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David Copperfield got ahold of it!Men have become the tools of their tools.
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Its hanging out with 844AA"If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry FordComment
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And another theory:
Stanford student's theory on disappearance of MH370 goes viral
A young American undergraduate student at Stanford University has come up with a theory on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that has gone viral on the Web.
Andrew Aude, 20 and a computer science student, told The Straits Times that he "considered studying Aerospace engineering" as his father had an airline pilot licence and he grew up around aviation. When he was in middle school, he also attended the Boeing 787 roll-out premiere with his father.
In his Tumblr post, Aude cited a 2013 Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Airworthiness Directive for the 777 which spotted a weakness in the plane.
According to the directive which he quotes, there had been a report of "cracking in the fuselage skin underneath the satellite communication (satcom) antenna adapter".
From this, he theorised that MH370 could have experienced the same issue, leading to the failure of satellite-based communications as well as to a slow decompression of the plane which left passengers unconscious and pilots disoriented. "If the decompression was slow enough, it’s possible the pilots did not realise to put on oxygen masks until it was too late," he wrote.
He also noted that the Boeing 777 aircraft does not deploy passenger oxygen masks until the cabin altitude reaches 13,500 feet. By then, passengers were likely to be unconscious if there was a slow decompression. Moreover, MH370 was red-eye flight and most passengers would be trying to sleep, hence masking the effects of oxygen deprivation.
The autopilot function would have ensured that the plane maintained course and altitude before crashing into the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan or the Pacific Ocean, miles from the intensive search zone in the South China Sea where rescue efforts have been concentrated in the past few days.
He concluded: "This was likely not an 'explosive decompression' or 'inflight disintegration'."
Aude wrote the piece, he said, "after discovering the FAA’s Airworthiness Directive on PPRUNE forums. In the same forum, I discovered how some of the 777’s radar systems depend on satcom and GPS. I considered these facts alongside the mobile phones ringing and the mumbling pilots, and I had come up with the proposed explanation".
PPRUNE is the Professional Pilots Rumour Network, an aviation website for airline pilots and aviation buffs.Comment
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someone buy him a beer. He's got the best explanation Ive seen yet.Originally posted by Strychnine View Post"If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry FordComment
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Still doesnt explain the unplanned turn west that was supposedly seen on military radar though.Originally posted by Baron Von Crowder View Post
I still think Desmond didn't push the button at the Swan Station in time... again... and the loop started over.Comment
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Nice reference sir!Comment
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You ever have one of those thoughts that immediately makes you step back and think, "dude, come on, that was kinda fucked up even if it was just internal monologue."Originally posted by Scott Mc View Post
The other day I thought:
What if this is the world's biggest viral marketing campaign ever and it's for a LOST sequel?Comment
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Well, it does have a plausable explaination for that:Originally posted by Strychnine View Post
If the radar is dependent on satcom and GPS, and those are malfunctioning, then the autopilot might have made corrections based on incorrect readings, thus the turn.Aude wrote the piece, he said, "after discovering the FAA’s Airworthiness Directive on PPRUNE forums. In the same forum, I discovered how some of the 777’s radar systems depend on satcom and GPS. I considered these facts alongside the mobile phones ringing and the mumbling pilots, and I had come up with the proposed explanation"."If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry FordComment
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I guess that's true. I was just assuming it would keep straight and fast until it ran out of fuel.Originally posted by Baron Von Crowder View PostComment
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Originally posted by ELVIS View PostNot if the "group" has intentions to use the aircraft for nefarious reasons. Such as loading a nuke inside a 777 and flying it over/into a city.Originally posted by 1carcrazyguy View Post
I'm a little surprised no one in the media has suggested it as a possibility yet (that I have seen). Maybe the thought is just too terrifying.
Gotta admit, that seems pretty suspicious too.Originally posted by Bringit View Post
I'm starting to believe there's some weird shit surrounding this story.When the government pays, the government controls.Comment
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Then there is this:
IRCRAFT manufacturing giant Boeing said yesterday it was too early to tell whether the missing Malaysian Airlines aircraft might have suffered autopilot problems that hit another of the carrier's 777 fleet in 2005.
While aviation experts described both Malaysia Airlines and the Boeing 777 as having a solid safety record, an incident on a flight between Perth and Kuala Lumpur led to a safety alert being issued for 777s worldwide.
In August 2005, a Malaysia Airlines 777 - the same model aircraft that is missing feared crashed - suddenly pitched up "violently" into a 3000-foot climb that almost forced it into an aerodynamic stall.
A flight attendant began praying and another dropped a tray of drinks while pilots fought the autopilot system, which was being corrupted by a software error.
An investigation by regulators determined the aircraft's "air data inertial reference unit" (ADIRU) - a device that sends data to the flight computer and autopilot - malfunctioned.
It was discovered that more than 500 Boeing 777s, flown by airlines around the world, had been operating for more than seven years with the error that could cause the autopilot malfunction.
US regulator the Federal Aviation Authority was concerned enough about the incident to issue an "airworthiness directive" for the inspection of all aircraft.
Boeing said yesterday it was not in a position to comment on any possible causes behind the loss of the Malaysian Airlines 777 on Saturday, but last night it announced it would join the US National Transportation Safety Board as a technical adviser. "The team is now en route to the area so they will be positioned to offer assistance," Boeing said.
Following the aircraft's disappearance, reports have emerged of flight tracking software noting the aircraft rapidly lost altitude before losing signal.
In 2008 - this time involving an Airbus A330-303 aircraft - Qantas flight 72 between Singapore and Perth had an ADIRU malfunction in which the autopilot twice instructed the plane to pitch down steeply.
During the violent rollercoaster ride, more than 100 of the flight's 303 passengers were injured, with more than 50 requiring hospitalisation after the plane made an emergency landing at the Learmonth air force base near Exmouth in Western Australia.
The managing director of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Andrew Herdman, said Malaysian Airlines operated in accordance with the "highest international standards".
"The safety performance of Asian airlines is in line with the overall industry performance," he said. Mr Herdman said the "hull loss rate" - where an aircraft is destroyed in an accident - for large Western-built commercial jets was continuously improving and now at one in three million flights.
Malaysia Airline's last fatal accident was almost 20 years ago, in September 1995, when 34 people were killed when a Fokker 50 aircraft crashed in Malaysia.
The aircraft that went missing on Saturday was a Boeing 777-200ER, which Malaysian Airlines had bought new in May 2002.
That same model aircraft, operated by Asiana Airlines, crashed in July last year while landing at San Francisco.
Three people were killed and pilot error was blamed."If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry FordComment
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The NSA's software is probably breaking the ADIRU's on these planes, GG NSA.Interested in being a VIP member and donating to the site? Click here http://dfwmustangs.net/forums/payments.phpComment
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The few American's on board must have been tea party members.Originally posted by Mach1 View Post"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser TytlerComment
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So we are going with hypoxia and simultaneous satellite problems that made the plane turn 90 degrees and crash?Comment
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