Malaysia airlines plane may have crashed 239 people on board #21

[JerseyGirl]

Malaysia Airlines is currently drafting a D-day plan, which is subject to approval of the Malaysian and Chinese governments, to make arrangements for the families of passengers on board its vanished MH370, to fly to Perth once the aircraft is found.

He said, due to limited hotel rooms in the Australian city, the Chinese next-of-kin needed to re-register or re-verify their identities to MAS staff.

Earlier, MAS offered to fly up to five family members per passenger on board the ill-fated MH370 to the end destination.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/m...milies-to-australia-when-missing-jet-is-found

 

[Waddles]

Malaysia Airlines is currently drafting a D-day plan, which is subject to approval of the Malaysian and Chinese governments, to make arrangements for the families of passengers on board its vanished MH370, to fly to Perth once the aircraft is found.

He said, due to limited hotel rooms in the Australian city, the Chinese next-of-kin needed to re-register or re-verify their identities to MAS staff.

Earlier, MAS offered to fly up to five family members per passenger on board the ill-fated MH370 to the end destination.

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/m...milies-to-australia-when-missing-jet-is-found

JerseyGirl, kitty is too adorable, is he yours?

fftopic:

 

[Hatfield]

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/the-depth-of-the-problem/931/

Wow. Just WOW. For anyone who likes good graphics, check out that link. My mind is kind of blown at what the search teams are dealing with here. I knew it was deep, but this really helps put it into perspective. Very cool.

That is a cool link and does a good job.

The way I can best think about how deep it is is to think of a place a couple miles away and think how far you have to drive to get 2 miles away.

 

[SilkySifaka]

But they haven't heard a Ping since Saturday.

that is my one worry, houston saying they wont deploy the submersable unless they get a 3rd pass. They may have caught the dying moments of it

 

[SilkySifaka]

Seabed search must wait for more signals

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11234703

I dunno, i think they are going to have to reassess that. If those were the last pings before the battery died there will be no others but they will be in the right spot if that makes sense.

 

[JerseyGirl]

JerseyGirl, kitty is too adorable, is he yours?

fftopic:

No, but I have 3 at home.

 

[Snoods]

I assume Malaysia would pay.

America has put millions into the search and Australia is spending almost a million a day just for two boats. Japan is said to have put 3 million in the search, and China has put more vessels in the water than anyone else has.
Japan is said to have put 3 million into the search.

More than two dozen countries have played some role in the long search, which Malaysia is overseeing. In the days since the search has shifted to remote areas of the Indian Ocean, several countries have deployed planes and ships for the effort, including China, Australia, Malaysia, the U.S., Britain, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. On Monday, nine military planes, three civil aircraft and 14 ships were combing a 90,000-square-mile search area, according to Australian officials coordinating the search.

Malaysia has repeatedly declined to answer questions about the cost of the search.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-the-cost-of-the-search-for-malaysia-airlines-flight-370/

 

[SilkySifaka]

I know they wanted more signals but if they dont hear anymore I would hope they could send down the "??? 21" submersable anyway and try to see if they can spot the plane by its side sonar.

It would be worth a try I would think. I realize they wanted to better triangulate and try to pinpoint where the sound was coming from but they should be able to try some best guesses and give it a try.

They may get really lucky and just happen to spot debris down on bottom.

I suppose it all depends on the data they captured and if they think they have enough to make a best guess as to where it is.

I agree. It is highly doubtful to me that they stopped all other ships from searching and moved the assets into the pinger locations when they don't have a high degree of certainty its the black boxes. Remember very little is at 33.5 or 37.5 khz.

The boxes are also nestled snuggly into the tail section so if it went down mostly intact or iven just the tail section intact they may find it a lot sooner than they expected by just looking into the tail

 

[Waddles]

No, but I have 3 at home.

Ooh wish I had space for 3, my minuscule Paris studio barely enough for my one, but she runs up and down the building stairs when needed

 

[cluciano63]

That sounds so scary and I could never, ever do that!! The thought of such deep water scares me!

Maybe inside a bullet-proof glass box, lol. I would love to see down there, but am terrified of sea monsters,,etc...

 

[cluciano63]

How do I get to that thread? tia

I think your have to scroll, on Ipad. Or laptop. Never used a phone. Jmo?

Eta to a new thread, you have to return to forum and Media is at the very top, usually.

 

[ElleElle]

Hmmmm

First Air pilots suspended after flying 100s of kms off course

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north...after-flying-100s-of-kms-off-course-1.2602050

 

[Roselvr]

How do I get to that thread? tia

Resources

Malaysia Airlines 370 *MAPS & TIMELINE REFERENCE ONLY*

Malaysia Airlines 370 *MEDIA LINKS ONLY*

Frequently asked questions and the answers

 

[Gerontion]

Now what? I think I've ceased saying, "I think it's them this time." Is hope fading among the faithful?

I had a lot of hope the other day when the Ocean Shield was apparently nigh-on. I see the loss of the ping signal as a huge setback. That blew a hole in my hope,.......... and doubt is flooding back in. The who, what, when, how and why are directly proportional to the WHERE. Speculation and conjecture are again running rampant with the loss of the "best lead to date". We once again are all over the map. I would much rather be focusing on a weakening PING signal than waiting on the chance of hearing a very big BANG in a neighborhood near you (or me and mine).

 

[Momoffourboys]

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/the-depth-of-the-problem/931/

Wow. Just WOW. For anyone who likes good graphics, check out that link. My mind is kind of blown at what the search teams are dealing with here. I knew it was deep, but this really helps put it into perspective. Very cool.

Wow is right!

 

[CoverMeCagney]

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/the-depth-of-the-problem/931/

Wow. Just WOW. For anyone who likes good graphics, check out that link. My mind is kind of blown at what the search teams are dealing with here. I knew it was deep, but this really helps put it into perspective. Very cool.

Wow indeed, that's gobsmacking, thanks for sharing!

 

[Snoods]

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/the-depth-of-the-problem/931/

Wow. Just WOW. For anyone who likes good graphics, check out that link. My mind is kind of blown at what the search teams are dealing with here. I knew it was deep, but this really helps put it into perspective. Very cool.

hwow: That truly does put it into perspective. That's mind blowing. Thanks for posting that.

 

[Tiepos]

Fox News Channel solidified its return to the top spot Friday in total day and primetime…

That could be the same 5% that are out searching for Big Foot....

Related? :floorlaugh:

 

[Momoffourboys]

What are the odds that not one piece of the aircraft or its' contents have floated on the surface? This, to me, is worrisome. Something. Anything.

 

[ElleElle]

Question:

How can MH370 have flown for over 7 + extra hours, if it was only fuelled for 45-60 minutes extra? :waitasec: