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Posted on 03/28/2014 6:54:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
AMSA updates state that five aircrafts spotted multiple objects of various colours during Friday’s search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
Though the objects have not been verified, AMSA states that they cannot be discounted either.
It states that a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P3 Orion reported sighting a number of objects white or light in colour and a fishing buoy.
A Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion relocated the objects detected by the RNZAF Orion and reported it had seen two blue/grey rectangular objects floating in the ocean.
A second RAAF P3 Orion spotted various objects of various colours in a separate part of the search area.
Crew on board a New Zealand military plane has spotted several objects in the Indian Ocean west of Perth, reports BBC. Surveillance ships will likely reach the area by Saturday.
Malaysia Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the focus right now is to reach the debris sighted by the satellites so that it can be identified if the debris sighted is of MH370 or not.
He also said that Malaysia will follow all possible ways to find the 'black box' of the missing plane.
While addressing media, Malaysia Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has revealed that the MH370 flew at a higher speed than previously presumed, as reported by BBC.
He further added that many nations, including Japan and Thailand, have sent satellite images and that the range of objects show the complexity in the search operation. He also said that Australia is leading the search operation.
(Excerpt) Read more at zeenews.india.com ...
Doesn’t sound like the aircraft being used in these long range searches are seaplanes and have the capability to land on water. If they were we would know “where’s the beef?”.
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P6M Seamaster. Awesome.
The Japanese have those big four engined US/PS turboprops that look like P5M Marlins on steroids.
Yesterday, in response to the growing evidence that Flight 370 crashed into the Indian Ocean, McInerney had the idiocy to claim that a Muslim pilot would not pilot a plane in such a manner putting hundreds of passengers to their deaths.
Ever hear of a little event called 9-11, General?
Methinks he is trying a bit to hard to hang onto his pet theory.
Look how nice and smooth the water is in that image. Now imagine trying to land on seas with 30 foot swells. Ain’t happening.
Don’t know if one of those could successfully land then take of in the roaring 40’s of the Indian Ocean.
From the visual descriptions all this debris sounds like a whole lotta garbage, how many passenger planes carry orange rope on them?
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Looks very similar to my senior year design project (in 1993). A WIG - wing-in-ground effect aircraft. Double the range or double the payload in ground effect.
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Navy dropped the “Skate”. In these circumstances a 4 engine prop jet or even recip engine driven though slower would do the job. It’s my belief there is a market for these types of aircraft even for a military application . If used by countries like Tawian, the Phillipines,India,etc would offer some naval flexability. I think Japan does have some. They really came in handy during WWII saved a lot of lives and were used besides transport in both defensive and offensive operations.
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