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ManiShuck
Here is the map showing where the last known location would be.
It's looking like a real possibility that it could be an Uyghur based plot, if data is correct. A lot of Chinese were on the plane so it would make sense to take that one. If it took the northern route, though, interesting why China wouldn't have read it on radar (of course it could be speculated that China themselves are the ones who took it).
Indian officials have begun searching hundreds of uninhabited islands in the Andaman Sea using heat-seeking devices in the search for the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared six days ago.
Two Indian air force reconnaissance planes began flying over the islands on Friday as a precaution, after they and two naval ships scoured the seas surrounding the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, according to Colonel Harmit Singh of India's tri-services command in the territory.
The archipelago, which stretches south of Burma, contains 572 islands across an area of 52 x 720km. Only 37 are inhabited, with the rest covered in dense forests.
The Indian navy was considering expanding its search west into the Bay of Bengal.
Singh declined to give details about the rest of the search operation, including the use of the heat sensors on the Dornier planes.
Coastguard official VSR Murthy said India would turn its focus toward western waters between the islands and the Indian coast. On Friday, two navy ships were still sailing east of Great Nicobar Island.
Next steps for tonight/today ...
Now we have the two red arcs.
There are (at least) two further constraints on final location under reasonable assumptions.
For now I think that we can assume that the plane did not stop to refuel in the early hours of 8/3 (but we may reconsider this later).
One is the flying time of less than 6 hours from near Penang to the final resting place (but presumably not much less).
The other is the fuel which would give a similar upper bound.
Thus we just need to draw another circle on the map of radius about 5000km centred on the last radar blip (off Penang).
Then we intersect circles and arcs and should get just one or two possible approximate locations.
ManiShuck
reply to post by DrHammondStoat
....If it went south, you have deeper ocean as well as currents and many days passed since it went down. North you have countries that should have military radar data, and between China and India something should come up (unless you go with speculation that China is involved).
There is potential for some breakthrough's coming in the next 48 hours.
ManiShuck
Here is the map showing where the last known location would be.
It's looking like a real possibility that it could be an Uyghur based plot, if data is correct. A lot of Chinese were on the plane so it would make sense to take that one. If it took the northern route, though, interesting why China wouldn't have read it on radar (of course it could be speculated that China themselves are the ones who took it).
"Based on new satellite communication, we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system, or ACARS, was disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia," he told a press conference near the capital's International Airport.
Citing Malaysian air force radar data, the prime minister said the missing flight did indeed turn back, then flew westward back over Peninsula Malaysia before turning northwest.
"These movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane," he said.
DrHammondStoat
SprocketUK
reply to post by option158
I wouldn't even attempt it. but, you know, if someone really wanted someone on that plane and the ability to deny it...
If someone wanted something on the plane, why not just steal it before it got on the plane?
A robbery on the ground would be a lot easier and cheaper that training people to hijack a plane and having to subdue 200+ people and having the whole world out looking.
If it was someone on board that was the target, the same logic applies.
qd22vcc
Also, is there anyone that knows the answer to this?
Do oxygen masks deploy automatically? And can they choose to only let the mask drop in the cockpit and not the rest?