Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

This mystery reminds me of the Sunday Sport's 1995 story - WORLD WAR 2 BOMBER FOUND ON THE MOON.

(13-03-2014 13:18 )archibald cockfoster Wrote:  This mystery reminds me of the Sunday Sport's 1995 story - WORLD WAR 2 BOMBER FOUND ON THE MOON.

And then the even more mysterious story - WORLD WAR 2 BOMBER GOES MISSING FROM THE MOON.

(13-03-2014 00:54 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  Here's the Directive issued by the FAA in relation to the problem
http://casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/l...-05-03.pdf
The reports I've seen say Boeing issued a warning last August but the FAA have it as June.

Now Boeing have told Reuters News Agency that the missing Malaysia Airlines plane didn't have the antenna and therefore wasn't affected by the warning they issued.

There's a new twist to the story as The Wall Street Journal says computers on the plane were still sending routine data back to Boeing's engine workshop as long as 4 hours after the time that the authorities said it dropped off radar. It raises the possibility that the plane could have flown on for hundreds of additional miles in one direction or another and makes it difficult to know where best to search for it.

Instead of searching for the plane which looks to be getting nowhere why don't they ping all the crew and passenger phones to see if they get a triangulation back?

(13-03-2014 13:33 )southlondonphil Wrote:  

(13-03-2014 00:54 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  Here's the Directive issued by the FAA in relation to the problem
http://casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/l...-05-03.pdf
The reports I've seen say Boeing issued a warning last August but the FAA have it as June.

Now Boeing have told Reuters News Agency that the missing Malaysia Airlines plane didn't have the antenna and therefore wasn't affected by the warning they issued.

Saw that earlier. I'm sticking with the fuselage failure theory though.

The Pentagon says they have "credible information" that the plane went down in the Indian ocean. USS Kidd is steaming towards the area now.

(13-03-2014 15:10 )kevin symons Wrote:  why don't they ping all the crew and passenger phones to see if they get a triangulation back?

Are you allowed to have phones switched on during a flight? I thought on boarding a plane they tell everyone to turn their phones off.

(13-03-2014 14:09 )way out west Wrote:  There's a new twist to the story as The Wall Street Journal says computers on the plane were still sending routine data back to Boeing's engine workshop as long as 4 hours after the time that the authorities said it dropped off radar. It raises the possibility that the plane could have flown on for hundreds of additional miles in one direction or another and makes it difficult to know where best to search for it.

and the data would have gone to Rolls Royce in derby they monitor all aircraft engines from there

(13-03-2014 22:24 )elgar1uk Wrote:  

(13-03-2014 15:10 )kevin symons Wrote:  why don't they ping all the crew and passenger phones to see if they get a triangulation back?

Are you allowed to have phones switched on during a flight? I thought on boarding a plane they tell everyone to turn their phones off.

depends on the company some do some dont some prohibit using them during takeoff and landing

(13-03-2014 17:52 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  Saw that earlier. I'm sticking with the fuselage failure theory though.

The Pentagon says they have "credible information" that the plane went down in the Indian ocean. USS Kidd is steaming towards the area now.

How would it have got to the Indian Ocean though? A fuselage failure wouldn't put the plane hundreds of miles off course.