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Iwasthere

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13. Huh?

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 07:49 PM

Apr 2014

If your wife threw your wallet out the car window along the freeway would you spend 4 days searching the on ramps north and South of the location or would you go to where she threw the wallet out the windown and search. Why are they making sweeps far away from where they heard the damn pings? That is all I am asking. Nobody seems to be asking this basic question, everyone just accepts their method; 4 additional days of trying to re-establish the pings. Doesn't take an expert

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They're going to spend 4 days trying to relocate pings? Did someone throw away the ping coordinates? [View all] Iwasthere Apr 2014 OP

It makes no sense unless the batteries died seveneyes Apr 2014 #1

I'm sorry but there is no chance that they forgot to document the coodinates ... Iwasthere Apr 2014 #2

Ever heard of thermoclines? nt oldhippie Apr 2014 #8

Well they may just have a azimuth, need 2 fixes to triangulate? n/t EX500rider Apr 2014 #3

Yes, in order to find the plane, I agree ... Iwasthere Apr 2014 #4

Exactly. ManiacJoe Apr 2014 #9

Sound travels very fast under water digonswine Apr 2014 #5

There is a lot more to this than just returning to the same location. Glassunion Apr 2014 #6

THEY ARE TRYING TO RELOCATE THE F%$#king PING Iwasthere Apr 2014 #12

Yes, they are trying to relocate the ping. Glassunion Apr 2014 #14

Underwater acoustic expert? jberryhill Apr 2014 #7

Thank you Cirque du So-What Apr 2014 #11

Huh? Iwasthere Apr 2014 #13

I doubt they heard pings AngryAmish Apr 2014 #10

You don't 'hear' pings Cirque du So-What Apr 2014 #15

"Hear" is a loose term. It's still a sound wave. Glassunion Apr 2014 #16

Yep Cirque du So-What Apr 2014 #17

Quite true. nt Glassunion Apr 2014 #19

prove me wrong AngryAmish Apr 2014 #20

The whole thing smells of one big massive coverup Reter Apr 2014 #18