Thread: Flight 370

Originally Posted by pstrjp

Yeah, I'm gonna have to go with ya on this one Splashone. It's more ignorant to dismiss the idea of terrorism out of the fear of offending the PC crowd. What's hilarious is assuming American Intelligence has all the answers!

No one has ruled out terrorism pstrip - where are you getting that? Or is that a joke too? Man! What am I missing here?

There are 239 people and their loved one's that don't find this funny at any level.

You see it's like this Billy-Bob. When you all got two boys being Iranian and all, well you knows they gots to be Muslims and all. All Muslims are terrorists, especially if they are on a plane! WE all know thats! You know 911 and all...Yup, we got two bon-a-fide terrorists! It be as simple as that. There ain't no other way... them people are all terrorists. Damn fools saying otherwise... what's up with them thar idiots??

Well, I guess it sounds like you are dismissing it.

The theories abound...

Decompression, whether Explosive or Slow seems to be the "Theory de Jour"

I was rather surprised when doing a Google search on decompression, how many airline catastrophes are actually attributed to it... Pretty interesting read, and makes me want to keep my two feet firmly on the ground

Update: Did you guys see the Chinese Satt pics ????

Originally Posted by gssixgun

The theories abound...

Decompression, whether Explosive or Slow seems to be the "Theory de Jour"

I was rather surprised when doing a Google search on decompression, how many airline catastrophes are actually attributed to it... Pretty interesting read, and makes me want to keep my two feet firmly on the ground

The classic case of explosive decompression was back in the 50s or 60s when passenger jets first came out. Dehavilland made the Comet and they started coming apart in mid air and the wreckage was so total there was nothing to look at. It was only after most of the fleet had self destructed the found they cause. The plane boasted big square picture windows and from take-off and landing cycles the frame began to tear at those big windows and then one day the whole thing blew out.

Originally Posted by pstrjp

What's hilarious is assuming American Intelligence has all the answers!

I have yet to see where the American intelligence community has stated anything certain about it. Interpol stated that the individuals had no known links to militant groups. That's about as vague a statement as can be made!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Update: Did you guys see the Chinese Satt pics ????

Link?

Insidious pressurization leak is always a danger. The 777 should have plenty of alarms for that though. Payne Stewart went down in a Lear for that problem. The problem with that direction is that the plane should have continued on its programmed flight path until fuel was exhausted or it descended at the destination. Rapid decompression due to structural failure is almost unheard of since the Comet days and then only in airframes with a bazillion cycles on them the the Hawaiian Airlines 737 cabriolet...

Originally Posted by Splashone

Link?

Insidious pressurization leak is always a danger. The 777 should have plenty of alarms for that though. Payne Stewart went down in a Lear for that problem. The problem with that direction is that the plane should have continued on its programmed flight path until fuel was exhausted or it descended at the destination. Rapid decompression due to structural failure is almost unheard of since the Comet days and then only in airframes with a bazillion cycles on them the the Hawaiian Airlines 737 cabriolet...

Never forget the day payne stewart died,door came off the lear

Yeah, I remember the whole Payne Stewart tragedy. In all seriousness, though, what if we never find out what brought down this flight? What's the average depth in that part of the sea? I heard some aeronautics expert on the radio yesterday making a very convincing argument that all current passenger planes should be fitted not with outdated black boxes (which have to be retrieved to be of any use), but with instruments that transmit flight data in real time. As we all know, that technology exists in thousands of applications; apparently it's a cost issue.