Author Topic: Malaysia Airlines (Read 123629 times)

Dr Rick Daris · « **Reply #375 on:** March 16, 2014, 10:40:29 AM »

yeah. he depressurized the cabin or whatever and killed everybody.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #376 on:** March 16, 2014, 10:52:56 AM »

There is a "depressurize cabin kill everyone" switch?

EMAWmeister · « **Reply #377 on:** March 16, 2014, 11:23:44 AM »

What if he tried to keep going and was like "eff it, let's go to space" and vaporized everyone

Phil Titola · « **Reply #378 on:** March 16, 2014, 11:38:09 AM »

Quote from: Limestone on March 16, 2014, 10:52:56 AM

There is a "depressurize cabin kill everyone" switch?

yeah but in big bold letters under it that says "DON'T FLIP THIS SWITCH"...so no way he used that switch.

This simple answer of pilot suicide is depressing me...they better spice this up a little bit

steve dave · « **Reply #379 on:** March 16, 2014, 11:46:05 AM »

would have been nuts to read texts, etc. from passengers and crew if the pilot hadn't flown them over the sea away from a cell signal or gogo inflight availability. if that is what happened I wonder if the other pilot or crew made the passengers aware or if they tried to keep it on the DL. terrifying.

hemmy · « **Reply #380 on:** March 16, 2014, 11:52:04 AM »

I saw a movie where the passengers get the stewardess cart with the drinks and whatnot and ram it into the cockpit door. Maybe those passengers should have watched that movie too?

ChiComCat · « **Reply #381 on:** March 16, 2014, 12:15:03 PM »

I would think they keep it on the DL at first but word had to get out. A pilot probably gets a lot of leeway though because nobody would want to be the first passenger to start alarming the rest of them.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #382 on:** March 16, 2014, 12:18:28 PM »

"Hey, the co-pilot has been beating on the cockpit door for a long time and we are 5 hours late"
"It's cool, watch the iPad"

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #383 on:** March 16, 2014, 07:18:42 PM »

If the cockpit door is locked, it's locked. Nobody is forcing their way in.

Has it been verified that the plane dropped 40k feet quite rapidly? Could have been defensive move by pilots, or could have been a deliberate attempt to drop under most radar coverage. But if they were flying that low for that long over land, a cell tower somewhere would have eventually picked them up. I just can't see a jet like that traveling NW through all those countries' airspace undetected. Gotta be going the other direction into the Indian Ocean, but why? Crazy pilot commits suicide has still gotta be most likely scenario.

EMAWmeister · « **Reply #384 on:** March 16, 2014, 07:29:58 PM »

What if the US govt was like "yeah it totally flew to Pakistan according to our radar" but don't want to tell Pakistan that we have all of our technology crap in their country?

ChiComCat · « **Reply #385 on:** March 16, 2014, 07:39:46 PM »

Pakistan and India are both saying they would've caught it on their radar but I think they are bullshitting so the other one doesn't think they have shitty radar.

steve dave · « **Reply #386 on:** March 16, 2014, 07:49:07 PM »

Quote from: ChiCat on March 16, 2014, 07:39:46 PM

Pakistan and India are both saying they would've caught it on their radar but I think they are bullshitting so the other one doesn't think they have shitty radar.

lol

puniraptor · « **Reply #387 on:** March 16, 2014, 08:15:30 PM »

Or one is in cahoots.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #388 on:** March 16, 2014, 08:18:40 PM »

Quote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on March 16, 2014, 07:18:42 PM

If the cockpit door is locked, it's locked. Nobody is forcing their way in.

Has it been verified that the plane dropped 40k feet quite rapidly? Could have been defensive move by pilots, or could have been a deliberate attempt to drop under most radar coverage. But if they were flying that low for that long over land, a cell tower somewhere would have eventually picked them up. I just can't see a jet like that traveling NW through all those countries' airspace undetected. Gotta be going the other direction into the Indian Ocean, but why? Crazy pilot commits suicide has still gotta be most likely scenario.

The doors are plenty strong but you give 200 people a few hours facing death, it's coming down.

mocat · « **Reply #389 on:** March 16, 2014, 08:48:56 PM »

Uhm no KSU, the plane has not been verified to have dropped 40k feet rapidly. If if did then we would know its a mile underwater wouldn't we?

Pete · « **Reply #390 on:** March 16, 2014, 08:56:25 PM »

Guys, this disappearing 777 is tearing us apart.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #391 on:** March 16, 2014, 08:58:18 PM »

It wouldn't surprise me if both china and the US knew where this thing is, but don't want to reveal technology.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #392 on:** March 16, 2014, 09:16:09 PM »

Quote from: mocat on March 16, 2014, 08:48:56 PM

Uhm no KSU, the plane has not been verified to have dropped 40k feet rapidly. If if did then we would know its a mile underwater wouldn't we?

Authorities seem to agree the jet climbed to 45,000 feet before abruptly losing altitude. Some say it dropped to 23k feet, others all the way down to 5k. http://m.smh.com.au/world/missing-malaysia-airlines-jet-may-have-flown-under-radar-investigators-20140317-hvjlf.html

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #393 on:** March 17, 2014, 09:28:43 AM »

if we don't find this thing before the NCAA tourney starts goEMAW may never find it.

K-S-U-Wildcats! · « **Reply #394 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:12:40 AM »

http://my.news.yahoo.com/mh370-flew-low-1-500m-avoid-detection-says-011918423.html

Could be bullshit. Also hearing that altitude data from the radar pings is unreliable. Biggest problem is that, as remote as some of that land is, it's just very hard to believe they didn't come within range of a single cell tower flying that low for that distance.

steve dave · « **Reply #395 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:19:11 AM »

I know nothing about radar but I can't imagine that it couldn't pick up a big ass commercial 777 no matter where or how it was flying. also, it is going to suck fuel incredibly fast if it's flying at that altitude for any amount of time or climbing/descending.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #396 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:21:20 AM »

My new boss came from a company that sells radar. Next time he's in the country I'll try to get some deetz.

Belvis Noland · « **Reply #397 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:26:35 AM »

Quote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on March 16, 2014, 07:18:42 PM

If the cockpit door is locked, it's locked. Nobody is forcing their way in.

Has it been verified that the plane dropped 40k feet quite rapidly? Could have been defensive move by pilots, or could have been a deliberate attempt to drop under most radar coverage. But if they were flying that low for that long over land, a cell tower somewhere would have eventually picked them up. I just can't see a jet like that traveling NW through all those countries' airspace undetected. Gotta be going the other direction into the Indian Ocean, but why? Crazy pilot commits suicide has still gotta be most likely scenario.

The crazy pilot commits suicide angle doesn't work for me. If he was merely motivated to drop this thing into the ocean, he could have just followed the scheduled flight path and downed it in the south china sea. If this dude really plotted, planned, and programmed out a route to the west, seems like a lot of needless trouble if his end game was simply crashing into the ocean.

steve dave · « **Reply #398 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:29:36 AM »

Quote from: Belvis Noland on March 17, 2014, 10:26:35 AM

Quote from: K-S-U-Wildcats! on March 16, 2014, 07:18:42 PM
If the cockpit door is locked, it's locked. Nobody is forcing their way in.

Has it been verified that the plane dropped 40k feet quite rapidly? Could have been defensive move by pilots, or could have been a deliberate attempt to drop under most radar coverage. But if they were flying that low for that long over land, a cell tower somewhere would have eventually picked them up. I just can't see a jet like that traveling NW through all those countries' airspace undetected. Gotta be going the other direction into the Indian Ocean, but why? Crazy pilot commits suicide has still gotta be most likely scenario.

The crazy pilot commits suicide angle doesn't work for me. If he was merely motivated to drop this thing into the ocean, he could have just followed the scheduled flight path and downed it in the south china sea. If this dude really plotted, planned, and programmed out a route to the west, seems like a lot of needless trouble if his end game was simply crashing into the ocean.

the fact that he was basically nuts for the 777 and had that huge simulation rig at his house makes me wonder though. could be testing out his most ridiculous maneuvers in real life on his way out.

Benja · « **Reply #399 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:30:09 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on March 16, 2014, 11:46:05 AM

would have been nuts to read texts, etc. from passengers and crew if the pilot hadn't flown them over the sea away from a cell signal or gogo inflight availability. if that is what happened I wonder if the other pilot or crew made the passengers aware or if they tried to keep it on the DL. terrifying.

Yeah super scary. Also it was the middle of the night right? Every flight I've been on at night nobody talks and everyone sleeps and junk. I could see nobody knowing what's going on until the plane is seconds away from smashing into the water or at the moment it smashes into the water. rough ridin' terrifying.