So WTH really happened to this Malaysian aircraft??

[Broad Street]

How do pieces of metal that big and heavy float for that long?

[arch stanton]

Is it all metal? If it is it's probably honeycombed and has insulation attached plus the shape might keep it from sinking and maybe some undercurrents to keep it up.

[Blarg]

Bimal Sharma, a merchant navy captain whose sister Chandrika was on the plane, told the BBC he had experienced "hope and then despair and then hope and then despair".

 

"The area where Australia is looking - I was a captain at sea - I have been through that area several times. This area has got a concentration of garbage - plastics and wood."

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26659951

[Lhalo]

"The area where Australia is looking - I was a captain at sea - I have been through that area several times. This area has got a concentration of garbage - plastics and wood."

 

There's a place like that north of Hawaii. Lots of garbage from Asia. The Japanese tsunami also threw tons of debris throughout the Pacific.

[gotbeer]

Remember that the Chinese satellite also found huge debris.  So until there is absolute confirmation, it might as well be Amelia's plane.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Malaysia feels like the USA and Australia are hiding information. Suck it, Malaysia.

[mp170.6]

Does anybody think the debris found by Australia is too large to be from MH370...i.e. too large to have survived impact with the ocean?

[Sully151]

How do pieces of metal that big and heavy float for that long?

Ask a battleship.

[QuinlansMinion]

This whole thing has inspired me to go looking for the underwater UFO in GTA

[Vegas Halo Fan]

We have been looking in the wrong place. Apparently it was farther off course than we thought.

 

 

This is a bad fake even by supermarket tabloid standards. The plane in the illustration has four engines and obviously isn't a 777. They could have at least spent $20 or so and gotten a proper model.

Edited March 20, 2014 by Vegas Halo Fan

[IEAngelsfan]

We have been looking in the wrong place. Apparently it was father off course than we thought.

 

 

This is a bad fake even by supermarket tabloid standards. The plane in the illustration has four engines and obviously isn't a 777. They could have at least spent $20 or so and gotten a proper model.

You have to take into consideration the typical IQ of the reader of this rag.  They wouldn't know the difference between a 777 and a biplane.  

Edited March 20, 2014 by IEAngelfan

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Probably a model some guy in the office had on his desk.

[gotbeer]

I just realized the most plausable explanation for the planes disappearance.  

 

It will be confirmed, when Oz shows up at Summer Fanfest in his new plane.

 

[mp170.6]

You have to take into consideration the typical IQ of the reader of this rag.  They wouldn't know the difference between a 777 and a biplane bowl of chicken noodle soup.  

 

Fixed.

[QuinlansMinion]

This is the biggest story in America.  Yet none of you have been talking about it lately. Shame on you.

[Stradling]

Congratulations on being a better American.

[mancini79]

This is the biggest story in America.  Yet none of you have been talking about it lately. Shame on you.

 

It's an 11 page thread and have been talking about it for weeks. What earth-shattering evidence has come out in the past 2 days. Better yet, has there been ANY new evidence the last 2 days??

 

Every time I switch to CNN, I see the exact same diagram of the plane's trajectory and same grainy image of a white blob floating in the ocean....which also hasn't been found.

[Blarg]

This is the biggest story in America.  Yet none of you have been talking about it lately. Shame on you.

 

This is a story from Malaysia and doesn't even involve the US except as a part of a search and not rescue mission. We are only there at the behest of the Chinese and Malaysian government to assist. It is not an American story.

[QuinlansMinion]

This is a story from Malaysia and doesn't even involve the US except as a part of a search and not rescue mission. We are only there at the behest of the Chinese and Malaysian government to assist. It is not an American story.

But its on CNN all day.

[gotbeer]

It's an 11 page thread and have been talking about it for weeks. What earth-shattering evidence has come out in the past 2 days. Better yet, has there been ANY new evidence the last 2 days??

 

Every time I switch to CNN, I see the exact same diagram of the plane's trajectory and same grainy image of a white blob floating in the ocean....which also hasn't been found.

 

2 days.  More like what earth shattering evidence has come out in the past 2 weeks?  Really the only thing of interest is that the engines do some kind of generic ping.  But even that is a guess.

 

Right now, I think my guess of this happening is the most probable atm.

 

[2002_halos_II]

Crashed in the Indian Ocean?

[NJHalo]

Shot down by the Chinese

[gotbeer]

the latest from CNN.

 

Source: Flight 370's altitude dropped after sharp turn

 

Movies tell the truth, and what I get from Air Force One, is that you need to be at 12k feet to jump out with a parachute.  

[arch stanton]

I can understand descending to 12,000 after a rapid decompression. I can't understand making the 90 degree turn before the descent. I may have to do some more experiments today.

[arch stanton]

So according to the article linked by gotbeer they turned 90 degrees then descended to 12k. Assuming cruising speed and any load less thsn 3 G's it takes at least 20 seconds to complete that turn. No way you waste that time after rapid decompression. Seems more logical that the altitude loss is a result of the energy bleed off resulting from a tight turn. At cruising levels the engines don't have a lot more to give to sustain that altitude.

I guess my take is that they may have had mechanical problems but not one that resulted in rapid decompression. The hard left turn was intentional but not due to aircraft failure.