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Originally posted by James Bond View PostDid the ELT go off in AF447?
Was it an AD type?
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Originally posted by James Bond View PostTheres a Chinese registered cargo ship south of the Indian Ocean search area doing some interesting maneuvers
Why else would a cargo ship be there?
Looks like you were on the ball JB
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Originally posted by exswissair View PostThe latest track shows this vessel is very close to the area. No?
http://www.vesselfinder.com/?mmsi=413501228
I still don't understand what a cargo ship is doing out there, literally running around in circlesAirDisaster.com Forum Member 2004-2008
Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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I can only assume they have better pictures or data of some sort that alerted them to the possible debris than what has been published.
You would have to be some sort of genius to recognise that as wreckage out of what must be millions of satellite images available for checking.
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Some more questions:
If flying on autopilot and you reach the last waypoint, does the autopilot:- disengage,
- fly in a pattern around the final waypoint, or
- keep going in a straight line?
Do the voice and data recorders have enough capacity for the entire flight, or do they just store the last hour or two? Just wondering whether the reason for the convoluted flight lasting several hours was to overwrite anything from the first part of the flight to cause yet more confusion and uncertainty as to who was responsible and why?
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Another great post from our friends on the PPRuNe Forums (posted by training wheels)
What I've done in the picture below is to put in the coordinates of the sighting of the wreckage given in this AMSA picture and to also plot the position of Urumqi Airport in China (capital of Xinjiang Province), but instead of using N in the coordinates for Urumqi Airport, I use S. So my point YYYY below becomes
S 43 54.432', E87 28.452' where as the actual Urumqi airport is
N 43 54.432', E87 28.452'
with the only difference in the set of coordinates being the N and S. What I found is quite interesting in that there is a difference of only 150 meters between the two points!!
Could it be that someone may have wanted to enter in to the FMC the coordinates for Urumqi Airport in Xinjiang, but instead of using North, they entered in South? There is a very real possibility that this occurred given the close proximity of the wreckage and the error coordinate for Urumqi Airport (YYYY in my picture). A mere 150 meters over a total distance of 3164 from IGARI is really saying something and can't be ruled out as a coincidence.
and yes, I know the point of diversion to the south wasn't at IGARI but that's beside the point.AirDisaster.com Forum Member 2004-2008
Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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The first P-3 from the RAAF has been unable to locate anything to poor weather conditions
A RNZAF P-3 is on the way. No more news from the USN P-8.AirDisaster.com Forum Member 2004-2008
Originally posted by orangehuggythe most dangerous part of a flight is not the take off or landing anymore, its when a flight crew member goes to the toilet
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