MAS370 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

[N0616JC]

As an aviation enthusiast, I am sadden by the recent news on the flight of a Boeing 777-300ER operating as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. On March 8th, local time, the aircraft went missing after only two hours in flight and that there has been no sign of the aircraft since that time.

I would like to give you guys the full scope (the best that I can get at the moment) of this incident. The aircraft that was involved in this incident was a Boeing 777-200ER. The aircraft family had a very clean safety record in that there has not been a fatal incident involving the aircraft until the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash at San Francisco last year. That crash was caused by pilot error in that they did not abort the landing in time to retry the landing. There was another incident involving this aircraft type in that the engine was starve of fuel during the most important phase of the flight, landing. The involved aircraft was operating as BAW38 (British Airways Flight 38). The cause for that incident was caused by a design flaw in the FOHE, the fuel-oil heat exchange, in that the ice forming in the fuel line, blocking the fuel from reaching the engines providing thrust for the engine.

The aircraft that was involved in the current incident and that the age of the aircraft it is barely 12 years old in that it was delivered to the Malaysia Airlines on May 31, 2002. Given the age and the regulated maintenance of the aircraft like this, the aircraft is very healthy and that it would take at least 18 more years for the aircraft to reach its max operation limit in terms of air-frame integrity. Also, the aircraft was checked 10 days before this incident and that it was fit for flight. Given this, the aircraft should have been in a condition where it would take an explosion to take the aircraft down. When aircraft was release for flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur was given the enough fuel for the flight and another hour in case the aircraft need to do a diversion. Also, I have to mention that this is a strict regulation that every airline company in the world and even a private pilot, the lowest ranking of the pilots in the world, to have enough fuel to reach any destination from the departure point have a one hour worth of fuel to allow for diversion if necessary. So given that regulation, the aircraft cannot run out of fuel.

Since that the aircraft is fit to fly and that it has enough fuel to reach the destination, other factors such as human and weather will need to be factored in. However from the weather report that I have gotten, the weather was good and that it was close to perfect for a flight like MAS370. Due the fact that there is no bad weather at the moment of the flight, I can only turn to human factors in that it is often human error that cause most of the accidents that involves aircraft. Like what I have mentioned in the first paragraph, a human error can lead to a fatal accident. Given that the black boxes have yet to be found, there cannot be a definitive judgement on the factor of human error. However, just a few hours (about 48 hours or so) after the incident, that there were passengers on the flight that were traveling with stolen passports and that the passengers that were traveling with the stolen passports could have been terrorists and that terrorism cannot be ruled out as a cause for this flight.

In an attempt to find the aircraft, there has been no definitive results from the SAR (search and rescue) operation.

[BullsEye©]

There are multiple rumors and some are concrete. There are some reports that the aircraft tried to go back to Malaysia that was picked on radar signal(sources CNN). The rumor that they found oil traces and the aircraft door in the sea has been put to rest as they are untrue and they are still searching. There is a rumor that the plane might have crashed landed onto land but still no confirm reports. Yes, there are confirmed reports on 2 stolen passports that were reported 1-2 years back that were used to board on the flight, so there is a strong possibility of a terrorist activity. Both the tickets were purchased together, they were supposed to go China and from there to different European destinations. There were definitely some security lapses/breaches. The airport authorities and the government is denying that.... All in all, the search is still on and the plane has nowhere to be found. More than 230 lives are on stake and i fear the worse Sad Sad Situation!!!

[ssubtrohs ///_-]

no but in all seriousness its sad and really mysterious. there were no transmissions at all to any flight control or whoever? distress call or anything? really weird. prayers to the families.

[N0616JC]

[N0616JC]

I would like to update this post in that I have found news that the involved aircraft might have turned back and that the search area have widen from the original search area to overland area of Malaysia and the strait to the west of Malaysia. I am only doing this after reading reading many posts from the reputable news sources that the aircraft might have turned back. However, I am intrigue on one thing, since this is a Malaysian flight operated by a Malaysia airline company, shouldn't the Malaysian government and their officials be more frantic about this incident? So far I have only seen the United States, Vietnam, and People's Republic of China doing most the of the search. I know that I can be bias in that the majority of the passengers on the flight is Chinese, but what I do not get is that why isn't the Malaysians worried about this? I think I'll leave that for open discussion. Whatever the case, I hope that they are able to find the wreckage of the aircraft and survivors of this flight, if there is any at this point. As of now, it has passed the point where an average human would have died from lack of fluid and sustenance.

[Blink]

Last thing I've heard is the plane turned around and changed its course. Without any notification about it. Since there was no notification and no distress signal sent I don't think it was a crash. To me it looks like somebody stole a plane with 200 passengers on board

[N0616JC]

Alright my fellow soldiers, I would like to post an update. Due to the fact that the Malaysian military have claimed that the involved aircraft might have turned around at the last known contact point with the aircraft, between Vietnam and Malaysia. Given this is a claim, the Chinese agency that is responsible for the helping SAR after this incident is asking the Malaysian counterpart to verify their claim. Also, the Vietnamese is going to call of their SAR if the claim on the turn around of the aircraft is true. That would slow down the SAR of this incident in that there is around 10 nations that have been involved in this SAR operation. I would like also say that there has been news from the Chinese media that there has been some object that looks like wreckage from the Chinese satellite images.

Okay, the news information giving is done, I would like to speak my opinion. From what I can tell is that the Chinese are very worried about their citizens at the moment and that it has urged the Malaysian SAR team to increase their speed and efficiency. Also, the American has also criticized at how spotty the claims the Malaysians have been making recently. On the Chinese media, I have seen that there is a witch-doctor that was called in to aide the SAR operation. From what I can tell, it is more of an insult to the relatives that are waiting on the news of the incident. In all, that's all I have to say about this incident at the moment. I would to hear your opinion on this update on this incident.

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Alright another update on this incident. The Malaysian Air Force is not sure of the flying object on their radar was MAS370.

Source: BBC World

[Phaze-One]

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Something just isn't right. I do believe if their was any survivors wouldn't they have tried to contact someone by now? If they were hijacked what nobody had a smartphone? Gps? If they crashed then where are they? How does a plane just disappear in a fairly small zone it could possibly be? Why the fuck don't we pull some satellite images of the plane departing and its direction... it just doesn't pan out to me... looks like a cover up if i ever seen one!!!

[N0616JC]

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Something just isn't right. I do believe if their was any survivors wouldn't they have tried to contact someone by now? If they were hijacked what nobody had a smartphone? Gps? If they crashed then where are they? How does a plane just disappear in a fairly small zone it could possibly be? Why the fuck don't we pull some satellite images of the plane departing and its direction... it just doesn't pan out to me... looks like a cover up if i ever seen one!!!

I found another video of same topic for you. Also, I have found the picture from the Chinese satellite that is rumored of being pieces of wreckage.

I know that it is kind of blurry, but I think if they can check the location on Earth. Then they would be able to see if the satellite is correct information or not. Phaze, I am sorry to inform you that it is possible to snap a picture of a jet aircraft, but to photograph a moving aircraft, it would be very hard. Since the golden hours of the survivors have passed, all we can hope now is to find the wreckage of the aircraft and find the black boxes(which is actually orange). I would be pleasantly surprised if there are survivors. Anyhow, I am pretty much an insomniac because of this incident now.

[BullsEye©]

The Malaysian authorities sent the search and rescue teams to the site where the Chinese were indicating where the plane/debris was and found nothing. Now, the Chinese govt is denying the fact that they didn't release such photos/coordinates.... this is just plain stupid and they are making a fool out of the innocent friends and families of the people who were on board that plane... too much politics going on...