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John McLeod VII  Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 
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A Chinese satellite may have found crash site. That looks promising for finding the wreckage. It does not look promising for finding survivors.   BOINC WIKI ID: 1488088 ·  |
 Lynn   Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123
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A Chinese satellite may have found crash site. China had the pictures for days, why release them now?? It has been said that China has a secret satellite. I pray for each and every victim, and their families. ID: 1488146 · |
Donald L. Johnson  Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20
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All major US networks are reporting that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Kidd has been detached from its Carrier Strike Group and sent to the Indian Ocean west of Malaysia to help search. While many official sources are down-playing the reports of continuing data transmissions from the plane's engines after the transponders were shut off, the area the US warship is headed for gives credence to the notion that the plane did not go down near its intended flight path. The word "piracy" has also been used in several reports I saw. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1488897 · |
David S  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12
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A lot of people are calling in to radio shows, wondering how a plane could be hijacked in this day and age without any of the many passengers who must have cell phones calling someone to say what's going on. I even heard an answer to this: that the hijacker(s) knocked them all out by turning off the oxygen. I have a much simpler answer. Unless I'm a LOT farther out of the techno-loop than I think I am, there's no cell service over the open ocean! Am I wrong to think that if the plane was far enough from land to be in a gap in civil ATC, it was also waaaaaaay out of range of the nearest cell tower? David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1489201 · |
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Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20
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A lot of people are calling in to radio shows, wondering how a plane could be hijacked in this day and age without any of the many passengers who must have cell phones calling someone to say what's going on. I even heard an answer to this: that the hijacker(s) knocked them all out by turning off the oxygen. I doubt that caller knew what he was talking about. Once the passenger cabin is pressurized for altitude, there is only a slow bleed of oxygen to maintain safe breathing levels. Turning that off would still take time for the oxygen to drop to dangerous levels. Easier to put on an oxygen mask and depressurize the cabin - put everybody to sleep real quick. I have a much simpler answer. Unless I'm a LOT farther out of the techno-loop than I think I am, there's no cell service over the open ocean! Probably true for most cell phones. There are international satelite-based cell phone systems, but I doubt most folks could afford the costs. More reports of military radars tracking the plane flying west over Malaysia and towards the Indian Ocean. They are also trying to use the engine data transmissions to get a rough fligth path/position of the aircraft. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1489208 · |
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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12
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A lot of people are calling in to radio shows, wondering how a plane could be hijacked in this day and age without any of the many passengers who must have cell phones calling someone to say what's going on. I even heard an answer to this: that the hijacker(s) knocked them all out by turning off the oxygen. I thought that idea was particularly stupid when I heard it. I have a much simpler answer. Unless I'm a LOT farther out of the techno-loop than I think I am, there's no cell service over the open ocean! I thought of that, but what are the odds that someone had one? Pretty slim, I'd have to think. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1489209 · |
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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123
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Malayan Boeing B777-200 missing Travelling in Safety All posts moved to: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=74331 Politics : Malayan Boeing B777-200 missing ID: 1489645 · |
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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123
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Malayan Boeing B777-200 missing Travelling in Safety All posts moved to: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=74331 Politics : Malayan Boeing B777-200 missing Sorry, posts have been moved back to Travelling in Safety. I did not state that I was consolidated the posts. Many of you do not like to post in politics. Lynn ID: 1490195 · |
Sirius B   Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24882 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 
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That may be so, but both threads are now looking like pig's dinners! ID: 1490198 · |
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