Malaysia Airlines 'loses contact with plane' (and search effort updates)

[Marcos_Edson]

 

^ A movie can be made on this

 

I?ve read somewhere people are really already working on movies... too soon? :(

[majortom1981]

I read that there was 440 pounds of lithium ion batteries listed in the planes cargo hold. That those might have caught fire and caused the plane to go down. That is why the Malaysian government was not releasing the info.

[Arachno 1D]

Whilst this may or may not be true it fails to explain the lack of communication or the off track flying

[Richteralan]

I read that there was 440 pounds of lithium ion batteries listed in the planes cargo hold. That those might have caught fire and caused the plane to go down. That is why the Malaysian government was not releasing the info.

Come on, serious?

 

If this is true, then the plane should have crashed some where in Vietnam and/or South China Sea. Why did the plane head deep into the Southern Indian ocean? And why the communications were disabled manually one by one?

[Hum]

Australia announced that the search area has moved to about 1044 miles West of Perth.

 

The speed of flight MH370 has been recalculated.

[Hum]

Malaysia says there's sealed evidence on MH370 that cannot be made public

 

BEIJING - A Malaysian team have told relatives of Chinese passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 that there was sealed evidence that cannot be made public, as they came under fire from the angry relatives at a briefing on Wednesday.

 

The sealed evidence included air traffic control radio transcript, radar data and airport security recordings.

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/missing-mas-plane/story/malaysia-says-theres-sealed-evidence-mh370-cannot-be-made-publ

[Hum]

Father sues Malaysia Airlines

 

A Chicago law firm has filed the first lawsuit in the case of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ? the beginning of 'multi-million dollar litigation' against both Malaysia Airlines and Boeing for manufacturing the 777, believed to have crashed in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

The claim, filed on behalf of Dr. Januari Siregar in Cook County, Illinois, calls for Boeing and Malaysia Airlines to hand over any information that could indicate equipment malfunction or error that led to the plane crashing, ABC News reports. Siregar's son was on board Flight 370. It demands of the defendants "evidence of findings of corrosion and fractures in the fuselage of the Boeing 777 fleet that could lead to catastrophic fatal depressurization of the cockpit."

Siregar's attorneys filed a motion for discovery in anticipation of the lawsuit today. An attorney at the law firm tells ABC that they are not limiting the number of defendants to Malaysia Airlines and Boeing, suggesting that airplane part manufacturers may surface in the process of discovery as potential culpable parties. The discovery request could lead directly to a lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines, Boeing, and several other potential parties depending on what information surfaces, and such a lawsuit would require Malaysia Airlines to take to American courts regarding the flight. Litigation is also expected in China, as the majority of the plane's passengers were Chinese nationals.

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[Arachno 1D]

 

t there was sealed evidence that cannot be made public,

Sounds to me like someones provided detailed satellite or radar tracking information they don't want disclosing

[Hum]

http://www.ibtimes.com/malaysia-airlines-flight-spotted-maldives-examining-latest-theory-mh370-1562221

 

According to a local newspaper, residents of a remote island in the Maldives, Kuda Huvadhoo, spotted a plane at 6:15 a.m. local time on March 8 that could have been the missing Malaysia Airlines 370. Eyewitnesses cited by the paper said they saw "a jumbo jet," white with red stripes across it, flying low and very loudly. The description of a big airplane in those colors is consistent with the Malaysian Boeing 777.

 

Suspicious object washes up on Baarah beach, Maldives

 

An object which looks like an explosive had on Monday washed up on the beach of Baarah in Haa Alif Atoll.

A police media official said that the islanders had found the object, washed up on the beach sometime early in the evening. He also reported that police had responded immediately by arriving at the scene and in turn reporting to Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF). The official informed that they do not known what it was, and that MNDF would determine its origins and whereabouts.

"MNDF is now at the island and preparing its extraction", the official said.

The MNDF spokesperson major Hussein Ali reported that they are now looking into this "unknown" object that had washed up onto Baarah Island. He did not give details.

While some of the islanders speculate this unknown object to be a sea mine, others imagine it as another form of an explosive.

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Cargo hold fire supression

 

[Arachno 1D]

It should also have a serial number on which will help explain which craft its from

[Hum]

^ I'm not sure all jet parts have a serial number -- perhaps only major, important parts.

 

They should however, be able to say if it is consistent with a 777 part.

 

Unknown object 'likely' aircraft fire suppression bottle, claim experts

 

The unknown object found in Baarah in Haa Alif Atoll of the Maldives is "very likely" to be a fire suppression bottle from an aircraft, local aviation experts said on Wednesday.

An experienced local aircraft engineer, who wished to remain anonymous, told Haveeru that the object is "very likely" to be a fire suppression bottle from an aircraft.

"But I'll have to see it in person and cross check the part number on it. Then only I'll be able to say which type of aircraft it belongs to," the aircraft engineer said.
 

http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/54178

[FloatingFatMan]

Whilst it might be an aircraft part, the Maldives are rather a long way from where they know the plane was, based on the pings from the satellite data.  There's little chance it could have drifted all that way in 2 weeks.

 

Unless you're saying the ping data is incorrect, in which case, where's your evidence?

[Hum]

British lawyers claim missing jet suffered same fate as another Boeing 777

 

A 'blow torch' fire which ripped through the cockpit of a Boeing 777 in Egypt three years ago could hold the clue to the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, it has been claimed.

Stewarts Law, which has litigated in a series of recent air disasters, believes the plane crashed after a fire - similar to the blaze on the Cairo airport runway- broke out in the cockpit.

Since the Beijing-bound airliner disappeared on 8 March with 239 people on board speculation has been rife about whether foul play by either the pilots or someone aboard led the aircraft to disappear.

But James Healy-Pratt, a member of the firm who is also a pilot said: 'We believe in the simpler explanation that there was probably a form of electrical fire leading to a rapid decompression and that then resulted in the turn-back and the aircraft disappearing somewhere in the Indian Ocean,' he told The Times.

The British law firm, which is advising families of the missing passengers, is comparing the current situation with a fire that broke out on the flight deck of an EgyptAir Boeing 777-200 with 291 passengers on board as it prepared to depart for Jeddah from Cairo airport.

 

After an investigation Egypt's Aircraft Accident Investigation Central Directorate (EAAICD) released their final report which revealed that the fire originated near the first officer's oxygen mask supply tubing - investigators pinpointed a problem with the cockpit hose used to provide oxygen for the crew in the event of decompression.

 

Following the 2011 blaze US aircraft owners were instructed to replace the system.

 

It is unclear if Air MH370 was one of the affected planes.

 

'In simple terms, this fault can cause a blowtorch type fire that will melt aluminium in a matter of seconds,' said James Healy-Pratt, told The Telegraph.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2591402/MH370-flight-deck-fire-similar-one-broke-Boeing-model-2011-downed-missing-jet-claims-London-law-firm.html

[jasondefaoite]

British lawyers know about as much as the rest of us on this... very little.

 

The cause of crash won't be known until the black box is found.

[FloatingFatMan]

British lawyers know about as much as the rest of us on this... very little.

 

The cause of crash won't be known until the black box is found.

 

Even then, it may not be conclusive.

[SuperJediMedia]

I just don't understand people hating on CNN, it's not their fault Malaysia is incompetent as hell.

 

The saying that people love to shoot the messenger.

[neufuse Veteran]

I just don't understand people hating on CNN, it's not their fault Malaysia is incompetent as hell.

 

The saying that people love to shoot the messenger.

 

it's how CNN plays things up, not the stuff they are reporting... they tend to turn anything and everything into a Circus act

[Hum]

Objects picked up

 

PERTH, Australia (AP) ? A day after the search for the Malaysian jetliner shifted to a new area of the Indian Ocean, ships on Saturday plucked objects from the sea to determine whether they were related to the missing jet. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet three weeks after it disappeared.

Meanwhile, a Chinese military plane scanning part of the search zone, which is roughly the size of Poland, spotted several objects floating in the sea, including two bearing colors of the missing jet.

Ships from China and Australia on Saturday scooped up items described only as "objects from the ocean," but none were "confirmed to be related" to Flight 370, said the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is overseeing the search.

The three objects spotted by the Chinese plane were white, red and orange in color, the Xinhua report said. The missing Boeing 777's exterior was red, white, blue and gray.

http://news.yahoo.com/objects-seen-still-no-evidence-jet-132029706--finance.html

[Krome]

Again, thanks Hum for clarifying this as one of my local area news reporter thinks that they alreaded founded the plane a couple days ago.  What a douche trying to report false info as he fails to read up on the real news from other source.  Or he may have read it wrong when they talk about possible debris just off the south of Australia.  Looks like the search continues.

 

I just hope this does not involve UFO or artifical portal or something.

[pallipdrsn0]

Well, the debris turned out to be "sea junk": http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26804124

 

And well, this is 'face palm' worthy: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86070e2c-b755-11e3-bf30-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2xPE6Vv2b

 

The announcement from the Malaysian prime minister that the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean must have been a ploy to stop the media being on their backs - I'm kinda surprised that the media is still talking about the plane, but luckily not many believed the prime minister.

 

The Malaysian government makes my own government look like a bunch of geniuses! .....and that's a pretty huge accomplishment!

 

But oh well, they can always blame it on aliens

 

[Hum]

I think it is all going to turn out to be sea junk.

 

Wrong area.

[scaramonga]

I just found a 777 engine in my back yard? Hmm.....

[Biohead]

 

British lawyers claim missing jet suffered same fate as another Boeing 777

 

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Interesting theory, and to be honest it could be quite plausible. The only thing that wouldn't add up are the satellite pings late into the journey.

 

If there's a fire on an aircraft, it tends to take hold pretty quickly. If a fire had taken hold, and knocked all the comms outs that early, it would be unheard of for it to carry on for so long as so many systems would have been knocked out by that point. See Swissair 111 - it took around 15 mins from the first hint of fire to cripple that aircraft.

[scaramonga]

Interesting theory, and to be honest it could be quite plausible. The only thing that wouldn't add up are the satellite pings late into the journey.

 

If there's a fire on an aircraft, it tends to take hold pretty quickly. If a fire had taken hold, and knocked all the comms outs that early, it would be unheard of for it to carry on for so long as so many systems would have been knocked out by that point. See Swissair 111 - it took around 15 mins from the first hint of fire to cripple that aircraft.

So it flew for around 5 hours with a fire onboard?  I will definitely rule that one out also lol :)

[Hum]

^ There is the ghost ship theory -- after fires died out, pilots dead, and the plane flew on, with auto pilot.

 

I still think it was a hijacking.