Yes, friend in Moscow is telling me that Total was a Russian ally. Would make very little sense to kill him. Now, normally when aircraft collide with ground equipment at international airports, it's pilot error - taking the wrong runway, not waiting for clearance, things like that. So they hit a sno...
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Jump to postThey would have heard the transponder.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/suseJ772" class="quote" target="_blank">suseJ772</a> (<a href="#239" class="quote">Reply 239</a>):<br/><i>That is a FANTASTIC quote. I need to c...
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Jump to postKISS actually means "Keep it simple, stupid!"
And is entirely not applicable in this case... since nothing about this is simple ...
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/YoungMans" class="quote" target="_blank">YoungMans</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Such a lab could, electronically, insert...
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Jump to postHeh, regarding the crash axe thing - I'll disagree with people saying it's a security concern. In computer security we call that "security by obscurity" and we call it that because it's truthfully no security at all. A determined attacker will learn your secret hiding spots, it's as easy as befriend...
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Jump to postUgh, do I have to chime in again... Look at the coverage map. The <acronym title="Inishmore (Kilronan) (IOR / EIIM), Ireland">IOR</acronym>/<acronym title="Pori (POR / EFPO), Finland">POR</acronym> global beam coverage overlaps far more than the small chunk that was taken out of the 'ping arc'. If t...
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Jump to post... and even if you foolishly decide to distrust Inmarsat, realize that the area along the flight path is shallow water and was searched extensively in the weeks following the incident. No wreck or debris was found in the Gulf of Thailand. No plane there, and no legitimate evidence saying it could h...
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Jump to post*sigh* So where are we at... Same place we were a few weeks in, basically, yeah? I've been very studious keeping up with this thread, but I'm afraid we won't know anything for years, if ever ... especially if they're not even actively searching now ... How many of you will stay here and keep vigil w...
Jump to postAll I meant was that I read when someone is doing a Cat III ILS approach, the airport needs to clear everything between the transmitter and the approach path... just in case...
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