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6. At least they know it went down. They'll probably call off the search now.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2015, 04:00 PM

Aug 2015

"The Indian Ocean's average depth is 12,990 feet (3,960 metres), and its deepest point, in the Sunda Deep of the Java Trench off the southern coast of Java, is 24,442 feet (7,450 metres).

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Debris belongs to MH370 [View all] brooklynite Aug 2015 OP

Those poor families. murielm99 Aug 2015 #1

What's with the news? bucolic_frolic Aug 2015 #2

I don't remember seeing anything suggesting that it WASN'T from MH370... brooklynite Aug 2015 #3

You must not visit rt.com then PersonNumber503602 Aug 2015 #15

There was another item found after the first piece Democat Aug 2015 #4

I'm sure I saw a headline bucolic_frolic Aug 2015 #5

That's for the second piece of debris, which almost certainly came from a boat Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #8

At least they know it went down. They'll probably call off the search now. Baclava Aug 2015 #6

Disagree... brooklynite Aug 2015 #7

It's good news that a piece has been found, but so far that just means they are in the right ocean. Baclava Aug 2015 #12

They still need to know the how and why... Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #9

They'd need the voice and data recorders for that Baclava Aug 2015 #11

Which is why it's that much more tragic Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #13

maybe, it's hard to imagine the vastness of the ocean depths, 3 miles down, undersea mountain ranges Baclava Aug 2015 #14

Now we know. For certain question everything Aug 2015 #10