Malaysia Airlines 777 missing

canadian_atc said:
US Officials say the plane "likely" crashed now, according to CNN, but took one of TWO routes after the Malacca Straits.

Seriously?! What is with the constant conjecture? There's ZERO indication the plane crashed, and ZERO indication they landed intact... nobody knows. Or if they do, then release how they know that.
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The media isn't making it very easy to defend them right now, but on this point they're right to report it. This isn't a case of CNN opining that it may have crashed after taking one of two routes. It's a case of government officials saying it's what THEY think may have happened. That's news.

I've always been a CNN viewer and haven't seen any of the other networks' coverage. CNN's been wall-to-wall on this for days and it appears to have paid off. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/malaysia-air-mystery-a-draw-for-cnn_b217425

On the other hand, for those of us who know a little something about aviation, the coverage is maddening. During the noon hour, one of the reporters was in a sim re-enacting the flight up to the point where the flight lost contact. They began a discussion of how a transponder works and the anchor reacted with shock at the idea that a pilot could intentionally turn it off. To those of us who understand it, it's ridiculous. To the non-flying public at home, it's interesting. Also, keep in mind that you're only picking up on any silliness because you're intimately familiar with aviation. Journalists have to be ready to cover a story about any topic at a moment's notice and appear credible. They're good at giving the APPEARANCE of credibility. When they're covering something you know a lot about, that facade doesn't hold up as well.

All of that said, quite a bit of the coverage is simply ridiculous and I won't defend it for a second. In the past hour, an anchor teased that they'd be looking at some of the more "outlandish" theories about what could have happened. There's no reason to do that.
 
canadian_atc said:
This "Southern Route" takes it very near Diego Garcia, there must be some high quality PSR radar systems there
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We have a flight that does out to FJDG a couple times a week and there is nothing else out there. We use island reserve on our flights that go out to FJDG. Hypothetically speaking, lets say this aircraft was hijacked and is being flown to some island where they can hide the aircraft...it hard to believe they overlooked a major US air force base. Especially when you consider how will the hijacking would have been planned out and executed (hypothetically speaking, of course).
 
titansox said:
Would that qualify as "falling out of the sky?" Holy crap...
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From the article - “A lot of stock cannot be put in the altitude data” sent from the engines, one official said. “A lot of this doesn’t make sense.”

I'd lean toward some kind of glitch. That's a HECK of a lot of altitude to lose that quickly.
 
WildcatPilot said:
The media isn't making it very easy to defend them right now, but on this point they're right to report it. This isn't a case of CNN opining that it may have crashed after taking one of two routes. It's a case of government officials saying it's what THEY think may have happened. That's news.

I've always been a CNN viewer and haven't seen any of the other networks' coverage. CNN's been wall-to-wall on this for days and it appears to have paid off. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/malaysia-air-mystery-a-draw-for-cnn_b217425

On the other hand, for those of us who know a little something about aviation, the coverage is maddening. During the noon hour, one of the reporters was in a sim re-enacting the flight up to the point where the flight lost contact. They began a discussion of how a transponder works and the anchor reacted with shock at the idea that a pilot could intentionally turn it off. To those of us who understand it, it's ridiculous. To the non-flying public at home, it's interesting. Also, keep in mind that you're only picking up on any silliness because you're intimately familiar with aviation. Journalists have to be ready to cover a story about any topic at a moment's notice and appear credible. They're good at giving the APPEARANCE of credibility. When they're covering something you know a lot about, that facade doesn't hold up as well.

All of that said, quite a bit of the coverage is simply ridiculous and I won't defend it for a second. In the past hour, an anchor teased that they'd be looking at some of the more "outlandish" theories about what could have happened. There's no reason to do that.
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Meanwhile, Fox's nonstop Benghazi coverage has been a hit among the 53-58 males living on compounds segment
 
canadian_atc said:
US Officials say the plane "likely" crashed now, according to CNN, but took one of TWO routes after the Malacca Straits.

Seriously?! What is with the constant conjecture? There's ZERO indication the plane crashed, and ZERO indication they landed intact... nobody knows. Or if they do, then release how they know that.
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Like I said before...
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BobDDuck said:
I'm going to go with the engines being the limiting factor.
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But don't authorities have engine data from this aircraft? Wouldn't it have come out if the engines failed for any reason?

Plus I thought "coffin corner" had to do with the wings not creating enough lift to support level flight. That sentence is admittedly the extent of my knowledge on the subject haha.
 
canadian_atc said:
US Officials say the plane "likely" crashed now, according to CNN, but took one of TWO routes after the Malacca Straits.

Seriously?! What is with the constant conjecture? There's ZERO indication the plane crashed, and ZERO indication they landed intact... nobody knows. Or if they do, then release how they know that.
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The USA knows things. Not sure what it is but we clearly know more than we're letting on to.
 
CNN finds dude with home built 777 sim in Canada, cant emulate the NYT data. If that data is correct then Id focus back where the airplane did this because it likely broke apart coming down at 400 FPM.
 
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