Malaysia Airlines 777 missing

[fholbert]

On long patrol missions, they shut down two engines to conserve fuel.

Early in the DC10 L1011 days some we're shutting down the center engine enroute to save fuel.

 

[tonyw]

A metal tube with wings

 

[derg]

"The aircraft missing, an enlarged version of the 737..."

Did some reporter say that?

Bring me his finger.

 

[derg]

Early in the DC10 L1011 days some we're shutting down the center engine enroute to save fuel.

No drift down issues and the associated higher fuel burn at lower altitudes?

 

[SeanD]

Did some reporter say that?

Bring me his finger.

Yup, I heard it twice today. One said the cockpit was identical to a 737 and it was the same airplane but longer.

 

[derg]

Yup, I heard it twice today. One said the cockpit was identical to a 737 and it was the same airplane but longer.

Oh god.

 

[SeanD]

How come the search planes wait until 0800 to take off from Perth? You would think they would leave prior to dawn since the trip takes 4 hours.

 

[fholbert]

No drift down issues and the associated higher fuel burn at lower altitudes?

That was the FIRST thing I thought of!

 

[SeanD]

That terribly written USA Today article that blames the captain was written by some amateur journalist from Malaysia. She wont cough up anything about her sources. Im throwing in the BS flag. I think she completely made it up. There is absolutely no reliable source anywhere in Malaysia.

 

[dustoff17]

.........
The P-3 is not capable of inflight refueling. The P-8 does have that capability.

What level of crack smoking was going on when they lined out this contract?

 

[deadstick]

That terribly written USA Today article that blames the captain was written by some amateur journalist from Malaysia. She wont cough up anything about her sources. Im throwing in the BS flag. I think she completely made it up. There is absolutely no reliable source anywhere in Malaysia.

It's like déjà vu all over again...

 

[SeanD]

That country is looking more and more sketchy over this everyday. First they eliminate the pilots as a cause, now we have some unknown source claiming he knows something based on no evidence, who chose to spill it to a Malaysian amateur, freelance writer? Cough! Cough! •! Here is my conspiracy theory. I think Malaysia has a good idea what happened to this airplane and they want to cushion the burden of massive lawsuits by throwing the pilot under the bus.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Yeah, but he wasn't out looking for subs for hours on end!

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He should start a car wash.

 

[mikecweb]

What level of crack smoking was going on when they lined out this contract?

?

 

[SeanD]

?

That teenage Derg in your avatar?

 

[z987k]

What level of crack smoking was going on when they lined out this contract?

I don't think they had crack yet in the 50's.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

What level of crack smoking was going on when they lined out this contract?

I've never met a P-3 pilot complaining about range.

 

[derg]

You seriously can't swing a ripe banana around the pilot lounge without smacking about 50 former P-3 pilots at Delta.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

You seriously can't swing a ripe banana around the pilot lounge without smacking about 50 former P-3 pilots at Delta.

I've never met a P-3 pilot that wasn't worthy of the act.

 

[SeanD]

Here we go again with more satellite images that were actually taken yesterday by the Japanese. If all this stuff they are spotting from space isnt part of the airplane then the Indian Ocean has a major pollution problem. They shifted the search to head directly to this area.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/world...from-malaysia-airlines-flight-370_920755.html