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MH370 Discussion and Speculation Thread
Jul 30, 2015, 4:50 pm
#1846
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I suspect that very little debris will ever be found washed up anywhere, so the location of this piece really doesn't narrow down the crash site much.
The fact that nothing was found in south Australia or Tasmania really means nothing. The lack of evidence is not evidence.
The fact that nothing was found in south Australia or Tasmania really means nothing. The lack of evidence is not evidence.
I wonder if anything was found on shorelines from the French Airbus that crashed in the Atlantic. If debris reached shore somewhere it would give a hint as to how much flotsam leaves an aircraft that is presumably intact until sea level.
Jul 30, 2015, 5:42 pm
#1847
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In that case the debris was retrieved at sea in the days after the crash. Small items may have been overlooked, but they they would also have been hard to identify months later as have come from AF 447.
Jul 31, 2015, 10:01 am
#1848
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"Members of the same clean-up association found a piece of torn luggage on Thursday, and on Friday discovered a detergent bottle with Indonesian markings and a bottle of Chinese-branded mineral water"
http://news.yahoo.com/australia-incr...031717894.html
http://news.yahoo.com/australia-incr...031717894.html
Jul 31, 2015, 11:41 am
#1849
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Agreed it does that...but honestly besides the 5% of people who've believed that all along...it doesn't do much. It will bring some, albeit tragic, closure to the families, but there's still a lot to be had until they find the entire plane/cause itself.
And, while satellite data did suggest the Indian Ocean now everybody is going to question just how accurate it was on where it went down...
And, while satellite data did suggest the Indian Ocean now everybody is going to question just how accurate it was on where it went down...
(Of course one would then need to find a replacement flaperon, but seeing how all kinds of illegal objects can be obtained a flaperon should no make a huge obstacle)
Jul 31, 2015, 12:05 pm
#1850
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Jul 31, 2015, 5:14 pm
#1851
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Methinks you've been watching waaaay too much TV.
Aug 2, 2015, 5:44 am
#1853
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My WSJ news feed just popped up saying they also found an airplane door but I couldn't find an article/info anywhere. Anybody see that?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/airplane...and-1438507358
Aug 2, 2015, 6:41 am
#1854
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Last edited by david55; Aug 2, 2015 at 8:07 am
Aug 2, 2015, 7:25 am
#1855
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The newly f
und object said to possibly be from a door can be seen here:
The picture was found on this page: https://twitter.com/a_forestier/stat...575168/photo/1
und object said to possibly be from a door can be seen here:The picture was found on this page: https://twitter.com/a_forestier/stat...575168/photo/1
Aug 2, 2015, 7:59 am
#1856
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The picture was found on this page: https://twitter.com/a_forestier/stat...575168/photo/1
https://twitter.com/Lustucrew/status...588736/photo/1
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Aug 2, 2015, 8:06 am
#1857
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With so much debris popping up in/around Reunion, and it's likely they'll find much more...they really need to narrow the search area based on simulations.
Right now there are highly isolated tracks/paths that allow debris to reach Reunion but if more and more keeps popping up would it be unreasonable to sort of carve out a more likely origin area, probably further west? Especially if they continue to find nothing in the presumed search area.
Just my two cents....because so far this is the only place it's washing up, and it was predicted to be one of the last places any few fragments would
Right now there are highly isolated tracks/paths that allow debris to reach Reunion but if more and more keeps popping up would it be unreasonable to sort of carve out a more likely origin area, probably further west? Especially if they continue to find nothing in the presumed search area.
Just my two cents....because so far this is the only place it's washing up, and it was predicted to be one of the last places any few fragments would
Aug 2, 2015, 8:20 am
#1858
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Not from MH370
Aug 2, 2015, 10:13 am
#1859
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Does this give any credence to the possibility the Madivians really did see the plane fly by?
Aug 2, 2015, 9:42 pm
#1860
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With so much debris popping up in/around Reunion, and it's likely they'll find much more...they really need to narrow the search area based on simulations.
Right now there are highly isolated tracks/paths that allow debris to reach Reunion but if more and more keeps popping up would it be unreasonable to sort of carve out a more likely origin area, probably further west? Especially if they continue to find nothing in the presumed search area.
Just my two cents....because so far this is the only place it's washing up, and it was predicted to be one of the last places any few fragments would
Right now there are highly isolated tracks/paths that allow debris to reach Reunion but if more and more keeps popping up would it be unreasonable to sort of carve out a more likely origin area, probably further west? Especially if they continue to find nothing in the presumed search area.
Just my two cents....because so far this is the only place it's washing up, and it was predicted to be one of the last places any few fragments would
What they really need is a few more points of reference. Though anything that can help them find answers for the families of those aboard is a good thing.