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Uxzuigal
Jan 16, 2013

Chill Berserker Dude

I approve of this idea.

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Edmund Sparkler
Jul 4, 2003
For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are peris

The Fuzzy Hulk posted:

I've always thought that the pilots invited a couple girls into the cockpit to try and rape/grope them, and in the confusion the autopilot got kicked and turned off.

Jizz got all over the controls.

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

Chinatown posted:

No sign of it so far. I checked under my bed in my hotel room and it was not there. My room at Hampton Inn is quite nice and and I had a nice dinner of ribs and beer at a local sports bar.

I'll check at the office tomorrow and at the Costco gas station on the way back.

dont forget to check under your dinner. Thep lane could have been what they were using to serve your ribs on!

Hot Karl Marx
Mar 16, 2009

Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!
has anyone thought of this?


maybe the plane never even took off in the first place and everyone has been looking for absolutely nothing?

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

Hot Karl Marx posted:

has anyone thought of this?


maybe the plane never even took off in the first place and everyone has been looking for absolutely nothing?

It was all an elaborate mango scam. Lots of mangos were on that plane and were lost. Turns out there were no mangos all along! Think of the money they made off insurance!

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
hey has anyone said its in a guys mom yet?? just thought of it

lidnsya
Nov 14, 2007
<img src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-lidnsya.jpg"><br>All aboard the sleepy train!

Dusty Baker 2 posted:

I appreciate the updates Chinatown.

Same.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

lmao

Sialia
Feb 12, 2016

Can someone explain to me why there isn't like a GPS beacon on the black box or something? I don't know what the hell I am talking about for the most part, but it seems doable?

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:

bring back old gbs posted:

hey has anyone said its in a guys mom yet?? just thought of it

like right around when this happened one of the other airlines "accidently" posted a picture to their twitter of some lady with one of their model airplanes all shoved into her p*ssy and everyone made jokes about the missing plane being in a p*ssy too lol

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

Sialia posted:

Can someone explain to me why there isn't like a GPS beacon on the black box or something? I don't know what the hell I am talking about for the most part, but it seems doable?

Wouldn't help much at the bottom of the ocean

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

Sialia posted:

Can someone explain to me why there isn't like a GPS beacon on the black box or something? I don't know what the hell I am talking about for the most part, but it seems doable?

There's some ping thing but it deactivates after like 30 days lol. And you ahve to be in like a mile range of it to find it.

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Wrong plane, right airline.

"Ukraine's chief forensic expert Oleksandr Ruvin survived assassination attempt in November 2015

Ukrainian law enforcement officers have detained a man, who is suspected of attempted murder of Ukraine's chief forensic expert on the most high-profile criminal cases.

Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise at the Ministry of Justice, was shot several times near his residence in November 2015 but survived. Police say the attack is associated with his professional activities."

http://uatoday.tv/crime/police-detain-suspected-assassin-who-tried-to-kill-ukraine-s-chief-mh17-expert-628577.html

Malaysian airlines are cursed. Do not fly on them.

brylcreem
Oct 29, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Nooner posted:

like right around when this happened one of the other airlines "accidently" posted a picture to their twitter of some lady with one of their model airplanes all shoved into her p*ssy and everyone made jokes about the missing plane being in a p*ssy too lol

that was actually a p hot pic lemme see if i can find it

e: so apparently theres a whole subreddit dedicated to women flashing in airplanes. this requires more research lol

brylcreem fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Apr 13, 2016

Thin Privilege
Jul 8, 2009
IM A STUPID MORON WITH AN UGLY FACE AND A BIG BUTT AND MY BUTT SMELLS AND I LIKE TO KISS MY OWN BUTT
Gravy Boat 2k

Sialia posted:

Can someone explain to me why there isn't like a GPS beacon on the black box or something? I don't know what the hell I am talking about for the most part, but it seems doable?


Ivor Biggun posted:

Wouldn't help much at the bottom of the ocean



Yeah but it should give a general idea of the location

Why wouldn't they look there :tinfoil:

VegasGoat
Nov 9, 2011

brylcreem posted:

that was actually a p hot pic lemme see if i can find it

e: so apparently theres a whole subreddit dedicated to women flashing in airplanes. this requires more research lol

Ask around at /r/insertions they probably have it.

AKA Pseudonym
May 16, 2004

A dashing and sophisticated young man
Doctor Rope

Sialia posted:

Can someone explain to me why there isn't like a GPS beacon on the black box or something? I don't know what the hell I am talking about for the most part, but it seems doable?

It does give off a beacon but radio don't pass through water very well and they never located the signal. The battery died long ago so it's a moot point now.

smoobles
Sep 4, 2014

I think they were asking why airplanes don't send constant GPS position, so that once they crash we know where.

The answer is that not enough people have crashed into the ocean and died to justify the cost of upgrading all the planes. Airlines only increase safety measures when enough folks die. :)

Furious Mittens
Oct 14, 2005

Lipstick Apathy
Has BrownMoses searched Wikipedia for the missing flight MH370?

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

smoobles posted:

I think they were asking why airplanes don't send constant GPS position, so that once they crash we know where.

The answer is that not enough people have crashed into the ocean and died to justify the cost of upgrading all the planes. Airlines only increase safety measures when enough folks die. :)

This seems like a cause I want to be a part of - how can I do my part to help?

smoobles
Sep 4, 2014

Mozi posted:

This seems like a cause I want to be a part of - how can I do my part to help?

Fly a LOT. Book tons of air travel, especially international. It's not guaranteed that you'll crash into the ocean and die, but if you do luck out and the plane does a 500mph ocean crash and your corpse disintegrates, and then nobody can find the plane, the global community might get outraged enough to coerce airlines to start tracking their airplanes. It's not a sure thing but if you wanna help start traveling and seeing the world. As a side bonus, even if you don't die while crashing into an ocean (argh!) you'll at least see a lot of cool places and experience other cultures.

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
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Fried Watermelon
Dec 29, 2008


http://russia-insider.com/en/what-happened-mh370-top-western-theories-1-it-flew-black-hole-2-putin-ate-it/ri13203

What Happened to MH370? Top Western Theories: 1. It Flew Into a Black Hole 2. Putin Ate It

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot
I cant decide what ring to get for my soon to be bride once the plane is found this year.

smoobles
Sep 4, 2014

Microwaves Mom posted:

I cant decide what ring to get for my soon to be bride once the plane is found this year.

As long as it's in a black box. :swoon:

Medium Cool
Dec 27, 2006

Yr sister is a beauty when she's naked
Grimey Drawer
dang, cant find it anywhere

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

Sialia posted:

Can someone explain to me why there isn't like a GPS beacon on the black box or something? I don't know what the hell I am talking about for the most part, but it seems doable?

Ivor Biggun posted:

Wouldn't help much at the bottom of the ocean

Thin Privilege posted:

Yeah but it should give a general idea of the location

Why wouldn't they look there :tinfoil:

Microwaves Mom posted:

There's some ping thing but it deactivates after like 30 days lol. And you ahve to be in like a mile range of it to find it.

This came up a few times in the old thread, the thing is that GPS gives you the ability to know exactly where you are but it is unidirectional - you can't send a message back to the GPS satellites. You need to be able to send a separate signal out to either communications satellites or a local radio or cellphone link for other people to be able to see the GPS information that you see. There is no universal global tracking system keeping tabs on airliners and once it's crashed into the ocean the water masks the radio signals that the black box needs to be able to send out to tell people where it is.

AKA Pseudonym posted:

It does give off a beacon but radio don't pass through water very well and they never located the signal. The battery died long ago so it's a moot point now.

There is work being done to create a global tracking network for airliners but this won't help us to find MH370

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34793274

quote:

MH370: New satellite plane tracking system agreed
11 November 2015

A deal has been struck on using satellites to track planes, motivated by the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 last year.

The decision to dedicate part of the radio spectrum to a global flight tracking system was taken at a UN conference in Geneva on Wednesday.

The conference aimed to improve on the current tracking system which relies on ground-based radars.

MH370 disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board.

Representatives from more than 160 countries decided to set aside a radio frequency for the satellite tracking of planes at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), organised by the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The deal will enable satellites to receive transmissions, known as automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), that aircraft currently only send to other aircraft and to ground stations.

This will allow "real-time tracking of aircraft anywhere in the world," said Francois Rancy, head of the ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau.

The disappearance of flight MH370 exposed weaknesses in worldwide air navigation systems.

The current system leaves around 70% of the world's airspace uncovered.
'Record' response

Soon after the plane disappeared, Malaysia's communication minister urged the ITU to help find new ways of transmitting flight data in real-time.

The Malaysia Airlines flight was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when air traffic control staff lost contact with it.

The plane is long believed to have crashed into the southern Indian Ocean.

In July part of an aircraft wing was found on Reunion Island. Malaysian authorities later confirmed the debris to be from the missing MH370 plane.

Following Wednesday's decision, ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao said the agency had "responded in record time to the expectations of the global community on the major issue concerning global flight tracking."

The UN's aviation arm, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has set a November 2016 deadline for adopting new tracking guidelines.

These will include aircraft sending their position at least every 15 minutes, or more in case of emergency, reported Reuters.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
They should just make the plane out of the same material they make the black box hurr.

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014
don't be so dramatic

smoobles
Sep 4, 2014

Jumpingmanjim posted:

They should just make the plane out of the same material they make the black box hurr.

They should make the plane out of GPSes.

Microwaves Mom
Nov 8, 2015

by zen death robot

smoobles posted:

As long as it's in a black box. :swoon:

just hope I can find it :3:

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH
its not in my fridge

rabble rabble
Mar 24, 2015



Nap Ghost
I bet it's in the water somewhere, there's a lot of water out there

smoobles
Sep 4, 2014

Microwaves Mom posted:

just hope I can find it :3:

Ping me when you do. :bigtran:

smoobles
Sep 4, 2014

rabble rabble posted:

I bet it's in the water somewhere, there's a lot of water out there

The earth is 80% water and the plane is 100% gone

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Its still gone...guys.

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot
the saga continues

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author
I heard this theory about the Bermuda Triangle that the area is highly volcanic, and occasionally a plume of gas farts up from the sea floor and rises up as a giant bubble and then a cloud in the sky, and knocks down ships and airplanes. It went down in a volcanic area, so, could have been that.

Im saying it was swamp gases. Nothing to see here, move along.

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i did a non lethal takedown on the plane

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SLOSifl
Aug 10, 2002


If they wanted to come back they would have come back by now IMO.

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