Here are responses to my latest article on MH 370
Posted on | March 25, 2014 | 4 Comments
I read your article on the lack of information regarding the aircraft and was intrigued that no one would give you a real explanation. The gentleman you quoted should have admitted he didn’t understand, instead of making something up. Pride is a vicious mistress.
You are correct as to the concept of the equatorial geosynchronous satellite. Just one of the pings on that satellite was sufficient to determine the arc the aircraft was on at that instant in time. The radar track showed the aircraft on a southern track. Malaysia is above the equator, so the first two pings would show a Doppler shift getting shorter as the plane approached the equator. The hourly pings thereafter would show the Doppler shift getting longer, indicating the plane was continuing south. The pings were hourly, so we can presume the aircraft went down within a circle the diameter of no more than 1 hours flight time (in ANY direction) from the last ping.
Here is some interesting math to help one appreciate the enormity (futility?) of the search. We know the plane cannot be further than one hour of flight time from its last ping position. Boeing states the cruise (not maximum) speed for that aircraft is 562 miles per hour. That makes its final resting place in a circle not quite 562 miles in radius. Let’s use 560 miles as our ‘worst case scenario’. Using the formula to determine the area of a circle gives us a search area of 990,076 square miles – a daunting task by any measure.
Harold Powell
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Submitted on 2014/03/25 at 12:30 pm
Where is the radar data from Diego Garcia (https://www.infoplease.com/spot/dg.html). This large US base with some of the best radars and air defensive systems should have seen this “bogy” aircraft passing. Their radar should be able to provide heading and altitude information to confirm Inmarsat’s calculations. |
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March 26th, 2014 @ 4:08 am
NEW YORK/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A U.S.-based law firm said it expects to represent families of more than half of the passengers on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight in a lawsuit against the carriers and Boeing Co, alleging the plane had crashed due to mechanical failure. https://news.msn.com/us/us-law-firm-seeks-records-from-malaysia-airlines-boeing “Though both Boeing and Malaysia Airlines were named in the filing, the focus of the case will be on Boeing, Ribbeck’s lawyers told reporters, as they believe that the incidentwas caused by mechanical failure.””Ribbeck only plans to file the case in the United States.”
March 26th, 2014 @ 4:11 am
“The long-range jumbo jet has helped connect cities at the far ends of the globe, with flights as long as 16 hours. But more impressive is its safety record: The first fatal crash in its 19-year history only came last July when an Asiana Airlines jet landed short of the runway in San Francisco. Three of the 307 people aboard died.”
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-777-flown-by-malaysia-airlines-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-safest-jets-2014-3#ixzz2x4AEi7KV
March 26th, 2014 @ 9:08 am
Since someone has confirmed that the plane is in either Pakistan or Iran, it makes one wonder how these other people can conclusively say that the plane has crashed?
March 26th, 2014 @ 11:42 am
Who and Where was it “confirmed” that the plane is in either Pakistan or Iran? Seems to me that a confirmation would tell exactly where the plane is – not two different possible locations.
March 27th, 2014 @ 2:19 pm
Sandy Beach: At least (2) Generals have discussed this and one of them on this site, already!
Are you not keeping up with the daily news?