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jtuck004

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13. Or somewhere in the ocean.

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 06:13 AM

Mar 2014

Hundreds of miles in any direction.

I'm not a pilot, but I would think if you set it for level flight, as the earth curves your atmosphere gets even thinner, and at some point the lift of the engines fails and it spirals down?

Autopilot would require electricity, but if engines were running, and it had power, then what happened to the beacon, and radios?

This would then be a search area thousands and thousands of square miles. And I think, within that area, are probably still military planes and others that crashed that have never been found.

So yeah, what you said. Long wait.

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Report: Missing Airplane Flew On For Hours [View all] Hissyspit Mar 2014 OP

Whatever happened it sure is going to be interesting when we find it all out. Agschmid Mar 2014 #1

Agree. Cha Mar 2014 #8

IF we find it all out philosslayer Mar 2014 #62

As it's been repeatedly said... SoapBox Mar 2014 #2

The Guardian has it too pscot Mar 2014 #3

Disinfo. Leroy Jenkins. Mar 2014 #4

LOL...you that guy from Warcraft? Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #5

Leeeeeroy Jenkins!!! Leroy Jenkins. Mar 2014 #6

How about-nobody knows what happened, that's the truth TexasProgresive Mar 2014 #15

I'm Starting to Wonder RobinA Mar 2014 #45

Why can the transponders be turned off to begin with? Recursion Mar 2014 #7

Almost all electronics onboard can be turned off, or have the breaker popped SeattleVet Mar 2014 #9

So it was about an hour.5 into the flight, with a destination then 4.5 hours, roughly. aircraft jtuck004 Mar 2014 #10

If the thing flew on by autopilot for about four hours . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #12

Or somewhere in the ocean. jtuck004 Mar 2014 #13

level flight does not mean straight line flight caraher Mar 2014 #14

The plane curves because of the pilot or autopilot. In this case there may be neither, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #44

Gravity is exactly what pulls it caraher Mar 2014 #59

I wasn't clear. What I meant was that if a pilot sets it to fly somewhere, in the jtuck004 Mar 2014 #60

The codes aren't permanently assigned. kristopher Mar 2014 #20

They don't recognize modes of operation? Recursion Mar 2014 #42

They need off positions on all electronics in case of shorts. n/t EX500rider Mar 2014 #52

Pro golfer Payne Stewart's plane flew for hours before it crashed. ColesCountyDem Mar 2014 #11

The autopilot on this plane will take it down to 10K ft in that event. nt kristopher Mar 2014 #21

15 to 30 seconds, according to the FAA: muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #22

The 777 HAD that problem early on too.... Pholus Mar 2014 #26

Stewart was in a Lear 35 - cruise alt 41,000 rickford66 Mar 2014 #53

I was thinking they were at FL 360 or 365, but we essentially agree. ColesCountyDem Mar 2014 #57

sure rickford66 Mar 2014 #61

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Good one groundloop Mar 2014 #17

Speculation is fun. Bashing other posters in righteous indignation is even more fun. bemildred Mar 2014 #19

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It really does - and all the intrigue keeps attention from the obvious tragedy for those on the karynnj Mar 2014 #24

People like to be right, and they like to think they know what is going on. bemildred Mar 2014 #31

This should be a DUzy! Jamastiene Mar 2014 #37

Malaysia's transport minister denies reports plane flew on for hours muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #18

I don't believe anything Malaysian athorities say at this point. B2G Mar 2014 #25

Still, that 4+ hours of flight time seems fantastical.... Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #35

The Malaysian military already said B2G Mar 2014 #36

Well, they would have tracked it for much longer then Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #38

You can't get a signal at 30,000 feet over the ocean. B2G Mar 2014 #39

We have always been at war with EastAsia. lapislzi Mar 2014 #28

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There we go jsr Mar 2014 #29

He might have about the same amount of luck as most of us at figuring it out. n/t Jamastiene Mar 2014 #40

witch doctors in suits marions ghost Mar 2014 #41

First, this report is just as likely to be bogus mn9driver Mar 2014 #30

Rolls-Royce is denying the claim. Remember, it was the Wall Street Journal which is Murdoch. I don't OregonBlue Mar 2014 #32

Link to their denial? B2G Mar 2014 #34

It was Malaysia�s Defense & acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein... countryjake Mar 2014 #58

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(Latest Update) Now the Pentagon is confirming this original report... countryjake Mar 2014 #46

"...new information is not necessarily conclusive." Jerry442 Mar 2014 #51

Update from the Washington Post bigworld Mar 2014 #48

This is turning into a Twilight Zone episode!!!!!! LongTomH Mar 2014 #50

You get a gold star for BEST THREAD POST!!!!! northoftheborder Mar 2014 #55

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