Malaysia Airlines 777 missing

[Vector4Food]

ELT's do give a location via a radio signal (and tone), but not when they are a few thousand feet under the ocean.

The Gulf of Thailand is relatively shallow: its mean depth is 45 m, and the maximum depth only 80 m.

Thats around 210 feet in American

 

[Boyington]

Average depth of the South China Sea is almost 4000'.

 

[Vector4Food]

Average depth of the South China Sea is almost 4000'.

How can a 777 get lost?

They have so many redundant systems

 

[DPApilot]

ORLY? Man, that was like yesterday. Granted I had just gotten out of high school when that happened...

I wasn't born for another 4 years. Feel old?

 

[derg]

I have a second kid on the way, don't get me started on useless crap with frilly lacey stuff.

ITS ONLY $119 ON SALE!!! ITS PERFECT FOR STUFF!!

Ha!

"And it's regularly $200, so we're saving $81 that I can spend on shiny things!"

 

[derg]

I wasn't born for another 4 years. Feel old?

Good god, I could have made you at a fraternity party my senior year of college.

 

[FlySooner9]

The FDR & CVR each (or two dual-function units) both have pingers. That's what is a little confusing to me. The things are designed to begin operating when they get wet, operate for at least 30 days, and are designed to be found acoustically. The gulf there is relatively shallow and flat, so I would assume the detection would be relatively easy compared to AF447 hidden in a bunch of underwater mountains.

Exactly what i was thinking. They found the AF447 boxes in way deeper water using these pings why cant they find them with MH370? My thought now is they must be looking in the completely wrong area, somehow.

 

[FlySooner9]

I have read from several reports now the water is between 100 and 200 feet deep in the search area.

 

[MikeD]

Good god, I could have made you at a fraternity party my senior year of college.

Ain't that the truth!

 

[jgheggie]

Looks like they believe the fragments or pieces found to be parts of an emergency door/window.

http://mobile.businessweek.com/news...ne-window-fragment-found-by-vietnam-searchers

 

[MQAAord]

Good god, I could have made you at a fraternity party my senior year of college.

I was in new-hire academy with several people whom I was old enough to be their mother.

 

[seagull]

AF447 was not only very deep with the terrain issue but also under the thermal layer, so harder to pick up. Look at Google Earth, the entire area that this search is in is very shallow.

The FDR & CVR each (or two dual-function units) both have pingers. That's what is a little confusing to me. The things are designed to begin operating when they get wet, operate for at least 30 days, and are designed to be found acoustically. The gulf there is relatively shallow and flat, so I would assume the detection would be relatively easy compared to AF447 hidden in a bunch of underwater mountains.

The searched for the pingers in the first 30 days right where they eventually found the debris, but did not detect them for some reason.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...acoustic-sweep-missed-af447-recorders-356286/

 

[seagull]

ORLY? Man, that was like yesterday. Granted I had just gotten out of high school when that happened...

I was flying around the world as a B747 s/o when that happened!

 

[Pilot Fighter]

Exactly what i was thinking. They found the AF447 boxes in way deeper water using these pings why cant they find them with MH370? My thought now is they must be looking in the completely wrong area, somehow.

I doubt they will begin an acoustic search for the black boxes until they have a better idea of the crash site location. I read that the Navy had dispatched a P-3 to help in the search. I wonder if U.S. ASW assets (sonobouy deployment or towed receivers) will be used to search for the black box.

 

[fholbert]

Where exactly would be a location so remote where you could fly and land an aircraft of that size with no one noticing and completely undetected even by any military entity?

Kansas?

 

[B767]

Good god, I could have made you at a fraternity party my senior year of college.

At Riddle? Really...?

 

[derg]

At Riddle? Really...?

Yes, young Jedi.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

ELT's do give a location via a radio signal (and tone), but not when they are a few thousand feet under the ocean.

Assuming it went down anywhere near the last reported location, the water isn't more than 150 ft deep or so.

 

[deadstick]

I was 3 and the stupid daycare wouldn't let us watch CNN.

Feel old now....

Yep.

Anybody up for a round of shots?

 

[deadstick]

Kansas?

Unless you land it at Jabara. Then EVERYBODY will know.