'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane

redeye_uk · 31 Mar 2014 at 10:57

Amp34 said:
Standard rafts (or at least ones I've been in) are around 3-4m, not far off the "more than 2 metres". No idea how big ones from aircraft are though. Conversely it seems massive for a buoy.

Having a look online shows that Boeing 777 life rafts are 30 feet (9.1m wide). Thats greater than 5 times the surface area of a 3m wide circular object.

I think its fair to say they aren't life rafts. A 2-3m wide buoy doesnt seem that 'massive'? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoy

Cosimo · 31 Mar 2014 at 11:25

I’m sure everyone will be pleased that the Malaysian Prime Minister is flying to Australia to “consult” on the search effort.

CaptainRAVE · 31 Mar 2014 at 11:35

I wonder if we will ever find this.

wesley · 31 Mar 2014 at 12:48

i was thinking about this morning, i wonder if guys with the UK satellite got it wrong. the plane never flew down south. it could crashes into china sea or close by.

how accurate those 'pings' are?

Werewolf · 31 Mar 2014 at 13:01

Amp34 said:
Just reading last night that the latest spots were four bright orange objects over 2m in size... That sounds like it could be life rafts or slides if related to the crash. If that's the case that brings up a gruesome idea. If they are life rafts then they are unlikely to have enough water for 3 weeks at sea. Any other ideas what they may be if related to the plane, it had no orange livery AFAIK.

There is always potential for solar stills l but you'd also expect a raft to have an EPIRB and as such be noticed by now.

I think the "life rafts" on the flight were actually the emergency escape chutes and grey.
So large bright orange things would probably not be the life rafts.

Amp34 · 31 Mar 2014 at 13:14

Werewolf said:
I think the "life rafts" on the flight were actually the emergency escape chutes and grey.
So large bright orange things would probably not be the life rafts.

There were supposed to be four life rafts carried by the plane however. I doubt anything used as an emergency device would be such a nondistinct colour as well. Grey would be the worst possible colour for an emergency device.

Doesn't matter now as it was confirmed as fishing equipment which means all sightings have either disappeared (probably large waves on the satellite) or just rubbish. Good job that ping was picked up or they really would have no clI'd where the plane ended up!

http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-jet-equipped-four-life-rafts-1440316
Doesn't say what colour they are though.

Energize · 31 Mar 2014 at 13:15

[TW]Fox;26078030 said:
Never heard of the Maldives?

It says discover the ocean, not discover the Maldives though. The former is probably preferable though given what a backwards hellhole the Maldives are.

agnes · 31 Mar 2014 at 13:46

In summary, what's the update with this? I heard the plane went down, very sad. But that's it.

Cosimo · 31 Mar 2014 at 13:48

agnes said:
In summary, what's the update with this? I heard the plane went down, very sad. But that's it.

Another day, another debris picture, another search area..... to be continued...

thenewoc · 31 Mar 2014 at 14:14

News from the mirror about an hour ago was that nothing found from todays search but the ship towing the black box locator is on route to the search area.

Sin_Chase · 31 Mar 2014 at 14:26

Man that S&R picture is depressing. 4,000KM in outgoing and return just to reach the search area.

koolpc · 31 Mar 2014 at 17:53

They need a few aircraft carriers in the area.

thenewoc · 31 Mar 2014 at 18:48

koolpc said:
They need a few aircraft carriers in the area.

I imagine most if not all of the large planes their using would require a longer run way than what an AC can offer.

leaskovski · 31 Mar 2014 at 20:52

lol at the pm and the new last words of the flight.

Stolly · 31 Mar 2014 at 21:12

thenewoc said:
I imagine most if not all of the large planes their using would require a longer run way than what an AC can offer.

Ummm...i guess the point would be with a flight deck in the search area you wouldn't need the large long range aircraft...the dozens of short range aircraft on board would be able to search vastly more area per day.

koolpc · 31 Mar 2014 at 21:15

thenewoc said:
I imagine most if not all of the large planes their using would require a longer run way than what an AC can offer.

Not for the current planes!

It would be a good platform for other search planes / helicopters

Jokester · 1 Apr 2014 at 00:33

leaskovski said:
lol at the pm and the new last words of the flight.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26825184

The investigation is a complete shambles as well. They've now also released the radar track and it's completely different to what they had originally said. Rather than a sharp left turn it made a shallow right 270 degree turn.

Hades · 1 Apr 2014 at 00:46

Cosimo said:
I’m sure everyone will be pleased that the Malaysian Prime Minister is flying to Australia to “consult” on the search effort.

I wonder if his plane will get there...

bitslice · 1 Apr 2014 at 00:52

koolpc said:
They need a few aircraft carriers in the area.

China has a huge navy and most of the passengers were Chinese,
so far all they do is sit and bitch while the Aussies do all their work.

SexyGreyFox · 1 Apr 2014 at 07:42

I wonder how many millions the search has already cost?