Malaysia Airlines 777 missing

Trip7 said:
Did the FedEx pilots make a distress call when that jumpseater went wacko? Also wonder if foreign airlines use the same reinforced cockpit door required by US Airlines
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And if they fly those airliners to the US like MAS does with the 772, I'd imagine they would have to have the same or similar.
 
At least 34 gallons in the
Bandit_Driver said:
Fox News just commented on the 777 ACARS. They stated that what ever happened to the flight happened so fast that the crew could put the ACARS or Transponder in an Emergency mode.

Can some explain to what the emergency function in the ACARS is? I have minimal acars experience but don't recall it on my units.
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Whenever craps hit the fan, transponder codes and sending messages through ACARS is a lowest priority task after cleaning out my pants.
 
H46Bubba said:
No. Not enough to make a giant oil slick. RR takes 6 QT per engine plus a few QT for the APU. Add to that the hydraulic fluid required for all three systems.
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I think it's 18 QTS for the 330's I'm not sure.

I guess I should know that, but I'm not required to.
 
Derg said:
I think it's 18 QTS for the 330's I'm not sure.

I guess I should know that, but I'm not required to.
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That's because maintenance does it for you!;) Oil level checks are required for the nightly service checks or if an engine needs oil consumption monitoring.
 
H46Bubba said:
That's because maintenance does it for you!;) Oil level checks are required for the nightly service checks or if an engine needs oil consumption monitoring.
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I do remember something about min dispatch being 17 QTS. But then I have to turn on the thingamabobbers on the overhead to even see that because the plane has sit for so long. Oh yeah, the FADEC computers.
 
Pilot Fighter said:
I'm waiting for the first fisherman that claims he saw missiles.
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Any civilian interview always ends up with a WAY over exaggerated story.

They'll probably say there was a WW3 and the 772 was in the way or a UFO just zoomed it out of the sky. Just wait for it.

We all remember the last Asian crash...Ho Lee • and Wee Too Lo? Seriously..what now?
 
After having looked at a bigger picture of the supposed oil slick. There's no way any oil based lubricant or Jet A used in an aircraft would make a slick like that. That looks like a crude oil slick from a ship. Saw slicks like that in the Persian Gulf. The wind and wave action causes it to froth up and it looks like what's depicted in the photo.
 
Derg said:
Probably one of those synthetic "Airbus Brand" oil like the BMW uses. :)
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Mobil, sucka! Aint you seen da cans?? My mini fifi gulped down to 9 quarts tonight on the right side... hungry little sucker.

Oh, and extended into an extra out and back on a 2 day green slip? Papa's gettin' paid! They must be so desperate to cover to use guys on a green slip on a reroute.
 
Pichettet1 said:
I seem to recall myth buyers testing this one. Definitely not true. But, an unbalanced rotor can be devastating, if it's unbalanced enough.
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Yep! On that episode they asked the real helo pilot if he would be willing to fly with a stamp on one rotor. "oh yeah, definitely."

There are way more chunks missing from each blade that add up to way more than a stamp of imbalance. Balancing a fan blade is an interesting process, and the fan measures its vibration. Weights are added to each blade to balance it. Certainly not within the tolerance of a postage stamp.

This is definitely a crazy one. Perhaps the bermuda triangle took a vacation to the south pacfic?;)
 
PeanuckleCRJ said:
At altitude we can routinely see 200 miles. A fireball at 80 NM would be extremely apparent.
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I know you. "Can"

I've passed traffic hundreds of times day or night, even telling crews exactly where the flight is, it's rare they spot them until within 20 NM

At 80 NM you would have to be looking right at the spot it happened when it happened, not impossible obviously, but also assumes VMC conditions the whole way
 
H46Bubba said:
After having looked at a bigger picture of the supposed oil slick. There's no way any oil based lubricant or Jet A used in an aircraft would make a slick like that. That looks like a crude oil slick from a ship. Saw slicks like that in the Persian Gulf. The wind and wave action causes it to froth up and it looks like what's depicted in the photo.
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I too am confused by the "oil slick." Most of the time, fuel on water, specifically Jet-A has a rainbow type film, similar to gasoline or Kerosene. Then again, I have never seen it over a body of water at that magnitude.

I found this link on marine pollution, identifying the stages of marine pollution from fuel/oils.

http://lms.seos-project.eu/learning_modules/marinepollution/marinepollution-c02-p03.html

I am certainly not suggesting that slick seen is not from the missing 777, however I tend to agree with you that it might be petroleum in a different stage of refinement, rather than a relative small amount of aviation lubricate oil, and much less Jet-A.

I am not sure.
 
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