'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane

Glaucus · 10 Mar 2015 at 01:58

Llangoliers got it. It's the only explanation.

Freakbro · 10 Mar 2015 at 08:03

Amleto said:
Literally. Really?

Unfortunately, with the new acceptable definition of literally.... yes

informal
used for emphasis while not being literally true.
"I have received literally thousands of letters"

MooMoo444 · 10 Mar 2015 at 09:36

Literally now literally means not literally.

OH MY GOD

Amp34 · 10 Mar 2015 at 10:14

Amleto said:
Literally. Really?

Maybe that's why they haven't found the plane yet? Looking for the wrong thing?

mattyg · 10 Mar 2015 at 10:18

It'll be where that guy on the oil rig reckons it is.

mattyg · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:13

Possible piece found

Diddums · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:22

Well thanks. Very informative. :confused:

Hades · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:24

Found this on Google:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...Reunion-matches-Malaysia-Airlines-flight.html

Jokester · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:26

Looks like the break they've been looking for.

Glaucus · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:30

Wont it be easy to identify? Surly lots of plane parts have unique identification numbers they can check?

koolpc · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:37

Hope they can identify it

mattyg · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:39

Diddums said:
Well thanks. Very informative.

Have you lost the ability to type "mh370 piece found" into google or should I have listed every possible site for you....

Longbow · 29 Jul 2015 at 21:58

mattyg said:
Have you lost the ability to type "mh370 piece found" into google or should I have listed every possible site for you....

Yes, but why should 100 people Google that, when you could have just posted the source in your post in the first place.

FL630 · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:03

Glaucus said:
Wont it be easy to identify? Surly lots of plane parts have unique identification numbers they can check?

Yes. But even if it is a part of a 777, it's a very big sea to go searching...

koolpc · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:14

But, to find and confirm it is from that missing flight would be a major step forward

FL630 · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:27

Absolutely! It would confirm it's fate.

Pics make it look like an outboard aileron, it's tough to guess not being an engineer or a 777 pilot, but it's certainly off the wing and not big enough to be a part of the flap.

I do hope it is MH370, if I'm honest it's not every day you find T7 ailerons in the sea...

MOOGLEYS · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:32

On a piece that size there would be multiple serial/part numbers that would identify it.

Curio · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:35

Even if this does turn out to be from the missing 777, it's still a huge mystery. In fact, the piece in question was found so far away from where they're looking (even taking into account currents) that it would only add to the conundrum, imo.

Jokester · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:42

Curio said:
Even if this does turn out to be from the missing 777, it's still a huge mystery. In fact, the piece in question was found so far away from where they're looking (even taking into account currents) that it would only add to the conundrum, imo.

A lot nearer Diego Garcia than the search site. *conspiracy theory*

Edit: Just to add to it, the prevailing currents would have tended to take something from Diego Garcia to those islands as well. Could be some interesting theories come out!

FL630 · 29 Jul 2015 at 22:49