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

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  1. MadMax

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    Who got that W, though?

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  2. CCorn

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    The nets are winning games now, why they still mad!???
     
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  3. madmonkey37

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    #763 madmonkey37, Mar 17, 2014
  4. SacTown

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    What about when they were flying at 45,000 feet... wouldn't that save a bunch of fuel?
     
    #764 SacTown, Mar 17, 2014
  5. B-Bob

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    Not sure. I'm no expert, but just physically, there has to be a sweet spot where air resistance is fairly minimal but there's enough air to provide lift, etc.
     
    #765 B-Bob, Mar 17, 2014
  6. Stack24

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    I was reading on the pilots forum that it would cut flight time by half to fly that low.
     
    #766 Stack24, Mar 17, 2014
  7. B-Bob

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    So now we have to consider a mid-air (or ground) refueling, or a Bane-like heist of certain passengers or cargo. Sounds legit.
     
    #767 B-Bob, Mar 17, 2014
  8. DaDakota

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    You also need air to mix in the jet engines at a certain altitude there is not enough to ignite.

    DD
     
    #768 DaDakota, Mar 17, 2014
  9. B-Bob

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    The sweet spot, it seems, is called the "service ceiling," and according to wikipedia, that is 43,000 ft. for the 777 jet. Above that, and you're being counterproductive (presumably due to the thinner air and the issues DaDa and I brought up.)
     
    #769 B-Bob, Mar 17, 2014
  10. Dubious

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    Yeah, the higher you go, the longer the arc length between two points on the surface....hmm, I guess

    Here's a good addition to the crazy Russian report:

    Malaysia Airlines Mystery Deepens After Top Disease Experts Rushed To Indian Ocean
    Posted by EU Times on Mar 16

    http://www.eutimes.net/2014/03/mala...r-top-disease-experts-rushed-to-indian-ocean/
     
    #770 Dubious, Mar 17, 2014
  11. B-Bob

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    I'm no pilot. However, if you decrease your altitude from 30,000 to 5,000 feet, you are only decreasing your arc length by a tenth of one percent, since the radius of the Earth is about 21 million feet. Therefore, even if you could go normal cruising speed at 5,000 ft (crazy? impossible?), you would only pick up an extra distance of 0.1%, just based on kinematics.

    That link you posted is super creepy/crazy/questionable?
     
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  12. Dubious

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    This is the source of that link.
     
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  14. baller4life315

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    An intriguing theory, for sure, that MH370 closely followed in the "shadow" of another 777 thus confusing radar and essentially concealing themselves.

    Farfetched? Possibly. Worth considering? At this point, absolutely.
     
    #774 baller4life315, Mar 17, 2014
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    Nothing says "legit" in your articles like MS Paint drawn diagrams.

    [​IMG]
     
    #775 RunninRaven, Mar 17, 2014
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    I seriously don't know what to think... Im starting to think they went into a time warp or a black hole or something.
     
    #776 K-Low_4_Prez, Mar 17, 2014
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    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WAmpXDi53YQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  18. Dubious

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    #778 Dubious, Mar 17, 2014
  19. CometsWin

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    Langoliers
     
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  20. Sadat X

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    Interesting. This was claimed in that link up there that most are dismissing ^


    http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/567207-diego-garcia-island-atoll-us-base-rumored-to-be-landing-spot-for-malaysia-flight-mh-370/

     
    #780 Sadat X, Mar 17, 2014
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