^ This. He thinks for himself, has great imagination, and he doesn't react when poked repeatedly. More power to him![]()
Well he's certainly got an active imagination....
^ This. He thinks for himself, has great imagination, and he doesn't react when poked repeatedly. More power to him![]()
Please do not take this as a personal attack. But no TV and no papers? However I have this mental image of you, in a basement, cut off from the real world, convinced that every media outlet is the work of the Government trying to brainwash you and control your mind.
Gotta say if the debris they find is from the plane. Wtf.
Doesn't look like malfunction
Doesn't look like terrorism unless someone can't read a map
Would be sad not to ever find out what happened
Could still be a malfunction, the crew could've become hypoxic as the pressure slowly dropped in the aircraft, hence the erratic flight behaviour, there was even an accident in Australia where the ATC were talking to the pilot whilst his brain was turning to mush as he was became hypoxic. clicky clicky
It's over in the Asian mainland. If it's "discovered" off Australia it'll just be because of public pressure to get answers and not to embarrass the hell out of Malaysia and all the countries whose airspace this thing travelled through and then landed in. It's far better for all concerned to say it crashed into the sea than to say it's over in Pakistan or nearby and the passengers killed. The amount of public outrage would be excrutiating.
That's already been rejected on the basis they were communicating fine at 35,000ft.
Maybe thats why they limit press access to the relative's, they are all actors!
That would only apply in a situation like the Helios flight where the problem existed from takeoff.
It could have developed a problem in the air and slowly depressurised.
I still keep wondering, why is a transponder even allowed to be turned off...![]()
It’s rare for a pilot to turn off a transponder during flight, but occasionally there is cause.
— Sometimes a transponder malfunctions, giving out incorrect readings.
— The device could have an electrical short or catch on fire. Pilots would want to shut it down rather than risk a fire spreading to the rest of the cockpit or airplane.
— Pilots used to routinely turn off transponders on the ground at airports so as not to overwhelm air traffic controllers with so many signals in one location. That is increasingly less the case as pilots now use ‘‘moving map’’ displays that take the transponder data and show them the location of other planes on the ground, helping guide them around airports without mishaps.
‘‘As long as there are pilots, they'll be able to switch off systems,’’ said Andrew Thomas, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Transportation Security.
But the transponder was turned off before the normal communication, and the plane (supposedly) changed course shortly after the last communication, and then continued to make navigational changes hours later, that contradicts the idea that what happened was the result of slow depressurization. The plane is also equipped with an alarm for cabin pressurization.
You can. Why is it silly that the ability exists to shut down faulty equipment? Let's face it, the pilots can do whatever the hell they want to the plane, why limit their ability to deal with problems that arise in-flight?^ Well that answers my question!
Still seems silly that it can be done. Would be a bit like being able to turn off the flight recorder.
You can. Why is it silly that the ability exists to shut down faulty equipment? Let's face it, the pilots can do whatever the hell they want to the plane, why limit their ability to deal with problems that arise in-flight?
^ Well that answers my question!
Still seems silly that it can be done. Would be a bit like being able to turn off the flight recorder. As for electrical problems, in this day and age I would expect some sort of failsafe circuit to exist that shuts things down automatically rather than having to rely on the pilot.
Can we get back to the real business of CTs then ?![]()
Another article on the possibility of it being hacked, this time from the ground to reprogram the autopilot.
http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/boeing-777-could-have-been-reprogrammed-from-the-ground/
Would the autopilot on this 777 be able to land the plane without any onboard intervention other than setting destination into the computer?