MH 370

[Catholic_Lady]

To keep his murder/suicide his dirty little secret, I suppose. As not to bring down his name or his family. That would be my best guess as to why this guy wanted to hide the whole thing. It seems pretty obvious that he did it.

"Obvious" based on a shit load of assumptions.

Given everything we know, what would you consider the most likely scenario if you don't think it was purposely done by the pilot?

[Ravenshire]

"Obvious" based on a shit load of assumptions.

And that's how conspiracy theories are born.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"Obvious" based on a shit load of assumptions.

Given everything we know, what would you consider the most likely scenario if you don't think it was purposely done by the pilot?

To use a very basic engineering model, "Shit Happens".

[Catholic_Lady]

Given everything we know, what would you consider the most likely scenario if you don't think it was purposely done by the pilot?

To use a very basic engineering model, "Shit Happens".

You mean like an accident - all mechanical errors?

[Anomalocaris]

I’ve been following the development with some interest, being a private pilot and aviation enthusiast and all.

1. Several sources have said the flapperon fragment found is indicative of it being stowed when the plane was ripped apart. This means the plane was not put into any configuration conducive to a controlled water landing.

2. Although normal communication and remote identification with the plane stopped when the plane flew off course before entering Vietnamese airspace, the plane’s engines have their own satellite transmitters for sending telemetry to engine manufacturer’s monitoring and diagnostic services. These continue to communicate with satellites.

3. Although engine telemetry doesn’t say where the plane is or what condition the cabin is in, and only establish periodic handshakes and only report as needed how well the engineis running, data sleuthing, Doppler signal analysis and precise signal time stamping have nonetheless narrowed down where the engines could be be when they made their periodic handshakes with different communication satellites. The estimated location of the crash wasn’t just a extrapolation of where the plane would run out of fuel. It was based on location of handshake attempts and data in. The telemetry.

If the plane impacted the surface at high speed, it is unlikely to remain in large enough pieces for the sunken wreckage to be identifiable by sonar. Only dragging a close up camera right over the wreckage will do. The effort required to do video survey of the seafloor is exponentially greater than the effort required to survey the bottom with sonar. So the chance of finding the bulk of the wreckage was always slim.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

To use a very basic engineering model, "Shit Happens".

You mean like an accident - all mechanical errors?

Massive electronic failure and/or catastrophic mechanical errors are frequent causes of aircraft casualties. Far more often than crew malefesance. Remember that airliner that blew up off New York a few decades ago? Lots of people saying it was a stray Navy missile. Turned out to be a bare wire in a fuel tank. If the plane had been in the air for fifteen more minutes it would have disappeared, plain and simple.

[Anomalocaris]

You mean like an accident - all mechanical errors?

Massive electronic failure and/or catastrophic mechanical errors are frequent causes of aircraft casualties. Far more often than crew malefesance. Remember that airliner that blew up off New York a few decades ago? Lots of people saying it was a stray Navy missile. Turned out to be a bare wire in a fuel tank. If the plane had been in the air for fifteen more minutes it would have disappeared, plain and simple.

Not sure about that, my understanding is some degree of human error is responsible for over half of all fatal crashes.

[Catholic_Lady]

You mean like an accident - all mechanical errors?

Massive electronic failure and/or catastrophic mechanical errors are frequent causes of aircraft casualties. Far more often than crew malefesance. Remember that airliner that blew up off New York a few decades ago? Lots of people saying it was a stray Navy missile. Turned out to be a bare wire in a fuel tank. If the plane had been in the air for fifteen more minutes it would have disappeared, plain and simple.

Yes, that is why for a long time I was convinced it was an accident. But the evidence seems to point to murder suicide. What do you think of the deleted files on the pilot's simulator?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Bye bye.

[brewer]

This isn't about me? god damnit!