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1 KarelXWB
: Australia says hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...es-australia-idUKKBN0LX1RN20150301
2 777Jet
: I just read a similar article. Such news was inevitable IMHO. MH370 may never be found It would be a real shame, as previously mentioned, if the plan
3 KarelXWB
: Never say never. Last month a DC-3 was found after it went missing 54 years ago.
4 777Jet
: That is why I said 'may never' The Titanic was eventually found too. So was this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_BS...vro_Lancastrian_Star_Dust_ac
5 liquidair
: Have you read mandala's latest blog? http://www.gerryairways.com/index.ph...s-but-what-can-we-learn-from-them/ Just saying... And on top of all that,
6 OMP777X
: VERY interesting stuff to say the least. I'm so glad to see these clever minds bouncing their ideas back and forth off of each other. Well put. I'm i
7 nudiebranch
: Why yes I have indeed. So odd that he would say something such as this: I told Jeff that I got these information back in 2011 and had absolutely forg
8 mandala499
: Well, as I said in the article, only when I read Jeff's post did I remember this. It was and still is a ridiculous claim to use spoofing as a method t
9 777Jet
: Yes, I have read Mandala's excellent blog If something like the Jeff Wise scenario is what happened to MH370 (which I won't rule out until it is foun
10 David L
: Fascinating stuff - thank you Mandala499. However, anyone reading it must read it all the way to the end! And, just to be clear, the allegations here
11 777Jet
: Sorry mate, I must have been typing my last reply when you posted your last reply so I was not able to respond to it - I missed it. I agree that it i
12 mandala499
: That's the risk for reading what I write ! In a way yes. Certain aspects of the data can be spoofed provided you have the right equipment and tested
13 theaviator380
: Excellent blog Mandala and thanks to Jeff wise too, it's great to see both has put in some great efforts to write their blogs/theories. My questions a
14 YoungMans
: According to Tailskid, a fair while back, all passengers on this flight were (properly?) checked out and, I presume, nothing suspicious was found.
15 David L
: What I mean is that your scenario is quite different from having Inmarsat fake the data at their end. I must admit, I was beginning to wonder if you'
17 ZKCIF
: First of all, I would ask questions about the itinerary of the Russian and Ukrainian citizens. It is EXTREMELY illogical for them to be on this flight
18 liquidair
: I totally get that you're not suggesting it as a possible theory and I did read the article until the end- clearly security is an issue that needs to
19 777way
: Really interesting Jeff and Mandala's alternative views on the issue. Why is it unusual? The Russian might be heading to Irkutsk which is nearby and h
20 pvjin
: It's a big ocean, by the time search efforts were started any parts would have been carried away already and could have probably ended up somewhere n
21 ZKCIF
: OK, I see your point, but then the Russian guy would likely be on the second part of his journey. In this case, it would be interesting to find out HO
22 777way
: Not sure but China Southern also flew to IKT, I can bet they researched the three throughly and even if they are prime suspects it will never be leake
23 ZKCIF
: You don't mean KHV, do you? I am not sure they ever flew to IKT. Expedia is not the best source, but I tried booking IKT-KUL return on various dates,
24 nudiebranch
: Interesting that it took Jeff's blog to remember all of THIS: From your pen: "In 2011, I led the Aerospace and Defence Solutions department at one of
25 777way
: They do IKT from Shenyang http://www.anna.aero/2011/07/13/chin...rom-shenyang-to-irkutsk-in-russia/
26 ZKCIF
: Looks like this would not help as they would have to enter the territory of China for which Russians would need visas. Russians only seem to be exemp
27 Kaiarahi
: If you'd been on here for more than 1 day, you'd know how diligent mandala499 is. I suggest you start by reading his posts for the last 5 years.
28 nudiebranch
: And, good sir, in return I would suggest that an explanation is owed as to how one who is 'so diligent', and who has read and engaged countless discu
29 WingedMigrator
: The whole idea of spoofing the satcom signals relies on the supposition that spoofing the satcom (a non-trivial if feasible exercise) would be in some
30 777Jet
: There are sometimes a.net members who have known people / somebody on an incident / accident flight. I am just curious if there are any a.net members
31 flightsimboy
: So with this new development, I have not been following the other threads, are both MH tragedies linked. Did MH 370 start out with the intended purpos
32 mandala499
: Nudiebranch, feel free to think or accuse what you want. You are free to not buy any of it. There is more to satcom than just spoofing. Spoofing does
33 nudiebranch
: I have no interest in what you do or do not believe. You're conflating the issue. My only concern is how you JUST NOW remembered these conversations
34 UALWN
: I guess it's time for Mandala to finally acknowledge that he took over MH370. You've been unmasked, buddy.
35 tailskid
: Which proves nudiebranch's point! It seems pretty obvious that "nudiebranch" is a regular poster here who doesn't want to incur the wrath of the A.ne
36 UALWN
: There's of course nothing blatantly obvious about that, and you know it perfectly well, but you keep repeating the same song over and over again for
37 tailskid
: There is a ton of evidence and it has been posted in this forum by myself and a few others. Why defend a mass murderer? Why obscure the truth? Why pro
38 David L
: Whoops. You didn't read the whole blog, did you? It contains no such agenda.
39 tailskid
: I've read Gerry's blog and all 75 parts of this thread.
40 UALWN
: Just repeating the same sentences over and over again doesn't make them any more true. There are no proofs. And you are simply gratuitously insulting
41 tailskid
: Again, this has all been covered in detail in this thread - many times. If you have any arguments with my hypothesis, make them. And it is you who is
43 David L
: Then I fail to understand how you can call it an attempt to defend the Captain if you read all the way through to the end. Skipping the investigation
44 tailskid
: The stonewalling of any information pointing at Zaharie is found all through the 75 parts of this thread An investigation by Malaysia - by people app
45 UALWN
: I'm of course not glossing over the (very probable) deaths of 238 people. I want to know the truth. Hence I want to entertain, explore and analyze an
46 tailskid
: I am here discussing an aviation incident. You are here engaging in ad hominems. If you ever want to discuss what happened to MH370, let me know.
47 UALWN
: No, sir, you are not discussing. When somebody tries to discuss, this is your reply:
48 YoungMans
: Several weeks ago, a few months at most, I dared to question the veracity of the satellite data; as that would have been an indicator whether 9M-MRO w
49 tailskid
: My technical assertions are in this thread. I have repeated them over and over and over again, I have posted links to a Google earth KML file which de
50 exfss
: yours. I dont beleive you have the truth. That beeing said, I would add: If the plane is not where it should be, it must be somewhere else. Also, if
51 bond007
: You are doing everything but discussing it. You are just repeating your theory as absolute fact. We've heard it - we know what you think - move on, b
52 David L
: How can you possibly interpret my comments as supporting the notion that Inmarsat falsified the data? I've said time and time again why I don't belie
53 mandala499
: Thank you for your concern. Da! My Ukrainian-passport holder operatives took over the jet effectively. After it landed in Baikonur literally on fumes
55 tailskid
: I have dealt with this question in detail multiple times. As you know, the most probable reason the AES was turned off was due to the left AC bus bein
56 tailskid
: Rara, an ad hominem is an attack on the person making the argument instead of the logic or facts being presented. In post #49 there were no facts or
57 bond007
: Unfortunately, you seem incapable of entering an actual debate - you've just been stating what you believe is absolute fact ...when in reality you ha
58 RedChili
: I haven't posted in the MH370 so far, but here's my take on the theories that I've read here and elsewhere: To me personally, it seems like there are
59 tailskid
: You're all insult and no debate. Let's see if you have any substance. The "event" or the time MH370 departed from its flight plan, occurred in the fe
60 exfss
: That is condescendant already. That I agree, so if during these two second something happened making the captain working with priority which mean fly
61 PW100
: Yes and No. Yes; switching ATC FIR at cruising altitude can be done in seconds. No, it also can take 30 - 60 seconds or longer. Remember, usually han
62 777Jet
: Hello Mr. WingedMigrator, In MH370 thread #72, reply #90, I wrote the following - perhaps prematurely at the time: Then you replied: I am just curious
63 bond007
: Is that what you are basing your absolute 'fact' on, that Zaharie was responsible? But, no, I don't agree that "...MH370 departed from its flight pla
64 David L
: Give me a break! I expressed my suspicion that you had not read Gerry's blog all the way to the end because towards the end it is quite clear that he
65 777Jet
: Well said. My thoughts exactly. Is it possible in any way that the SatCom could have been switched back on remotely from somewhere other than inside
66 nudiebranch
: The matter at hand here is why Gerry suddenly felt compelled to share with Jeff W. the following: "In 2011, I led the Aerospace and Defence Solutions
67 NYPECO
: It could be decades, but I think someone will eventually find this plane, probably by accident. Maybe they're searching in the wrong place.
68 WingedMigrator
: With the search of the priority area 40% complete, and assuming that they searched the areas of higher probability first, I would estimate that the c
69 tailskid
: Funny when you find out that what goes around tends to come around too eh? But to raise that irrelevant point in this case is nothing but hyperbole. M
70 777Jet
: Thank you, sir, for your updated odds I'm not as certain, but I hope it is eventually found - while I'm still alive Until it is found in the SIO, if
71 ltbewr
: As we approach a year from the mysterious loss of this aircraft, the rumors, the speculation, the search continues. This flight apparently ended up in
72 mandala499
: I'll be honest with you... I didn't know that Inmarsat called it BFO until MH370. However, I was taught that back then that: Freq(Rx) = F(Freq(Tx) Do
73 JimJupiter
: I've stopped reading the MH370-threads about 30 installments ago... You are one of a few posters on here who have managed to make those threads compl
74 nudiebranch
: No, you stoop lower, much lower. Case in point below: If this is true, then why was it discussed by you in the article. Why mention it all? Why in th
75 777way
: It looks like shill type behaviour to make people feel stupid so they stop discussing and just let a certain perspective have weight in here.
76 Rara
: I thought I'd visualize a conceptual problem that I believe we suffer from in these threads. It won't serve to form a consensus, but it may be helpful
77 RedChili
: I tried doing the same thing as you, and these are my two cents: Possible causes: Supernatural cause, such as an act of God. Alien cause, such as abd
78 David L
: Add that to the inverse logic list (though I assume you mean "implicating" ). It doesn't look like "poppycock" to me. The history of air accidents is
79 UALWN
: Same somebody who joined a.net three days ago, and whose only contribution has been to insult one of the most respecter users here.
80 tailskid
: Dave I'm glad that you did notice that the above sentence is gibberish, but your assumption is too kind IMO. You did a good job of covering for him b
81 mandala499
: Oh yes you're right. Oh dear me... I'm losing it! I guess hates will be haters, silly people like me will always be silly, and then the truth be forg
82 tailskid
: Tell us more about AES spoofing. I have certainly missed all of that. Or you could just be evasive as usual.
83 bond007
: If only you would take your own advice Yes, I think many here agree. Jimbo
84 bond007
: Lol ....it was your quote, and purely some advice that I suggested that you should also take .. No ad hominen attacks, just observations. You might w
85 exfss
: The dogs bark, the caravan passes. I dont know who is the ''we '' you are referring to, but I want out . there is no such thing as beeing right or wr
86 David L
: It's pretty obvious from the context that it was a small mistake by someone whose first language is not English (but generally speaks it very well).
87 nudiebranch
: Members who choose post and follow on this thread. Actually, there's such a thing as being right or wrong everywhere in life, including here. You wou
88 nudiebranch
: Mandala, How did Hishammuddin KNOW MH370 was FROM their airspace? ie. that it originated there. You see, he at the same time claims it to be 'unidenti
89 UALWN
: So "the pilot went for a last look of penang before sacrifice his plane" is "the truth", spoken by a "TRUE airman", while "His sister seems to rememb
90 PW100
: Wow. And you still wonder why people don't want to enter in any serious discussion anymore? I've stayed pretty much on the sideline eversince thread
91 tailskid
: You remind me of the old Saturday Night Live skit "Deep Thoughts". This plane departed from its flight path at the moment in time we were discussing,
92 777Jet
: FWIW Australian PM Tony Abbott is speaking about MH370 live in Parliament now (shown on ABC News 24) and has said - word for word - that "I can't prom
93 exfss
: How can you say that? Do you have inside info that nobody else have? Because up to now, nobody know what happened. So the truth is not knowed yet bud
94 tailskid
: 9MMRO did raise "curiosity" in Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian, "a Singaporean air traffic surveillance and control unit" and probably Indonesian radar w
95 777way
: ^ Yes a couple of posters here seem to be pushing an agenda, like they are trying to distract people from thinking of any othe possibility on purpose.
96 markalot
: Haven't visited these threads in a while. What a strange conversation, and what strange tactics. Nudibranch is the correct spelling, and typically the
97 nudiebranch
: Something we humans fondly think of as the truth. And his curious inability to be forthcoming in this particular matter. Do you realize how preposter
98 777Jet
: It is also apparent that a nudibranch has the ability to 'oxymorph' into something / somebody else
99 gzm
: If you care, tell us why the pilot did it because otherwise your theory is incomplete.And what an accusation! You must find a good reason, certainly n
100 tailskid
: We finally agree on something. It seems that the union of the charlatans didn't end well.
101 nudiebranch
: Huh? What? It never does end well, apparently. Tonight Mandala's piggy back friend has a platform on CNN. Maybe he will tell the world about the Indo
102 777Jet
: When I consider the several 'possible' human intervention / intentional scenarios, when determining what scenario is most likely IMHO I consider moti
103 ltbewr
: One other part of the 'pilot did it' scenario is perhaps he had the same mentality of those that do mass shootings of kids in schools or public place
104 nudiebranch
: NYT article: http://t.co/KiExJe8enf Too bad it took this long to finally alert the public to what a general consensus shared by investigators is. It's
105 gzm
: 777 Jet thank you for your reply but my post (99) was directed to nudiebranch. I thought it was not necessary to quote because it seemed I was immedia
106 UALWN
: Really? This is what the article says: "Many, but not all, of the investigators and experts who have reviewed the limited evidence say Mr. Zaharie, o
107 WingedMigrator
: Oh, cut it out with your "truth". Your preaching doesn't make it so. An over-developed sense of right and wrong gets squarely in the way of understan
108 nudiebranch
: You cherry picked my quote, not surprising. Here's what I said in actuality: And here is what the article said: And here it the headline of the articl
109 nudiebranch
: Likely? And you want me to believe you don't have an agenda?
110 rwessel
: That's indeed what you said. But that is *not* supported by the following. They stated most likely of the plausible scenarios, but offered very low c
111 tailskid
: Would you do us all a favor then and provide one detailed scenario on how that could have happened? My belief has always leaned towards the idea that
112 nudiebranch
: Okay, I suppose the phrase 'many, but not all' does not constitute a general consensus then. Fair enough. See below. But we're just 'conspiracists' a
113 rwessel
: "Many, not all" could very well indicate a general consensus. The problem is that the "many, not all" also said "(though they caution that) the evide
114 nudiebranch
: I disagree completely with this sentiment. There is much to back it up, circumstantial and otherwise. That the article suggests a heretofore undeterm
115 UALWN
: I wasn not saying anything: I was just quoting the article you linked to! And this belief of yours is supported by which facts?
116 tailskid
: The argument that "there is no evidence to prove Zaharie did it" is kind of a misplaced argument anyway. It turns the discussion into an amorphous, ge
117 tailskid
: You know the looking into Zaharie's life and behavior has been done a couple of times in this thread, it is a sordid tale that would bring me no plea
118 rwessel
: Feel free to disagree as much as you like, but the article *you* quoted says the experts say "the evidence is limited and circumstantial, and that th
119 RedChili
: Tailskid, I'm just a layman in these matters, but after having seen plenty of episodes of Mayday (Air Crash Investigation), there's one thing that I'
120 tailskid
: You've been registered here 9 years, you have 2,323 posts on this site alone, and you have your own aviation website - and you say that you're just a
121 RedChili
: I love airplanes, but I don't have an education in aviation. That makes me an enthusiast, a layman. I don't believe in any theory that I've heard so
122 tailskid
: And you obviously don't believe in the points I made in post 116 , so you don't accept any information that's been made available about the flight. S
123 enzo011
: Why is it so important to you that everyone has an opinion on what happened and they should debate it here? I don't believe anyone is saying that the
124 tailskid
: This is the MH370 thread, why wouldn't I expect people here to continue in the discussion/debate that was going on before I came here? This is true -
125 tailskid
: The turn made at IGARI was about a 165 degree turn, not 196 degrees, it was from a heading of about 28° to about 243.° I apologize for any confusion
126 exfss
: Well actually it seem pretty obvious to me that you stopped at :''the captain did it'' your thought . No way do I think that immersat data has been m
127 markalot
: I think it's kind of ironic that the article that started this latest mess defines the problem of "believers" vs "skeptics" (my comparison). I classif
128 nudiebranch
: Yes. Do you find this odd? Here's a thought: The pilot didn't much care for violating Indonesian FIR. This could have seriously threatened the execut
129 UALWN
: I know what the NYT just wrote: "Psychological profiles of the pilot prepared after the disappearance of Flight 370 do not suggest Mr. Zaharie could
130 gzm
: If the captain had wanted to hijack his own plane he could have chosen any time he wanted. Why think it is more incriminating that it happened at that
131 tailskid
: The Facebook page of Zaharie Shah has over 200 politically related posts from the beginning of January through the end of May of the year 2013. These
132 tailskid
: Because by doing it at ATC turnover he gave himself an extra hour added to the normal hour delay before the missing plane event escalated to the leve
133 gzm
: You have a good point here.But why believe he would do something in vain like programing his plane to become lost in the south Indian ocean instead of
134 747megatop
: You missed one hilarious theory that someone had proposed and asked a question about "Could the pilot have pulled back on the stick and with full thr
135 art
: UK TV Channel 5 has a one hour programme about MH370 at 2000 hrs today (Friday) if anyone is interested.
136 tailskid
: The plan he had was to make it disappear completely into thin air without a trace, but his plan was tripped up by the Inmarsat hourly pings which he
137 Unflug
: Well, if the Daily Mail is your most trusted source...
138 tailskid
: Oh, sure I expected that. As I said above you guys don't give an inch. Avoid the central issues and haggle about the fringes, the Zaharie defenders m
139 exfss
: If I recall well,20 minutes is the SAR time to start be curious Call and try to contact, and so on with steps to do after 30 minutes without contact
140 WingedMigrator
: Have the rogue pilot zealots considered that the same factor that caused the transponder signal to be discontinued might also have caused radio transm
141 enzo011
: Fair enough, although posting in this thread doesn't mean you want to air or even have an opinion on what happened though. As far as I can remember t
142 exfss
: could someone point out to me where I could find mention of the altitudes changes during the knowed partition of flight?[Edited 2015-03-06 13:22:21]
143 UALWN
: Right. Instead, we have to trust anonymous you... and the Daily Mail... And the only source you gave. [And it was not the Mirror, but the Mail.] Weak
144 tailskid
: hehe I find it funny when people who don't know the first thing about the subject they are debating on turn into smartalecks to buttress their lack o
145 tailskid
: I assure you that whatever they are doing is to protect themselves. You think he didn't? And it would have been more spectacular had he achieved his g
146 tailskid
: This is very disingenuous of you. You were participating in the forum at the same time Sipadan was bringing all this to the forum. You're just playing
148 777Jet
: Very good point. Quite often you hear the family / friends of those 'sick mass murderers' come out afterwards and say things to the effect of: 'he wa
149 RedChili
: I would call that theory a combination of "pilot error," "mechanical failure," and "supernatural cause." It would surely take all those three factors
150 UALWN
: Oh yes. He pretended to be a psychiatrist, but all he was saying pointed to a total fraud. It's actually easy to understand what the NYT reports, if
151 tailskid
: Well you got lucky. The story of Zahaeie's daughter saying that 'He wasn't the father I knew. He was lost and disturbed' was denied by the daughter (
152 UALWN
: And that's a very accurate description of what you're trying to do with the captain.
153 tailskid
: Doesn't that line apply to you more than to me? You've been denying everything all along and now we've come to a point where most of the people posti
154 tailskid
: I notice that you avoided answering post 116. That's telling.
155 nudiebranch
: UALWN. Please do us the courtesy of putting forth another scenario that you find plausible. It's a simple task I'm offering you. You needn't believe i
156 UALWN
: No, unlike you, I don't profess any blind adherence to any such "truth." Unlike you, I am open to consider all options, including, yes, the captain d
157 WingedMigrator
: Combustive electrical malfunction occurs in cockpit pedestal cable harnesses, quickly knocking out multiple systems. Resulting smoke in cockpit causes
158 tailskid
: The first indication of electrical fire is acid smoke, which is impossible to ignore, and impossible to not notice. The time of the first indication
159 WingedMigrator
: Systems that are electrically redundant are not always physically segregated, especially for ancillary systems that are not flight-critical. I do not
160 tailskid
: Boeing knows what they are doing. They certainly had fore planning on routing redundant power buses so that they aren't next to each other. That's ind
161 RedChili
: I could perhaps agree with you that it's the least unlikely theory ...
162 pvjin
: Last time I checked MH370 had two pilots on board, both perfectly capable of flying it anywhere in the planet within aircraft's range with that fuel
163 Rara
: Apparently the other guy didn't post a sacrifice-themed poem to Facebook, which all but exonerates him in the eyes of some people.
164 YoungMans
: There is no question, the Captain COULD HAVE done it. There is also no question (albeit is it plausible..??) that it COULD HAVE been a weird and myste
165 gzm
: A few days after the disappearance of MH370 a Greek aviation expert appeared on Greek TV -the same person who headed the investigation of Helios crash
166 David L
: Initial analysis by Inmarsat of the satcom signals resulted in two arcs of probability, symmetrical about the equator. Further analysis in the follow
167 7BOEING7
: There are multiple harnesses going from the control panels located in the aisle stand down to their respective black boxes. The harnesses are not all
168 spacecadet
: But it's not. It was well established probably 50 threads ago(!) that it is almost *im*possible that it went anywhere but south. This is a conclusion
169 markalot
: For the northern route to work someone had to fake the data, which was included in the theory posted earlier in the thread. If you're confused by the
170 Reacher1812
: I know very little about anything to be honest but have followed these threads as best I can. Forgive me I've I've missed some. When I first heard of
171 awthompson
: Spacecadet Well said. In your last paragraph you have described very well what a number of people on here are trying to do. Nevertheless everyone is e
172 Kaiarahi
: As yet, there is no evidence acceptable to an investigation or a court that the transponder and ADS were turned off, let alone why or by whom. There
173 tailskid
: The story of the arcs. The (BTO) Burst Timing Offset data from Inmarsat's packets provided the amount of time it took for signals to reach the satelli
174 WingedMigrator
: The complete story of the arcs has already been told in this journal article: Chris Ashton, Alan Shuster Bruce, Gary Colledge and Mark Dickinson (201
175 tailskid
: The "Story of the Arcs" has been told many times in many places, sometimes in extreme detail and a sometimes for the layman. If your intention is to
176 YoungMans
: Your analogy with car tire tracks is a good one ... We can be absolutely sure that the tracks lead to the right only if we can see them for ourselves
177 Kaiarahi
: Why do you take additional information as a personal insult to your nobility? I hadn't noticed that particular article, and found it very informative
178 tailskid
: You should read this sentence from my post over and over again until you understand it. When you use the phrase "from a respected peer-reviewed journ
179 7BOEING7
: There is a smoke detector in the EE bay and short of a bomb that knocked everything out, the cockpit would have failure/smoke indications before all
180 WingedMigrator
: I guess that New York Times article summed it up pretty well: "A rival theory in the early days after the plane’s disappearance, a midair equipment
181 764
: Actually, looking at the location of the antennae, it is not all that implausible. Many of them are located under the front cargo bay and a second cl
182 tailskid
: One thing that may have changed from "A few days after the disappearance" is the developing confidence in the BFO calculations took some time to sink
183 mandala499
: Just read the interim report... - Page 52, 1825UTC logon initiated by aircraft and not groundstation. - Page 53 point 4 reveals that the logon at 1825
184 P206
: It's been one year since the disappearance
185 tailskid
: Yes, we knew that from the time Inmarsat made the data log available. The login appears as a power on sequence as it always has. As I understand it, t
186 WingedMigrator
: The Malaysian ministry of transport has published its update on the status of the MH370 investigation, one year after the event. Interim Statement Fac
187 rwessel
: The BTO data leads to a *sphere* of a certain radius around the satellite. The circle where that sphere intersects the surface of the earth is where
188 tailskid
: You are absolutely correct. I tried to make my description as brief as possible, I was trying to keep it on the level of someone new to the concept.
189 777Jet
: Today marks one year since the greatest aviation mystery of all time began. Respect. I'm just curious what probabilities you assign to the Inmarsat da
190 FlyDeltaJetsATL
: This is my first post on this website after years of browsing. I just wanted to say that I appreciate the efforts of those who have kept the MH370 dis
191 YoungMans
: Interesting question .... For starters, one cannot express this in so many percent correct and so many incorrect. The first one, accurate v inaccurat
192 UALWN
: I also noticed a couple of tidbits related to the captain: "The Captain’s ability to handle stress at work and home was good. There was no known hi
193 FlyDeltaJetsATL
: I believe that the other member 777jet was asking you what probabilities you give the data possibilities. I have followed your scenario, and that of
194 Finn350
: That information has been in public domain since May 2014 when the Data Communications logs of MH370 were released. Source: http://www.dca.gov.my/mai
195 infinit
: Air Crash investigation (aka Mayday) covered this incident in its current season, Season 14 Episode 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGUiCQmrITo Thi
196 FlyDeltaJetsATL
: If I remember correctly they did not cover any theory which suggests that the Inmarsat data had been falsified. That might say something about what t
197 DIRECTFLT
: "The locator beacon battery on the data recording black box had expired before Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ever vanished shortly after leaving Kual
198 WingedMigrator
: I don't recall reading anywhere about the crew oxygen cylinders being topped up just prior to the incident flight, an odd coincidence of timing. This
199 tailskid
: I haven't found anything new there, but then I've already dug into the electrical system quite a bit. Where my investigation comes to a grinding halt
200 Kaiarahi
: Some pertinent facts on a first read through. 1. Mode S transponder signal was lost 37 seconds before the last secondary signal. If you want to go "da
201 7BOEING7
: It would probably cause some damage ( how much hard to say), depressurize the airplane and incapacitate the flight crew. The flight crew would put on
202 David L
: I've been waiting a couple of hours for someone else to bring these up. Now that someone else has brought them up... I suppose there's the possibilit
203 777Jet
: Welcome to the MH370 thread Kind of, but not really. I wanted to know how likely you think it is (your personal thoughts) that the data is accurate v
204 tailskid
: That's my guess too. I was about to post on it but I was going to use a lot more words to say the same thing.
205 WingedMigrator
: You are pointing out that if the airplane were depressurized by O2 bottle failure, then it would be unlikely to see a long series of subsequent maneu
206 AR385
: While not aerobatical, I find the constant variations in altitude reported today very interesting. I believe they are potentially very significant.
207 777Jet
: When I read about rupturing oxygen cylinders this is what comes to mind: http://australianaviation.com.au/201...en-bottle-explosion-improbability/ Wh
208 David L
: On the other hand, immediately turning back over the Malay Peninsula wouldn't have been the stealthiest option. True but it's quite different from so
209 LTC8K6
: How accurate are primary radar altitude readings at the ranges in question?
210 Kaiarahi
: Me too. Evidence of struggling onboard with something - if the PIC was the consummate professional, he wouldn't have been struggling with ALT. It sug
211 FlyDeltaJetsATL
: I have heard a decent ammount of criticism of the interim report on the news tonight. Some of the 'experts' have stated that they believe the interim
212 tailskid
: A phased array radar like the Selex Sistemi installed at Pulu Pinang they can be as accurate in elevation as they are in azimuth. The older pulse bea
213 JoeCanuck
: While it sounds dramatic, I don't think it necessarily means the battery was dead...it just means that it was past the time to be changed, charged an
214 tailskid
: Thailand reported that they couldn't maintain the track indicates to me that it had to be low - hiding behind the Bo Ngo Khorat ridge line. That, and
215 WingedMigrator
: That was a metal cylinder. I'm not sure if it makes a big difference, but the 777 O2 bottles are filament-wound composite cylinders. You can see them
216 777Jet
: I agree. It was new information to me nonetheless. Also, I doubt it would have made much of a difference given how the SAR unfolded over the first mo
217 exfss
: Theses changes of altitudes may indeed be the indication of either a struggle or a malfunction. Whoever what to evade any surveillance system would a
218 PlanesNTrains
: By struggle, do you mean struggle with controlling the aircraft, and if so, how would that differ from "malfunction"? I am just wanting to make sure
219 7BOEING7
: It would eventually crash, a lot sooner than 7 hours later or a lot closer to where the pilots were incapacitated. A failure of the CMU-900 doesn't p
220 exfss
: I met struggle as fight with others in cockpit or struggle with command because of a malfunction. Because of what? Why sooner, and if so, why no whec
221 joffie
: The autopilot would be disconnected. Simple. Plane would crash. Would not continue to fly for those 7 hours. What do you think it is then?
222 DIRECTFLT
: MH370 report: Air traffic control supervisor asleep on duty after plane disappeared http://www.smh.com.au/world/mh370-re...e-disappeared-20150309-13yz
223 exfss
: Malfunction . either electric , fire, or decompression problem. I tend to think toward decompression problem. But hey, I know nothing more than anybo
224 7BOEING7
: Assuming the autothrottles were engaged, if the pilots became incapacitated in straight and level flight, the airplane would maintain that altitude a
225 tailskid
: I am very skeptical of that story, The whole episode surrounding KL ATC is too bizarre to believe. They told Vietnam ATC that the plane was over Camb
226 WingedMigrator
: You are bobbing and weaving and crying insult after I asked a simple question. Do you disbelieve the altitude information described in the report, wh
227 exfss
: I will ask you again the question, if you mind to answer. Do you agree with the report saying that there is nothing in pilots study that point to a su
228 TheFlyingDisk
: Tailskid - would you please explain to me why is the Malaysian government actively perpetrating a "cover-up" of MH370 when they would & should hav
229 tailskid
: Anwar's hide is already nailed to the wall, his sentence is upheld. As to why the Malaysian government is actively perpetrating a "cover-up", I don't
Judging by the report they've not been doing a good job of covering things up becauese there are many parts that SHOULD have been covered up if they were actively involved in covering up facts about MH370, namely:
1) The communication between KULATCC & MH Ops Centre - the confusion between the two caused a delay in response & further confusion with Vietnam. Precious time was lost there.
2) The expired ULB battery - The discovery opens MH up to liability lawsuits.
There are other aspect in the report that I can't recall it at the moment but suffice it to say the case of a cover up is flimsy to say the least. For you to disregard factual information from the interim report isn't doing your case any good.
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9640 posts, RR: 41
Reply 232, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 5805 times:
I think it needs to be pointed out that the majority of contributors to this thread are quite clearly trying to understand what really happened and are holding back on declaring any definitive "it's a fact" conclusions while there is still undiscovered evidence to be found, e.g. the aircraft. Not being 100% convinced that the Captain did it is not the same as saying he didn't do it.
The "flying-saucer/nuke-bombs/dastardly government plot" theories are only coming from a handful of contributors and are not being supported by the aforementioned majority. All the views that don't 100% support that the Captain definitely did it cannot be lumped together as one body of thought.
As I see it,
most believe either:
1) the Captain may or may not have done it but there are plenty of unanswered questions either way
or
2) the "Captain did it" is the most likely (or least unlikely), explanation but accept it isn't an undisputed fact,
and in addition:
3) a small number believe it to be an undisputed fact that the Captain did it,
4) a small number believe it was something more sinister involving governments, secret weapons, a nuclear device, kidnapping, etc.
mandala499 From Indonesia, joined Aug 2001, 7420 posts, RR: 78
Reply 233, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 5503 times:
Quoting Finn350 (Reply 194): That information has been in public domain since May 2014 when the Data Communications logs of MH370 were released.
Yes, it has been. Just saying it was in the report.
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 200): 1. Mode S transponder signal was lost 37 seconds before the last secondary signal. If you want to go "dark", I can see no reason to select a mode other than STBY for 37 seconds.
Several of us here who played the ADS-B replay were asking for the same thing, and now we got confirmation of it. Now, the interesting this is that the transponder panel doesn't give a selection to switch of Mode S and remain on Mode A. If you select ALT RPTG OFF, Mode S is still active and transmitted, albeit with no ALT Data.
All those months ago, I think I asked for this information on how many seconds it took from full mode S to no secondary signal.
Yes if you want to go dark, just go to STDBY... going to ALT RPTG OFF for a while may actually raise alarms. If someone manipulated that selector, it may not have been the crew. Someone not familiar with the panel may switch to "OFF" while it's actually ALT RPTG OFF... and that off is the STDBY position.
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 200): 2. There was no low altitude, high-speed radar-avoiding dash across the Malay peninsula. Nor was there any evidence of aerobatic climbs and descents, as some have suggested. Such scenarios have often been offered as evidence that the captain must have done it.
There was, however, an initial 700 ft gain in altitude between 1721:13 and 1730:35, and then a loss between 1730:35 and 1739:59, with altitude varying between 31,100 and 33,000 ft, suggesting that there may have been some difficulty, for whatever reason, in maintaining a constant altitude.
As per the calculations done by many last year, low altitude high-speed dash would deplete the fuel so much that it wouldn't last until 8am and end up at the 7th ring unless it's somewhere very near Malaysia.
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 200): From the report (section 1.5.8):
"The Captain’s ability to handle stress at work and home was good. There was no known history of apathy, anxiety, or irritability. There were no significant changes in his life style, interpersonal conflict or family stresses.
And this will probably be branded as "cover-up" by the "captain did it" crowd.
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 210): Evidence of struggling onboard with something - if the PIC was the consummate professional, he wouldn't have been struggling with ALT. It suggests to me mechanical / electrical issues, maybe hijack, maybe an incapicitated PIC and a relatively inexperienced FO struggling with systems / control.
The report lends credence to various other explanations outside "the captain did it"... Interesting to note the slight right turn as the aircraft approached Kota Bharu after the turn back.
Quoting David L (Reply 243): Not being 100% convinced that the Captain did it is not the same as saying he didn't do it.
Refusing to accept this by some in the "captain did it" crowd really has damaged the theory's credibility.
When losing situational awareness, pray Cumulus Granitus isn't nearby !
mandala499 From Indonesia, joined Aug 2001, 7420 posts, RR: 78
Reply 234, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 5467 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 214): Behind all the fog and lies and misstatements that have come from the Ministry of defense and the Ministry of Transportation, stands the fact the Malaysia had watched the flight of MH370 in real time, then they allowed a half a dozen nations to continue pursuing a wild goose chase by searching in the SCS for over a week when they knew the plane had flown out of radar range past MEKAR on the first night:
I'll side with Sarah Bajc on this... the coverup could be of all sorts, even to cover up the government's incompetence on the handling of this accident... or to cover up something more sinister.
Quoting tailskid (Reply 228): Now a story comes out that with a plane missing they didn't bother to wake up their sleeping supervisor.
I don't buy this tale, especially when it is coming from known liars.
Gross incompetence. The then minister of transport (Hishammudin) has a lot to answer for this...
Quoting tailskid (Reply 237): There is a significant group of people here who's only purpose is to prevent any actual inquiry into what actually caused the disappearance of MH370.
There is a group of people here who's only purpose is to prevent any actual inquiry or discussion into what caused the disappearance of MH370 other than the captain as the culprit.
Quoting tailskid (Reply 237): There is a despotic regime with which this pilot was locked in a death struggle, and this regime has decided that it would be best for their survival if this whole affair was hushed up and swept under the rug.
If I was the Malaysian government, it would be much more convenient for me to turn everything against the captain, and blame the captain, and therefore brand the opposition as "part of the same barbaric group". Sadly, you fail to see that... unless you have been tasked with propaganda to blame everything on the captain.
Quoting tailskid (Reply 237): He disappeared for a few days and then has returned without saying a word about the calling out that had occurred a few days earlier.
Isn't his method the same as yours when asked? I guess it's OK for you but not OK for others... How convenient for you.
When losing situational awareness, pray Cumulus Granitus isn't nearby !
Yes, but for aircraft with over 100 people onboard going missing and never found to date, it happens only once every 52 years... Flying Tigers Flight 739 and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
When losing situational awareness, pray Cumulus Granitus isn't nearby !
markalot From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 70 posts, RR: 0
Reply 237, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 5008 times:
tailskid, you were asked a question about cherry picking facts from a source you consider dishonest. It's a legitimate question, not an insult. Challenging someone's version of the facts is not an insult. If you believe the Malaysian government is perpetrating lies then you really can't believe anything in the report.
I agree with mandala here, why in the world would they not blame the captain, a member of the opposition party, if they wanted to cover something up? It's an almost perfect scenario in which to perpetrate this lie, isn't it? How is anyone going to prove the captain didn't do it unless he was alive long enough to record something on the voice recorder just before the crash?
The captain did it is a viable theory, but it is not a fact. We just don't know at this time.
tailskid From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 238, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 4583 times:
Quoting markalot (Reply 249): tailskid, you were asked a question about cherry picking facts from a source you consider dishonest. I
I'm still trying to complete my response to post 200, I did half of it in 214 but I have to research my answers here and provide links. I'm backed up several posts I want to make but I still haven't completely digested the interim report yet and I should do that before making new statements about MH370.
But I never took that question seriously anyway, and if I wasn't prodded I probably never would have answered it. I categorize the discourse aimed in my direction two ways: some of it relates to MH370 or the Malaysian government or something relevant and all the rest is about personalities and sniping at me. I put that question in the latter category.
Every cop listens to and weighs whatever a criminal says even if the criminal is a known liar -right?
In the UN the ROK or Japan or the US will consider the latest statements coming out of N Korea - right?
So I don't see the question as being valid. Maybe if some detail is added it might make some sense to me.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 6760 posts, RR: 28
Reply 239, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 4561 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 250): Every cop listens to and weighs whatever a criminal says even if the criminal is a known liar -right?
Yes but in this thread it isn't always clear who's the cop and who's the criminal. Well, at least for some.
tailskid From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 240, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 4512 times:
Quoting PlanesNTrains (Reply 251): Yes but in this thread it isn't always clear who's the cop and who's the criminal. Well, at least for some.
If you are trying to convey a thought that relates to my response to Markalot's prodding me for a response to the cherry picking allegation, it went right past me.
DeltaMD90 From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 8681 posts, RR: 51
Reply 241, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 4476 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 59): This would normally take about two seconds, but he never checked in with HCMATC.
Do you agree with that?
Yes, normally
I take it you're not a pilot (I don't mean that as insulting) because there are plenty of reasons for a delay in checking in. They could be handling something else, or finishing up a sentence that was interrupted... you know, something simple. That will sometimes lead to forgetting to check in, I've seen it myself. Doesn't happen often but it happens. If something occurred while talking to ATC or right after (something catastrophic or even something very benign) they may have been too busy or forgot to check in for a few seconds or minutes. Much can happen in that time.
So while it is an interesting piece of information, it is FAR from concrete
Quoting tailskid (Reply 116): This question merely required a yes or no answer, but instead it brought up a ream of evasive attempts to change the subject, and the question was never given an unqualified yes: which is the only answer anyone familiar with the known details of the flight could give.
You seem to be fixated on this like it's 100% damning evidence. As explained, it is no where close to being the smoking gun
As for the rest of your evidence proving the pilot did it, I'm not seeing it. I see a lot of circumstantial evidence and a case against the pilot being built (and I wouldn't be surprised if it was him) but you are way too confident in what you admit is your hypothesis in some posts and undeniable facts in others
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 6760 posts, RR: 28
Reply 242, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 4434 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 252): If you are trying to convey a thought that relates to my response to Markalot's prodding me for a response to the cherry picking allegation, it went right past me.
tailskid From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 243, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 4407 times:
Quoting DeltaMD90 (Reply 253): I take it you're not a pilot (I don't mean that as insulting) because there are plenty of reasons for a delay in checking in. They could be handling something else
I am a pilot, a VFR pilot, but I do understand the issue made here. It's not complex at all.
If this were a Sherlock Holmes type of case about a stolen laptop or something like that, sure a delay would be meaningless, there have even been pilots who put it off for a moment and then forgot to report in, and there have been cases of that where the controller didn't notice a failure to check in right away either.
But this event is quite different from any other event in airline history, because at that moment (one minute seven seconds later) MH370 began its disappearance when the Mode S was set to standby.
From the time of acknowledgement of turnover at 1:19:29 until the time Thailand's radar saw 9MMRO approaching the coast near Koto Bharu (1:28) is only eight and a half minutes, so we have to assume that the plane was already turning immediately after the turnover response at 1:19:29.
Out of context, sure a little delay means little, but in context there is no other way to explain it than to see it as deliberate.
Finn350 From Finland, joined Jul 2013, 915 posts, RR: 1
Reply 244, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4369 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 250): I'm backed up several posts I want to make but I still haven't completely digested the interim report yet and I should do that before making new statements about MH370.
The 584-page Factual Information released in connection with the Interim Report is authored by The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370. As pointed out by Kairarahi and stated in the Interim Report, participating in the Team are Accredited Representatives from seven international Air Accident and Incident Investigation Organisations, namely
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) of Australia
- Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of United Kingdom
- Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) of Singapore
- Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation civile (BEA) of France
- Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of United States of America
- National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) of Indonesia
One has either to accept the information presented is valid and true based on the best current knowledge according to all of these authorities or to accept that all these organizations are part of some hideous cover-up.
As I see it, there is nothing in the Factual Information that excludes one of the crew members being the culprit and there is nothing that proves that one of the crew members is the culprit.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 6760 posts, RR: 28
Reply 245, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4315 times:
Quoting Finn350 (Reply 256): As I see it, there is nothing in the Factual Information that excludes one of the crew members being the culprit and there is nothing that proves that one of the crew members is the culprit.
Well, to be fair to TailSkid, there is if you choose to believe there is. I don't think you can discount someone's very strong belief system.
tailskid From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 246, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4319 times:
Quoting Finn350 (Reply 256): One has either to accept the information presented is valid and true based on the best current knowledge according to all of these authorities or to accept that all these organizations are part of some hideous cover-up.
That isn't true at all. Even if all these orgs had a part in the writing of the Interim Report (which I doubt very much) they were completely dependent on the data provided by Hishammuddin. And for example: the report never mentions the radar at Pulu Pinang which had to have been the radar that tracked the plane in the Malacca strait. Hishammuddin merely withheld that information for whatever reason, and we have no way of knowing that reason.
Finn350 From Finland, joined Jul 2013, 915 posts, RR: 1
Reply 247, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4233 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 258): That isn't true at all. Even if all these orgs had a part in the writing of the Interim Report (which I doubt very much) they were completely dependent on the data provided by Hishammuddin. And for example: the report never mentions the radar at Pulu Pinang which had to have been the radar that tracked the plane in the Malacca strait. Hishammuddin merely withheld that information for whatever reason, and we have no way of knowing that reason.
Yes, there most likely exists information that the Team has chosen not to disclose but that information should have been determined not to be relevant for the purposes of the air accidenti safety investigation.
tailskid From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 248, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4220 times:
Quoting Finn350 (Reply 259): Yes, there most likely exists information that the Team has chosen not to disclose
Exactly, this is the disclaimer covering that: "The sole objective of the investigation is the prevention of future accidents or incidents" so they (or Hishammuddin) is free to not provide any information that in his or theirs eyes has no contribution to the prevention of future accidents. There's a lot of wiggle room in that.
So this report should be taken for what it is, rather than as an all inclusive summary of the fate of MH370.
Kaiarahi From Canada, joined Jul 2009, 3391 posts, RR: 39
Reply 249, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 3966 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 260): Exactly, this is the disclaimer covering that: "The sole objective of the investigation is the prevention of future accidents or incidents" so they (or Hishammuddin) is free to not provide any information that in his or theirs eyes has no contribution to the prevention of future accidents
It's not a disclaimer. It is a verbatim citation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Annex 13, article 3.1:
"The sole objective of the investigation of an accident or incident shall be the prevention of accidents and incidents. It is not the purpose of this activity to apportion blame or liability."
You really should inform yourself, before calling people liars.
I note that this post has been deleted
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 243): Quoting tailskid (Reply 236):
Hishammuddin was in control of all the data, all the radar returns. This is his report.
I disagree that 7 national investigative agencies who signed off on it. It only had "Malaysian ICAO Annex 13
Safety Investigation Team for MH370" as the signatory. nobody else's name is on the report.
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 243): Quoting tailskid (Reply 236):
Hishammuddin was in control of all the data, all the radar returns. This is his report.
I disagree that 7 national investigative agencies who signed off on it. It only had "Malaysian ICAO Annex 13
Safety Investigation Team for MH370" as the signatory. nobody else's name is on the report.
Because:
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 243):
"The Minister of Transport Malaysia established an independent safety investigation team under Regulation 126(1) 4 of the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations (MCAR) 1996 known as ‘The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370’ to conduct the investigation into the disappearance of Flight MH370. The 19 member Investigation Team, headed by a Chief Inspector/Investigator-in-Charge, consists of three Committees, namely Operations, Airworthiness and Medical/Human Factors, each headed by a Chairman. Also participating in the Team are Accredited Representatives from seven international Air Accident and Incident Investigation Organisations".
The seven organizations are ATSB (Australia), AAIB(UK), AAIB (Singapore), BEA (France), CAAC (China), NTSB (U.S.), NTSC (Idonesia). So you think they're all "egregious liars"?
You're a fraud. Totally. Not to mention attacking mandala499 under a new identity.
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9640 posts, RR: 41
Reply 250, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 3869 times:
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 261): It's not a disclaimer. It is a verbatim citation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Annex 13, article 3.1:
Indeed. How many accident reports do not contain words to that effect?
Apparently many of us have a lot more faith in the professional and legal integrity of the NTSB, AAIB, BEA, ATSB, etc. than you do. If your allegations are true then what would that say about the suitability of those organisations to conduct any accident investigations?
AR385 From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 7458 posts, RR: 41
Reply 252, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 3753 times:
Given what I´ve read of what was released yesterday, in my opinion this accident is turning to be plausible only under two scenarios:
1) A struggle in the cockpit between who knows. That suits the turn to the right at IGARI before the turn to the left to return to Peninsular Malaysia. But that would not explain the subtle variations in altitude revealed yesterday if both the crew members were incapacitated under that struggle. That leads me to believe that neither of the crew members were responsible for such struggle but were incapacitated by another party. Somebody who was able to do the later maneuvers (skirting Indonesia) to then set final course for Antarctica.
2) Or, some sort of failure that disabled all aircraft comms systems and put the crew in a major struggle to control the aircraft. Something that at the same time incapacitated them somewhat initially but not terribly. That would explain the altitude variations, either by the crew struggling to control the aircraft, by being subtly incapacitated initially or by the nature of the failure itself. Then, the crew succumbing to hipoxia, which will also explain the maneuvers later seen. I can imagine crew member regaining some type of semi conscious state at least a few times and attempting some type of maneuver before succumbing to unconsciousness again, this time definitely, and the plane heading towards Antarctica.
I really can´t imagine anything else. From what I read the 777 has such redundancy that it is not far fetched to even in a failure that would kill the crew and disable many systems, still remain flyable on auto.
The only thing that bothers me here is that such a failure has not been seen before and has not been repeated. But it does make me question if something like the fire we saw with the Egyptair 777 at stand could be a clue.
The theory of the "Captain did it" really is not making a lot of sense given what we now know.
Kaiarahi From Canada, joined Jul 2009, 3391 posts, RR: 39
Reply 253, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 3582 times:
Quoting tailskid (Reply 258): Even if all these orgs had a part in the writing of the Interim Report (which I doubt very much
Complete and utter bullsh*t, which totally displays your complete ignorance of how investigations are conducted. Not to mention your complete ignorance in calling me a liar, which you seem incapable of acknowledging, and to which I take exception:
Conveniently, your post has been deleted, at "someone's" request, but you said:
"I disagree that 7 national investigative agencies who signed off on it. It only had "Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370" as the signatory. nobody else's name is on the report."
To which I responded
Quoting Kaiarahi (Reply 261): "The Minister of Transport Malaysia established an independent safety investigation team under Regulation 126(1) 4 of the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations (MCAR) 1996 known as ‘The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370’ to conduct the investigation into the disappearance of Flight MH370. The 19 member Investigation Team, headed by a Chief Inspector/Investigator-in-Charge, consists of three Committees, namely Operations, Airworthiness and Medical/Human Factors, each headed by a Chairman. Also participating in the Team are Accredited Representatives from seven international Air Accident and Incident Investigation Organisations".
The seven organizations are ATSB (Australia), AAIB(UK), AAIB (Singapore), BEA (France), CAAC (China), NTSB (U.S.), NTSC (Idonesia). So you think they're all "egregious liars"?
Who"s the egregious liar - Australia? UK? SIngapore? France? U.S.? China? Indonesia? And all together? You're a fraud - need I add an "egregious" fraud - who knows nothing about how international investigations are conducted (and doesn't want to learn - I've posted multiple references on here to the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, which you apparently can't be bothered to read or understand.
At this stage, I don't much care if I get banned from this forum, because I prefer to share with and learn from informed professionals, and share with those who genuinely want to learn and understand, but you're a bigoted, ignorant and arrogant fraud.
American 767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4549 posts, RR: 12
Reply 254, posted (10 months 1 week 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 3603 times:
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