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Post by Dex on Aug 5, 2015 19:18:21 GMT -5
The airplane fragment that washed up on an island last week was a piece of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Malaysian prime minister confirmed Wednesday — the first definitive physical clue to the greatest mystery in modern aviation. "I hope that this confirmation, however tragic and painful, will at least bring certainty to the families and loved ones of the 239 people on board MH370," said a somber Prime Minister Najib Razak. "They have our deepest sympathy and prayers." The fragment — a 6-foot-long, barnacle-encrusted wing flap — was discovered on July 29 by a crew cleaning the beach on Reunion Island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of Africa. Investigators had already determined that it came from a Boeing 777, and Flight 370 was the only plane of that model missing in the world. But the confirmation on Wednesday provided the first tangible evidence of what became of the plane after it disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014, with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board. all www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-jet/mh370-mystery-officials-confirm-fragment-missing-flight-n404546 |
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Post by annaj26 on Aug 6, 2015 9:19:52 GMT -5
It was going to be found sooner or later. I just hope they will have enough to work with to tell them what happened. Sympathies to the survivors. www.cnn.com/ |
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Post by sadie on Aug 6, 2015 9:53:31 GMT -5
Well.......I'm happy it has been found......I think it was always in the back of my head that it was parked somewhere and going to be used in an attack somewhere else......so that's at least off the table now........I'm not sure how you crash a plane into the ocean without leaving anything on top of the ocean to find.....but maybe the length of time before they got to search for it had something to do with it.
While heartbreaking for the families.......I think there has to be relief to just know.....to finally know.....
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Post by fretslider on Aug 8, 2015 16:34:38 GMT -5
It's been in the water a long time, they should be able to narrow down the search area based on the ocean current
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Post by kronks on Aug 8, 2015 22:23:38 GMT -5
It's been in the water a long time, they should be able to narrow down the search area based on the ocean current I doubt they will have sufficient info on the currents to do that really, well maybe they can do something such as saying it is not inconsistent with it coming down in a particularly fairly big area. |
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Post by mouse on Aug 9, 2015 0:39:22 GMT -5
It's been in the water a long time, they should be able to narrow down the search area based on the ocean current I doubt they will have sufficient info on the currents to do that really, well maybe they can do something such as saying it is not inconsistent with it coming down in a particularly fairly big area. what !!!!!! |
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Post by fretslider on Aug 9, 2015 2:32:22 GMT -5
It's been in the water a long time, they should be able to narrow down the search area based on the ocean current I doubt they will have sufficient info on the currents to do that really, well maybe they can do something such as saying it is not inconsistent with it coming down in a particularly fairly big area. You doubt we have information on ocean currents? Blimey. Ocean Currents What about the ducks? |
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Post by Scottish Lassie on Aug 9, 2015 22:17:44 GMT -5
I doubt they will have sufficient info on the currents to do that really, well maybe they can do something such as saying it is not inconsistent with it coming down in a particularly fairly big area. what !!!!!! Hi Mouse, apparently they do know the currents but don't know how long the debris has been there in the island. Had the debris been noticed straight away there would be no problem tracing it back to its source. |
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Post by mouse on Aug 10, 2015 1:41:47 GMT -5
my WHAT!!!! was in comment on kronks post about us not having knowledge on sea and tidal currants
that we would not have knowledge on the currants of the sea is a statement of great innocense and naivety...given the great sea nations of the world travelled the seas before they travelled the land and knew the seas better than they knew the land[including English]and of course sailors pooled their knowledge
and made detailed charts on every journey
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