Boeing 777 Missing in Asia

[GoChris]

Originally posted by TYMSMNY
Well what's weird to me is that the blackbox is still missing. Usually it starts to send out a signal but none has been found. These boxes are made to be bombproof in case the plane blows up midair.

So either the plane is somewhere.... or the plane got smashed to dust.

You have to be within a certain distance to detect the signal.

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by Ca_Silvia13
A burning 747 in a dark ocean sky seems pretty easy to spot flames in the sky.

It's also a 777. And normally I wouldn't be splitting hairs, but we're talking about a far, far larger plane than a 747. About double the length, I believe.

[MilanoRedTeg]

Chinese satellite located a suspected crash site apparently

[Tik-Tok]

Far from bomb proof. I damaged one dropping it two feet onto concrete. The beacon is also pretty fragile. Its only protection is its located in the "safest" part of the aircraft during a conventional crash, and has heat protection.

[Kloubek]

There's been a lot of "apparently" thrown around. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Go4Long]

Originally posted by MilanoRedTeg
Chinese satellite located a suspected crash site apparently

and it's southwest of where the transponder stopped transmitting...not east which is where they were looking.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by Kloubek


It's also a 777. And normally I wouldn't be splitting hairs, but we're talking about a far, far larger plane than a 747. About double the length, I believe.

A 747 is bigger than a 777. Did you mean 737?

[bulaian]

(CNN) -- A Chinese satellite looking into the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 "observed a suspected crash area at sea," a Chinese government agency said -- a potentially pivotal lead into what has been a frustrating search for the Boeing 777.

China's State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense announced the discovery, including images of what it said were "three suspected floating objects and their sizes." The objects aren't small at 13 by 18 meters (43 by 59 feet), 14 by 19 meters and 24 by 22 meters.

The images were captured on March 9 -- which was the day after the plane went missing -- but weren't released until Wednesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/12/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1

[n1zm0]

Originally posted by Kloubek
There's been a lot of "apparently" thrown around. I'll believe it when I see it.

I'd like to think if the Chinese government is making the announcement then it's at least something of value, I'm sure they have quite a few people scouring over their surveillance satellite material.

An IT manager in Chicago was allocated a piece of the grid on Tomnod and spotted something as well:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...anager-3235818

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt


A 747 is bigger than a 777. Did you mean 737?

Well, snap - I stand corrected. Looks like every 7X7 series is bigger than the other - except for the 747.

My bad entirely.

[GTS4tw]

Originally posted by Kloubek


Well, snap - I stand corrected. Looks like every 7X7 series is bigger than the other - except for the 747.

My bad entirely.

Not quite, 727 is bigger than 737

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by GTS4tw


Not quite, 727 is bigger than 737

Depends on generation. 737-100 to -400 is smaller than a 727, -500 to -900 is bigger.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok
Depends on generation. 737-100 to -400 is smaller than a 727, -500 to -900 is bigger.

This number makes as much sense as BMW.

[Go4Long]

Lol

[3drian]

Originally posted by jwslam

This number makes as much sense as BMW.

[Redlyne_mr2]

If the oil rig worker witnessed it going down why would there be no distress signals sent from the plane??

[lilmira]

Originally posted by jwslam

This number makes as much sense as BMW.

New math, subtraction is addition, you can suck it.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
If the oil rig worker witnessed it going down why would there be no distress signals sent from the plane??

Pilots are as falible as everyone else.

[95EagleAWD]

Originally posted by jwslam

This number makes as much sense as BMW.

They aren't built on order of size, but on chronological order. Except the 717. Which was an MD-95, really.

[Rat Fink]

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