Monkeys Fist 38779 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Fucking polar bears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Also the lack of wreckage and transponder data. These planes are designed to float these days when they hit water and after 9/11 you can't turn your transponder off on newer planes. I don't think the transponder was turned off, might be destroyed. For the record I think the transponders are fine for something like 30 days (assuming they're not too damaged), any time after that they're liable to not work. As for the floating wreckage, if the plain disintegrated in mid-air then bits will be scattered over a massive area of an ocean and are probably mostly underwater by now Edited March 10, 2014 by Monroe Transfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I can't believe in this day and age they can't find a plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Planes are designed to float these days lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Planes are designed to float these days lol Yeah that's right fuckhead. If it hits the water in one piece they are designed to float for half an hour or so...Huge airliners have pockets of air all over them, in the wings (fuel is lighter than water even), the cabin is a huge bubble of air and they are incredibly light these days. Much lighter than the water they have to displace to sink. Edited March 10, 2014 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Aye but it disappeared in the early hours of saturday morning, it would have sunk by now. What your latest theory Parking fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Boeing 777 has history. A flight attendant began praying and another dropped a tray of drinks while pilots fought the autopilot system, which was being corrupted by a software error. An investigation by regulators determined the aircraft's "air data inertial reference unit" (ADIRU) - a device that sends data to the flight computer and autopilot - malfunctioned. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/past-boeing-777-autopilot-problems-raised/story-e6frg95x-1226849686432# Edited March 10, 2014 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yeah that's right fuckhead. If it hits the water in one piece they are designed to float for half an hour or so...Huge airliners have pockets of air all over them, in the wings (fuel is lighter than water even), the cabin is a huge bubble of air and they are incredibly light these days. Much lighter than the water they have to displace to sink. 2 aviation experts on the radio this morning said they will break up on impact in the sea. But I suppose they could be wrong and you could be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 2 aviation experts on the radio this morning said they will break up on impact in the sea. But I suppose they could be wrong and you could be right. My mate is an engineer at Airbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14055 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 My mate is an engineer at Airbus. Big aficionado of 8-track tape, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Big aficionado of 8-track tape, too. I tend to keep one from each 'discipline' on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6866 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I can't believe in this day and age they can't find a plane. Took them 2 years to find the bulk of the Air France one that went down. Cruising at 6 miles up travelling a 8 miles a minute, could have come down in any direction, huge area to search. If it disintegrated most parts will have sunk and all that would float would likely be extremely small and could have spread hundreds of miles in the descent and in the currents/wind etc. once it hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Took them 2 years to find the bulk of the Air France one that went down. Cruising at 6 miles up travelling a 8 miles a minute, could have come down in any direction, huge area to search. If it disintegrated most parts will have sunk and all that would float would likely be extremely small and could have spread hundreds of miles in the descent and in the currents/wind etc. once it hit. True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 My mate is an engineer at Airbus. Do Airbus regularly crash planes into the sea then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Do Airbus regularly crash planes into the sea then? On a weekly basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5925 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Aye, you have to bear in mind, even if they roughly retrace the steps of the plane to look for debris, we are talking about an entire ocean. It's like chucking a grain of sand in a swimming pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 On a weekly basis. That is a ridiculous and frankly unbelievable claim to make. I'm not even going to bother that's obviously a very bad lie or you will believe anything you are told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Parky doesnt just tell the truth, he is the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubSpinDoctor 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 My mate is an engineer at Airbus. But does he earn as much as des? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmondTUTU 0 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I should imagine he does if he is being trained as one of Airbus 52 yearly suicide test pilots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 The Air France crash was mid Atlantic where there is no radar sight. This incident is remarkable in that an area with high surveillance, all evidence of the plane disappeared at 35k feet. If it exploded at that height that might explain total loss of communication but would suggest evidence would be strewn far and wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14055 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 And you'd think there'd be some radar trace even in the event of an explosion - didn't the Lockerbie plane suddenly dissolve into multiple radar blips, for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) And you'd think there'd be some radar trace even in the event of an explosion - didn't the Lockerbie plane suddenly dissolve into multiple radar blips, for example? iirc a payslip was found lodged in a tree. Edited March 10, 2014 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Similarly strange case here. Of course this could have been a suicide or escape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentich_disappearance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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