MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 My wife hes been doing some spring cleaning, maybe she has put it away in a hidey hole somewhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I read that the 2 Trent engines were sending reports to RR in Derby for 7 hours after the transponder was switched off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 This pinging business has a bit of a pong about it to me.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 The latest Technology is ADS-B I have a dongle which received data from aircraft within range and sends their locations and flight data, identity, height, speed etc. to http://www.flightradar24.com/ via internet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Should that be `Sniffy' then, Smiffy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I hope and pray its landed and they are all ok. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 So I was wrong then I've been saying to my wife I bet it's landed in Dieo Garcia http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/03/17/hisham-mh370-has-not-landed-at-diego-garcia/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Mick2me beat me to it as I was going to suggest the "Flightradar24" site but does that 'picture' depend on the 'plane transponder being switched on if not why wasn't it followed? The site is well worth a visit but a bit frightening around Heathrow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Albert I think that is the info the transponder sends out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Take a look at Nats.aero/blog/2014/03/Europe-24-air-traffic-data-visualisation It's not just around Heathrow that's busy!! I have an app called Plane Finder on my iPad, because I'm a bit of an airplane anorak but the site I use the most is Flightstats so I can track my kids as they both do a lot of travelling by air. I had a bit of a heart-stopping moment a few weeks ago when I checked on a Virgin flight my son was on. At the time he was supposed to be half way across the Atlantic and on the flight log displayed on the website the plane went from 35000 ft to 10000 ft when still in the middle of the Ocean. It must have been giving incorrect information because when I spoke to our kid when he got to his destination he said the flight was perfectly normal!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 If anyone wants to read some more technical discussion about the missing plane , Prof Pilots Rumour Network is supposed to be a message board for pilots . If you have a spare few days to read it all......This link is to the latest page on flight MH270 , currently page number 274 !! http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines-mh370-contact-lost-274.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Excellent find DavidW.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 A few minutes reading for conspiracy theorists. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26609687 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Don`t wish to raise false hopes,but possible debris 24 M long in Indian Ocean. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Aha Hervé Villechaize ... Tattoo Fantasy Island has a landing strip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 So...Mick, are you saying the missing plane could have landed at Ingoldmells ? ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oldgeezer 4 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Not anymore. Looks like the Aussies have found it. See latest news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Welcome to Nottstalgia, Oldgeezer. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Yes, it's not looking good for the passengers on the plane and also their families. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26659583 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Ayup Oldgeezer. Welcome and have fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Malaysia: Possible jet debris spotted by Chinese satelliteThe satellite reportedly spotted a large object measuring 74 feet by 43 feet in a broad stretch of the Indian Ocean that could be related to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 613 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Instead of a few "spotters" staring out of various aircraft with binoculars, whey don't they have high resolution cameras streaming the video back to base, or even onto the net to enable everyone to have a look? As for conspiracies - I'm with the one where certain administrations don't want to let on to others just how much they are being watched. That data stream from RR Trent 800 engines - presumably they can tell if/when the engines were throttled back (slowing down) and whether reverse thrust was used (during a planned landing). What is clear now is that it is common to have one or two people on every flight with stolen passports and there is an awful lot of sizable debris floating around in the oceans. How do freight containers just fall off a ship? I know they stack 'em high but surely they should at least be tied down? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 613 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 These things take time - just read that there's a group still looking for Amelia Earhart, whose plane went down in 1937. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Containers are "tied" down on ships, we travelled on one from Australia to the US in 89, went through some very "heavy seas" too. They are interlocked to each other in stacks, and have solid criss crossed "binders" with turnbuckles that are tightened by the ships crew. But even with all the securing, it's not unknown, according to the Captain on the ship we sailed on, for binders to snap in very heavy seas and containers to break loose. I have photos of the ship we sailed on, she was pretty well stacked high with containers. I'll bet that plane is on the ground somewhere, reading reports, the Pilot is probably a member of a terrorist organization, his wife and family are missing, house empty and reports they left a day or so before that flight took place... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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