Rugs? A flying carpet that did this?
Heroin. They have the central processing facilities for the poppy juice from Afghanistan.
Malaysian Airliner missing?
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Heroin. They have the central processing facilities for the poppy juice from Afghanistan.
Matthew
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Oh, yeah, that was my next guess.
What I was on the news (so it's worth whatever you want to make of it) was that at least one of the Iranians with a stolen passport was looking to get asylum somewhere else. Sounds like he bought the passport from some kind of coyote and was on his way out. I don't recall the story on the other guy.
DavidWhite
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one was seeking to migrate to denmark and the other to germany
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Pistachios. California growers would be wiped out if we could buy Iranian pistachios and the growers lobby accordingly.
I love pistachios. It would be interesting to see which is bigger money.
Terrorism. And one of their generals made a comment that made the news. Don't want to throw this in the SZ so I'll stop there.
DavidWhite
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Could you PM it to an interested party? I can't seem to find anything
byrdman
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Ethylene Polymers
DavidWhite
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Apparently a kiwi saw the plane on fire and going down
http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article1354973.ece
http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article1354973.ece
timwinters
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Now how the heck does a Kiwi talk?
The article says the guy's name was Michael Jerome McKay...maybe AKA Rick Dyer?
Hopefully there's something to it...for closure's sake.
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Curious that its heading is exactly west, it lasted < 15 seconds, and it's "coming right at us."
The solution he didn't consider is that the object was a lot further than he thought. I.e., a meteor.
Having seen multiple bright ones, they do look like burning objects, and can occasionally be bright enough to flash blind. And objects several hundred miles away can look like they crashed over the next ridge.
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Now how the heck does a Kiwi talk?
The article says the guy's name was Michael Jerome McKay...maybe AKA Rick Dyer?
Hopefully there's something to it...for closure's sake.
If ya read the article you'd know that all communications were via email so there was no talking involved.
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What??? You mean they just can't walk across the border, get a drivers license, work tax free and get free health care in Other countries??? Why go through all the stealing passports and creating fake identities??
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Does it send an ACARS message too?
Fairly certain the alert is a EICAS message such as the one depicted below. It will read CABIN ALT if the air pressure gets too low (ie cabin altitude gets too high). It will be accompanied by a master caution light also.
During the cruise portion there would normally be no other advisory messages on the EICAS making anything quiet noticeable.
timwinters
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Maybe you should start a "whine about being an abused white boy in the United States" thread, eh?What??? You mean they just can't walk across the border, get a drivers license, work tax free and get free health care in Other countries??? Why go through all the stealing passports and creating fake identities??
What??? You mean they just can't walk across the border, get a drivers license, work tax free and get free health care in Other countries??? Why go through all the stealing passports and creating fake identities??
Actually, yes they can, but as here, it limits one's options and identifies you societally as part of 'the criminal element'. There are 'undocumented labor industries' in every country.
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Wouldn't some of the cabin crew notice the passenger masks popping down?
DavidWhite
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They need to get some true professionals out there.
Malaysia needs the Civil Air Patrol.
Malaysia needs the Civil Air Patrol.
Geico266
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China claims to have sat photos of debris east of the last known position, not west like was thought.
DavidWhite
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The chinese found something with a satellite
Hard to say what it is other than it looks like the basic fuselage of an airplane sans tail. I've seen better pictures of sasquatch though.
Hard to say what it is other than it looks like the basic fuselage of an airplane sans tail. I've seen better pictures of sasquatch though.
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olasek
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and it is supposed to be still floating?
DavidWhite
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I really hope that's it. The fuselage looks intact enough for there to be survivors assuming it is in fact the fuselage. It's difficult to tell how big the object is though because there is no scale.
Geico266
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It was reported to be 70' x 70'.
DavidWhite
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I dunno. That's what it looks like to me. Although I suspect the chinese satellite taking the picture is in fact an iphone knockoff JB welded to a toaster in orbit. It would explain the awful resolution.
DavidWhite
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definitely way too small to be an intact fuselage then.
olasek
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I can't believe it would be still floating after 5 days.. no way.
If intact it could reach a neutral buoyancy depth
ChrisK
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The US Coast Guard is responsible for maritime search and rescue in the United States.
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg534/manuals/Natl_SAR_Plan(2007).pdf
Educate thyself.
DavidWhite
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Pshh the Coasties are amateurs. There could be german submarines in malaysia that need sinking.
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DavidWhite
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Apparently that picture was taken a day after the accident, it wasnt terribly recent.
inactive15
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If the intent was to hijack the aircraft and render the passengers unconscious by slowly decompressing the cabin, is it possible to disable the cabin O2 masks from deploying? i.e. pull a breaker?
Lindberg
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If there were survivors, wouldn't there be rafts? And don't the rafts have beacons? Assuming it's not an Airport '77 situation.
DavidWhite
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True that, but if the fuselage is floating why leave? All the cocktails are on the plane!
DavidWhite
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They could just be waiting for the captain to turn off the fasten seatbelt sign......
(Ok I know that one was BAD!)
(Ok I know that one was BAD!)
Fearless Tower
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I think you need to educate yourself on David's disdain for the CAP.
inactive15
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I don't understand please explain? If sealed and not taking on water it will float. Unfortunately that is not likely since aircraft fuselages are not 100% airtight, water will eventually find its way through and all available buoyancy will be lost and it will sink.
It depends, fuel bladders have buoyancy regardless, seat cushions, life rafts, any air spaces unbreached. Eventually it's going down, but it can take time. Shipwrecks and containers can hover near the surface for quite a ways.