Malaysia airlines plane may have crashed 239 people on board #18

[Elley Mae]

The size of the new search area is around 319,000 square kilometers (123,167 square miles), roughly four times larger than the area searched on Thursday, just before Malaysian officials used radar data to conclude they had been looking for the plane in the wrong place.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles...69982362227324.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

bbm

 

[cluciano63]

I am wishing the beacon is a signal from a boater who found something.

 

[Elley Mae]

Malaysian officials have concluded that, based on satellite data, the missing plane flew into the sea somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. So far no trace of it has been found.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26806791

I did not knew/realize that it was malaysia that changed the direction. I thought it was a combination of others. Maybe I missed something again. I'm starting to feel like I am a day late and a dollar short.

bbm

 

[Isabelle]

I am wishing the beacon is a signal from a boater who found something.

That is what I was thinking. Would wonder if buoyant debris could have floated that far on currents, considering the bad weather that has been in the area.

 

[joerose]

Malaysian officials have concluded that, based on satellite data, the missing plane flew into the sea somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. So far no trace of it has been found.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26806791

I did not knew/realize that it was malaysia that changed the direction. I thought it was a combination of others. Maybe I missed something again. I'm starting to feel like I am a day late and a dollar short.

bbm

That's what I thought too Elley Mae. I thought all of these important decisions and conversations were from all of those involved solving these problems together, but it is starting to look like that is not the case and I am not sure that is a good thing.

 

[Isabelle]

Malaysian officials have concluded that, based on satellite data, the missing plane flew into the sea somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean. So far no trace of it has been found.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26806791

I did not knew/realize that it was malaysia that changed the direction. I thought it was a combination of others. Maybe I missed something again. I'm starting to feel like I am a day late and a dollar short.

bbm

Agree. I thought the location was based on calculations that had never been used before by the British satellite company.

 

[SouthAussie]

I am wishing the beacon is a signal from a boater who found something.

Me too. Except that they can't communicate with the boat and have had to send one of our planes to search for it - then one of the Perth planes from the MH370 search will fly out and drop equipment/supplies if necessary.

In a statement at noon, the centre said it was not able to establish communications with the vessel and the nature of distress was not known.

The beacon is located about 3241km south-west of Perth and 648km north of the Antarctic mainland.

A civil jet with an Aero Rescue search and rescue mission coordinator and State Emergency Service air observers has been tasked out of Melbourne to investigate the beacon.

It will take five hours to transit the 3,889 kilometres to the location and will have two hours on scene before having to return.

"The RCC has retasked a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion from the search for MH370 to fly to the area and render assistance if required," AMSA said.

"The P3 is capable of dropping survival equipment. It will take five hours to reach the location of the beacon.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/22259178/fishing-boat-beacon-detected/

 

[SouthAussie]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26806791

Posting to say hello.
Article has been recently updated. Saturday relatives travelled from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur hoping to get answers as to what has happened to their loved ones. They've heard very little in China.

Oh boy, they're going to be disappointed all over again when they realize no additional information is available in KL.

How cruel. Why don't China keep their families informed? (rhetorical question) :sigh:

 

[Waddles]

Elle Elle, that is a really good article. I wish someone had spoken up before he got into that cockpit to fly the plane three weeks ago. It sounds like he should have been on a leave of absence. Very disturbing.

Good morning all, wow, it's crazy to think it's been 3 weeks already!!

 

[Mahouston69]

BBM
Well I don't trust the Malaysians one little bit. And IF the bolded statement above were to be nit-picked, the Malaysians could say that it is true TODAY because the 777 is on the bottom of the ocean floor so it is NO LONGER part of their fleet.

Pardon my grumpiness, I have a darn toothache. :facepalm: I hope my post makes sense... and I am only mad at the Malaysians because they are not forthcoming and truthful. They are acting like a significant other who has been caught redhanded cheating. :banghead:

This statement says more than the words it contains. I thought early on that the initial search sounded odd to have constant reversals of statements, radar, witnesses, like a red herring search to give Malaysia Airlines (Govt.) time to gather the real wreckage that remained on the surface, in reality, not wanting it to ever be found. Not asking other countries for help..

If you were a corrupt Govt. And Owned an airline that failed to follow Aircraft Airworthiness Directives that killed hundreds, and it could only be proven by investigation of the wreckage, eye witnesses and nobody was alive to tell what happened....would You want it ever found?

This is why the families are so angry and distrustful. It looks like...they know.

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetal...es-ceo-unsure-if-vital-repairs-done-to-mh370/

 

[MsFacetious]

I would not want to leave if I found something but I would want someone to know...
I guess activating your emergency beacon would be your only option to notify anyone?

I just didn't think that'd go over very well if they used the beacon for that...
But with all these people out searching they would likely consider it a reasonable use of it.

 

[Elley Mae]

The shift north of the search was based on painstaking analysis of Malaysian military radar data and satellite readings from British company Inmarsat.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/30/us-malaysiaairlines-flight-idUSBREA2701720140330

 

[newone]

I've thought from the get-go that this plane might have been shot down. I would give that scenario 50/50 odds.

Indonesia has 110 planes and they have been conspicuously quiet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Air_Force"]Indonesian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seems that Indonesia is attempting to flex it's naval muscle and has very tight ties with China especially in terms of supplying arms to Indonesia

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/03/29/exercise-komodo-and-south-china-sea.html

and don't forget it was Indonesian that ''foot dragged'' with not giving permission for overflights in the investigation and as a result Japanese and other flights were on the ground waiting for permission to participate in the search

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e?view=desktop#block-532870d3e4b085d4434ee905

I have searched online for evidence of assistance from Indonesia and have found nothing other than the father of one of the 7 Indonesians onboard has filed charges against MAL

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26742763]

 

[alioop]

What does it taste like?

I was waiting for someone to ask that. I didn't try it as I didn't like the smell.

 

[newone]

If a NZ flight was lost I can only imagine that Australia would launch every available plane and ship to assist.....so what's the deal with Indonesia as Malaysia's closest neighbor and whose airspace MH370 may have flown over?

evidence of recent strife between Malaysia/Singapore/Indonesia

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/401025/indonesian-marines-pose-as-bombers-at-defence-forum

 

[SilkySifaka]

A fishing boat having an emergency?
Since it said the emergency beacon is from a fishing boat, that'd be my guess. :twocents:

they could have gotten a large piece of plane tied up too

 

[MsFacetious]

they could have gotten a large piece of plane tied up too

If so, can they bring it in, so authorities don't let it sink? :facepalm:

 

[SilkySifaka]

Agree. I thought the location was based on calculations that had never been used before by the British satellite company.

there is a quote upthread where they publicly distanced themselves from this new search area which makes me worry about it as accurate

 

[SouthAussie]

If a NZ flight was lost I can only imagine that Australia would launch every available plane and ship to assist.....so what's the deal with Indonesia as Malaysia's closest neighbor and whose airspace MH370 may have flown over?

evidence of recent strife between Malaysia/Singapore/Indonesia

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/401025/indonesian-marines-pose-as-bombers-at-defence-forum

It can't be discussed here, but reading the Indonesian military references in this article may help you to understand their humanitarian stance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-...mplicated-in-deaths-of-asylum-seekers/4987772

 

[newone]

It can't be discussed here, but reading the Indonesian military references in this article may help you to understand their humanitarian stance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-...mplicated-in-deaths-of-asylum-seekers/4987772

Thank you for sharing that link -- confirms my gut feeling