2hats
Dust.
Source: The Guardian
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 vanishes without trace
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2hats
Dust.
Several news outlets are reporting that a piece of a 777 has been found in Mozambique:
CNN reports it as having washed up over the weekend (apparently it was located on a sandbank off the coast, in the Mozambique channel). Debris along the coast of Mozambique would not be inconsistent with the circulation models and search areas outlined further up the thread.
e2a: Reportedly photos:
CNN reports it as having washed up over the weekend (apparently it was located on a sandbank off the coast, in the Mozambique channel). Debris along the coast of Mozambique would not be inconsistent with the circulation models and search areas outlined further up the thread.
e2a: Reportedly photos:
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
and of course i bet a lot's been learnt about the sea bed which was previously unknown
GUID
New Member
You really have to question how useful it is at spotting things if it didn't notice a volcano before colliding with it.
Really a mystery to the world. But how long........
2hats
Dust.
Over the weekend what might be another piece of aircraft has turned up on a beach on Reunion (not far from where the flaperon was located). It has reportedly been handed over to the authorities.
Search for MH370 Takes Amateur Investigator to Far-Flung Places
Get a load of this eccentricity..... He was previously searching for the ark of covenant until a fb page got him interested in the search for MH370
Get a load of this eccentricity..... He was previously searching for the ark of covenant until a fb page got him interested in the search for MH370
Cid
Proper break this time
Over the weekend what might be another piece of aircraft has turned up on a beach on Reunion (not far from where the flaperon was located). It has reportedly been handed over to the authorities.
What's the material? I assume some kind of alu composite, but it looks a lot like veneered chipboard...
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Does seem a tad foolish. What they should do is make it out of metal that floats. Mercury would do the job nicely.
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agricola
a genuine importer of owls
the greatest plane that ever flew was made of plywood
Picture please. Was it engineered by the lads who make that soap?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
^^^That's two Spitfires.
Hmnnn. Is spitfire the name of the engine?
Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
It's a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito which used two Rolls Royce Merlin engines, the Spitfire had one Merlin. The Mossie was one of the most important aircraft built during WW2.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
It was also the last major military aircraft to be constructed largely of wood.
And it replaced the single-seater Westland Whirlwind fighter bomber in frontline positions in 1943.
Next on de Havilland Mosquito facts -
Supine
Newt Member
Paywall wank
I can summarize
'He's on the way to KL for the 2nd anniversiary, but before that he'll be in Sumatra for the solar eclipse'. Basically the mans a retired lawyer and has both the time and money to be an international hero
pocketscience
Well-Known Member
Probably an Al-Li skin panel on CFRP honeycomb fill.What's the material? I assume some kind of alu composite, but it looks a lot like veneered chipboard...
Honeycomb structure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
It's a heavy metal. Even iron floats on mercury.
It's like pedant day round 'ere today.
OK, replace the water in the oceans with mercury and build the planes out of iron; no more missing Malaysia Airlines planes.
Science
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Aluminium don't do too well around mercury, IIRC.
eta/irrelevant.
eta/irrelevant.
2hats
Dust.
The ICAO have adopted approved measures for all aircraft to be tracked in real time (position data at least every 15 minutes during a flight and every minute during emergency circumstances). They have also mandated that cockpit voice recordings last at least 25 hours and that flight data is recoverable (each airline can determine how they wish to meet this requirement). These measures are to be phased in by 2021.
2hats
Dust.
Another suspect piece is being shipped to Australia for analysis. It was found back in December on a beach in Mozambique by a holidaying South African teenager who insisted on taking it home. After reading about the recent findings (above) his family contacted the authorities earlier this week to let them know that they suspected they had a piece of an aircraft.
Interestingly the piece bears a code, 676EB, which is an identifier for an access panel on a 777 flap support fairing...
More from the Guardian.
Interestingly the piece bears a code, 676EB, which is an identifier for an access panel on a 777 flap support fairing...
More from the Guardian.
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T & P
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At what point will the powers that be decide to cut their losses? Even if any useful data could still be extracted from the black boxes (what is the expected lifespan of those things in deep water anyway?) I very much doubt anyone could possibly believe anything other than foul play was to blame. Therefore there are few lessons to be learnt safety-wise.
I guess it would bring some kind of closure to the families though.
I guess it would bring some kind of closure to the families though.
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
At least MH370 is guaranteed to exist.
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