Mar 16, 2014, 5:32 am
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This is ARCHIVE WEEK #1 (8 - 14 March UTC) of older posts from the original thread, MH 370 KUL-PEK Missing: now Search and Recovery [PLEASE SEE WIKI].
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MH 370 KUL-PEK Missing: 8 - 14 Mar 2014 UTC - ARCHIVE WEEK #1
Mar 12, 2014, 6:02 am
#2551
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I was watching the news and saw this:
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Natio...o-find-Boeing/
SEPANG: Bomoh Ibrahim Mat Zin held a second session of rituals on Wednesday in efforts to help locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing plane.
Ibrahim, who calls himself Raja Bomoh Sedunia Nujum VIP with the title of Datuk Mahaguru, conducted the rituals at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
He was accompanied by several assistants who helped in the rituals using "Zam-Zam" water, two coconuts, a "magical" walking stick and carpet...
More info on the link. Cheers.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Natio...o-find-Boeing/
SEPANG: Bomoh Ibrahim Mat Zin held a second session of rituals on Wednesday in efforts to help locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing plane.
Ibrahim, who calls himself Raja Bomoh Sedunia Nujum VIP with the title of Datuk Mahaguru, conducted the rituals at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
He was accompanied by several assistants who helped in the rituals using "Zam-Zam" water, two coconuts, a "magical" walking stick and carpet...
More info on the link. Cheers.
Mar 12, 2014, 6:06 am
#2552
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DG, so US Navy should be able to help out.
Mar 12, 2014, 6:07 am
#2553
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,797
Never visited, but have done some work involving the islands, and there is some pretty serious equipment there. Most of it is pointed upwards though. I don't think there is anything that could pick MH370 up from that sort of distance, and if there is the US won't be telling anyone about it.
Mar 12, 2014, 6:07 am
#2554
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Why on earth would the airplane be so off track (in the Indian Ocean?)?
Mar 12, 2014, 6:11 am
#2556
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If it took that westward turn and continued until it ran out of fuel, wouldn't it be in the Maldives?
Mar 12, 2014, 6:14 am
#2558
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I would imagine that the UK gov would be happy to contribute any experts and equipment that could be air-freighted out but I haven't heard of it happening and such a contribution would generally be well publicised.
Diego Garcia is indeed a British territory on loan to the USA but they don't actually pay rent, we originally got a discount on buying Polaris goodness knows what we get now.
Mar 12, 2014, 6:16 am
#2559
Join Date: Feb 2013
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I hate to say this, but they can work more closely together if the Malaysian authorities are more forthcoming with information. As it is right now, Vietnam has already scaled back their SAR operations because they didn't get any answer from the Malaysians. There's way too many conflicting information right now, and I'm getting frustrated with cryptic information (if any at all) from the Malaysians.
http://english.cntv.cn/20140312/101624.shtml
http://english.cntv.cn/20140312/101624.shtml
From Chinese weibo messages only? Or has any independent news agency picked up on this?
Mar 12, 2014, 6:24 am
#2560
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http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-s...20140312000154
The Beijing News has reported that a source claiming to be local volunteer assisting in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has found a dead body wearing a lifejacket in an area of the Malacca Strait. In a single-paragraph report, the website of the Chinese-language newspaper said that it was seeking to establish the reliability of the claim.
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Mar 12, 2014, 6:32 am
#2561
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I don't see anything in the "Aircraft Background" section of the WIKI about the 2011 Egypt Air B772 on-ground cockpit fire.
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44078aa7&opt=0 .
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44078aa7&opt=0 .
Mar 12, 2014, 6:33 am
#2562
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Full time Nomad
Posts: 842
Simple Questions
Just some very basic questions here.
If the plane is on it's route, just flying along, and it makes a sharp turn to the left (or not even sharp) just changes direction. Can the flight attendants "feel" this?
Does the pilot notify them of their change of course, and the reason?
If they do not hear anything from the cockpit, do they call and ask?
What if they get no response at all?
Can they do anything?
THis is just under the assumption that the problem was in the cockpit.
If the plane is on it's route, just flying along, and it makes a sharp turn to the left (or not even sharp) just changes direction. Can the flight attendants "feel" this?
Does the pilot notify them of their change of course, and the reason?
If they do not hear anything from the cockpit, do they call and ask?
What if they get no response at all?
Can they do anything?
THis is just under the assumption that the problem was in the cockpit.
Mar 12, 2014, 6:35 am
#2563
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 141
Just some very basic questions here.
If the plane is on it's route, just flying along, and it makes a sharp turn to the left (or net even sharp) just changes direction. Can the flight attendants "feel" this?
Does the pilot notify them of their change or course and the reason normally?
If they do not hear anything from the cockpit, do they call and ask?
What if they get no response at all? Over and Over?
Can they do anything?
THis is just under the assumption that the problem was in the cockpit.
If the plane is on it's route, just flying along, and it makes a sharp turn to the left (or net even sharp) just changes direction. Can the flight attendants "feel" this?
Does the pilot notify them of their change or course and the reason normally?
If they do not hear anything from the cockpit, do they call and ask?
What if they get no response at all? Over and Over?
Can they do anything?
THis is just under the assumption that the problem was in the cockpit.
As far as I'm aware on a 777 there's an axe hidden somewhere on the plane designed for a situation where the door needs breaking down.
Mar 12, 2014, 6:35 am
#2564
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Coastguards from India's remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands joined the airborne search on Wednesday for a missing Malaysian airliner, a senior official told Reuters.
A Dornier aircraft belonging to the coastguard set off at 2.30 p.m. local time to search the eastern side of the Andaman islands, on orders from New Delhi, said VSR Murthy, the inspector general of the coastguard service on the islands.
Reuters- India
A Dornier aircraft belonging to the coastguard set off at 2.30 p.m. local time to search the eastern side of the Andaman islands, on orders from New Delhi, said VSR Murthy, the inspector general of the coastguard service on the islands.
Reuters- India
http://money.msn.com/business-news/a...12&id=17422467
Mar 12, 2014, 6:36 am
#2565
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and did you see any "widely circulated reports that it has found signals of the ill-fated flight and located the rear part of the Boeing 777 aircraft"?