'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane
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After British company Inmarsat traced the plane with the Doppler Effect on the Satellite pings, now the British Submarine HMS Tireless is on the scene.
Bets on the British Navy being the ones that find it?
Rule, Britannia!
Bets on the British Navy being the ones that find it?
Rule, Britannia!
I haven't been following this too closely in the last few weeks but an interesting question was broached at work.
How much has this search cost in total, and at what point does a government pull the plug on funding said search?
Who foots the bill...presumably tax payers for each respective countries involvement?
They may seem like harsh questions, but like I said they are the questions being asked by workmates.
How much has this search cost in total, and at what point does a government pull the plug on funding said search?
Who foots the bill...presumably tax payers for each respective countries involvement?
They may seem like harsh questions, but like I said they are the questions being asked by workmates.
+1 for this, its nice to know our little island has some smart cookies to do us proud on the world stage also including AAIB who also seem highly regarded internationally.
You say that, yet there is no physical proof yet.
I think under international law if the plane is found in international waters then the country the plane is registered in is responsible. However, I don't know if that is only true when that country has requested assistance or whether it also applies where assistance has been offered. I suspect that it would be a political own goal for a country to charge the cost to Malaysia in any case.
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Particularly so given there were zero British citizens on the plane!
This is what we were talking about, I'm all for helping out, especially if there is the possability of survivors, but what if it's still not been found 6, 12 or 18 months later, do we continue to send equipment and troops for what will by that point most certainly be wreckage.
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The cost of ships will be negligible I would imagine. Most ships, especially military, will be cruising, patrolling or stationed somewhere anyway won't they? So changing their course to look won't impact cost-wise.
The planes will be costing a fair ticket though, especially to the Malaysians.
The planes will be costing a fair ticket though, especially to the Malaysians.
The US was reported to have set aside $4 million but about a week ago in the same report they disclosed they had already spent $2.5 million of that and estimated the budget would see them into the early part of April. With their crazy deficit I guess they'll find some more from somewhere.
I think they were offered $5000, presumably by Malaysian Airways but didn't see any mention of whether that was just an up front payment or they were being cheeky trying to slip in a full and final settlement in.
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£10k doesnt seem much when you consider it's someones life.
It's nothing. Even ten times that amount is nothing.
Maybe I'm wrong but hasn't the search moved on from where Inmarsat suggested because that too was wrong - based on the increased speed of the aircraft not factored?
No, they are still searching based on the inmarsat ping, the ping only calculated it was on an arc and subsequently that it would have been the southern arc. The initial search area was based on the arc and the flight time of the plane at cruising speed. They then decided the plane was going faster and as such didn't cover as much ground and are now searching higher up the arc.
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Lol, shens. The nutjobs are saying it's Diego Garcia military base in the central Indian Ocean.