missing plane

[Derrel]

Most people don't understand just how incredibly big an ocean is.

EXACTLY!!!!

I have been following the story of Flight 370 since Day 1. Ocean currents MOVE. The black box signal cannot be heard from more than about 2 miles, total, from a towed, underwater sonar unit that is dragged apprx. 1000 feet above the ocean floor. This is the proverbial needle in a haystack--in large part because the original searches were focused far from the current location, and to the east of where the plane is thought to have crashed.

 

[spacefuzz]

I am suprised they have not brought in any UAVs. A Global Hawk or Pred B / Grey Eagle would be perfect for this.

 

[runnah]

Well it's always the last place you look.

 

[bribrius]

i thought most of the materials these planes are made of are lighter than water and that they were filled with flotation devices for passengers (that i would assume would all be floating?)

 

[JacaRanda]

Big ocean, lots of floaties, extremely difficult task. period

 

[bribrius]

you guys are killing my faith in the human species and its tech. This is like when the power goes out and i mysteriously lose the internet...

 

[BrickHouse]

I actually had a patient tell me "why can't they just see it from the ships". It always amazed me, the distance distortion that happens on open water. For a 6ft tall person at sea level, the horizon is only 3 miles. For a person on the top of a ship deck, the horizon is still only 15-20 miles away. Now we're talking about looking for floating plane pieces in an ocean that has a surface area of 28,000,000 square miles. PFFFt. Why can't they see it from the ships.

 

[bribrius]

I actually had a patient tell me "why can't they just see it from the ships". It always amazed me, the distance distortion that happens on open water. For a 6ft tall person at sea level, the horizon is only 3 miles. For a person on the top of a ship deck, the horizon is still only 15-20 miles away. Now we're talking about looking for floating plane pieces in an ocean that has a surface area of 28,000,000 square miles. PFFFt. Why can't they see it from the ships.

im a huge fan of satellite imagery. And with the amount of crap they send into space im a little shocked they don't have the globe covered ten times over. im surprised they couldn't rewind a satellite "video tape" and see where it went..I'm a little surprised they have to look for it at all. imagine if that was a flying incoming nuclear missile "oops. we lost track of it". i guess i really cant fathom this. And the weather is a problem thing. im a little shocked over that too. Especially at the u.s.. All we do is wage war. We should have been able to locate that bugger in five minutes anywhere on the globe. Isn't that what we do? Billions in defense spending and we cant find a plane? OR maybe they aren't putting that type of resources on this because it isn't a u.s. plane?

 

[robbins.photo]

I actually had a patient tell me "why can't they just see it from the ships". It always amazed me, the distance distortion that happens on open water. For a 6ft tall person at sea level, the horizon is only 3 miles. For a person on the top of a ship deck, the horizon is still only 15-20 miles away. Now we're talking about looking for floating plane pieces in an ocean that has a surface area of 28,000,000 square miles. PFFFt. Why can't they see it from the ships.

So why can't they just build really tall ships?

Hmm... ok, I'll stop helping now. Lol

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[Designer]

I actually had a patient tell me "why can't they just see it from the ships".

Does this person not realize the ships have not actually got there yet?

Anywhere close.

 

[pgriz]

Most people don't understand just how incredibly big an ocean is.

Plus that general area is rough - really rough. SAILING IN THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN | XS Sailing

 

[JacaRanda]

A ping + an arc trajectory + big ocean + 20,000 or 12,000 ft altitude + fuel + bad weather + not sharing what my satellite is capable of + floating garbage + whitecaps + pilot politcal views + flight simulator = should be easy to find.

What did I miss? Probably about 50 more variables.

 

[Designer]

Arc trajectory showing TWO possible directions, strong currents, elapsed time going on 3 weeks, way deep.

 

[PropilotBW]

This may be a dumb question but why do they NOT have a GPS in the black box?

How good is GPS if you're not within a satellite's view?

I see your point, and it's a good one, but GPS requires additional battery use, which is additional weight, not to mention additional FAA Certification on the addition of GPS on a black box. It's just not necessary in most aviation accidents.

 

[bribrius]

why cant you all just accept that the aliens got it and they are covering it up. They probably dumped debris in the water two weeks ago so they could find it this week.