MAS370 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

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Source: CNN

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Situation update:

From what I have heard from the news a couple minutes ago, the search area is now narrowed to a 117,000 square mile area off the coast of Australia. This is a breakthrough in that with the original and much more larger search area, it would take longer than the AFR447 (Air France Flight 447) to find in that it is much more larger than the area where AFR447 went down in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Given this breakthrough, there is a better chance at finding the black boxes in that with this small area and the large amount of the international SAR effort, they should be able to find the aircraft black boxes. However, due to the fact that the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR for short) is only able to record the transmission in the cockpit and to the ground in a 2 hour loop, we will not know what happened after the last radio contact with the ground: "Alright, good night". But all hope is not lost, the Flight Data Recorder (FDR [not the president] for short) can record 17 to 25 hours of the flight data. Also, the flight simulator that was owned by the captain of the flight was taken from the home of the captain and now the FBI is investigating if there are anything in the hard drive that will indicate that the pilot was at fault in this incident. The SAR team however, have a very limited time in that they have only 18 days left to search for the CVR and FDR in that the battery in those devices only last 30 days and that 12 of those 30 days have passed and that if they do not find the CVR/FDR with in this time limit, then they would have a lower chance of find the aircraft wreckage in that these two devices are often found near or within close proximity of the aircraft when the aircraft crashes.

Person Opinion:
I really hope that this is the break that we all are waiting for in that if they are able to find the aircraft pieces and the FDR/CVR within this new search area, then the mystery of this incident will be solve faster in that the investigators will have the evidence that they need for the investigation from the aircraft. What I am afraid of is that the CVR will be filled with eerie silence only to be broken with the sound of the crash. I will be confident in the FDR in that it was designed to record a minimum of 17 hours of data and that with the fuel that was place on the aircraft, I believe that the FDR would have recorded enough data for the investigator to pour through and find what happened during the last seconds of the flight. I am deeply sadden in that the Boeing 777 family of aircraft were the one with 100% safety record until it was broken by the pilot error of AAR214, Asiana Flight 214, that caused the death of 3 passengers on-board the flight. With MAS370 in the books, then the death toll caused by this aircraft will be raised to 241 fatalities in that there were 239 passengers and crews on-board the flight.

After all of these commotion, you guys might have a bigger fear of flying because of this incident and many before it. However, I can assure you that in the aviation world, one accident will be the root of change and that for every accident that had took place, many more of the similar incident will be avoided in the future and that with new regulations and requirements from the investigation of the aircraft incidents, there will be less accident in the future. Also if you compared the statistical data between fatal accidents of automobile compared with those that are involving aircraft just within the last decade, you can find that there are more automobile accident than aircraft accidents. As an aviation enthusiast, this incident have not deterred me from getting into aviation in that I know for a fact that every soul that was taken from us in aircraft incidents was not taken from us in vain.

In the end, I would like to offer my condolences to the family that have lost their loved ones in this flight. May they live in memory of their love ones and may they find the light in this time of darkness. May the god of your religion bless the family of those who have lost their loved and may them have to strength to live life in the memory of the ones they have lost.

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Situation Update:

There has been new information regarding the flight. The Malaysian prime minister has said that the flight have end up in the Southern Indian Ocean and that it was after the analyzing of satellite data from the Inmarsat, the operator of the satellite that had the last data from flight. After the calculation of the data that the operator got, the investigation is now sure that the aircraft is in the Southern Indian Ocean, west of Perth, Australia. This would allow the investigators to have a higher chance of finding the aircraft debris and if lucky, the bodies of the passengers on board the aircraft. Also, this will allow the investigator to find the black-boxes faster in that black-boxes are often near the area of crash and that if they were to be able find the black-boxes, the search area of the flight would be significantly lowered in that the wreckage is often near the area where the black-boxes are found.

Source

New York Times:

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Opinion:

I have been following this incident closely and I have recently seen that the families that are waiting for the information on their loved ones are not satisfied on the information that are provided and that they feel that the Malaysian are trying to hide something. From what I can tell, I can feel how those families feel in times like these. I think that the Malaysian part of this investigation is very slow to response to this incident in that they could have asked for international assistance the moment that they feel that the aircraft was lost and that they could have started the search far more earlier than 7 days after the disappearance of the aircraft. Given the average survival of a human, any passenger will not be able to last 3 - 4 days without water and food. I personally know that what I am saying now is pointless and that the incident has happened and that there is no way to dial back time. I am just disappointed at how the Malaysians handled this incident in that they did not ask for assistance when this incident started. I think that with the technologies that we have today, the Malaysian should have known about this when they have not heard back from the aircraft and after a certain period of time and they should have reported this to the air traffic controllers in China that were expecting the aircraft to show up on their radar. Had they done this, the they can start the search much more earlier and that the NTSB will join in the search, not until days later.

Today is the 18th day after the disappearance of the aircraft, the investigator has only about 12 days left to find the blackboxes and that if they are able to retrieve the blackboxes in time, they would be able to at least deduce something from the flight that will help solve this mystery that has lasted for almost a month now. As of now, the British counterpart of the NTSB, AAIB is in this investigation effort as well due to the fact because the engine on the aircraft was made a Rolls-Royce, a British company. Given that and the data from the Inmarsat, I think that they should be able to find the blackboxes pretty fast if they were to be into it good enough. So far, I just don't understand why the Malaysians were responding to this incident the way they did... I mean I have not seen the French do what Malaysians did with this incident. I think that the Malaysian was either trying to save face or that they are hiding something.... Personally, I am just disappoint at the Malaysia Airlines and the government, but mainly the government. I know that military radar data are of national security, but when there are international passenger on board an international flight, you should utilize all the resources that you have to look for the aircraft and release the data to the investigating parties so that they can help with the investigation. I mean with so many investigations that the NTSB has done in the past, this organization might have been able to rule out certain factors that might have caused this incident.

Okay, my personal opinion is done here, I would like to to hear what you guys have say about this incident as a whole. I am sorry if I had written a paragraph for you guys to read. Anyhow, I just hope that they can find the place where the aircraft is and the find the black-boxes and solve this mystery once and for all. I am pretty sure the they will make a documentary on this incident and might call this mystery of the century. In the end, I offer my condolences to the families that have their love ones on this flight.

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yeah I'd love to speculate. Either Malaysians are colt-hearted bastards or it was their mistake that led to the disappearance of the plane and they don't want it to be dug out. hmm now how would a command from the center sound reasonable so the plane changes course aaand... flies into Indian ocean? or doesn't fly there and it's a fake trace... Now they just need to find another plane and 200 people to sink and make it look like it's the missing one. ... and the survivors are on the island pressing the button.... .... .... 4... 8.. 15.. 16.. 23... 42

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Possible debris spotted in the southern indian ocean....it is said to be around 122 objects...lets hope and pray...

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Situation Update:

Just recently, I have seen a news where the Indonesian families that had lost their loved ones on this flight is suing Boeing, the manufacturer of the involved aircraft, and the Malaysia Airlines, the operator of the involved aircraft for 1.5 Billion USD. Also, there is another report on the operator of the satellite that go data from the involved aircraft stated that they have not made the conclusion on that the aircraft have crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean and that it was the Malaysian government that made this statement.

Opinion:

I can understand why the Indonesian families is suing the Malaysian Airlines, but I do not understand why they are suing Boeing, the manufacturer of the involved aircraft. I personally think that Boeing should not be sued in that they are the provider of the aircraft that was operated by the personnel of Malaysia Airlines and that it is the responsibility of the airlines that is operating the aircraft in that when the aircraft was delivered to the airline, the aircraft manufacturer is handing over the property ownership to the operating airline and from that point on end, it is the responsibility of the operator to keep the aircraft in shape for flight. In a recent news, the is a aviation scraping business that have recently scraped a Malaysian Airlines aircraft and that their comment on the aircraft maintenance of the airline was over par in that they keep the aircraft in literal mint condition for flight. Give that, I think that the airline should not be sued, but then again, it was the airline that operated that aircraft.

On the subject of Malaysian government making the call that the aircraft has crashed. I know why Malaysian government would make that call, but I would like to say that this call should not have been made in that they do not have sufficient evidence to make that call. From what I have learnt about the type of the aircraft that was involved in this incident, there is a back up power source on the aircraft that will automatically deploy when the aircraft lose all the engine provided power to the electric and hydraulics (the aircraft of the size of the type of the aircraft that was involved in this incident can only use hydraulic to make the control on the aircraft to work in that it would take at least 2 Arnold Schwarzenegger to control the aircraft if the controls were connected by wires and pulleys). Given that, the aircraft still have a chance to ditch in the Indian Ocean and make it off safely. That is, if the pilots were conscious at the time of ditching or there was a passenger on the aircraft that knows how to fly the aircraft of the type that was involved in the incident.

In all, I think that all of these should only be speculations and that I think that the ones that should have sued the airline are the Chinese in that they were the ones that lost most of the their family members on the flight. I just hope that they can find the any part of the aircraft that as soon as possible in that I just want them to solve this issue as soon as possible and that from what I have heard from the news that I have heard, they are going to try to increase the battery life of the blackboxes from 30 day to 90 days. This is great news in that it will allow the search party to have enough time to search for the blackboxes.

My questions to you guys:

1. What do you guys think about this incident so far according to the news that you have heard recently?
2. Do you think that the pilot was at fault for this incident? If yes, why?
3. According to your understanding of the incident, what do you think is the most probable cause for this incident?

Sorry if I sound a bit like a teacher of some sorts. Like what I have said before, I offer my condolences to the families that lost their loved ones in this incident and may God (or whoever you pray to in your religion) bless them and may they live in memories of their love ones and made they live a life without sorrow in that I am sure that the ones the have passed do not want to see their loved ones in a state of depress.

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My only question is, that in this day and age, why does the black box have to be on the aircraft? we have the technology and the means to report everything live(gps), cockpit voices(recorder), data recorder...everything live to a satellite where no human or electrical failure can turn off such a device....

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My only question is, that in this day and age, why does the black box have to be on the aircraft? we have the technology and the means to report everything live(gps), cockpit voices(recorder), data recorder...everything live to a satellite where no human or electrical failure can turn off such a device....

Well, it always end up on the subject of money. The airlines want to milk as much profit as they can from a flight so that they use the most basic of means to store data in an event of emergency. There is an agency that had this kind of technology available and that they want this kind of data transmission technology to be implemented on all of the aircraft that are in the air. The thing is that it is a subscription based service and that most airlines do not want to pay more than what they need to make a profit. So yeah. We have high-tech devices that is ready to use at moments notice, but due to the cost, $100K/aircraft, airlines chooses to use low-tech means to store data...

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Okay guys, I was scrolling through YouTube when I find this video from CNN.



I don't know where CNN get their experts from, but I don't think that those experts have enough expertise in their field to say for certain that flight MAS370 will be lost forever. From what I have known of about a case of the similar incident, AFR447 (Air France Flight 447), that went down in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and that it was found in the bottom of the ocean 2 years later. From what I can tell, the region where AFR447 went down was more "violent" than the region where MAS370 went down. I know that the daylight in the Southern Hemisphere is getting lower and lower by the day, but I don't think that the daylight would be a significant factor in the search of the debris (if any) and the black boxes if the people who are involved in the search willing to do whatever they can, I am sure that they will be able to find the aircraft and that it would not be actually that long. I have no idea on how this incident equate to Amelia Earhart's missing incdent. I mean during the time when Earhart went missing there were barely anything that will allow the aircraft to be tracked and to have the technology that would allow the search party to find Earhart's aircraft, let alone fight her body. By now, I think that most of the passengers on the aircraft of MAS370 will have perished, unless they were resort cannibalism and that they were somehow were to be able to get to an island and that they were to set up shop there and somehow managed to survive the incident and that they were making sign for help and that they were missed by the search party and that they are still waiting... Sorry, deviating from the topic. I personally think that wherever CNN get their expert, I think that they just wanna to get their rating up and that I don't think that CNN respect the families as much as they say that they are. I think that the aircraft might have ditched in the ocean somewhere and the they passengers survived for awhile on the food that they manage to ration out on the airplane.

Enough of these words that I am rambling about. The thing that I am glad about this investigation is that the Australians are now calling the balls and that I think that Australians would be able to do more to help the investigation and that they would be more responsible than the Malaysian government. Since the beginning of this incident, the Malaysian government have been either very slow to announce what they have or that the information that they gave out to the public was really inconsistent with their story... Also there has been reports that in the recent years, the Malaysian immigration agencies have not been checking the passport of the people that are passing through with the database that Interpol has on people that is on the wanted list of the Interpol.

On the subject off passports, I wonder how the Malaysian customs can't identify between the races of and Iranians and that of the Europeans that had their passports stolen. I mean if you are a customs officer, you should be able to identify the races within a second or two in that you have seen many people for your line of work. I mean as a person that live in a city of many races I have grown to be able to identify between at least 4 races that I have know of. I just want to know how Malaysian government do their yearly budget for them to not be able to check for the passport of the the people that pass through their country.

To be continued.......