I have doubts that this wreckage is from MH370.
I mean, there aren't even photos to prove or disprove the relative's story...
IMO, the wreckage is from another plane. Maybe AirAsia?
If batteries had exploded, the plane would have went down as the explosion happened.
It would essentially be like a bomb.
Unless the batteries started smoking and exploded at the tail end of the plane's journey (wherever that may be).
But had there been an explosion, debris would have been spotted right away.
IMO
The batteries wouldn't have exploded, they would've caught fire and the fumes would've incapacitated the crew and passengers.
Lithium batteries explode when exposed to certain altitudes.
This is why airlines don't like transporting large amounts of lithium batteries in the cargo holds of passenger jets.
I guess it would depend on how many batteries there were in the cargo, but IIRC, MH370 was carrying a dangerous amount.
IMO.
Oh, they maybe found it again, on the bottom of the sea. Allegedly.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-missing-Malaysian-passenger-plane-MH370.html
THE search for MH370 is finally looking in the right place, according to two experienced Boeing 777 pilots.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...s/news-story/f9c6deb796559228e29bbb4931dcdc27
They still feel they are searching in the right area, but if the scenario is right, how could it have stayed in the air so far?
Both engines of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 likely flamed out, suggesting that the jet was not intentionally ditched, Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said in a new report Thursday.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...-flameout-investigators/ar-AAfZWOQ?li=BBnb7Kz
I wonder if by "flamed out" they mean "died." So when the plane eventually ran out of fuel, the engines flamed out/died.
Flamed out could also mean "caught on fire." But in the context of that sentence, I think the engines died when fuel ran out.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/1...g-747-planes-to-come-forward/?intcmp=trending
Wonder how often this happens?
Malaysian aviation authorities placed an ad in a newspaper there on Monday asking for the "untraceable owner" of three 747-200F aircraft – which have been left at the airport – to come forward and reveal his or her identity.
"If you fail to collect the aircraft within 14 days of the date of this notice, we reserve the right to sell or otherwise dispose of the aircraft" said the ad, which ran in The Star.
What? This is almost unbelievable.
I wonder if the owner will have to identify something first, like "All the seats are red, the tray tables are black."