hodgy0_2

is every unidentified radar blip challenged, maybe in the US Europe post 9/11 - the rest of the world? - after all they did not even check the passports properly - do they scrutinise every blip 24/7? - far into the ocean

can radar track that far? what is the range of a land based radar 100, 500 miles? -- maybe you get really long range radar - does Malaysia have that sort of radar - do they expect threats from 1000 of miles away (like Europe in the cold war)?

do they have a need for radar that can track miles into empty ocean - what would be the ROI case for that?

remember the transponders are off - so we are talking a passive radar signal - not a "here I am" ping

paulr

Have any bits actually been found?
What bits would float?

dpb

The picture they showing could anything, looks like bedstead

nik52wrx

I'd have thought there would be plenty of plastic items on board that would float as well as papers, clothes etc

speedking

Why isn't the black box in an external cubby with a door that pops off in water so it can float to the surface, having noted exactly where it was when it touched water?

Rob_Impreza99

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For security reasons maybe so that any Tom, Dick or Harry can't easily retrieve it.

Fabioso

I have no idea about the technology they have or don't have in terms of locating this aircraft. But from what I have read over the past 2 weeks my gutfeel is that they don't have a fu%^&$ clue where this aircraft is

In this day and age with the Satnav and GPS technology we have at our disposal, this is a total joke........

David Lock

Because that's too obvious and would probably cost an extra $10.

Like organising the box for it to send regular signals to a satellite.

dl

paulr

Let the conspiracy theories begin.

Probably abducted by aliens.......

S10WRC

iTrader: (23)

Well here is one very serious conspiracy theory for you:-

http://www.sovereignindependentuk.co...s-judgeship-t/

...makes a hell of a lot more sense than the BS 'wild goose chase' story the mainstream media are stringing everyone along with.

A little 'bedtime' reading....


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dpb

Just seen the size this thing ( some scale to judge by) they're going to tow behind that **** off sized tug , somewhere in the 100000 square mile sized search area.

I imagined it would be size of a bus, but it's size of large washing up bowl !


Wouldn't they have better luck with 50 of these things .And correspondingly smaller boats towing them

hodgy0_2

if this new "ping" turns out to be the flight recorder

I suspect the US knew all along where it was - i.e. had been tracking it, but just did not want to reveal just how far their surveillance technologies reach

and they told the Aussie's where to look

An0n0m0us

I believe something similar. The Malaysian opposition leader asked the same question I have been saying since this started which is how did this aircraft fly back into Malaysian airspace and across the country without being tracked on radar and be intercepted by military jets and then just disappear.

It was tracked unless Malaysia claim to having no civilian or miltary radar monitoring their airspace. I also believe the US and China will have tracked it going off course. Again the Chinese were the first to have 'found' these pings.

Infected by sti

iTrader: (6)

Found a ping yet no wreckage

Biggest load of bóllocks I think I've heard in a while IMHO

Yes the ocean is a big place and has massive currents, but that operation is not exactly a small one and has been going on long enough.

I honestly believe they would have found something by now floating or washed ashore somewhere..................

David Lock

And what do they do if they do find it? dl

urban

iTrader: (1)

The whole thing stinks of lies and cover up.

The yanks make massive claims about being able to spot the smallest of things on earth, yet they've not really said a word here.
That Malaysian **** and his survival miracle statements

David Lock

Yeah a big cover up - 4 miles of cold water!

dl

urban

iTrader: (1)

You still think they're will be survivors?

dpb

Maybe ,if they been swallowed by a sperm whale

Rob_Impreza99

iTrader: (3)

Maybe a sperm whale has swallowed the plane, it would explain why they are getting pulse signals hundreds of miles apart, at least my theory is more credible than some of the things that have been reported.

With all the technology we have in this day and age, along with the technology that some countries claim to have thats around 20 years into the future i'm deffo suspicious about almost everything thats gone on with this so called disappearing plane, its the relatives that you feel for.

If we can have tracking devices on cars that allow the police to find stolen cars then why have they never been brought into the aviation industry especially after the Air France plane that disappeared ?

hodgy0_2

yes - I reckon the various intelligence services know a lot more, regarding the tracking and flight path of the plane, than they are letting on - to the general public at least

nothing really surprising in that though - they would not want to publicise there capability in the are

if they do know something, they are feeding directly to friendly intelligence service - such as the Australian ones

so that the search area can be reduced

dpb

Unless I'm confused, it's a cost thing

urban

iTrader: (1)

They have.
But it would appear that they're incredibly easy to switch off.

dpb

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30614627


hope its not another one

^Qwerty^

I'd go for flying through a towering cumulus and the aeroplane suffered structural failure in this case.

scoobyland

I suspect the plane was destroyed by an act of terrorism.

dpb

Something's washed up , possibly

That took a while !

dpb

Something's washed up , possibly

That took a while !

ditchmyster

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Guess that has something to do with sperm whale's digestive system, taken a year for it to **** the plane out.

Turbohot

Not sure, you know. Lot of scepticism around this news.