Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
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Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#2If the descent was controlled gliding, the passengers (at least some of them) should be alive upon landing, shouldn’t they? Where are they now?
Which theory could explain the absolute silence?
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#3If the descent was controlled gliding, the passengers (at least some of them) should be alive upon landing, shouldn’t they? Where are they now? Which theory could explain the absolute silence?
Even if all passengers were alive at the time of a water landing, getting out of a plane is tricky in the best of conditions. Getting out of a damaged, rapidly sinking plane is very hard or maybe impossible.
Also, if you would get out of the plane, you are then in the middle of the indian ocean with just your life vest and the sharks. You get maybe 3 days, because the water is warm.
And nobody will find you if they don't know where they should be looking. An airplane life vest doesn't have an AIS transponder, only the life rafts/emergency slides do. If those weren't properly deployed, no chance of a vessel finding you. There are reports of shipwreck survivors about ships passing within a few hundred meters of them in calm seas, and failing to see them.
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#4If the descent was controlled gliding, the passengers (at least some of them) should be alive upon landing, shouldn’t they? Where are they now? Which theory could explain the absolute silence?
It's possible for the pilot to depressurise the plane and use their dedicated oxygen system to breathe while everyone else on board will pass out after using their individual masks.
Doing so will give them 60-90 minutes of extra air, the passengers' masks don't last that long.
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#5If the descent was controlled gliding, the passengers (at least some of them) should be alive upon landing, shouldn’t they? Where are they now? Which theory could explain the absolute silence?
No, the pilot can depressurize the aircraft at high altitude.
In such a case, the emergency oxygen masks for passengers will drop, but those are only rated for 15 to 30 minutes.
After that Oxygen runs out, assuming the pilot maintains cruise altitude above 25000ft, everyone onboard will lose conscious via hypoxia within 1 minute, and be brain dead within 15 minutes.
No one (except the pilot) would be alive to see the plane crash.
Pilot can also re-pressurize the aircraft after 30 minutes, and breathe fine. Pilot oxygen masks are meant to last for at least an hour.
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#6The repeated references to "riddles" feels a bit strange (in regards to the captain's home flight simulator tracks). I'm not sure if it's a strange translation or ESL thing, but it just feels like a strange word choice, like this is the start of a Dan Brown book or something
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#7In the popular press (1 day ago)
"Perfect Hiding Place": Australian Scientist Claims He's Found Where Missing MH370 Plane Is
The Malaysian Airlines flight, with 239 people on board, disappeared after leaving Kuala Lumpur Airport in southern Malaysia en route to Beijing, China, on March 8, 2014.
Years after its disappearance, an Australian scientist has claimed that he has found the "perfect hiding place" for the missing MH370 plane.
The Malaysian Airlines flight, with 239 people on board, vanished from radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur in 2014. Its disappearance sparked the biggest search in aviation history with the whereabouts of the jet still unknown to this day.
Now, Tasmanian researcher Vincent Lyne has said that he believes he has figured out where the plane is. In a LinkedIn post, Mr Lyne claimed that the plane was deliberately ploughed deep into the Broken Ridge - a 20,000-foot-deep hole in the Indian Ocean.
"This work changes the narrative of MH370's disappearance from one of no-blame, fuel-starvation at the 7th arc, high-speed dive, to a mastermind pilot almost executing an incredible perfect-disappearance in the Southern Indian Ocean," the researcher wrote.
Also:
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mh370-f...
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/perf...
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#8If the descent was controlled gliding, the passengers (at least some of them) should be alive upon landing, shouldn’t they? Where are they now? Which theory could explain the absolute silence?
It's possible for the pilot to depressurise the plane and use their dedicated oxygen system to breathe while everyone else on board will pass out after using their individual masks. Doing so will give them 60-90 minutes of extra air, the passengers' masks don't last that long.
The crew had 13 hours of oxygen supply for two pilots.
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#9The repeated references to "riddles" feels a bit strange (in regards to the captain's home flight simulator tracks). I'm not sure if it's a strange translation or ESL thing, but it just feels like a strange word choice, like this is the start of a Dan Brown book or something
"Dan Brown book or something"
That brings PR. Same as "Perfect Hiding Place"
Re: Final two communications from MH370 support controlled descent scenario (2021)
#10If the descent was controlled gliding, the passengers (at least some of them) should be alive upon landing, shouldn’t they? Where are they now? Which theory could explain the absolute silence?
https://youtu.be/Y5K9HBiJpuk
I think Petter's (Mentour Pilot) delve into it is quite good - there's a lot of detail I hadn't known.