AvfcRigo82 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, Czechlad said: Crazy that with all the instruments and technology we have, but can't find a plane in the channel. I also find this bizarre. How two humans and an aircraft can just disappear without trace anywhere is strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Czechlad said: Crazy that with all the instruments and technology we have, but can't find a plane in the channel. Indeed. How that Malaysian Airlines jumbo has never been located is baffling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 The sea is well big innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 22 minutes ago, villaglint said: The sea is well big innit. Voyager 1 is literally 13.2 billion miles away and we still receive photos from that. It's just crazy that we can't find a plane. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Wouldn't it be amazing if they rescued by some boat and we get confirmation tomorrow? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 On 24/01/2019 at 17:18, AvfcRigo82 said: I also find this bizarre. How two humans and an aircraft can just disappear without trace anywhere is strange. The larger pieces of the plane are likely deep underwater at this point. While the smaller debris is like trying to find a needle in a haystack assuming the majority of that hasn't also sunk at this point. They're looking for what is essentially a Range Rover with wings in a body of water that is 29,000 square miles. Last I heard they called off a search after searching over a 1,700 square mile area, they have barely scratched the surface (literally). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2019 On 24/01/2019 at 19:31, Czechlad said: Voyager 1 is literally 13.2 billion miles away and we still receive photos from that. It's just crazy that we can't find a plane. We know the trajectory of Voyager, which we also know shouldn't dramatically change (if at all), have actively monitored it and it's contacting us. The plane meanwhile disappeared after a last known contact point in a huge area, whilst also being quite small even when intact, which it certainly isn't any more, and isn't sending communications to us, and we don't know it's actual trajectory after it's last contact. They aren't really comparable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 12 hours ago, Daweii said: The larger pieces of the plane are likely deep underwater at this point. While the smaller debris is like trying to find a needle in a haystack assuming the majority of that hasn't also sunk at this point. They're looking for what is essentially a Range Rover with wings in a body of water that is 29,000 square miles. Last I heard they called off a search after searching over a 1,700 square mile area, they have barely scratched the surface (literally). I'll add to this as I am pretty sad and read some articles on it yesterday. They think that the plane has crashed into the sea and sunk to the bottom of the deepest part of the English Channel, Hurds Deep. On April 16th 1951 the submarine HMS Affray sank in Hurds Deep, it wasn't discovered until 14 June 1951. Herds Deep is a depth of 590ft, HMS Affray was found at 272ft. There aren't many divers capable of diving to the depth of the submarine let alone the bottom of Herds Deep. That gives you some insight into the task at hand for the crews searching for this plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Chindie said: We know the trajectory of Voyager, which we also know shouldn't dramatically change (if at all), have actively monitored it and it's contacting us. The plane meanwhile disappeared after a last known contact point in a huge area, whilst also being quite small even when intact, which it certainly isn't any more, and isn't sending communications to us, and we don't know it's actual trajectory after it's last contact. They aren't really comparable I think his point was just a general musing of technology available to us and how it can be applied and wasn’t meant as a direct comparison considering the obvious differences you’ve highlighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 300k fundraised to pay for a private search party. What a great cause 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 They have found some bits of seats/seat covers believed to be from the plane washed up on the north west coast of France. They are doing an underwater sonar search of a 4 square mile area where the plane vanished from radar sometime over the weekend to try and find the sunken wreckage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 You obviously fear the worst now for them both sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: You obviously fear the worst now for them both sadly. I'd have been fearing the worst within hours of the missing plane being called in. Even if the pilot and Sala survived the crash they would have died less than an hour later in the sub-zero waters. Your time of survival in 0 Celsius water is about 45 minutes assuming you had some kind of life jacket. As horrible as it is Sala and his pilot likely died on the 21st January, and depending where the crash happened they're potentially irretrievable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, Daweii said: I'd have been fearing the worst within hours of the missing plane being called in. Even if the pilot and Sala survived the crash they would have died less than an hour later in the sub-zero waters. Your time of survival in 0 Celsius water is about 45 minutes assuming you had some kind of life jacket. As horrible as it is Sala and his pilot likely died on the 21st January, and depending where the crash happened they're potentially irretrievable. Such sad circumstances. If that is the case I hope they find the bodies to give the family closure. =( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: Such sad circumstances. If that is the case I hope they find the bodies to give the family closure. =( Hopefully they find them. Closure at this point is going to be the most important thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Tribute tonight for the Nantes - Saint Etienne game. All the Nantes players were wearing his name on their backs Game was paused in the 9th minute. Fans and players openly crying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 haven’t they already suffered enough? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 And they paid 3m for him. Omg who ever scouted him and thought he is good enough should be sacked. He is bloody awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 They've found the plane now apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sky News reporting with a picture, plane found one body visible. Terrible tragedy but now the families can have closure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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