Malaysia airlines plane may have crashed 239 people on board #20

[Softail]

I'm just not gonna get my hopes up that these pings are from the black box. Tomorrow they will probably say, "It was just noises from a whale".

:sigh:

 

[popsicle]

raying:

 

[Fluffy Puppy]

Here is a link from Xinhuanet (via BBC's site) that is a summary of recent reports, starting with this announcement. About three articles down, there is an earlier one that this particular ship was deployed to the search area a day or two ago:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-04/05/c_133241023.htm

 

[Intermezzo]

I need to go make a strong cup of coffee
:coffeeup:

 

[SouthAussie]

Patrol ship Haixun 01 discovered a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5kHz per second, Xinhua reported.

The Xinhua report said a black box detector picked up the signal at around 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude.

It also reported that a Chinese plane spotted several white floating objects in the search area on Saturday.

An Australian pilot on board the plane reported the information to the Joint Agency Coordination Centre.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/22362115/mh370-race-against-time/


So were these white floating objects sighted near the pulse/signal area?

 

[marlywings]

State broadcaster CCTV reported that it was still unclear whether the signal could be from the black box of flight MH370.

The Xinhua report said a black box detector deployed by Haixun 01 picked up the signal at around 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...se-signal-report/story-fni0xqlk-1226875726049

 

[watcher9]

When I clicked on the link upthread, the article also claimed that they had spotted a number of large white floating objects in the area over a 20 minute timeframe. The related article has a picture of one of the objects.
I pray that this is it.

Link above - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-04/05/c_133241023.htm

Related article - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-04/05/c_133240993.htm

 

[SouthAussie]

Where was the last satellite ping from the plane .... was it in/near this area?

 

[marlywings]

The area that was the focus of today's search....

http://www.jacc.gov.au/media/releases/2014/april/mr009.aspx

 

[Fluffy Puppy]

Where was the last satellite ping from the plane .... was it in/near this area?

It is "close" to the arc, and I believe the arc includes areas close to that last ping.

 

[Fluffy Puppy]

I need to go make a strong cup of coffee
:coffeeup:

I am joining you - and settling in for an interesting morning.

 

[SouthAussie]

I am joining you - and settling in for an interesting morning.

Oh boy ... another late night here .. with toothpicks holding the eyelids open. :crosseyed:

 

[Brightbird]

Is there anything underwater atm, like one of those submarine things, that could be emitting the signal? Following this has made me even more cynical and that shouldn't even be possible, lol. I really hope it's good news tomorrow though.

 

[Fluffy Puppy]

Richard Quest (on CNN) looks like he has been waiting his whole life for this moment.

 

[alioop]

I am so glad they have been searching much further north today as I have always had a gut feeling that the plane did not have enough fuel to fly so far south. Can't explain why though as it is nothing to do with any mathematical calculations, just looking at the map.

It will be unbelievably fantastic if this ping is from the black box. If it is they must be within a couple of kilometres of it. Wonder how deep that area is?

 

[Fluffy Puppy]

The CNN panel of experts is skeptical - skeptical of the source, the timing, the protocol, the teamwork. I hope it is just them seeing the end of their "aviation expert" pay checks.

 

[squeaky]

[grainy] SkyNews graphic illustrating reported location in relation to search areas:

http://oi61.tinypic.com/2vi04mo.jpg

 

[SouthAussie]

A 37.5 kHz pinger can be detectable 1–2 kilometres (0.62–1.24 mi) from the surface in normal conditions and 4–5 kilometres (2.5–3.1 mi) in good conditions.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_locator_beacon


I wonder how good the conditions are/were out there today.

I hope there is an AUV in the area that can get down there and check this out. Time could be running out fast.

 

[squeaky]

SkyNews reporting that Malaysian PM was alerted of these findings by the Chinese Government "a few hours ago" (current time in Malaysia as of this reporting is about 2100)

 

[Fluffy Puppy]

I am so glad they have been searching much further north today as I have always had a gut feeling that the plane did not have enough fuel to fly so far south. Can't explain why though as it is nothing to do with any mathematical calculations, just looking at the map.

It will be unbelievably fantastic if this ping is from the black box. If it is they must be within a couple of kilometres of it. Wonder how deep that area is?

But if they are part of the search area and search team (and they are), it had everything to do with the math. The math is how they are defining the search area.