Malaysian 777 missing
03-17-2014, 04:52 PM
#581
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Originally Posted by A306pilot
Unitedflyier I found an EK one online.
03-17-2014, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Taped2Seat
The thought of a perp driving a plane with 237 (238?) dead bodies in the back for 5+ hours gives me the creeps - to me it changes the magnitude of the crime, if indeed there was one. I hope this is wrong for the sake of their relatives and everyone involved.
What do you do? Smoke and have a few drinks...Maybe walk around whistling thru the cabin???
03-17-2014, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by UASIT
I been thinking that for a while...Just creepy to have that many dead bodies , at night, over the ocean...Waiting for the fuel to run out so you nose dive into the abyss...
What do you do? Smoke and have a few drinks...Maybe walk around whistling thru the cabin???
What do you do? Smoke and have a few drinks...Maybe walk around whistling thru the cabin???
You'd go all nacraphiliac on the hot corpses, of course!
03-17-2014, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Outsider
So, I have a question.
The media is reporting that "authorities" have specific times that the Xpndr and ACARS were "turned off".
How the hell do the "authorities" know this?
My understanding is; they were not in radar contact at the time and unless ACARS was in the middle of a transmission, I don't know how they could know these times so specifically.
Am I missing something here?
Also if ACARS is off, what system is pinging the satellites?
I'm old but I don't get this.
Graybeard
The media is reporting that "authorities" have specific times that the Xpndr and ACARS were "turned off".
How the hell do the "authorities" know this?
My understanding is; they were not in radar contact at the time and unless ACARS was in the middle of a transmission, I don't know how they could know these times so specifically.
Am I missing something here?
Also if ACARS is off, what system is pinging the satellites?
I'm old but I don't get this.
Graybeard
They have crappy radar coverage, crappy security at the airport, and Air Malaysia probably does crappy mx on their airplanes.
It's really easy to blame the dead pilots, rather than admit you allowed hijackers with knives/bombs on board, or you didn't do any MX on your airplanes.
03-17-2014, 06:02 PM
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You're all going to want to turn on CNN right this minute, Don Lemon is going to tell us the "Warning Signs that your pilot may be suicidal..."
Even I can't make this crap up, but CNN is pretty good at it!
Even I can't make this crap up, but CNN is pretty good at it!
03-17-2014, 06:04 PM
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There might be an off-shoot of the SIA68 theory. What if what the radar tracked was actually SIA68 and not MH370? Radar altitude readings potentially have large margin of errors. MH370 could've dropped off radar and gone right instead of left. Focus on the left hand while the right hand does something else.
03-17-2014, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The pavement has to be thick enough to hold a widebody...big-airport runways are probably 6-10feet thick concrete.
There's obviously a softer base underneath that, but not really a requirement for a single landing and maybe a departure.
The ~16" thickness is so that the runway doesn't have to be replaced so often. You could go much much thinner for a one-time use.
03-17-2014, 06:28 PM
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Timbo,
An, I'll bet on any given day, 30% of all crews, regardless of flying machine, exhibit one or more of Lemon's warning signs in the pax minds. Following the posts here and at PPRUNE would drive you nuts.
GF
An, I'll bet on any given day, 30% of all crews, regardless of flying machine, exhibit one or more of Lemon's warning signs in the pax minds. Following the posts here and at PPRUNE would drive you nuts.
GF
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