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I guess we'll eventually see if they will search since they won't get paid unless they do find the plane.
Yes, I remember scouring the ocean grid map at the time for hours - the public was asked for help to find the plane - so anything unusual on the surface of water we were suppose to click on.
Guess, later someone would review our markers
It was satellite images of water, sometimes obscured by the clouds.
Eerie then, as it is eerie now to think that some parts of the plane could be still somewhere at the bottom of the ocean.
No bodies would be found due to marine life, etc
Yes, I remember scouring the ocean grid map at the time for hours - the public was asked for help to find the plane - so anything unusual on the surface of water we were suppose to click on.
Guess, later someone would review our markers
It was satellite images of water, sometimes obscured by the clouds.
Eerie then, as it is eerie now to think that some parts of the plane could be still somewhere at the bottom of the ocean.
No bodies would be found due to marine life, etc
Rest in peace
I had started helping with the grid search but stopped to do something else.
I remember that one image was thought to show stuff in the water but by the time it was checked out, it was gone, so they couldn't see what it was.
Ten years later and I don't understand how a large modern plane "loses contact". Is there no tracking device on it that cannot be turned off by anyone on the plane??? 13 years after four planes were hijacked simultaneously and turned transponders off, there had been NO, ZERO, ZILCH, progress or improvements to air control being able to track planes with hundreds of souls onboard while traveling over cities and oceans. I didn't believe it then in 2014 when that was the explanation of how a jey could just disappear, and I still don't believe it now.
Simplest explanation is the pilot put the copilot out of the cockpit just like that suicidal pilot did on that plane that hit the Alps. Then he lowered the altitude and crashed the plane while the copilot was unable to enter the cockpit. There's no reason it could not have happened this way.
Ten years later and I don't understand how a large modern plane "loses contact". Is there no tracking device on it that cannot be turned off by anyone on the plane??? 13 years after four planes were hijacked simultaneously and turned transponders off, there had been NO, ZERO, ZILCH, progress or improvements to air control being able to track planes with hundreds of souls onboard while traveling over cities and oceans. I didn't believe it then in 2014 when that was the explanation of how a jey could just disappear, and I still don't believe it now.
Simplest explanation is the pilot put the copilot out of the cockpit just like that suicidal pilot did on that plane that hit the Alps. Then he lowered the altitude and crashed the plane while the copilot was unable to enter the cockpit. There's no reason it could not have happened this way.
The copilot crashed the plane. The Malaysian government has done a lot to keep a lid on it. I suspect they also know where the plane went down but aren’t enthusiastic about having it recovered.
Ten years later and I don't understand how a large modern plane "loses contact". Is there no tracking device on it that cannot be turned off by anyone on the plane??? 13 years after four planes were hijacked simultaneously and turned transponders off, there had been NO, ZERO, ZILCH, progress or improvements to air control being able to track planes with hundreds of souls onboard while traveling over cities and oceans. I didn't believe it then in 2014 when that was the explanation of how a jey could just disappear, and I still don't believe it now.
Simplest explanation is the pilot put the copilot out of the cockpit just like that suicidal pilot did on that plane that hit the Alps. Then he lowered the altitude and crashed the plane while the copilot was unable to enter the cockpit. There's no reason it could not have happened this way.
You have to look at the area where it went down. There's a whole lot of nothing there.
As for tracking and power.. I would assume.. First off, if it can be turned on, it can be turned off. Second.. Maybe putting that on par with the black boxes might be wise. I believe those have a dedicated power supply direct from the engines running to them. Obviously, they have to have breakers, in the event of a short. But it, and them, are located in a fairly inaccessible area.
The batteries in them, so far as I know, are just for the '"pinger''
Just FWIW.. I've always wondered how often the black boxes are tested. Do they have a diagnostic that runs every so often and reports back to the cockpit? What about in ye olden days? When they used magnetic tape? How are they tested? Not the 'toss them in the fire' test.. but, just a unit on a plane.. How do they test to know it works? Sorry.. Just curiosity on that..
But, the 'tracker'.. The main one would be radar. Which.. again, back to the area where they were. Radar has nothing to do with what's on the plane itself.. What HELPS radar is on the plane, which is the transponder. It basically.. I hope this is valid enough an answer.. It 'answers' radar with the plane's call and other info.. This is what you hear of being turned off.
So, this being turned off doesn't stop the plane from being tracked, just.. Makes it a little more difficult. A little more.. The information about heading, altitude, etc has a bit more 'play' without the transponder.
They were so far in the south Pacific that.. There was just little radar coverage. The best tracking and them knowing how long the plane was aloft came from the 'phone home' functions of some of the planes' systems.
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Originally Posted by MJJersey
The copilot crashed the plane. The Malaysian government has done a lot to keep a lid on it. I suspect they also know where the plane went down but aren’t enthusiastic about having it recovered.
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The copilot crashed the plane. The Malaysian government has done a lot to keep a lid on it. I suspect they also know where the plane went down but aren’t enthusiastic about having it recovered.
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