Possible bad news for a B777 [Malaysian MH370]

[Leighgull]

The oddest thing (other than the complete disappearance of an entire jumbo jet) is reports from air traffic that the pilot was broadcasting loud and clear then all they heard was static and a load of "mumbling". Perhaps OG hijacked them?

 

[Leighgull]

What if terrorists landed them gently in the sea, and then kept everyone on board as the plane gently sank?

If they managed to land "gently" in mid ocean at 200 miles per hour without breaking up the aircraft then that would be a miracle. Also...why bother? If you're a terrorist you want to be noticed a peaceful sinking hardly seems to be their style.

 

[Triggaaar]

If they managed to land "gently" in mid ocean at 200 miles per hour without breaking up the aircraft then that would be a miracle.

Did they do something like that in the Hudson? I appreciate the Hudson was a calm river, rather than an ocean, so it's not the same, but presumably the ocean can be calm sometimes?

Also...why bother? If you're a terrorist you want to be noticed a peaceful sinking hardly seems to be their style.

I know. I think it's more likely than the plane being taken by aliens though. Maybe not by much, but slightly.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Did they do something like that in the Hudson? I appreciate the Hudson was a calm river, rather than an ocean, so it's not the same, but presumably the ocean can be calm sometimes?

The plane had only just taken off and was just three miles out, so therefore not very high. The river did tear holes in the fuselage even then but as the emergency services were already alerted, there was enough time to get the passengers and crew off.

 

[hybrid_x]

i present:

some facts.

 

[Driver8]

i present:

some facts.

Good to see he is not buying space/time continuum ripples or alien abduction without "further evidence ".

 

[Guy Fawkes]

What if terrorists landed them gently in the sea, and then kept everyone on board as the plane gently sank?

Sound like the plot for the movie Airport '77 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075648/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water.

- do they know if there was any valuable art on board?

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

Any update on this?

 

[TomandJerry]

Any update on this?

Apparently there's been three 'apparent' sightings, apart from that, it just seems to have vanished

 

[GingerBeerMan]

If it was hijacked or all the power went out etc wouldn't there have been at least one call from someone onboard to a family member? I'm not sure if the phones would have worked on this particular plane but there were a lot of calls from the planes involved in 9/11.

 

[kingcole]

If it was hijacked or all the power went out etc wouldn't there have been at least one call from someone onboard to a family member? I'm not sure if the phones would have worked on this particular plane but there were a lot of calls from the planes involved in 9/11.

These planes were over the USA and at low altitude. You are never going to get a cell signal above about 10,000 feet and even then you would have to be above a mast. If it was over the sea then impossible for a signal. If over land, then unlikely as just a guess, but I suspect cell coverage in Malaysia or Vietnam is somewhat less than downtown NYC.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

These planes were over the USA and at low altitude. You are never going to get a cell signal above about 10,000 feet and even then you would have to be above a mast. If it was over the sea then impossible for a signal. If over land, then unlikely as just a guess, but I suspect cell coverage in Malaysia or Vietnam is somewhat less than downtown NYC.

Good explanation, I wasn't sure of the logistics of it all. I'm still surprised people on 9/11 managed to phone home.

 

[Driver8]

These planes were over the USA and at low altitude. You are never going to get a cell signal above about 10,000 feet and even then you would have to be above a mast. If it was over the sea then impossible for a signal. If over land, then unlikely as just a guess, but I suspect cell coverage in Malaysia or Vietnam is somewhat less than downtown NYC.

On my last flight over the Atlantic you could use your phone all the way across once the seat belt signs were off. Not too many masts out there.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

the fella on sky news this morning came up with this theory, a catastrophic de compression,coinsiding with the oxeygen system failuring, just as they switched from malaysian to vietnamese airspace

the crew reacted initionally,but passed out,leaving the stricken plane with 3000 miles worth of fuel on board to carry on flying on autopilot towards the Indian ocean,thus becoming a needle in a haystack

 

[Dorset Seagull]

the fella on sky news this morning came up with this theory, a catastrophic de compression,coinsiding with the oxeygen system failuring, just as they switched from malaysian to vietnamese airspace

the crew reacted initionally,but passed out,leaving the stricken plane with 3000 miles worth of fuel on board to carry on flying on autopilot towards the Indian ocean,thus becoming a needle in a haystack

Even in these circumstances surely if the crew reacted then at least one crew member would have been tasked with some sort of mayday call that would have got through

 

[hybrid_x]

the fella on sky news this morning came up with this theory, a catastrophic de compression,coinsiding with the oxeygen system failuring, just as they switched from malaysian to vietnamese airspace

the crew reacted initionally,but passed out,leaving the stricken plane with 3000 miles worth of fuel on board to carry on flying on autopilot towards the Indian ocean,thus becoming a needle in a haystack

impossible as the black box always sends out a beacon of where it is.....plus the cockpit dudes would have said something like "arrrghh can't breath mayday" on the comms / black box.

As the facts i posted above suggest, it's either a) a cover up b) it truly vanished.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Langoliers?

 

[vegster]

impossible as the black box always sends out a beacon of where it is.....plus the cockpit dudes would have said something like "arrrghh can't breath mayday" on the comms / black box.

As the facts i posted above suggest, it's either a) a cover up b) it truly vanished.

a, Bollocks, b, It will be found eventually.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

Langoliers?

That's a big prawn isn't it?

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

impossible as the black box always sends out a beacon of where it is.....plus the cockpit dudes would have said something like "arrrghh can't breath mayday" on the comms / black box.

As the facts i posted above suggest, it's either a) a cover up b) it truly vanished.

yeah,but didn't it take two years to find the french plane and they had a pretty good idea where it was in the first place