'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane

The Australians have spotted possible wreckage on satellite photos off their west coast. It's not confirmed that it is plane wreckage yet.
 
Lysander said:
I'd love to know your detailed insight into why. The fact it's disappeared does not mean it's crashed. Especially when you consider that it was, as far as we know, controlled all the way until the last ping and beyond.
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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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Largest piece of debris over 24m long. Looks hopeful, but could be a boat again...

Other issue is, its 1500 miles off the west coast (news didn't say NM or just M), either way, Australias best S&R plane (from land) only has a range of 2500 miles, so searching might take some time and boats / carriers will likely be needed....
 
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Interesting development.
There is a plane in the area now, but weather is bad so visibility isn't great. If it is the plane, I wonder what the chances are of finding the black boxes?
 
You mean the inmarsat pings which gave the arc to enable the search in the Indian ocean? Yeah, what a waste :rolleyes:

Devlish said:
If that is it, then it looks like a plane on autopilot flying till it ran out of fuel. The internet eh?
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in completely the wrong direction to the location it should have been flying to. Do you think the pilot was unconscious and then knocked the input with his knee?
 
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thenewoc said:
The bit in the Express article referring to Dr Leivesley (former Home Office scientific advisor) about phone hacking vulnerability was a shocking revelation to come out of this I thought. Shocking in the sense of the implication of older aircraft or those that have had systems such as in flight entertainment additions could have compromised their security.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...y-have-been-cyber-hijacked-using-mobile-phone
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What an absolute load of rubbish that article is!
 
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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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.
 
The satellite images are from 4 days ago and the currents are quite complex in that area. So it could be another day or so before they actually find it
 
Doohickey said:
Latest from BBC News- the Australians have tracked the plane on the southward arc over the Indian Ocean. They have had satellite information that has not been publicly released as of yet. Also corresponds with information from the NTSB. It appears the plane was headed in the direction of the South Pole... It just gets weirder...
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The story and satellite pic:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26659951

Apparently a US P-8 Poseidon aircraft will be the first on the scene.
 
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