Malaysian Airlines MH370

[HeliPilot70]

So if they just trace back along the one path that lead to the island where the debris was found, they will find the impact point?

 

 

[jetjr]

Hope is that other debris will be found in the near future

 

Paper say flaperon is important as it is designed to depart along with engines in an attempted water landing

 

Just a little more info indicating current search is in correct region.

 

$76 mill spent so far

 

 

[eightyknots]

this was predicted along with a million extra paths

Thanks FT: that narrows it down somewhat ...somewhere between Madagascar and New Zealand's South Island.

 

 

[DGL Fox]

Looking at that map it would have needed air to air refueling to get anywhere near Tassie... Spose the pilot could have cut it down to 1 engine to save fuel....

 

David

 

 

[facthunter]

Might not achieve an improvement. High cruise level on 2 V/s the lower level one engine requires (around 10,000 feet less) and assymetric thrust and rudder trim might be a toss up.

 

If you are flying depressurised (10,000' or 12,000'),shutting down one engine will save fuel. Nev

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

Locals on the island where the flaperon was found have said that they came across it back in May maybe earlier. They recognised it as an aircraft part but did not make the connection so did not report it. sheeesh island living.

 

 

[red750]

A cleaning contractor on Reunion Island found a seat on the beach which he now believes could have come from the plane. He did not make the connection at the time and the seat was burnt with other rubbish. Now Sky News reports that an aircraft door has been washed up on another part of the island.

 

 

[tafisama]

I think this is the way to follow https://www.flickr.com/photos/106331196@N07/14155196430/in/album-72157644591711570/

 

Makes a lot of sense.

 

 

[bexrbetter]

The seat frame will still be available for analysis.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

The seat frame will still be available for analysis.

A cleaning contractor on Reunion Island found a seat on the beach which he now believes could have come from the plane. He did not make the connection at the time and the seat was burnt with other rubbish. Now Sky News reports that an aircraft door has been washed up on another part of the island.

As well as an unopened wet wipe packet, pictured on a beach, same Island, amongst washed - up general debris, with Malaysian Airlines printed thereon. . .

 

 

[bexrbetter]

As well as an unopened wet wipe packet, pictured on a beach, same Island, amongst washed - up general debris, with Malaysian Airlines printed thereon. . .

You might be referring to the wet wipe packet that was found on a West Australian beach that was in the news a year ago? That was discounted as being from MH370 if so.

 

 

[PA.]

They only discounted the wet wipe packet because they said a warm towel from 1st Class would arrive before an Economy Class Wet Wipe.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

You might be referring to the wet wipe packet that was found on a West Australian beach that was in the news a year ago? That was discounted as being from MH370 if so.

But. . .But. . .That was on the same news feed as the wing bit. . .on the internet. . .so it MUST be right ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

 

 

[HeliPilot70]

Debris found on Reunion Island confirmed to be from MH370 http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/05/experts-examine-wing-debris-for-links-to-missing-malaysian-jet.html

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

Why would the French be hesitant in confirming that it did wash up on the Island and that it was actually planted there? As reported on Aljazeera News this afternoon.

 

 

[rankamateur]

http://www.9news.com.au/World/2015/08/08/02/21/France-hunts-for-more-MH370-debris

 

Interesting that we have searched for 17 months at a cost approaching $100 million, yet the froggies are going to search for one week then draw their initial conclusions. Seems very efficient to me.

 

 

[Birdseye]

Also interesting are the claims that the find supports the supposed crash location, when the drift forecasts show it could have come from just about anywhere along the Indian Ocean's eastern boundary.

 

 

[facthunter]

It supports the crash being in the Ocean............................... Somewhere. Nev

 

 

[poteroo]

Also interesting are the claims that the find supports the supposed crash location, when the drift forecasts show it could have come from just about anywhere along the Indian Ocean's eastern boundary.

And Northern boundary as well. Gives some support to the visual reports from the Maldives which sounded pretty credible at the time. Biggest low flying aircraft around there would be a DHC-6 Twin Otter floatplane so they must have seen a different aircraft alright.

 

 

[tafisama]

Curtain University`s information on the sea event should be further investigated.Remember they said the origin of that acoustic signal was close to Maldives.I think Search Leaders need to put pride aside if they are to be successful.The Doopler provided a good guess but because it has not been used before it might have lead to the wrong area.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

http://www.9news.com.au/World/2015/08/08/02/21/France-hunts-for-more-MH370-debrisInteresting that we have searched for 17 months at a cost approaching $100 million, yet the froggies are going to search for one week then draw their initial conclusions. Seems very efficient to me.

Well, . . .whaddyer expect mate ? ? ? ? D'you remember a bloke named Jaques Cousteau ? ? ? world famous diver, found all sorts of stuff. THAT'S why the frogs think they're better at searching the ocean bottom than Aussies. . . . . . but what I found very curious was this,. . .WHY ON EARTH did they send the wing part found on the beach to Tolouse . . the home of Airbus Industrie,. . . . when it was already known that the missing aircraft in question was made by a little known firm in Seattle, U S of A ? ? ? ?

 

Can you imagine what THEY would have said if an Airbus type went AWOL in the deep blue,. . . . and a suspected bit of it had been washed up behind the Breakfast Creek fish and chip shop, and Abbot had sent it to the Yanks to see what sort of plane it was from ? ? ? ? The frogs would have gone nuclear volcanic bat$hit mental and burned down the Aussie Embassy in Gay Paree. . . . . . . curious that innit ? Strange that no media mong has mentioned this. . . . .

 

Total morons ( IMHO )

 

 

[Geoff13]

Actully Phil they did mention it, Reunion Island is French, seems like a logical reason to me.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Actully Phil they did mention it, Reunion Island is French, seems like a logical reason to me.

Ah,. . .OK, so you think that, if you had a crash in your Jabiru somewhere in the Indian ocean,. . . and the media reported that A JABIRU aircraft had gone missing. . . it would be a really GREAT idea to send the bits washed up on some island, to a firm in Czechoslovakia which manufacutres Stings and Sportstars, to get the SP on whether the bits were from a jabiru . . .?

 

Just wonderin'

 

Kind regards,

 

Phil

 

 

[dutchroll]

They sent it to France because the territory they found it on is French. Therefore the French accident investigators (BEA) are in charge of this phase and I imagine they send all their plane bits to the same place for identification. Also wouldn't be surprised to see a Boeing rep over there in Toulouse for obvious reasons.

 

 

[rankamateur]

They sent it to France because the territory they found it on is French. Therefore the French accident investigators (BEA) are in charge of this phase and I imagine they send all their plane bits to the same place for identification. Also wouldn't be surprised to see a Boeing rep over there in Toulouse for obvious reasons.

Just as there were representatives of the all countries who had citizens on the manifest.