Crazy. Still remember that evening. Came home after Islanders-Flames to watch the coverage until early hours. Could never have guessed it would become one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of our day.
I’m fascinated with the cost on this and who is paying. It seems a bit of a needle in a haystack endeavor for no real gain.
I don’t think it’s really unsolved:
Copilot wanted to kill himself in spectacular fashion and succeeded. He left evidence behind this was his plan. They know the plane ended up somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Parts have washed up confirming it.
This isn’t like finding the Titanic where there is a known location to search in. The assumed grid is in really deep water and they are going to be looking for much smaller parts. Perhaps I’m just jaded, but I don’t get the need for additional “closure” from the relatives…I guess unless they are conspiracy nut bars and think the plane is somewhere in Siberia or whatever and being held captive for some reason.
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The conspiracy angle of it being in some random country is a little crazy. There are plausible angles though, for various key individuals not wanting it to be found.
Country - cost. It's expensive and like other have said, no real benefit at this point considering parts have been found
Airline - culpability. There seems to be a lot of anger from the families toward the pilot and if he intentionally did it. If the black boxes are found the airline could be liable
Manufacturer - already I believe they're being sued on the ground of allowing certain features to be shut off. I don't know much else but I don't imagine much good can be in their favor if it's found
Anyway, it's an interesting story still, but it's all but guaranteed to be around Australia. It's still totally unbelievable that a plane could go missing in modern day.
i believe i had heard that parts did wash up and coincidentaly one of the parts had a number on it which would indicate it was that plane, as someone who does sometimes subscribe to conspiracy theories, i found that interesting. the chance of a part that has a "serial number" washing ashore is interesting. who knows
I found the Netflix documentary really disappointing because it lacked so much detail.
This 1hr 15 min full documentary went super granular, and I really recommend it. There were details like how the co-pilot’s cell phone got a ping - likely as he held it up to a window in a last ditch plea to send a message for help.
i believe i had heard that parts did wash up and coincidentaly one of the parts had a number on it which would indicate it was that plane, as someone who does sometimes subscribe to conspiracy theories, i found that interesting. the chance of a part that has a "serial number" washing ashore is interesting. who knows
Yes, parts have been found, among others a flaperon was found washed up on a beach on Réunion island, a horizontal stabiliser panel was found on a Mozambique beach and a fairing shield from the wing flap was found washed up in Xai Xai, not only are they confirmed to be from a 777 they had distinctive stencilling from Malaysia Airlines so unless they lost another 777 and didn't say anything these broken parts were from MH370.
The new search is trying to use the Indian Ocean currents for the best possible guess where it went down
I remember coming across something about a garbage patch in that vicinity, which they attributed to the Indian Ocean gyre. While I'm unsure of its magnitude and scale, particularly in comparison to phenomena like the emerging garbage continent in the Pacific, I wonder if it could influence the search efforts, aiding or hindering (a needle in a haystack vs. a needle in an ocean.)
i believe i had heard that parts did wash up and coincidentaly one of the parts had a number on it which would indicate it was that plane, as someone who does sometimes subscribe to conspiracy theories, i found that interesting. the chance of a part that has a "serial number" washing ashore is interesting. who knows
Almost every single part on an aircraft has a part number on it, many have batch numbers on them and a high percentage have serial numbers. It's not really a chance thing. Traceability of aircraft parts is one of the many reasons there is such a high cost.
It's not really chance at all.
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I found the Netflix documentary really disappointing because it lacked so much detail.
This 1hr 15 min full documentary went super granular, and I really recommend it. There were details like how the co-pilot’s cell phone got a ping - likely as he held it up to a window in a last ditch plea to send a message for help.
Anything that can go sparky sparky and start smoking, you want to be able to turn off.
There are plenty of reasons but really it's irrelevant, transponders are for ATC to track cooperative aircraft, for emergency tracking there's ELT and military radar anyway.
The issue here is poor radar coverage over the oceans. If a pilot wanted to kill everyone on board, they can do it no matter what the transponder is squawking
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