No Way Zaharie Will Sabotage Flight, Say Colleagues

Malaysia Star ^ | Monday March 17, 2014

[Parley Baer]

I will say it still could be a failure such as an electrical problem. However it is funny it would occur during the hand off from Malaysian air control to Viet Nam air control.

[FAA]

“I don’t think the ELT would be detectable in a water crash”

I understand ELT to be a totally independent system that is detectable in a water scenario. That’s it purpose. It can be affixed to life rafts or whatever and ping for a few days time. Small. Self contained. Maybe the size of a Coke can.

[ralph rotten]

MY THEORY-——How can BAD GUYS get in cockpit if it was a 707 you could store THEM in LOWER 41 AVIATION BAY —WHICH IS JUST BELOW THE COCKPIT WITH METAL BARS -—YOU CAN JUST LIFT THE BARS UP AND PULL YOUR SELF UP INTO THE COCKPIT-—IT WAS STATED THAT SOMEONE MUST HAVE TURN OFF A TRANSMITTER FROM THE AVIATION BAY OF THE 777 AND RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT-——MY THEORY IS THAT THE BAD GUYS WERE IN THE AVIATION BAY ON TAKE OFF——I have never been in a 777 cockpit but have spent many hour( 1000) in the 707 cockpit and lower 41 during flight.
If bad guys were in electric bay in the 777 on TAKE OFF ,THEY COULD EASY TAKE OUT THE PILOT AND COPILOT WITH GAS

[logi_cal869]

Does anyone know if Malaysia Airlines logs passengers in the jumpseat in the manifest or anywhere else?

We all know how secure they keep the cockpit...

This new map is interesting...

[Revolting cat!]

My theory is that the chief pilot’s keyboard SHIFT key got stuck, and from then on there was no way back!

[zipper]

I understand ELT to be a totally independent system that is detectable in a water scenario. That’s it purpose. It can be affixed to life rafts or whatever and ping for a few days time. Small. Self contained. Maybe the size of a Coke can.

Yes, and probably sealed from water, but the signal still has to penetrate the water. Maybe in very shallow water that may not be much of a problem, but we're talking about deep water -- ocean water over 12,000 feet deep (Indian Ocean, if that's where it is).

If the ELT were sufficient for water crashes they wouldn't need a ULB.

[FAA]

And, there you go.

[ralph rotten]

I believe that the world is made up with hall monitor like that you that check for check grass growing next door but does notice the crack house down the street—I MAY ALSO USE TO MUCH WATER AND PARK MY CAR OUT FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND OF COURSE YOU MISSED YOUR HOUSE ON FIRE. This is with a big S