(August 6, 2015 at 8:12 am)mralstoner Wrote: https://twitter.com/RadiantPhysics/statu...0828047361
Don't jump to conclusions. There are still some anomalies with the satellite data, which prompted Jeff Wise's wild theory that the hijackers spoofed the data, faking a southern path while the plane went north:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/201...heory.html
If that's the case, the flaperon could be spoof wreckage.
It's still not yet proven that the plane went south. If it was taken by sophisticated hijackers, spoofing some wreckage would be child's play for them.
Some serious oversights and technical misinformation in that article you quote.
Firstly, flying along borders in that part of the world (and most of the rest of the world) is probably the worst way to avoid being seen on radar - in complete contrast to the author's point. The only real way to avoid radar is to fly under it's coverage; in which case an aircraft like a 777 burns almost 5x the fuel as it does at cruise altitude - meaning it would have run out far sooner that his projected landing strip in Khazakstan.
The NTSB is cautious to a fault when it comes to confirming or denying anything! They will be sure they have seen irrefrutable evidence that it's from MH370 before confirming this. I'm not saying that I personally know the answer, but simple explanations generally trump convoluted conspiracies.
