I wonder if this AD which came out on Sept 16, 2016 has anything to do with MH370. These are some interesting links for those who want to find out the truth.

MH370 - not really a mystery

https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...pany-airplanes

Interesting about the fire at Cairo.

But:

The AD is for "passenger therapeutic oxygen using a gaseous system."

Doesn't mention crew oxygen.

What is "therapeutic?" The oxygen carts or portable bottles we have for pax? I don't think it is overhead passenger-service-unit oxygen; that wouldn't be called "therapeutic."

And, I thought all 777s used a chemical generator for that.

Probably not related to the cause of the crash, but the AD could have been the result of boeing and/or the FAA doing analysis in the wake of the incident to see if they could find any aircraft issues which might have caused the crash.

Interesting take
 

An interesting take on things -

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...bnoocvoAoufgCk

Did they ever announce where the captains “sim” flight went? Did it go off course in the Indian Ocean, or did it follow the exact path?

I personally believe that the crew made a ditching. Only the flap was found with damage to the sides. Perhaps it was retracted for a crash landing?

A ditching in the middle of the Indian Ocean? After turning the aircraft several times away from all land, transponder on stby, and no radio calls?


No

Did they totally disqualify the fisherman who saw a large airplane at low level, trailing smoke?

The most amazing thing to me is that not one country in that region scrambled fighters to intercept this jet, especially in the post 9/11 world. Or at the very least asked from immediate help from one of the larger nations in the region. I’m sure Australia could have thrown something together, and I bet the US Navy was somewhere in the region.

But there should have been jets on this thing almost immediately, and with the help of some tankers they could have tracked it until it went down and then maybe we don’t have this mystery.

Even if they do someday find the wreck, I’m not sure if they can actually solve what happened. The flight recorders and CVR won’t last forever on the sea floor, and are very likely already unreadable.

:eek::eek:

I think you have a SERIOUS misunderstanding as to the number of square miles in the area (and possibly the world) and the number of military aircraft in existence, far less the TINY number that are on alert and capable of being generated in any reasonable timeframe on no notice.

Australia, for example, has a land area of 3 million miles. The Australian Air Force has - all types - approximately 260 aircraft. Sydney is 4100 miles from Kuala Lumpur.

The US Navy struggles to keep one (1) carrier deployed in the Arabian Sea. The Arabian Sea is 4000 miles from Malaysia.

https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker

A carrier group will typically have 65-70 aircraft total.

Even had there been timely notification, it woukd have taken eight hours for US or Australian military aircraft to get to the area of the flight, and that’s assuming long range tanker support was available which, at least for the US military, would not have been the case.

It’s a big friggin’ world out there.