Malaysia Airlines

[michigancat]

the two different devices that were shut off at different times is really bizarre. could still be malfunction but man, what on earth.

they got wet at different times during the crash

[mocat]

the two different devices that were shut off at different times is really bizarre. could still be malfunction but man, what on earth.

they got wet at different times during the crash

So it did not explode in midair? Why no emergency call?

[michigancat]

the two different devices that were shut off at different times is really bizarre. could still be malfunction but man, what on earth.

they got wet at different times during the crash

So it did not explode in midair? Why no emergency call?

it could have exploded midair and different devices fail at different times.

[steve dave]

the two different devices that were shut off at different times is really bizarre. could still be malfunction but man, what on earth.

they got wet at different times during the crash

If I heard correctly one was shut off when they lost transponder and the other hours later. could be the first malfunctioned when whatever happened happened and the other went off when it went down I guess. I'm just going off BBC radio stuff I drunkenly heard.

[michigancat]

I thought they went off like 10 minutes apart and I'm just spitballing possibilities.

[steve dave]

what a terrifying and interesting thing

[michigancat]

Yes. I work with a guy in Asia who's dad works for Malaysian Air and some of my coworkers have flown it from time to time. He's just posting pictures of himself at bars and stuff so maybe he's in on the conspiracy.

[Dr Rick Daris]

something super shady went down. those things were purposefully shut off ten minutes apart but the engine or whatever kept sending out signals for four hours or whatever. my guess is that they shut the two off then flew somewhere and landed. then when on the ground shut the engine one off, refueled probably and then flew somewhere else and this time knew that they couldn't be tracked period. this thing is gone. it won't be found in the next week or anything like that. story of the century so far.

[steve dave]

that would be story of the century. not a lot of places you can land a 777 though. if it landed I'd guess it's still there. still think it's in the water.

[Dr Rick Daris]

that would be story of the century. not a lot of places you can land a 777 though. if it landed I'd guess it's still there. still think it's in the water.

I like my story better. also what about one of these? some are pretty fun.

 http://www.boston.com/news/source/2014/03/9_crazy_conspiracy_theories_about_malaysian_airlines_flight.html?comments=all#aComments

[steve dave]

that would be story of the century. not a lot of places you can land a 777 though. if it landed I'd guess it's still there. still think it's in the water.

I like my story better. also what about one of these? some are pretty fun.

 http://www.boston.com/news/source/2014/03/9_crazy_conspiracy_theories_about_malaysian_airlines_flight.html?comments=all#aComments

I don't know the science, can't comment

[steve dave]

I would actually like to see a map of the airstrips you could possibly land a 777 at within the fuel on the aircraft though. would make a lot of people saying dumb stuff say less dumb stuff.

[michigancat]

I would actually like to see a map of the airstrips you could possibly land a 777 at within the fuel on the aircraft though. would make a lot of people saying dumb stuff say less dumb stuff.

someone stealing a 777 could possibly build a runway to land a 777

[puniraptor]

I would actually like to see a map of the airstrips you could possibly land a 777 at within the fuel on the aircraft though. would make a lot of people saying dumb stuff say less dumb stuff.

it can land on a 5000 ft runway

there will be shitloads

[steve dave]

I would actually like to see a map of the airstrips you could possibly land a 777 at within the fuel on the aircraft though. would make a lot of people saying dumb stuff say less dumb stuff.

it can land on a 5000 ft runway

there will be shitloads

post them

[Dr Rick Daris]

yeah I think there would be a bunch in theory. now did it really fly to one and do all this secret stuff? my money would be on no, but I don't think its unreasonable to put it as a possibility.

[steve dave]

here's the thing, there are many places that you could land a 777 with that fuel. that's a lot of range. all of those places have hundreds of people visiting each of them every day though. they are large airports which were operating during this timeframe.

[puniraptor]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/9%C2%B009'04.4%22N+92%C2%B049'08.7%22E/@9.151227,92.819089,9865m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

probly not this one

but it illustrates where you can fit a runway of the requisite size.

anyway,

its probably being hidden by a colluding governement.

[michigancat]

here's the thing, there are many places that you could land a 777 with that fuel. that's a lot of range. all of those places have hundreds of people visiting each of them every day though. they are large airports which were operating during this timeframe.

fly to yemen desert where you'll be low on fuel and have a wide flat desert area to land.*

*I have no idea if there is flat desert in yemen

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Ok that was like a 6 hour flight, right? Like if they had landed in Beijing? I'm curious as to why there was only a little over 7 hours of fuel on the plane. Like do they cut it that close normally?

Kind of OT but whatever.

[Dr Rick Daris]

Ok that was like a 6 hour flight, right? Like if they had landed in Beijing? I'm curious as to why there was only a little over 7 hours of fuel on the plane. Like do they cut it that close normally?

Kind of OT but whatever.

yes. they cut it super close.

[steve dave]

Ok that was like a 6 hour flight, right? Like if they had landed in Beijing? I'm curious as to why there was only a little over 7 hours of fuel on the plane. Like do they cut it that close normally?

Kind of OT but whatever.

they cut it pretty close. an hour seems right, if not long.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Wow, very interesting. Ok next time I ask a noob question about flying and the answer is kinda scary just lie to me.

Like the "southwest pilot barreling into the runway to make time" thing was stuck in my head last week as we took a landing at like 3000 mph. Flight to midway was 45 minutes cuz we took off 20 min late.

[steve dave]

Wow, very interesting. Ok next time I ask a noob question about flying and the answer is kinda scary just lie to me.

Like the "southwest pilot barreling into the runway to make time" thing was stuck in my head last week as we took a landing at like 3000 mph. Flight to midway was 45 minutes cuz we took off 20 min late.

yeah, he was legitimately saving his paycheck, your life be damned. SOUTHWEST ONTIME RECORD, DOE!

[puniraptor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_planning#Fuel_calculation

not super helpful, but interesting