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Missing plane lost, Malaysia says
Najib Razak: "It is with deep sadness and regret, that according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean."
Malaysia's prime minister has announced on the basis of new analysis it must be concluded that missing flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
He said Malaysia Airlines had told the families of the 239 people on board.
Earlier the BBC saw a text message sent to families saying it had to be assumed "beyond reasonable doubt" that the plane was last and there were no survivors.
Flight MH370 went missing after taking off on 8 March.
The announcement by PM Najib Razak came on the fifth day of an international search effort in the southern Indian Ocean.
Based on new analysis the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Inmarsat, the UK company that provided satellite data, "have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth," he said.
"This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean."
redmanjp wrote:sad news- RIP x 239
so are they going to send deep sea divers to look for bodies now?
Chemical wrote:I believe the plane had a fire. The captain turned towards the nearest SAFE airport to land the plane which was Palau Langkawi Airport on Malasia's west coast. This runway literally sits out into the ocean. If you draw a straight line from the last civilian radar contact on the east coast to the last military contact on the west coast you will see this airport was the one he was aiming for. He did not activate the emergency beacon or call for a "mayday" which means that he had massive electrical failures from the start. In addition, when an on board fire exists, all electrical "fuses" have to be pulled one by one to eliminate all the possible electrical source of the fire. This is also why the planes "beacons, etc etc" where turned off. Its not tech savvy terrorists, suicidal captains or aliens. It was also reported that he flew down to 1000m right after he turned towards PLA. If I had massive electrical failures (flying blind) AND the whole plane was full of smoke, I would seriously think about a controlled landing on the water straight away. The oxygen masks are for breathing and they are useless in a fire. The plane was put on auto pilot ( obviously still working ) at that low altitude to level the plane and the waiting game began. That captain did everything right but I believe the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean after it ran out of fuel. A Boeing 777-200ER has a range of 7,725 miles at maximum payload. Draw a straight line from the last airport track to the last military track and follow it for 7000 miles. That's where you will find the plane. This Captain is a hero as he did everything right under the circumstances.
Inmarsat had already revealed that it did indeed receive signals - automated "pings" - from the plane over its satellite network after the aircraft ceased radio and radar contact.
Sources told the BBC that flight MH370 continued to ping for at least five hours after the aircraft left Malaysian airspace - which indicated the plane was intact and powered.
And initial analysis showed the location of the final "ping" was probably along one of two vast arcs running north and south.
Monday was the fifth day of operations to search remote areas of the southern Indian Ocean
On Monday, the Malaysian prime minister said Inmarsat had been able to shed further light on the plane's flight path by performing further calculations on the MH370 data "using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort".
According to Inmarsat, this involved a totally new way of modelling, which was why it took time.
The company told the BBC the new calculation involved crunching far more data and that engineers spent all weekend looking back at previous Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flights.
They compared the satellite data from those flights with flight MH370 and were able to work out that it went south.
As far as the engineers could tell, the plane was flying at a cruising height above 30,000ft, but its final position could not be pinpointed more clearly, says BBC Transport correspondent Richard Westcott.
Inmarsat gave the AAIB the new data on Sunday, it said, which had to be checked before it could be made public.
DTAC wrote:The Malaysians haven't done anything right so breaking the news via a mass text message seems perfectly natural.
SmokeyGTi wrote:dammit..babies died in this crash...
RIP.
SmokeyGTi wrote:dammit..babies died in this crash...
RIP.
MG Man wrote:SmokeyGTi wrote:dammit..babies died in this crash...
RIP.
babies die in dumpsters, car crashes, covered in flies in Ethiopia....what makes this special?
redmanjp wrote:sad news- RIP x 239
so are they going to send deep sea divers to look for bodies now?
RIPEBREDFRUIT wrote:redmanjp wrote:sad news- RIP x 239
so are they going to send deep sea divers to look for bodies now?
The last flight that crashed into the ocean similar to this- the airplane alone was broken into more than 2 million pieces, what remains of people they will find will be pretty darn hard to decifer . Especially if their remains are at the bottom of the ocean.
MG Man wrote:Fish done eat everything
redmanjp wrote:RIPEBREDFRUIT wrote:redmanjp wrote:sad news- RIP x 239
so are they going to send deep sea divers to look for bodies now?
The last flight that crashed into the ocean similar to this- the airplane alone was broken into more than 2 million pieces, what remains of people they will find will be pretty darn hard to decifer . Especially if their remains are at the bottom of the ocean.
lets say they found bodies within the next few weeks- would DNA be usable after some decomposition & being under the sea?
pete wrote:Removed.. redmanjp, don't do that again.
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