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To me, the logical explanation is due to toxic fumes or smoke, the pilots were overcome and as a last ditch effort they put the plane on auto pilot in a direction towards open sea. Hoping to make an airport but if not, getting it away from population as much as they could..
CNN reporter yesterday:
Pilot made a phoooooone caaaaallllllll 8 min beeeeefffooorrre boarding the plane.
And that, logically, indicates that he made a phone call. D'oh.
And that, logically, indicates that he made a phone call. D'oh.
Ever been in an airport?
I'm saying they make a big deal out of something perfectly normal.
The pilots were probably in a situation instead of trying to commit a terrorist attack. A terrorist attack could happen but not the norm. Believing it was a terrorist attack took away from the logical causing time to be lost.
To me, the logical explanation is due to toxic fumes or smoke, the pilots were overcome and as a last ditch effort they put the plane on auto pilot in a direction towards open sea. Hoping to make an airport but if not, getting it away from population as much as they could..
CNN reporter yesterday:
Pilot made a phoooooone caaaaallllllll 8 min beeeeefffooorrre boarding the plane.
So, you are saying that there were toxic fumes and smoke, the pilots programmed the computer, then said "good night" to air traffic control without mentioning the smoke and fumes on the plane? Yea, sounds logical to me.
Also, let's assume that the flight was actually flying south (as outlined via flight path lines in the below image from the BBC). Were they trying to head toward Antarctica? I cannot see them having enough fuel to reach Antarctica, especially given the 2 hours of flight that it had initially accumulated prior to losing communication. Are there any remote islands of significance that would logically be of interest?
The longitude of 370 where it turned south was about 91 degrees East. The longitude of the debris found first was almost exactly the same - dead south of where it turned. I believe it likely someone set a course for 90 degrees South latitude, 91.0 degrees East longitude, i.e. the south pole. Whoever did that had no intention of reaching to the south pole, only going as deep as he could into the Indian Ocean before running out of fuel. But the south pole provides a very convenient destination to set into the autopilot.
If I were searching, I would tow the ping-detector along the 91 degree longitudinal line, starting from the latitude of where they would run out of fuel, or close to that. Why keep looking for debris that may have sunk? Just go find the plane's black boxes. I think it highly likely they will be found on the same longitude as where they turned south up in the Bay of Bengal, which was about 91 degrees.
I'm saying they make a big deal out of something perfectly normal.
The pilots were probably in a situation instead of trying to commit a terrorist attack. A terrorist attack could happen but not the norm. Believing it was a terrorist attack took away from the logical causing time to be lost.
Yes, the media is doing this quite a bit. That whole bit about the FO's last transmission of 'all right, good night' is a very common sign off when changing frequencies in evenings. There is absolutely nothing unusual about it but the media really hyped that one up.
So, you are saying that there were toxic fumes and smoke, the pilots programmed the computer, then said "good night" to air traffic control without mentioning the smoke and fumes on the plane? Yea, sounds logical to me.
ummm, no, I didn't say that..I didn't mention the good night phrase. A little test, which do you think came first, the toxic fumes or the allright, goodnight?
ummm, no, I didn't say that..I didn't mention the good night phrase. A little test, which do you think came first, the toxic fumes or the allright, goodnight?
The transponder got turned off and the computer reprogrammed before the pilot said "good night".
If there were fumes, why not say something instead of "good night"? And if you are implying the fumes came after, why did the transponder get turned off and computer reprogrammed before the pilot said "good night".?
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