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RobinA

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38. Related Question

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 12:16 PM

Mar 2014

Why would Boeing put an emergency back-up system in the aircraft that would allow it to fly for an hour, but then hamstring them with a weak radio. It wasn't like they were in the middle of the Pacific when whatever happened. They could have made it somewhere in an hour, but they didn't have a radio that could make it possible for them to get somewhere in that hour?

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MISSING MH370: Fishermen find life raft near PD [View all] brooklynite Mar 2014 OP

Fingers crossed. Those poor families need some answers. :( Little Star Mar 2014 #1

My God, yes. Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #2

Hope it's from the plane but it could be a ship or boat raft. Lint Head Mar 2014 #3

ARRGGGHHHH Iwasthere Mar 2014 #4

WTF indeed. Little Star Mar 2014 #7

per map it would mean it did not get far dembotoz Mar 2014 #5

So the fishermen manage to tie the raft up... blackspade Mar 2014 #6

That sounds extremely suspicious to me LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #9

I was thinking more rank impenitence (nt) blackspade Mar 2014 #21

I agree!!!! Chakaconcarne Mar 2014 #27

Even though it sunk, at least they got photos of it. PearliePoo2 Mar 2014 #8

Yep... someone from Boeing should be able to verify if it was from the plane or not groundloop Mar 2014 #12

and the authorities lost it.... riversedge Mar 2014 #10

Another fishy development. jsr Mar 2014 #11

Does anyone have a map they can post? PearliePoo2 Mar 2014 #13

West coast of Malaysia, but SOUTH of Kuala Lumpur brooklynite Mar 2014 #16

Don't forget the currents have had several days to move Glassunion Mar 2014 #31

Port Dickson is on the west coast of Malaysia, on the Malacca Strait, just south of Kuala Lumpur and pangaia Mar 2014 #18

Try this one jtuck004 Mar 2014 #32

Thanks! Holy crap..that is way off the intended course! PearliePoo2 Mar 2014 #35

Remember the raft had 5 days to drift. BlueStreak Mar 2014 #37

I think they had a fire. EgyptAir burned up in the terminal when the crew's O2 caught jtuck004 Mar 2014 #48

Could be, but if the pilots knew there was a big fire BlueStreak Mar 2014 #49

If you have a decompression that occurs at 35,000 feet, you might have as little as 8 or 9 jtuck004 Mar 2014 #54

But it seems they flew for an hour after "the event" BlueStreak Mar 2014 #57

We don't know if it was on autopilot or not. But if it was flying, engines running, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #64

That photo James48 Mar 2014 #14

This was not terrorism. BlueStreak Mar 2014 #15

Plausible, but there are still aspects that don't add up, IMO. closeupready Mar 2014 #17

If this is the scenario, then the aircraft must be on the bottom of the strait BlueStreak Mar 2014 #23

Battery power? pangaia Mar 2014 #19

No. The 777 has an emergency power supply BlueStreak Mar 2014 #20

Thanks, Blue. pangaia Mar 2014 #22

Here is a reference to the battery power BlueStreak Mar 2014 #24

Thanks for taking the time for the reply and link. pangaia Mar 2014 #25

That was a hydrolic failure due to an engine breaking apart. Glassunion Mar 2014 #29

It was a real heroic effort. The top pilots are on a whole different level. BlueStreak Mar 2014 #30

The standby power system has a few sources. mn9driver Mar 2014 #42

Vietnam has many airports. SansACause Mar 2014 #28

Just a theory ... BlueStreak Mar 2014 #33