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CNN posted:A passenger flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is missing and would likely have run out of fuel, Malaysia Airlines said Saturday. How do you misplace a 777 traveling around the China Sea? Or a 777 in general? I mean the Air France thing was kind of explainable although I was kind of surprised it didn't have better GPS/Sat communication but I would figure China would totally be on that poo poo.  China is now saying they lost radar contact over Vietnam but come on, have we been giving their military way too much credit for years? Three Olives fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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Corkscrew posted:Air France flight was an Airbus A330 not a 777 hth Yeah but that was in the middle of nowhere in the ocean out of contact from ground radar, this was over land/the China sea.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:23
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gnarlyhotep posted:somebody turned their drat cellphone on and bam, crash Probably WiFi on a Kindle.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:25
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The Taint Reaper posted:Yeah I'm having trouble finding genuine news stories on this, every one I read has a perspective that's rather slanted. Aviation/Meth expert Richard Quest is on CNN International right now keeping you updated. Al Jazeera, regular CNN and MSNBC got bored.
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gnarlyhotep posted:take a parachute Dude you just have to jump right before the plane hits the ground.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:32
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 Lost over the China Sea according to Malaysian Airlines. Come on, get on the game China, I thought you were on your military game.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:38
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Unhinged Vulcan posted:Their first aircraft carrier("built" like 2 years ago) was a used hull from an old russian aircraft carrier. They tacked some wooden plants on it, and then painted it. So yeah... But it is the mighty fearsome Chinese army that is going to attack the US! CNN's resident meth expert confirming that if it crashed on land we are looking for the plane on land but if it crashed in the water we have to look in the water.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:43
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Arzakon posted:And now my wife is freaking out a little because 4 of us (including 1 infant) are flying on a 777 to KL in May. ITS REVERSE US FROM THE FUTURE. Sorry to tell you this but it was you and your death trapped you in a time warp.
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Mar 8, 2014 04:53
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Boner Medicine posted:Some guy on Fox News says it's probably pilot suicide That seems like a really unfair conclusion to jump to given what terrible drivers Asians are.
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gnarlyhotep posted:shhh he's attempting edgy humor, we need to encourage that It was a Fox News joke.
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Mar 8, 2014 05:38
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Powershift posted:Why don't planes travel in packs like geese? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261 One of the most horrific plane crashes in history for the passengers. The horizontal stabilizer got hosed and the plane when into a dive and the pilot managed to fly it upside down for around 10 minutes before the stabilizer totally broke and it nose dived into the ocean while other pilots watched. quote:At this time, pilots from aircraft flying in the same area reported in, with one SkyWest Airlines pilot saying, "and he's just hit the water," meaning the plane had crashed into the ocean. Another reported, "Yeah sir, he, uh, he, uh, hit the water, he's, uh, down." Everyone on board died when the plane struck the water, and the aircraft was destroyed upon impact.
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Mar 8, 2014 06:16
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"Vietnam media quote Navy Admiral Ngo Van Phat saying military radar recorded #MH370 crashing into sea 153 miles south of Phu Quoc island" 11 hours to confirm a big rear end jet crashed into the ocean from the military?
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Mar 8, 2014 06:35
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JakeP posted:Three Olives is gay Yeah but airplanes turn me on too.
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Mar 8, 2014 22:24
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So we are approaching day two and they still know absolutely nothing according the the news conference going on right now. They are saying they have yet to find a single piece of debris and the oil slicks are still unconfirmed to be from the plane. What the gently caress is going on there? Can't they at least easily check to see if it was jet fuel, wouldn't that at least be a little progress?
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Mar 9, 2014 02:11
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Hugh Malone posted:you gonna grab a beer w/ no.6? I don't believe in meeting creepy people from the internet so it only seems fair not to subject other people to it.
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Mar 9, 2014 03:18
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Shithouse Dave posted:I have never see a plane toilet with a seatbelt. There is such a thing as a belted toilet, they are actually pretty common... in small private jets. It's kind of like a regular seat but it lifts up and has small chemical toilet underneath for emergencies. And seriously, emergencies, there is at best a small privacy divider.  
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Mar 9, 2014 03:26
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They just wrapped up the latest press conference, first there were two stolen passports, now there are at least 4 and they are reviewing the entire manifest. All indications point to some sort of catastrophic failure at cruising altitude since there were not even automated messages from the plane so there isn't looking good terrorism wise.
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Mar 9, 2014 04:41
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Scooter_McCabe posted:Terrorism is scarier than "3rd world country with 3rd world safety standards suffers its semi-annual airplane disaster" and so why wouldn't a 24 hour news cycle run on speculation lead with the most fear inducing headline? Malaysia isn't a "3rd world" country, it's a relatively wealthy country and the flight was going from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, two major world economic centers and as had been mentioned a few times in media reports Beijing passport control is extremely strict, it would be incredibly dumb to fly into Beijing on a stolen passport with any intention of getting in, you would probably have better odds getting in the US. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Mar 9, 2014 |
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Mar 9, 2014 05:21
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Arakan posted:This is not even close to accurate. First you apply for an entry visa in the country you're coming from at the Chinese embassy. Then your visa is checked by the airline before you board the plane. If you make it into the plane with a valid visa there's no chance you will be rejected in Beijing, unless you're like not the same race as the person whose visa you stole. I've been to Beijing, save for say Cairo and places like Zimbabwe which basically required a bribe in US dollars it was the biggest pain in the rear end places that I have ever traveled.
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Mar 9, 2014 05:53
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AP posted:Vietnamese authorities searching waters for the missing Boeing 777 jetliner spotted an object Sunday that they suspected was one of the plane's doors, as international intelligence agencies joined the investigation into two passengers who boarded the aircraft with stolen passports. It has not been confirmed that the plane attempted to turn back. I thought this was kind of interesting... AP posted:A telephone operator on a China-based KLM hotline on Sunday confirmed that "Maraldi" and "Kozel" were both booked to leave Beijing on a KLM flight to Amsterdam on March 8. Maraldi was then to fly to Copenhagen, Denmark, on KLM on March 8, and Kozel to Frankfurt, Germany, on March 8. Apparently traveling together on stolen passports with two different destinations in the EU.
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Mar 9, 2014 17:45
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So this is why the US says the plane flew for 4 more hours and Malaysia was refuting it:AP posted:KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) A Malaysia Airlines plane sent signals to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft went missing, an indication that it was still flying for hundreds of miles or more, a U.S. official briefed on the search said Thursday. This keeps on getting weirder and weirder.
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Mar 14, 2014 01:30
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bobfather posted:The source seems wrong. I believe that the automated engine reports come in via HF radio, not via satellite. At least, they do for Airbus planes. This is a Boeing specific service, I assume it's somewhat like car telematics where it comes with the car and even if you aren't subscribed to the service it's still checking in every so often to see if you subscribed.
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Mar 14, 2014 01:38
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bobfather posted:Until there's a real source for that, I have a hard time believing it. If only because the HF radio transmissions themselves are capable of reaching Boeing just fine, and in fact they did right up until they didn't anymore. When the AP or other major credible US news service says something like this "The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the situation by name" it is code for this was intentionally leaked by the US government through a credible known high level US source. "authorized by name", that is just the US diplomatically putting their two cents in without getting an official or department involved in a complicated international incident.
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bobfather posted:So 1) why would Boeing lie twice about this? And 2) why would any US official other than someone at Boeing (which is a private, not governmental organization) have anything to say about ACARS data relayed directly to Boeing? Is this the same Boeing that is the second largest US defense contractor that is routinely involved in highly classified government projects that finds itself in the middle of an international incident involving China and several other major Asian countries?
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Mar 14, 2014 02:56
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Rocks posted:still can't believe they have ships and planes looking for this thing. don't they have HD satellites looking at every expanse of the Earth now? There's literally no way both US and China don't have that technology, why wouldn't they deploy it? Seems like it would use a lot less resources. The imaging capabilities of US spy satellites are highly classified and it doesn't make it any less of a needle in haystack search.
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AP posted:KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A Malaysian government official says investigators have concluded that one of the pilots or someone else with flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. "Conclusive" is a mighty strong word when you have no idea when you admit you have no idea where the plane is.
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ENSENDA CURES MAIL posted:press conference about to start stream Oddly it seems CNN International isn't carrying this live.
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Looking at the desk, it's been a week, has Malaysia not figured out pool microphones yet? It looks ridiculous.
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Al Borland posted:What a surprise CNN isn't carrying something relatively important. Instead they'd rather talk about dresses. CNN International is run independently from CNN and is slightly less poo poo as they are a true 24/7 international network.
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hofnar posted:That works just as well at 35,000 or even high 20's for that matter. I heard an "expert" mention the 45k feet number and I was really amazed, I don't know much about aviation but I know that hypoxia starts well below cruising altitude of commercial jets, any aviation "expert" should have this basic grasp of aviation seeing as if the cabin depressurized they would have to declare and emergency and immediately drastically lower their altitude before the limited supply of emergency oxygen ran out.
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Mar 15, 2014 19:05
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Pawn 17 posted:There has been some speculation about the cargo manifest. I'm wondering if there was unlisted cargo worth stealing in midair. It was apparently carrying a bunch of lithium ion batteries, within the legal limit but more than various authorities believe should be the legal limit.
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SteveVizsla posted:Yep. They kept emphasizing the "all night" part, then slipped in the "ends at 11pm" part. CNN doesn't stay up late on saturday nights. They're also 100% convinced that a pilot is involved. The stupid thing is CNN has a mostly independent network that runs 24/7 programming worldwide from their own studios in Atlanta, New York, London, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong yet US CNN rarely, rarely cuts to it even in dead hours, only occasionally for major breaking international news until they can get some US anchor on the air that has no clue what is going on. That and it is only barely available in the US, pretty much only in major international business centers despite being almost ubiquitous worldwide. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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AP posted:There are three pieces of evidence that aviation safety experts say make it clear the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was taken over by someone who was knowledgeable about how the plane worked. "experts" AP posted:Thus, the ACARS transmitter continued to send out blips that were recorded by the Inmarsat satellite once an hour for four to five hours after the transponder was turned off. The blips don't contain any messages or data, but the satellite can tell in a very broad way what region the blips are coming from and adjusts the angle of its antenna to be ready to receive message in case the ACARS sends them. Apparently when someone is an "expert" that means that you don't need to bother fact checking anything they say. Yes, a major geostationary telecommunications satellite serving tens of thousands of clients at a time adjusts the angle of it's antenna to serve a single airplane because it receives a routine ping. And I have a feeling I am majorly low balling tens of thousands, it's probably serving a massive number of low bandwidth intermittent devices from everything between sea buoys and individual cargo containers to ships and airplanes. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Mar 16, 2014 |
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angerbeet posted:Airplane themed restaurant. It would be a significant upgrade.  
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gnarlyhotep posted:god you are such an attention whore You love me .
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gnarlyhotep posted:I'm a 3O, not sure if that's bottom or top Depends on the guy, vers bottom that prefers a vers top but I'm open minded. Ideal is flipping but a good power bottom is fun on occasion.
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