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Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by _0w8t »

hasmanean wrote: post #431
_0w8t wrote: post #291

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Those guns are not cheap. I once worked in a startup that wanted to put thermal cameras on commercial planes to measure volcanic ash concentrations. The cameras had to be behind a special glass that is transparent for thermal radiation. But as the glass size exceeded certain size, it required to certify against bird strikes. It turned out the cost of the certification was like 500K euros.

If that special glass is quartz, it should be stronger than regular glass.

It was germanium glass if I remember correctly. It was very essential that all thermal radiation passed through it.

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by lazide »

guntherhermann wrote: post #374
whywhywouldyou wrote: post #208

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What's with so many of these comments being flabbergasted that there's a switch in the cockpit that can cause harm to everyone on the plane? Do you realize you're entrusting two people in the front of the plane with your life as soon as the plane takes off? There are probably DOZENS of switches that if they are flipped maliciously will result in everyone on the plane dying.

I think the difference is the that those other things affect everyone on the plane, but depressurising only the cabin, doesn't.

It also impacts the pilots (they don’t have their own pressurized area, it’s the same), but the pilots have more oxygen. Which is a really good thing 99.999% of the time.

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by 93po »

loeg wrote: post #213
outworlder wrote: post #203

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Wikipedia is not and cannot, as per their own policies, be the primary source. 'Wikipedia agrees' is shorthand for 'the sources mentioned by this particular Wikipedia article agree'

I think it's shorthand for "the collective Wikipedia editors agree," which is not exactly the same thing as saying every claim is backed by any particular source.

I think more accurately, "the group of Wikipedia editors that managed to 'win' a debate agree".

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by 93po »

martopix wrote: post #380
maegul wrote: post #143

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I feel like the need for qualified pilots is essentially that it’d be easier to identify what isn’t effectively a “kill everyone” button in the cockpit if used in the wrong way. It’s a fricken giant metal tube flying through the air!

Slightly related: a family friend who was a pilot once told us that the security at an UK airport once very thoroughly inspected him before his flight. Puzzled, he asked: what are you looking for? Because I have a literal axe in the cockpit - and I can also crash the plane. How could I possibly be carrying more dangerous stuff? The security people didn't like it.

It's also worth keeping the secure area of the airport secure. The pilot can be negligent and have weapons stolen from him, or left behind by accident. He can also accidentally bring weapons into the airport he didn't intend to.

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by jki275 »

moffkalast wrote: post #367
loeg wrote: post #214

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In the middle of the Indian ocean, thousands of miles from land. It's unlikely.

Yeah he almost certainly drowned or died on impact, but imagine if he brought a parachute and jumped out a bit before, then got picked up by a friend in a boat. That would be some serious DB Cooper shit. Wouldn't really make sense for a guy committing suicide though I guess.

I'm relatively sure that's not possible.

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by jki275 »

Merad wrote: post #327
loeg wrote: post #220

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In an evacuation event, the aircraft would be at sea level and the interior would not be pressurized relative to outside air. You only need to depressurize if you're going to parachute out, which... is not an option in commercial aviation.

DB Cooper would beg to differ: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

They specifically fixed that problem after his escapade.

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

moffkalast wrote: post #144
ak_111 wrote: post #113

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Imagine one day all of a sudden a low-quality few seconds long video is uploaded to the channel showing only someone filming their feet as they stroll on on a beach.

Well the found wreckage pieces apparently point to a controlled ditching, so it's not entirely impossible for the guy to be alive somehow.

While not impossible, it's unlikely - he'd have to survive the crash first (and given it's likely the plane ran out of fuel and power it would be more difficult), and even then, given he went all the way out to the middle of nowhere, it would not have been his intent. Even if he did survive the crash and get out before the plane sunk and got on a life raft with a planeload of supplies like food and water, he'd still have a very low chance of being found or washing up somewhere. And it took a while before they even started to look in the general direction of where the plane would have crashed, so it's not likely he'd be found that way either. It took nearly a year for debris to start washing ashore in Africa.

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by nicky0 »

listenallyall wrote: post #351
nicky0 wrote: post #304

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I also appreciated the post, however, I did not appreciate yours.

When AI submits content you don't appreciate, who will you complain to?

Meh. The poister cleary stated their post had come from an AI chat. It wasn't "AI generated content".

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

duxup wrote: post #147
hiidrew wrote: post #24

Just noticing the medium author, this guy posts fantastic breakdowns of plane crashes on r/catastrophicfailure Have to say the simulator part makes me lean heavily towards the pilot crashing it purposefully, from the article - "The most widely reported piece of evidence tying Zaharie to the disappearance was a course he had charted on his home flight simulator about a month before the crash. Zaharie had a number of h…

It is very strange. At the same time I imagine a lot of actions in flight simulators are odd choices you might not make in real life. I know I did a lot of poor flying….

I couldn't fly seriously in a flight sim, I'd get bored quickly and do a loop or dramatic crashes, lol.

I mean I'd still like to try out the new MS Flight Simulator because it's impressive technology.

Re: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

nly wrote: post #396
zokier wrote: post #381

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From tfa > In the interest of knowing where every plane is at all times, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) began requiring that all airliners manufactured after the 1st of January 2021 include autonomous tracking devices that broadcast their location once per minute.

It's bat shit insane that we're 50 years in to the industry and ~20-25 years in to GPS and this is still only happening in 2021.

GPS is a one-way system though, using sattelite signals to triangulate your own position; there's no uplink / reverse contact required, and it's up to the GPS receiver to then send the location on through a ground station.
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