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Jul 23, 2015 20:23:12 GMT 1
Post by stealthmanbob on Jul 23, 2015 20:23:12 GMT 1
Re the turns made by the plane after contact was lost / shut down - I think that one is explainable ? You program the flight computer to follow a route, using way points, you type them in in the order you want and the plane will just follow the route you asked for, it will turn and do what it has to to follow the route. With no manual intervention the plane will just carry on, until the fuel runs out. If the black box is found it will confirm what was typed into the flight control computer.
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Jul 23, 2015 23:51:36 GMT 1
Post by s543 on Jul 23, 2015 23:51:36 GMT 1
It is fun to discuss - but I still believe that all theories have points without explanation. It is one of the cases impossible to explain to satisfaction - theoretically ... i..e my original post was well valid.  |
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Post by Baroque on Jul 27, 2015 0:15:37 GMT 1
Two? I always thought there was only the one, at the end of the Malacca Straight. According to this picture and almost every other source I can find, there were at least two turns after the initial turn back based on the radar data gathered. One sent it north-west to the Andaman sea from which the second turn sent it down south around Indonesia.  This is exactly what I dislike about the hijacking theory. There's no evidence to suggest that anyone on board that flight was guilty of some criminal intent. What I'm not comfortable with the fire theory is that I've not heard of a previous instance where a fire of the kind of magnitude seen in the Egypt air 777 could keep the aircraft aloft for several hours til fuel starvation. I leave open the possibility of such a thing happening but it is counter-intuitive to me at this point. It is fun to discuss - but I still believe that all theories have points without explanation. It is one of the cases impossible to explain to satisfaction - theoretically ... As I talked about in the previous post, either theory is a bit of a paradox. Going a bit further, if you're familiar with Schrödinger's cat, can we apply the same to MH370?  |
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Jul 27, 2015 12:05:03 GMT 1
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Post by Taliesin on Jul 27, 2015 12:05:03 GMT 1
What I'm not comfortable with the fire theory is that I've not heard of a previous instance where a fire of the kind of magnitude seen in the Egypt air 777 could keep the aircraft aloft for several hours til fuel starvation. I leave open the possibility of such a thing happening but it is counter-intuitive to me at this point. That's because most fires had different fuel that didn't run out as quickly as an oxygen tank  Going a bit further, if you're familiar with Schrödinger's cat, can we apply the same to MH370? That's a nice analogy  |
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Post by Taliesin on Jul 29, 2015 21:43:58 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Jul 29, 2015 22:24:07 GMT 1
Incredible! Whatever that piece in the diagram is, the real thing perfectly matches it. I just hope it is from MH370. I can't think of anything else it could come from.
As we talked before, sooner or later, something's got to wash up somewhere even if it's from the middle of a large ocean.
Intriguing few days ahead....
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Post by FabienA380 on Jul 29, 2015 22:43:55 GMT 1
The pictures might be misleading but I find the wing a little small for a B777?... (comparing to the man standing behind it, on the 1st picture in the article?......)
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Post by Taliesin on Jul 29, 2015 22:49:18 GMT 1
That's because it is not a wing, but a flap or flaperon.
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Post by Jkkw on Jul 29, 2015 23:56:13 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Jul 30, 2015 0:21:24 GMT 1
Alright, so there's only one 777 that is known to have gone down in the Indian Ocean (or any water for that matter). And it is very unlikely for it to have just come off a flying 777 or else we would have known of it through previous records or at least someone would have made some remark about it. And with luck, the piece is something unique to the 777 and not one that is present in just any aircraft.
To me, this means that with almost 100% certainty, Schrödinger's cat is dead...
Now the question is, how it will affect the on-going underwater search.
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