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[breaking] Malaysian Airlines loses contact with Beijing-bound flight, 239 on board

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Commodore, Mar 7, 2014.

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  1. Rox11

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    I believe in diego garcia, you should too.
     
    #1161 Rox11, Dec 15, 2014
  2. baller4life315

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    Today marks the one year anniversary...
     
    #1162 baller4life315, Mar 8, 2015
  3. SPBR

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    http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/8/8170437/mh370-report-reveals-black-box-battery-expired-a-year-before-flight

     
    #1163 SPBR, Mar 8, 2015
  4. WhoMikeJames

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    Sounds like this will go down as one of the biggest mysteries of the 21st century.
     
    #1164 WhoMikeJames, Mar 8, 2015
  5. LCII

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    perhaps..they are on an Interstellar journey..if one wishes to remain hopeful
     
    #1165 LCII, Mar 8, 2015
  6. Sajan

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    #1166 Sajan, Mar 8, 2015
  7. baller4life315

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    This is definitely an embarrassing maintenance gaffe on their part, but to be fair: the reports of this expired battery and its resulting effects are a bit exaggerated, IMO.

    The battery for the cockpit voice recorder (AKA the other "black box") was up-to-date and should have been functioning properly. If search crews were indeed floating right over it, they should have been able to pick up its signal.
     
    #1167 baller4life315, Mar 8, 2015
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  9. baller4life315

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    http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/29/africa/mh370-debris-investigation/index.html

     
    #1169 baller4life315, Jul 29, 2015
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    Boy, I thought this was another incident
     
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    me too. would've believed it.
     
    #1171 BDswangHTX, Jul 29, 2015
  12. WhoMikeJames

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    definitely from mh370. no other 777 crashes in that area and the currents from the current search area will take debris to that island. at least we know they are searching in the right area
     
    #1172 WhoMikeJames, Jul 30, 2015
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    Would they be able to backtrace the current stream to approximate the crash location?
     
    #1173 Duncan McDonuts, Jul 30, 2015
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    #1174 heypartner, Jul 30, 2015
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    That's the million dollar question...

    16 months is a LONG time. So even if these pieces of wreckage are confirmed to be from MH370 (which is at least some progress and closure for the families), we're still ages away from figuring out what actually happened.

    But at least we'll finally know for sure this plane didn't land in Kazakhstan, Diego Garcia or any of these other proposed theories.
     
    #1175 baller4life315, Jul 30, 2015
  16. I am a Donut

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    PBS had a really good Nova episode on MH370 just a few days ago. I think you can stream it on the PBS website.
     
    #1176 I am a Donut, Jul 30, 2015
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    #1177 KingCheetah, Jul 30, 2015
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    I wonder which one of those dead spots in the Pacific is the island of trash.
     
    #1178 heypartner, Jul 30, 2015
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    Check out that giant storm at 12.19 N 133.13 W
     
    #1179 MoonDogg, Jul 31, 2015
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    Just the other day....I found a flaperon on a sea shore. It means nothing. ;)
     
    #1180 Surfguy, Jul 31, 2015
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