I had fairly well concluded that the most likely cause was a fire disrupting the electrical and control systems, when CNN now say the sharp left turn was pre-programmed 12 minutes before sign off from Malaysian Air Traffic control, which was followed fairly quickly by that left turn.
CNN claim to have this from an US official, from data sent back before the reporting systems went off. It is hard to know what to make of it: obviously there are large economic interests that much prefer blame to lie with the pilots rather than the aircraft. But if it is true then the move was not a response to an emergency. (CNN went on to say the pilot could have programmed in the course change as a contingency in case of an emergency. That made no sense to me at all – does it to anyone else?)
I still find it extremely unlikely that the plane landed or crashed on land I cannot believe it could evade military detection as it flew over a highly militarized region. Somewhere there is debris on the ocean. There have been previous pilot suicides that took the plane with them; but the long detour first seems very strange and I do not believe is precedented. However if the CNN information on pre-programming is correct, and given it was the co-pilot who signed off to air traffic control, it is hard to look beyond the pilots as those responsible for whatever did happen. In fact, on consideration, the most improbable thing is that information CNN are reporting from the US official.
Thanks, Pink. I hope M. Bègue keeps on beachcombing. Before long, he’ll have the whole plane. Whatever happened to the airplane seats he found earlier?
Someone should pay this man a bonus for keeping up the search.
It would make sense to me that tail parts of a 777 might have coatings designed to reduce friction, and those coatings might also inhibit the growth of sea life, a purpose for which the coatings were not designed. I hardly think Boeing engineers would have run tests for barnacle growth on tail stabilizers.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/07/mh370-head-of-search-says-very-likely-plane-will-be-found-by
Blaine Gibson now says he thinks the plane part found last week in Mozambique was part of a smaller plane. He credits the boat owner with finding the remnant, and vows to keep looking for MH370:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/03/07/american-to-keep-looking-for-mh370-clues/
Australian commentary on the search for MH370, with close-ups of the rivet on Blaine Gibson’s airplane remnant:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/possible-debris-found-on-reunion-island-in-mh370-mystery/news-story/0a507ff209ae289c0736edc62dca5348
Do rivets relate to plane models? I can’t clearly read the rivet number, but if it says AL-1012, there is such a plane:
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N122LC.html
FYI:
http://www.airport-data.com/search/search2.html?field=model&search=Search&code=American+Legend+AL11C-100
This American Legend Cub went down in 2006 in Lake Michigan, but I can’t find any other reports of crashes involving this type of plane:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-07-31/news/0608010355_1_small-single-engine-plane-lake-michigan-chicago-shoreline
https://www.legend.aero/shop/custom.aspx/manuacturing/14/
Another plane crashed in 2009 near Moroni, Comoros. Wikipedia says it was was an Airbus A310-324, registration 7O-ADJ,:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenia_Flight_626
Note blue colour:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenia_Flight_626#/media/File:Yemenia_A310-300_7O-ADJ_CDG_2005-7-2.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961
Crashed in 1996 near the Comoros, a Boeing 767-200ER. Note the blue color. Note live-action photos of the ditching on water, caught by a tourist.
Why did Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 end up where it did? It was hijacked by Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. Some 50 people survived, including four uninjured. Pieces of the wreck sank quickly upon impact with a coral reef. Some passengers were trapped in the cabin because they had inflated their life jackets before leaving the plane.
Captain Leul Abate lived, his reputation intact. It’s much easier to blame someone who is not alive to defend himself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leul_Abate
It’s worthwhile to watch the video here:
https://www.facebook.com/Leul-Abate-10150123870170075/
MH370 Second Interim Statement Released
http://jeffwise.net/2016/03/08/mh370-second-interim-statement-released/#comments
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/9/11184544/un-flight-tracking-system-malaysia-airlines-mh370
Location to be transmitted once a minute when a plane is in distress, and cockpit recording extended to 25 hours.
@Pink: Did you notice the comment about the “fresh mangosteen” weight discrepancy?
I did .
http://www.bfmtv.com/mediaplayer/video/disparition-du-vol-mh370-cette-histoire-n-est-pas-credible-florence-de-changy-771570.html
Flight MH370 disappearance: “This story is not credible,” Florence de Changy
March 8, 2014, a Malaysian passenger plane disappeared from radar, with 239 people on board. Two years later and despite the most expensive searches in the history of aviation, flight MH370 has still not been found. It is still unclear the circumstances of the unexplained disappearance of the unit. The team of international experts led by Malaysia to work on this case published its annual progress report. However, his brief information does not provide any new indication. – With: Florence de Changy, journalist, author of the book “The flight MH370 has not disappeared” (The Arena Ed.). – BFM Story, from Tuesday, March 8, 2016, presented by Olivier Truchot on BFM TV.
Flight MH370: “A plane does not disappear like that”
http://www.franceinfo.fr/fil-info/article/disparition-du-mh370-l-histoire-officielle-n-est-pas-credible-florence-de-changy-journaliste-772635
Le Vol MH370 n’a pas disparu: La plus grande énigme de l’histoire de l’aviation civile Format Kindle
de Florence De Changy (Auteur)
http://www.amazon.fr/Vol-MH370-pas-disparu-lhistoire-ebook/dp/B01CHXWP6O
Truth Sentinel with Scott episode 49 (MH370 update with Jeff Wise and Sarah Bajc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4EgSLf50is&feature=youtu.be
Aren’t BFM TV involved in that court case in Annecy about
The Slaughter of the Horses?
More debris they seem excited about this bit check Victor.
https://www.ecr.co.za/news-sport/news/exclusive-kzn-family-picks-possible-mh370-debris/
Debris tourism. Who knew this would be the way to finding MH370?
Its getting a thorough going over on the blogs they are not happy with the lack of barnacles,seem to think its a right bit from the right type of plane not quite sold on the story ,see what tomorrow brings .
I had seen the video on the hijacking before it made wonder if turning off all the bits and pieces was to confuse hijackers into thinking they were heading somewhere they were not I don’t know enough about aviation to follow through with a plot .
So we’re back to the question, “Is the ocean salty or salted?” And the new question, “Who’s making the ‘MH370 search on’ T-shirt that Blaine Gibson was wearing?”
Quote Daily Express
9/11 was ‘down to IRAN’: Shock court verdict places blame for world’s worst terror attack
A JUDGE in the US has ordered Iran to pay billions to compensate victims of the 9/11 terror strikes after ruling the Islamic nation was responsible for aiding the hijackers responsible.
RT manages to make reading this stuff so much more interesting 🙂
Fasten your seatbelts, Putin conspiracy theories taking off
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/334649-mh17-conspiracy-theories-putin/
I just read Putin stories for the Zoolander fashion poses. 😉
Crash with a happy ending .
http://www.airlive.net/video-father-daughter-saved-by-parachute-when-aircraft-crashes-in-hauppauge/
Q what do you make of this post ?
Greg Vozar
Posted March 12, 2016 at 4:32 AM
“In the piece of debris found by Mr Gibson there is a surprising survival. While not visible here, it is quite clear in a CNN video close-up. There is a fastener still in situ with the head marks HL1013-6 VS. This is a titanium 3/16″ dia HiLok, and the VS stands for Voi Shan. I know this because I worked for that company as a planner in their Chatsworth mfg facility in the early 1990s.
What is interesting to me is that the VS logo disappeared not long after I started working there. The troubled company was purchased by Fairchild and later by Banner A/C. This HiLok must date from prior to that change of ownership.
The Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 (MH370) was delivered to that airline in May 2002. Is it possible that Boeing retained HiLok inventory over a decade old? It is conceivable, but I can tell you that Boeing orders these parts in huge quantities as they are used on many of their aircraft. They are also made by many other manufacturers.
It seems remarkable that this HiLok would be used in an aircraft built at least a decade after it was made.”
http://jeffwise.net/2016/03/10/mh370-debris-storm/#comments