Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane with 239 aboard enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The airline said in a statement early Saturday it was attempting to locate the Boeing 777 after it lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 2:40 a.m. It was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m.

China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported the plane was lost in airspace controlled by Vietnam, and did not make contact with Chinese air traffic controllers.

The plane is carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members. The airline said it is working with authorities to locate the plane.

Boeing said on its Twitter account it is monitoring the situation, and "our thoughts are with everyone on board."



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[SLAG]

China May have found sat. images on Sunday of the wreck - being released today

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...tellite-images

Hopes of finding the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been raised after satellite images showing possible debris from the plane were released on a Chinese government website.

The images – taken at about 11am on Sunday but released on Wednesday – appear to show "three suspected floating objects" of varying sizes, the largest about 24 metres (79 feet) by 22 metres (72 feet), the national defence technology site reported.

It locates them in the sea off the southern tip of Vietnam and east of Malaysia, near the plane's original flight path.

The revelation could provide searchers with a focus that has eluded them since the plane disappeared with 239 people aboard in the early hours of Saturday.

However this is not the first time authorities have announced sightings of objects or oil slicks that they claim might be tied to the missing aircraft.

No other governments have confirmed the latest report, and on Wednesday evening one senior US defence official said that American satellites had not located any sign of a crash.....

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ActiveShooter

Remember a few years ago a distraught Gay Air National Guard pilot broke from formation and flew his A10 out of gas into the Rockies. It was several days before they found the debris and they had a much better idea of the search area. The 777's debris field would be much larger, but the jungle and the size of the search area could keep the crash concealed a while.

* Only mentioned the Gayness because the Gay Lobby wants history text books rewritten to include sexual orientation of historical figures. Just complying with their wishes.

I vaguely remember that. It was weird.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_D._Button

Was he really a member of the Gay Air National Guard? This article mentions a girlfriend.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...00-pound-bombs

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by ActiveShooter

Remember a few years ago a distraught Gay Air National Guard pilot broke from formation and flew his A10 out of gas into the Rockies. It was several days before they found the debris and they had a much better idea of the search area. The 777's debris field would be much larger, but the jungle and the size of the search area could keep the crash concealed a while.

* Only mentioned the Gayness because the Gay Lobby wants history text books rewritten to include sexual orientation of historical figures. Just complying with their wishes.

Craig Button wasn't gay
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/25/us...l-anguish.html

[ActiveShooter]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

Craig Button wasn't gay
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/25/us...l-anguish.html

At the time they said that he was in a same sex relationship that went sour because his partner wanted to be out, but the military and his mom wouldn't accept it. Funny how the story changes.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ActiveShooter

At the time they said that he was in a same sex relationship that went sour because his partner wanted to be out, but the military and his mom wouldn't accept it. Funny how the story changes.

Dying in a plane crash can really change a man.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by ActiveShooter

At the time they said that he was in a same sex relationship that went sour because his partner wanted to be out, but the military and his mom wouldn't accept it. Funny how the story changes.

no, there were unsubstantiated rumors of that, but the investigation dispelled it.

[SLAG]

Now it seems that the plane transmitted Engine Data back to rolls Royce for ~4-5hours after the last confirmed location - perhaps traveling up to 2,200 nautical miles

it could be anywhere in this circle

[tk13]

Fox News is reporting within the last hour that no debris was found at the location of the Chinese satellite images either.

This thing is taking an even more bizarre turn, if that was possible.

[Jerm]

So no debris found and it apparently flew a further 5 hrs. than previously thought....holy shit just when you believed this couldn't get any more weird...

[ActiveShooter]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

no, there were unsubstantiated rumors of that, but the investigation dispelled it.

The Clayton Hartwig incident aboard the USS Iowa was supposed to be about a homosexual relationship, but they changed that one up too. I think the military just denies and omits it from the reports. I think both cases were correct from the beginning, but then again the media originally said Zimmerman was white. Who knows.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by SLAG

Now it seems that the plane transmitted Engine Data back to rolls Royce for ~4-5hours after the last confirmed location - perhaps traveling up to 2,200 nautical miles

it could be anywhere in this circle

that's a big circle.

it makes me wonder if they could have had a situation similar to Payne Stewart where everyone lost consciousness on the plane.

looking at that Circle, wouldn't the land-based radars have picked them up if they were crossing any of the land masses?

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

that's a big circle.

it makes me wonder if they could have had a situation similar to Payne Stewart where everyone lost consciousness on the plane.

looking at that Circle, wouldn't the land-based radars have picked them up if they were crossing any of the land masses?

Yes they would, especially something as big as a 777. I have flown international on a 777, they are ****ing huge...

[ActiveShooter]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

that's a big circle.

it makes me wonder if they could have had a situation similar to Payne Stewart where everyone lost consciousness on the plane.

looking at that Circle, wouldn't the land-based radars have picked them up if they were crossing any of the land masses?

Depends how low it was flying. It's tricky to fly a jumbo that low especially over that terrain.
They're now saying that atleast 1 of the planes engines checked in and reported it was doing 480 knots for 4 hours after contact was lost with the Cabin and by radar. Speculation is now that it could possibly have landed in Pakistan.
Fascinating mystery. Astonishing how inept Malaysia and her neighbors are.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by ActiveShooter

Depends how low it was flying. It's tricky to fly a jumbo that low especially over that terrain.
They're now saying that atleast 1 of the planes engines checked in and reported it was doing 480 knots for 4 hours after contact was lost with the Cabin and by radar. Speculation is now that it could possibly have landed in Pakistan.
Fascinating mystery. Astonishing how inept Malaysia and her neighbors are.

Based on this quote alone its range would of decreased by 60-70%.

Think about this, the jet I fly burns around 1350 lbs a fuel per hour per side at 3000 ft. Yet at 41000 feet we burn around 575lbs per hour per side.

2700 lbs at 3000 feet per hour
1150 lbs at 41000 feet per hour

So the lower the big heavy 777 flies with 2 engines having to produce more power/thrust to push it through the air heavier denser air. It will probably burn 3 times the fuel than at cruise altitude, if not more.

I don't know the burn rates of the 777, just understand air density and turbine engines fuel burn rates.


Lower ='s dramatically decrease in range
Higher ='s normal cruise range

[Pushead2]

Originally Posted by ActiveShooter

Depends how low it was flying. It's tricky to fly a jumbo that low especially over that terrain.
They're now saying that atleast 1 of the planes engines checked in and reported it was doing 480 knots for 4 hours after contact was lost with the Cabin and by radar. Speculation is now that it could possibly have landed in Pakistan.
Fascinating mystery. Astonishing how inept Malaysia and her neighbors are.

That is just under the prototypical cruising speed for a 777.

Although, if it was flying low (CAT I/II) the fuel burn rate would be very high. Enough to burn at 4hrs at almost cruising speed? Depends on how much fuel was in that A/C.

I work in the airline industry & this has people stumped big time. More & more people are slowly thinking, maybe this bird is on the ground somewhere?