How do you lose a 777?

[Capt Worley PE]

Back on subject, I am beginning to suspect that the plane may never be found. Just two more weeks until the black box stops emitting. I heard on CNN this morning (so take that for what' it's worth) that the pings it emits are only audible within about 2 miles. So does that mean you couldn't even hear it from the surface directly above, in waters deeper than about 11,000 ft???

I'm guessing the USN, among others, already moved fast attack boats into the area to listen on passive sonar. I bet the bubbleheads could hear the pinger on that black box a god long way.

 

[Mike in Gastonia]

 

[Road Guy]

i was at the gym and watched a full hour of this coverage last night on the treadmill, its very intriguing even though they are basically saying nothing....

 

[NJmike PE]

its very intriguing even though they are basically saying nothing....

propaganda at it's best

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

its very intriguing even though they are basically saying nothing....

propaganda at it's best

Just like the commentators for a NASCAR race...

 

[Lungshen]

Could it be that Malaysian military accidentally shot down the airplane and tried to cover it up so they don't look like an idiot?

How can a 777 just disappeared into thin air without a trace. Its been more than a week and they haven't even found a scrape metal.

No, I don't believe in UFO's :0

 

[Road Guy]

I haven't thought about that but you should send that to CNN I bet they could spend at least a half a day covering

 

[Supe]

CNN would report that it was shot down by a US military installation in Malaysia, and that it never would have happened if not for Republican defense spending.

 

[Dleg]

The reporting is slowing down today - not in terms of coverage, but definitely in terms of new information. We are now entering the terminal phase... I predict interest will drop, the story will slide from the CNN homepage within 1-2 more weeks, and then it will slip into legend. Unless of course they find it, but I give that very slim odds now.

 

[Road Guy]

Did you see the robot submarine that can go to 13,000 feet below surface that was on CNN? I think that's what found the French flight a few years back...

Looked like the owner was ready to put it in the water..

Curious who pays for something like that the airline? I can imagine the get does it for free?

It was a cool looking "yellow submarine"

 

[Road Guy]

So would any large pieces of the plane still be floating? China showing new satellite image of something 72 feet long again..

 

[Capt Worley PE]

They are now rehashing old stories as "Breaking News,' so I suspect this story has jumped the shark and CNN is only in it because ML370 reversed CNN's ratings slide to oblivion.

 

[NJmike PE]

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/251838501.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_NYBrand

They are now saying with some certainty, that the plane crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean.

 

[Road Guy]

had to be something really weird if the plane went towards vietnam and then did a 180 to the middle of no where?

Hope they find the plane for the families sake so they can get some actual closure and not some talking head giving vaugue "analyis" summaries with no actual data..

 

[Capt Worley PE]

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/251838501.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_NYBrand

They are now saying with some certainty, that the plane crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean.

Which means they have no idea, but nobody can prove that isn't what happened.

 

[NJmike PE]

From what I heard this morning, I think they are beginning to lean towards a massive electrical failure. I guess that could have changed their waypoints :dunno:

 

[cement]

I see a History Channel documentary in the making

 

[engineergurl]

the history channel was my anti-productivity tool this past weekend, always is

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^The men Who Made America is awesome!

 

[engineergurl]

^The men Who Made America is awesome!

That's what I got sucked into on Saturday afternoon... episodes about Rockefeller, Carnegie and JP Morgan... but then moonshiners came on and I changed the channel