'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane

mcast said:
it's called common sense.

I'm sick to death of conspiracy nuts watching too much TV and reading the dross pumped out by the media, they need to reengage their brain. Thankfully most people I meet in real life aren't as mental as those on the internet.
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Lysander said:
Seeing as I don't own a television or read the papers that's pretty difficult. What you call common sense in this instance is just sticking to the safe and familiar rather than thinking laterally.
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Lysander said:
So far today on the BBC they've just been saying, "update, nothing found", "breaking news, nothing found from search". For how long will the news channels keep reporting on nothing and when will they just bury the story?
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You are so full of BS.
 
On a side note, I do find the over-use of the term "BREAKING NEWS" annoying, if everything is always breaking news (even events known about for months) then the term is essentially meaningless.

I also dislike the over-use of huge red dramatic bold blocks of colour all over the place during reporting the news.
 
elmarko said:
On a side note, I do find the over-use of the term "BREAKING NEWS" annoying, if everything is always breaking news (even events known about for months) then the term is essentially meaningless.

I also dislike the over-use of huge red dramatic bold blocks of colour all over the place during reporting the news.
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I know, everything is BREAKING NEWS in big white letters. Normally it's so overly dramatic for no reason. The thing about BBC News 24 is that it's all bombastic and over the top [though not as bad as US news] whereas Al Jazeera, by comparison, is very understated, they just report the news without making it a show.
 
Lysander said:
I know, everything is BREAKING NEWS in big white letters. Normally it's so overly dramatic for no reason. The thing about BBC News 24 is that it's all bombastic and over the top [though not as bad as US news] whereas Al Jazeera, by comparison, is very understated, they just report the news without making it a show.
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:eek:

Another thing we agree on, it can't last. :D :cool:

I used to love BBC news a fair few years ago before it hammed up the drama - shame they followed the trend.
 
elmarko said:
On a side note, I do find the over-use of the term "BREAKING NEWS" annoying
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+1
Everything is BREAKING NEWS!! So dramatic. I remember the old days when we'd get a programme interruption on TV when something worthy of Breaking News actually occurred. Two I remember are the Zeebrugge disaster and Piper Alpha. Both in the late 80s.
 
.... and now for some unbreaking news.... again we've found nothing and are off to bed.

So let's have some more completely outrageous theories to pass the time.
 
weeble said:
Is this really possible - to effectively hack the plane and remotely control it from the ground?

If so, then it could have shadowed Keith Ledgerwood's SIA68 theory (for example)...

Dunno how easy it would be to land though.
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Seriously? No it is n't.
 
Drukk said:
Seriously? No it is n't.
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Drones are designed from the ground up to be controlled remotely and so, it turns out, is the Boeing 777, which is equipped with an emergency intervention system that would allow a remote operator to land the aircraft from the ground simply by manipulating the autopilot. This has never been done, according to aviation experts, but it is within the realm of possibility.
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http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/boeing-777-could-have-been-reprogrammed-from-the-ground/
 
thenewoc said:
http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/boeing-777-could-have-been-reprogrammed-from-the-ground/
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That article is full of errors. It also says the pilots would incapacitate themselves with the passengers, forgotten about crew oxygen have they?

I have worked on numerous aircraft avionic and electrical systems including the 777 and strangely enough we have never covered any emergency intervention system in courses or testing. That would be safe would n't it, having a system that could take over the aircraft without anyone knowing that its even installed!
 
Drukk said:
That article is full of errors. It also says the pilots would incapacitate themselves with the passengers, forgotten about crew oxygen have they?

I have worked on numerous aircraft avionic and electrical systems including the 777 and strangely enough we have never covered any emergency intervention system in courses or testing. That would be safe would n't it, having a system that could take over the aircraft without anyone knowing that its even installed!
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No one has said it has been pulled off successfully. Perhaps the existence of remote capabilities is classified to limited personnel. Perhaps they didn't need or want the pilots, a drone manages without them.
 
So in the absence of any actual news on it, today's headlines are:

"A Pentagon spokesman, Rear Adm. John Kirby, said that as far as he knows, the U.S. has received no specific requests to review its satellite data in response to the discovery in the southern Indian Ocean. "
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/satellites-searching-missing-plane-limits-22992129

"India has declined China's request for permission to allow four of its warships near the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. "
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-c...ng-mh370-font-india-says-no-to-china-1.524714

"Captain made a personal phone call to someone before take-off"
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/03/21/10/44/pilot-made-call-in-cockpit-minutes-before-take-off

"Aircraft was carrying a consignment of Lithium-Ion batteries"
http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...um-ion-batteries-cargo-not-seen-dangerous-201
 
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