people install satellite security systems on $200K cars. Couldn't airlines do the same on a $100M plane.
Far as I know, if your car goes over the Indian Ocean you're gonna lose signal pretty quick, right?
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#12> Today, Reuters reports that the last words from the cockpit of missing MH370 – "all right, good night" – were uttered after someone on board had already begun disabling one of the plane's automatic tracking systems.
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#13Ignoring for the sake of argument the tragedy of hundreds of people getting murdered / kidnapped, this is the most captivating news event we've had in a while.
I'm curious, is the possibility that the passengers are still alive being discussed by any major news outlet? I have read tons of coverage but the authors implicitly state the passengers are lost.
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#14Ignoring for the sake of argument the tragedy of hundreds of people getting murdered / kidnapped, this is the most captivating news event we've had in a while.
Russia invading Ukraine wasn't captivating?
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#15I'd still bet on ocean crash. Flying low or not, heading across the Bay of Bengal towards land, and you're going to get pinged with military radar.
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#17people install satellite security systems on $200K cars. Couldn't airlines do the same on a $100M plane.
If only airlines employed someone with your acumen. You are most definitely the first person ever to have that thought. But now that that is out of the way there is nothing in the way.
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#18Ignoring for the sake of argument the tragedy of hundreds of people getting murdered / kidnapped, this is the most captivating news event we've had in a while.
Seriously though, nearly every unlikely theory has ended up being the truth. That just doesn't happen very often.
We really don't know much more than comms went down, no problems were reported, plane went up/down in altitude in the extreme (killing passengers?), headed west into the Indian ocean and either headed north or crashed into the ocean.
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#20people install satellite security systems on $200K cars. Couldn't airlines do the same on a $100M plane.
You make it sound so simple, when in reality it is anything but simple. Every component in a plane is tested extensively before it can be installed and used. When it comes to electronic components in a plane, things like interference to other aircraft, other components on the plane, power usage and interference to ground devices (radio stations, emergency frequencies, etc) are all tested and considered. Planes are ma…
>Cars are stolen everyday, it's a common thing, for planes it is not.
from time to time planes crash over ocean and search for black boxes may take years like Air France 447 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447#Underwate...)