Search on after Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes

[Gallstones]

Dozens of Planes Have Vanished in Post-WWII Era

Some 83 aircraft have been declared “missing” since 1948, according to data compiled by the Aviation Safety Network. The list includes planes capable of carrying more than 14 passengers and where no trace — bodies or debris — has ever been found.

[MiM]

That can only add to the theory that the plane is on the bottom of the ocean. Either that has nothing to do with it at all or the plane has had a very slim chance of landing safely.

[cronus]

Half way to Africa. A lot of deep water that way. Could be lost for good.

[MiM]

Now here is some sensible talk: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh ... ical-fire/

Might even match with a siting at the Maldives

[Tero]

Just think: they've hidden all the missing planes in water, almost none on land. Sounds like a conspiracy!

[cronus]

Just think: they've hidden all the missing planes in water, almost none on land. Sounds like a conspiracy!

Sea monsters are real. Probably a giant ravenous squid thing capable of swiping a passenger plane out the air in one swoop of a tentacle....a product of the radiation from Fukashima?

[mistermack]

If that was the plane at the Maldives, they don't need to look much further.
6:15 in the Maldives is 9:15 in Kuala Lumpur.
The last contact with the plane was at 1:30 Kuala Lumpur time.
So it would have been flying for 7hrs 45 minutes since it disappeared, which is at the very extreme limit of it's fuel load.

If the reports from the Maldives are genuine, that's where it has to be. Draw a line from the Malacca Strait to the Maldives, and it will be on that line, not far past the Island.

[cronus]

Think what could have been achieved if the plane had been full of lawyers?

[pErvinalia]

There's some good graphics of the search areas at this link - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014 ... 0.html#arc

[pErvinalia]

Hmmm, some of it must have been composed of actual text. Check the link for the detailed maps.

[mistermack]

The Maldives story appears to be a hoax :

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/ ... HY20140319

Someone in the Maldives deserves a good kicking if it is a hoax. I hope their police are up to the job.

The report did clash with the ''ping'' evidence that puts the plane in the two arcs shown above, nowhere near the Maldives.
And it was really pushing the possible flying time on the fuel on board to the very limit. Or even well past it, depending on who you listen to.
You get a lot of different figures bandied around.

[macdoc]

Is your understanding of geography as flawed as your climate science??



This is the range....the big circle



not only in range but at the correct time.....and EASILY in range

once again shooting your mouth off with flawed understanding
Ping evidence does not give directionality.

[mistermack]

Is your understanding of geography as flawed as your climate science??

This is the range....the big circle

not only in range but at the correct time.....and EASILY in range

once again shooting your mouth off with flawed understanding
Ping evidence does not give directionality.

Yet another stupid post from the master of incredibly stupid posts.
I didn't say the Maldives were out of RANGE. duuuuuuuuuh.
You can't even comprehend simple text. How can you pretend to understand climate, when you can't even understand a few words written in simple English?
And what do you think the red lines on your own picture are for?

Go back and try to understand what you are commenting on. If you can actually make a slightly intelligent comment, I'm happy to help you, but that effort is the pits.

[cronus]

It appears the Australians knew it was headed for the South Pole but have only sobered up today enough to bother telling anyone.

[JimC]

It appears the Australians knew it was headed for the South Pole but have only sobered up today enough to bother telling anyone.

I resemble that remark!