Alarms didn't go off in the U.S. when planes started turning off their transponders until those planes started running into buildings. (to first order).

 

Of course nothing has changed in the world since that day...

Of course nothing has changed in the world since that day...

But take a look at how this plane behaved. The transponder went off and no alarm bells sounded here either.

 

Maybe this would be different over the United States, but it's also possible that "sounding the alarm bells every time there's a problem with a transponder signal" is a huge expense that we don't deal with until there's more reason to respond.

But take a look at how this plane behaved. The transponder went off and no alarm bells sounded here either. Maybe this would be different over the United States, but it's also possible that "sounding the alarm bells every time there's a problem with a transponder signal" is a huge expense that we don't deal with until there's more reason to respond.

 

I dont see why alarm bells should have sounded in the US over a foreign airline disappearing off radar, outside of the united states.

I dont see why alarm bells should have sounded in the US over a foreign airline disappearing off radar, outside of the united states.

Here referring to "in this case", a perfectly valid use of the word "here".

Here referring to "in this case", a perfectly valid use of the word "here".

 

I see, i thought you meant "Why didnt the US know this happened", to which i would think "not their problem(at the moment)"

The confusing thing to me is why is this stuff coming out so many days later.

 

I am curious as to how often these things are turned off and how unless it is in tact at he bottom of the Indian Ocean is there no signal from something (i.e. blackbox).

 

 

 

 

My guess is, the US is combing through satellite images right now, for anything they have in that area for that timeframe. They can use data on flights in that area/time that were known, try to eliminate some, and maybe get lucky and find it that way while it was still in the air.

 

But that is a LOT of data to comb through, and it would take time.

 

My guess is, the US is combing through satellite images right now, for anything they have in that area for that timeframe. They can use data on flights in that area/time that were known, try to eliminate some, and maybe get lucky and find it that way while it was still in the air.

 

But that is a LOT of data to comb through, and it would take time.

Actually the real trick would be that there should be software to look for these type of things pretty quickly if you're looking in the right area, it would just take processing power. We use software to look for color changes in land/ocean all the time. That's probably why private satellite companies out of China kept spotting things like "white objects" that turned out to be boats & such.

 

Now that I write that, it makes me wonder whether the satellites that are going over just aren't calibrated to the type of things that might be seen. I do know that the ISS was supposed to make a pass over the LKP today and take images specifically to help the hunt.

Actually the real trick would be that there should be software to look for these type of things pretty quickly if you're looking in the right area, it would just take processing power. We use software to look for color changes in land/ocean all the time. That's probably why private satellite companies out of China kept spotting things like "white objects" that turned out to be boats & such.

 

Now that I write that, it makes me wonder whether the satellites that are going over just aren't calibrated to the type of things that might be seen. I do know that the ISS was supposed to make a pass over the LKP today and take images specifically to help the hunt.

 

How well do those work for images taken at 1 or 2 AM? Or are they using infrared or something else that doesn't depend on visible light?

 

You'd also have to deal with whatever cloud cover was in the area that could obscure the plane.

How well do those work for images taken at 1 or 2 AM? Or are they using infrared or something else that doesn't depend on visible light?

 

You'd also have to deal with whatever cloud cover was in the area that could obscure the plane.

1-2 a.m. you wouldn't get anything useful, IR wouldn't help unless you had a temperature difference. However, several satellites, specifically Suomi-NPP can spot fires and burning even at night if such a thing happened.

 

Cloud cover could definitely be a problem in getting good images but we're now about a week out so a number of different satellites should have gotten clean looks.

I meant more if they were specifically trying to analyze satellite images from when the plane disappeared.

I meant more if they were specifically trying to analyze satellite images from when the plane disappeared.

That would be really tough. It's not only a small object at a large distance but its rapidly moving relative to everything around it. At a single time you need everything to come together. The good news would be there wouldn't be much data to sort through, either you have satellite images of the area or you don't. And if it's taken at night...good luck, I don't think even IR imagery would spot that.

Now CNN saying that it is likely crashed into the Bay of Bengal or near it.

 

So in an hour they will be back to having no idea

If I said flight 370 crashed in Lake Michigan, it wouldn't be any less reasonable than all the other rumors and explanations right now.

I'm placing money on Putin having stolen it. The USA will send CIA Agent Dennis Rodman to retrieve it.

I'm placing money on Putin having stolen it. The USA will send CIA Agent Dennis Rodman to retrieve it.

 

Sounds legit.

 

On a serious side, the Malaysian government is hiding too much,now they officially are accepting the conclusion it was hijacked,it took them this long to confirm it?

Could the plane have made it all the way to unfriendly Myanmar, and getting help hiding it?

Could the plane have made it all the way to unfriendly Myanmar, and getting help hiding it?

 

I definitely think that's a very realistic possibility. I just feel bad for the families stuck in limbo on whether the passengers were killed or are being help captive ( which i would imagine they are to be used as leverage as some point?)

Sounds legit.

 

On a serious side, the Malaysian government is hiding too much,now they officially are accepting the conclusion it was hijacked,it took them this long to confirm it?

 

I can't decide if the Malaysian government is very good at keeping secrets or completely incompetent

Send in sleeper agent Derek Zoolander.

For various reasons I hope the people are alive and the jet is being hid somewhere and will be revealed soon. There is something cool about hiding a jet for a week.

This case is starting to reach DB Cooper levels

This case is starting to reach DB Cooper levels

 

On steroids. DB Cooper was one guy. This is an entire plane plus 239 people.

For various reasons I hope the people are alive and the jet is being hid somewhere and will be revealed soon. There is something cool about hiding a jet for a week.

 

Well yes, I think we all obviously hope that these 200+ people are still alive. The fact that this would also mean that somebody has pulled off possibly the best caper ever is an added bonus.

 

It's also possible that the hijackers were going to do something majorly disastrous and these 200+ people took the plane down to prevent it, just like the 4th plane on 9/11. That's the next best outcome to all these people being alive.

 

 

If the passengers brought it down what was the target? Is there any target in the region that would have been 9/11-esque?