Malaysia Airlines 777 missing

[n57flyguy]

@H46Bubba

Oil slicks spotted

Vietnamese ships are investigating two large oil slicks off the southern tip of Vietnam. The oil slicks were spotted by Vietnam air force planes which had been dispatched to search for signs of the missing jet.

"Two of our aircraft sighted two oil slicks around 15 to 20 kilometers (10-12 miles) long, running parallel, around 500 meters apart from each other," deputy chief-of-staff of the Vietnamese army, Vo Van Tuan, told state-run VTV.

The sighting of the oil is the first indication the plane could have gone down in the waters between northern Malaysia and southern Vietnam. Although there is no confirmation the find was related to the missing aircraft, the Vietnamese government released a statement saying the oil slicks were consistent with the kind that would be produced by the fuel tanks of a crashed plane.

http://www.dw.de/malaysia-airlines-jet-still-missing-search-off-vietnam/a-17483517

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I am trying to find the official statement mentioned.

 

[Vector4Food]

Hmmmm

Signals from the Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for more than 24 hours has turned back on the Radar, Malaysian officials have said.

http://www.onewayjapan.com/News - W...Coming From Missing Plane From Somewhere.html

 

[Vector4Food]

What if it all was an elaborate rouse to steal the airplane?

 

[jgheggie]

Looks like radar shows the aircraft making a turn back towards the departure airport at some point.

http://m.voanews.com/a/malaysia-inv...our-passengers-on-missing-flight/1867381.html

 

[n57flyguy]

What if it all was an elaborate rouse to steal the airplane?

I'll keep my eye on Ebay!

Very strange fallout to this situation. To hypothesize, if the radar has been turned on, knowing it only had approximately seven hours of fuel, where would it have gone, if it is suspected to have not crashed? I'd be curious to see where the signal is coming from...

 

[Cory Trevor]

Langoliers

 

[mshunter]

Still waiting to see WTH happened to this thing. AFAIC, it's disappeared without a trace. It's been how long and no one has reported seeing any debris? The best that they have so far is an "oil slick?" What's going on over there? That strait isn't that big. If there were any survivors, they'd likely be dead, or nearly so from exposure. The SAR people need to get their butts in gear!

 

[stick-n-rudder]

Again via Shanghaiist (best source I've found so far for updates):

Authorities in Malaysia are investigating identities of two more passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight who were using stolen passports, meaning that at least four people on the plane got through security with stolen IDs. Meanwhile, Malaysia's air force chief said that authorities are looking into the "possibility" that the Beijing-bound plane had actually turned around and was possibly headed back towards Kuala Lumpur before its disappearance.

 

[deadstick]

For anyone who has flown in that area, are there a lot of military exercises in the region?

KAL 007

 

[I_Money]

@Derg or similar - reports today state 5 people checked in but never boarded and their bags had to be unloaded. That seems like a high number - I would imagine one or two being too drunk but 5 seemed a lot. Is it?

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Langoliers. Nice.

 

[Malko]

Just read a on cnn that the two individuals under the stolen passports and an Austraian appear to have purchased the tickets together.... Another twist....

 

[Vector4Food]

@Derg or similar - reports today state 5 people checked in but never boarded and their bags had to be unloaded. That seems like a high number - I would imagine one or two being too drunk but 5 seemed a lot. Is it?

I've seen that on 737 flights in my ramp days

A whole group missed the flight, wouldn't be that strange

 

[H46Bubba]

@H46Bubba



http://www.dw.de/malaysia-airlines-jet-still-missing-search-off-vietnam/a-17483517

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I am trying to find the official statement mentioned.

Yes I'm sure the Vietnamese are well versed in aircraft crashes on the open seas! Not arguing with you. I just take what their saying with a large dose of skepticism. I've was involved in a search and rescue operation of downed Harrier. A jet fuel slick does not look like that. It is not brown, but is more more of a clear rainbow sheen on top of the water.

 

[n57flyguy]

Yes I'm sure the Vietnamese are well versed in aircraft crashes on the open seas! Not arguing with you. I just take what their saying with a large dose of skepticism. I've was involved in a search and rescue operation of downed Harrier. A jet fuel slick does not look like that. It is not brown, but is more more of a clear rainbow sheen on top of the water.

I agree with you, I just wanted to post the article and will be searching for that statement when I get a chance, maybe tomorrow even. I am no expert but the oil slick clue seemed, well off, based on how I have seen fuel, specifically Jet-A, and water separate. With that being one of the only clues to the possibility of an aircraft crash in the ocean (now that more has surfaced), I thought it wise to use due diligence in collecting what information is currently available.

That has been something in my mind as well, how well are the Vietnamese equipped and capable of performing this mission?

 

[Cptnchia]

KAL 007

That happened a long long distance away from this.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

At least 34 gallons in the


Whenever craps hit the fan, transponder codes and sending messages through ACARS is a lowest priority task after cleaning out my pants.

Yup. One of my early instructors said "there's really not much people on the ground can do for you." Those words have stuck with me.

 

[dvtpilot]

I would think that if it was a terrorist event some group would be claiming they did it by now

 

[AM011309]

I seem to recall myth buyers testing this one. Definitely not true. But, an unbalanced rotor can be devastating, if it's unbalanced enough.

Had a discussion at work the other day how Mythbusters is the new 'has to be true' LOL. Back in the day if someone questioned your facts you would tell them, "Go look it up," knowing that no one actually would. And now if you get into a discussion about things you can back it up with, "They Mythbusted that!"

Not saying they DIDN'T Mythbust stamp on a rotor, you just reminded me of it.

 

[Cptnchia]

I would think that if it was a terrorist event some group would be claiming they did it by now

Unless it was a test run and someone screwed the pooch. Kind of like the tango in Iraq that blew himself and a class of bomb making recruits up last month.