Malaysia Airlines MH370 - Missing Plane

[xxMATTGxx]

idk what plane is the missing one but either way it would be clearly visible

It's a 777-200ER so the size would be some what similar to the one on the left. The official sizes according to Boeing is the following:

Wing Span: 199 ft 11 in (60.9 m)
Overall length: 209 ft 1 in (63.7 m)
Tail Height: 60 ft 9 in (18.5 m)
Interior Cabin Width: 19 ft 3 in (5.86 m)
Diameter: 20 ft 4 in (6.19 m)

Even if what they have took a photo is or isn't the plane and if it's on the surface then it will have moved since the photo was taken due to the currents.

[sex]

yeah i know what it mean i meant is that considered very deep or shallow

[xxMATTGxx]

yeah i know what it mean i meant is that considered very deep or shallow

I would consider that shallow compared to other parts of the world. An Air France plane crashed into the ocean that was considered to be at the depth of around: 4,700m. So you can see that is a bit of big difference?

[Stephen]

whenever stuff like this happens i have visions of 100 tabs up on matt's comp related to plane structures/mechanics and a flight sim up on his other monitor trying to replicate what may have happened

[sex]

jeez 4700m make me weak thinking of it

[wixard]

@buttons; that image you posted i'm sure is a boat

[xxMATTGxx]

whenever stuff like this happens i have visions of 100 tabs up on matt's comp related to plane structures/mechanics and a flight sim up on his other monitor trying to replicate what may have happened

Haha, I do keep a number of websites open at home and in work keeping up-to-date on it all.

[xxMATTGxx]

Latest:

Morning,

Some interesting information is coming out according to certain sources the WSJ are using. The article is behind a pay wall but basically the following is pretty much said:

U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for about four hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location, according to two people familiar with the details, raising the possibility that the plane could have flown on for hundreds of additional miles under conditions that remain murky.

Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of five hours, based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. BA -0.99% 777's engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.

That raises a host of new questions and possibilities about what happened aboard the widebody jet carrying 239 people, which vanished from civilian air-traffic control radar over the weekend, about one hour into a flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.

Six days after the mysterious disappearance prompted a massive international air and water search that so far hasn't produced any results, the investigation appears to be broadening in scope.

U.S. counterterrorism officials are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner's transponders to avoid radar detection, according to one person tracking the probe.

The investigation remains fluid, and it isn't clear whether investigators have evidence indicating possible terrorism or espionage. So far, U.S. national security officials have said that nothing specifically points toward terrorism, though they haven't ruled it out.

But the huge uncertainty about where the plane was headed, and why it continued flying so long without working transponders, has raised theories among investigators that the aircraft may have been commandeered for a reason that appears unclear to U.S. authorities. Some of those theories have been laid out to national security officials and senior personnel from various U.S. agencies, according to one person familiar with the matter.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/news/article_e...MDEwMzExNDMyWj

Not sure if the above link will work as it was behind a paywall (meaning you have to pay to read before) but now I can read the whole article.

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Now if that turns out to be 100% true then:

That means it could have flown for on for about 2,200nm and that mean it could get as far as the India-Pakistan border. The following image shows where it could be:

RT @petchmo: If #MH370 did fly for an additional 4 hrs as reported by WSJ, it could be anywhere in this circle. pic.twitter.com/oyQIMJzMah

— The Airchive (@TheAirchive) March 13, 2014

In regards of the Chinese satellite images:

BreakingNews: No plane debris found at spot shown by China's satellite images, Malaysian aviation chief says - @AP

[wixard]

so the plane flies for another 4 hours, how long is the original flight? id google but im on my phone. just wondering if it was still airborne when they noticed it drop off the radar, how long did it take for them to notice actually?

super interesting update for us following, tragic news for those with friends and family involved. my heart goes out to them

[xxMATTGxx]

so the plane flies for another 4 hours, how long is the original flight? id google but im on my phone. just wondering if it was still airborne when they noticed it drop off the radar, how long did it take for them to notice actually?

super interesting update for us following, tragic news for those with friends and families involved. my heart goes out to them

The flight would have taken around 5/6 hours normally. If the latest info is correct I'm going to assume the flight was still in the air flying in a "normal" condition when they lost contact. If it wasn't some sort of mechanical failure then all the pilots or hijacker had to do was turn off the transponder.

I can't remember how long it took them to notice fully.