Science - Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Slightly OT, but this second book by photogenic former flight attendant TJ Newman about of rescue of survivors in an air pocket of a ditched plane 75 feet down is as page turning as her first. For thought about 40% of it yesterday between plays of the Rays and FSU LSU. Very formulaic but the lady can write

 

I thought that was weird, too, but it also seemed like he was the only person actually looking for debris. Late last year it came out that a local fishermen had found debris, too, and kept it for years as a washing board thinking it was nothing important. He realized what it was and handed it over recently. Unfortunately, Blaine Gibson was also involved in that transaction, so it probably just furthers the conspiracy theory.

There is also apparently evidence that the pilot put the landing gear down for a water crash, advancing the theory it was intentional and he wanted the plane to sink quickly.

Can't think of what his motive was, if he was suicidal, to kill all those other people, but the way he did it, if true, makes it seems like he intentionally wanted it be a great mystery that people would still be talking about 10 years later...

 

My recollection of Payne Stewart's crash is that it was caused by a lack pressurization leading to hypoxia and suffocation. IIRC, they thought the probable cause was a maintenance failure when they were working on the system that led to the plane not pressurizing when it should have.

 

This crash is much more similar to the crash of Payne Stewart's plane. In both cases hypoxia was the likely cause.
Pilot of unresponsive private jet that crashed and killed 4 was seen slumped over, source says | CNN

 

I think the theory was that an AWACS jammed the signal while US miliary "escorted" it out of the area...

I don't believe it, though. One of things in the documentary, the evidence that the plane turned around, is that it apparently flew over a Malaysian Military base and they saw it on radar. You'd think they would have seen the US escort, too ... right, and perhaps had a problem with that? I don't understand why they even let an unknown plane with it's transponders off fly over their base / airspace ... another weird thing ...

Maybe that was part of the pilot's suicide plan ... get shot down ...

 

Hypoxia only makes sense if intentional and the Captain or person responsible took oxygen in order to shut down the ability to see the plane. Too much redundancy to not at least be able to figure out close to where this thing ended up without intent imo.

 

Oh, I don't subscribe to the theory that AWACS jammed signals, etc., etc. That's just too far fetched. Plus, though our government is capable of some sacrifice of life for a greater good, they wouldn't sacrifice 239 innocent people.

 

Some aren't convinced he changed course. That rests almost solely on the British analysis of their data.

Interesting was the explosion the guy on the oil rig saw, and the analysis of the satellite images by that Florida woman. The doc never explained why that wasn't persuasive evidence that the plane crashed in Viet Nam air space. That would also explain the sudden loss of communication and the plane not showing up on radar.

 

In the doc, about the time she found that satellite image, it came out that the Malaysian military said radar had the plane turning around and headed towards the Indian Ocean, so I think that put a damper on the 'crashed in the China Sea' theories. There was also something about a "ping" being recorded by some onboard equipment that showed the plane remained airborne long past the time that it "disappeared". Then the pilot's flight simulator, and debris found near Madagascar, seem to all converge on the idea that it went down in the Indian Ocean.

I didn't think the Florida lady's image was that convincing, anyway.

Edit:

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 satellite communications - Wikipedia

There is a log of the pings on that Wiki page, the flight automatically communicated with satellites for 6 hours, including satellites over the Indian Ocean. The pings don't include exact location data, but they can tell the region of the plane based on the satellite it's talking to. That pretty much disproves the Florida woman's satellite image was the crash site.

 

Thanks. I remember now. I guess that leaves the pilot.

 

I believe you are right. I remember the Payne Stewart crash because I was working in Islwsworth when I heard the news on the radio and one of the talk show hosts mentioned he lived in Islesworth which I never knew at the time. Normally I wouldn't remember something like that.

 

I'm like 80% pilot suicide mission on this, with a small chance of Hijacking gone bad or some sort of massive equipment malfunction that left the pilot unable to operate the plane or communicate.

I've always wondered if there is spy satellite info on this, that governments don't want to share. Seems like there would have to be something.