Malaysian 777 missing

**duncang** · 2014/03/08, 07:35 AM

KL to Beijing , 239 aboard :thumbdown:

**Kavanji** · 2014/03/08, 07:49 AM

That sucks!

**KurtG** · 2014/03/08, 08:49 AM

Any further news?

**duncang** · 2014/03/08, 08:55 AM

Black box beeping in Vietnam....

2beFree · 2014/03/08, 08:56 AM

link

http://m.aljazeera.com/story/2014380297203817

**SimonB** · 2014/03/08, 09:11 AM

Just seen a live statement from the Malaysian transport ministry, stating they still have no idea where it is. Everything still pure speculation

Flightradar24's post on Facebook, with link to replay

https://www.facebook.com/flightradar...827895489970:0

**duncang** · 2014/03/08, 10:16 AM

Sadly seems it's in the sea off Vietnam island.....

**OwenD** · 2014/03/08, 04:48 PM

Some people are surprised as the 777 has a pretty spotless track record, and there were what appear to be a few stolen passports being used. *shrug*

Edit: I see they were stolen in Thailand, probably unlucky mules and unrelated. Debris is hard to find in the sea.

**SimonB** · 2014/03/08, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by OwenD

Some people are surprised as the 777 has a pretty spotless track record, and there were what appear to be a few stolen passports being used. *shrug*

Edit: I see they were stolen in Thailand, probably unlucky mules and unrelated. Debris is hard to find in the sea.

Spotless? Only 3 hull losses...

**OwenD** · 2014/03/08, 06:15 PM

I don't even know what that means.

**lekhubu943** · 2014/03/08, 06:33 PM

I heard on the news in one of the 584 shops I had to visit today, the plane was confirmed as having crashed in the sea?

**SimonB** · 2014/03/08, 07:39 PM

Senior US official tells @NBCNews: 'We are aware of the reporting on the 2 stolen passports. We have not determined a nexus to terrorism yet, although it's still very early and that's by no means definitive. We're still tracking'

**duncang** · 2014/03/09, 07:51 AM

Seems another 2 passports are dodgy.....:thumbdown::thumbdown:

**duncang** · 2014/03/09, 07:59 AM

Oil slick found off Vietnam coast

**SimonB** · 2014/03/09, 08:00 AM

"Malaysia military: Radar indicated missing Malaysia Airlines airliner may have turned back before disappearing - @BBCBreaking"

**LeonP** · 2014/03/09, 08:49 AM

Its my understanding that modern aircraft have a live data feed to its owner/manufacturer at all times.

If this is the case why does it not flag an emergency and report gps location when a sudden and excessive drop in altitude occurs, or decompression, or deviation from route.

Its laughable, how the owners always pretend to try to contact a missing plane hours after it disappears, like it may just be stuck in traffic. Its insensitive to the families as it tries to hide or postpone an obviously terrible tragedy.

**SimonB** · 2014/03/09, 03:47 PM

"Vietnam says search plane finds suspected fragments of missing jetliner - @WSJ"

**SimonB** · 2014/03/09, 05:40 PM

"Vietnam Releases Photograph of Suspected Fragment of Missing Jet

A Vietnamese search aircraft located fragments Sunday floating in waters off southern Vietnam that are suspected of coming from a Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went missing a day earlier.

The fragments were believed to be a composite inner door and a piece of the tail, Vietnam’s ministry of information and communication said in a posting on its website. They were located some 80 kilometers south-southwest of Tho Chu island.

A photograph of one fragment floating in the water was released: http://infonet.vn/can-canh-manh-vo-nghi-op-cua-so-may-bay-malaysia-tren-bien-post121635.info"

**duncang** · 2014/03/09, 08:07 PM

No shortage of boats helping search.......

and the flight path.

**Barend D** · 2014/03/09, 08:28 PM

Debris found are not from the aircraft. Oil slick still to be confirmed if it is related to aircraft. Possibly a midair breakup is the latest.

I really dont know why they only searched 20NM (36 km) radius, 777 in cruise does 7 to 8NM per minute.
Radar contact lost at 35000ft. Taking best glide at 240kts.
3000fpm ROD. Which is extreme
That gives you 46NM.

Taking a 767 gliding capabilities they could have gone 70NM