty sure Inmarstat's data has proven highly questionable. They should release their methodologies.
Highly questionable according to who? Did they not locate the FDR pings based in their data?
Z_Y
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Holy hell...that was spectacular.Thank you. lol
MisterFalcon
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The angle of the wing in that picture that is supposed to be the plane is completely wrong. It's got a more then 45 degree swept wing, the kind of angle you only see on fighter planes like the F14 with variable geometry wings. It's also very unlikely the wings would bend on impact and not just break off.
That says they haven't seen the data so they can't reproduce the findings. It's inmarsat's proprietary data.
Did their analysis get them to the spot in the ocean where they found the FDR pings or not?
That was what I got from the article too, a whole lot of unscientific bullshit. The article I read also listed one of their instruments as "a nuclear reactor"
I don't think he was referring to that. He was responding to me, and I was talking about the black box pings.
Of course since he can't read my mind, maybe he was talking about Inmarstat after all. :lol
Arkos
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RoninChaos
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I read online that the ports weren't closed when it crashed, and the fusalage had been ripped open anyway. Is it also just the design of the plane? I mean, they had the side doors open and everything. It was taking on water and the thing did sink, I was just curious about how it all works. I'd expect a plane to sink like a rock, not float for a few minutes with people on the wings.
Yeah, it's pretty suspect.
What data are we trusting has produced zero results?
BladeoftheImmortal
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I'll be that guy, but someone please explain this joke.
teruterubozu
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The song "Africa" by Toto.
Someone earlier said "I've been saying for weeks the plane is in Africa".
The line you quoted is from an 80's song by Toto (I saw the rain down in in Africa).
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