Mr_Dogg Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 The debris looks like it is right at the end of the predicted flight path in the southern direction which would backup the theory that it was on autopilot and run out of fuel at max range How come Australia never picked it up on radar though Its 2,500 km from Australia though. Don't know if their radar goes out that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted March 20, 2014 Administrator Share Posted March 20, 2014 The debris looks like it is right at the end of the predicted flight path in the southern direction which would backup the theory that it was on autopilot and run out of fuel at max range How come Australia never picked it up on radar though Its 2,500 km from Australia though. Don't know if their radar goes out that far. That's more than 6% of the circumference of the planet. It would need to be on a very tall tower to reach that far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) The debris looks like it is right at the end of the predicted flight path in the southern direction which would backup the theory that it was on autopilot and run out of fuel at max range How come Australia never picked it up on radar thoughIts 2,500 km from Australia though. Don't know if their radar goes out that far.That's more than 6% of the circumference of the planet. It would need to be on a very tall tower to reach that far. http://troll.me/images/futurama-fry/not-sure-if-serious-or-sarcastic.jpg Edited March 20, 2014 by Mr_Dogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I would say it's because it could happen to us. We're more likely to get killed by a stampede of wildebeest caused by Elvis hoving in to view riding Shergar. That's not how human psychology works though, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) I would say it's because it could happen to us. We're more likely to get killed by a stampede of wildebeest caused by Elvis hoving in to view riding Shergar. that's not strictly true though is it I fly maybe 30 - 40 times a year ... I go on safari maybe once every few years , I've only been to Memphis once in my life and I ate Shergar in McDonalds way back in 1983 Edited March 21, 2014 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The search area seems so remote can they not send an aircraft carrier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) The debris looks like it is right at the end of the predicted flight path in the southern direction which would backup the theory that it was on autopilot and run out of fuel at max range How come Australia never picked it up on radar though Its 2,500 km from Australia though. Don't know if their radar goes out that far. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jindalee_Operational_Radar_Network The radar covers up to 3000km from Australia, radar 2 is covering a large part of the planes predicted southern corridor The predicted flightpath based on pings may have been a curve so at one point it may have been closer to Australia than where it eventually ended up Edited March 21, 2014 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 these pings are interesting ... as one minute they thought it was heading towards Kazakhstan and the next minute they are off the coast of Perth presumably Mark Thatcher is now the chief suspect ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The search area seems so remote can they not send an aircraft carrier? I know! Why don't we send a couple of aircraft carriers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The search area seems so remote can they not send an aircraft carrier? I know! Why don't we send a couple of aircraft carriers? I am under the impression that we actually can. ...just with no planes on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The search area seems so remote can they not send an aircraft carrier? I know! Why don't we send a couple of aircraft carriers? I am under the impression that we actually can. ...just with no planes on them. But perhaps people would at least appreciate the gesture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 True! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The search area seems so remote can they not send an aircraft carrier? I know! Why don't we send a couple of aircraft carriers? We could just borrow France's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 politics in a plane crash thread .. classy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Electric Avenue Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 This plane isn't getting found anytime soon is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted March 21, 2014 Moderator Share Posted March 21, 2014 politics in a plane crash thread .. classy says the man mentioning Mark Thatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Don't think he was ever a politician was he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2014 Was talking to an ex copper last night who was telling me how easy it was to 'ping' an individual mobile phone to find an individual. Surely this would be a good option to find any of the bodies/survivors/plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 politics in a plane crash thread .. classy says the man mentioning Mark Thatcher as in the most famous person for getting lost after James May and not a politician Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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