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US Officials Have 'Indication' Malaysia Airline Crashed into Indian Ocean
Yahoo News ^ | 13 Mar 2014 | MARTHA RADDATZ

Posted on 03/13/2014 11:38:06 AM PDT by mandaladon

U.S. officials have an "indication" the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner may have crashed in the Indian Ocean and is moving the USS Kidd to the area to begin searching.

It will take another 24 hours to move the ship into position, a senior Pentagon official told ABC News. "We have an indication the plane went down in the Indian Ocean," the senior official said. The official said there were indications that the plane flew four or five hours after disappearing from radar and that they believe it went into the water.

Pentagon officials said that the USS Kidd was being moved at the request of Malaysia and is heading towards an area where the Indian Ocean and the Andaman Sea meet. It has helicopters aboard that can scour the area.

The U.S. action came hours after Malaysian officials said they had extended their search into the Andaman Sea and had requested help from India in the search for the missing plane and its 239 passengers.

Investigators also said today that U.S. officials gave them reasons to keep searching the waters west of Malaysia, far from the flight path of the Malaysia Airlines plane.

Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that the search’s “main focus has always been in the South China Sea,” which is east of Malaysia and along the plane’s route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

But the search was extended earlier this week to include water far to the west on the other side of Malaysia. “We are working very closely with the FAA and the NTSB on the issue of a possible air turn back,” Hishammuddin said, referring to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board.

(Excerpt) Read more at gma.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: indianocean; malaysia; mh370
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To: exit82

I agree, you just may be correct.


81 posted on 03/13/2014 1:17:49 PM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (Elections have consequences - NOW LOOK what we have to deal with...)
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To: prisoner6
Highjacked plane that ran out of fuel -- wouldn't be the first time:

82 posted on 03/13/2014 1:18:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Looks like it. I don’t think anyone was flying that plane after the transponders went off.


83 posted on 03/13/2014 1:24:52 PM PDT by Unruly Human
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To: Red Badger

Payne Stewart.

Great guy.


84 posted on 03/13/2014 1:28:57 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Black Agnes
"....radar return..."

A short tutorial, from a 35 year controller.

In aviation, there are two types of radar, 'primary' and 'secondary'. In today's civil environment, primary is seldom used, as it is unreliable and costly to maintain.

Primary radar is a display of transmitted energy that has been reflected back to the antenna. It appears as a 'blip' or 'blob', with some variation in brightness. It has no altitude information. A small target at short range would appear to be the same size as a large target at moderate range. Military radars are quite powerful primary radars, as only a kamakazi would fly into combat with a transponder.

Secondary radar consists of a ground transmitter sending a radio signal out, asking "hey, anybody out there?". The aircraft transponder receives the signal and replies with a four digit code and his altitude. The ground receiver then, via computer, displays the target on the display in the correct position, along with the altitude.

The aircraft transponder is also part of the collision avoidance system, but that is part of another tutorial.

85 posted on 03/13/2014 1:42:41 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: rxsid
"...Learjet pilots are required to wear oxygen masks around their neck."

That is an absurd statement, absolutely incorrect, and inconceivable that any pilot would ever make it.

They would never be able to sell a single one if that were true. It's like requiring all passengers to wear a parachute.

86 posted on 03/13/2014 1:54:16 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost

Perhaps Tom Baum, a Learjet pilot instructor, who told that to CNN was a lier. I don’t know, simply quoted the article.


87 posted on 03/13/2014 1:56:50 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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liar


88 posted on 03/13/2014 1:57:16 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: diogenes ghost
"...Learjet pilots are required to wear oxygen masks around their neck."

That is an absurd statement, absolutely incorrect, and inconceivable that any pilot would ever make it.

They would never be able to sell a single one if that were true. It's like requiring all passengers to wear a parachute.

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Another source with this claim:

Flying the Classic Learjet: A Pilot Training Manual for the Learjet 35A/36A

Aircraft with ZMR 100 series
Crew Masks - One crew member must wear oxygen mask around his neck.

89 posted on 03/13/2014 2:05:08 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: diogenes ghost

So the military class radar would have known exactly what happened to this plane.

And that it didn’t automatically ‘explode’ when the transponder ceased to transmit. Ie, they didn’t see the pieces on radar as they fell thousands of feet to the (presumably) ocean.

We may never know exactly what happened. Looking for it in the Andaman Sea is indication that whatever happened likely wasn’t ‘sudden’.


90 posted on 03/13/2014 2:10:51 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: diogenes ghost
but wait, there more:
According to the Limitations section of the Learjet Model 35/36 Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM), flight crew and passenger oxygen masks are not approved for use above 40,000 feet cabin altitude.11 A "warning" in this section states that "passenger masks are intended for use during an emergency descent to an altitude not requiring supplemental oxygen." The manual also indicates that "passenger masks will not provide sufficient oxygen for prolonged operation above 34,000 feet cabin altitude. Prolonged operation above 25,000 feet cabin altitude with passengers on board is not recommended." In addition, the manual indicates that, above FL 250 (Flight Level 25,000 feet), in aircraft with ZMR-series oxygen masks, one flight crewmember must wear the oxygen mask around the neck; in aircraft with 6600214-series oxygen masks, the masks must be in the quick donning position.12 Further, the manual indicates that, above FL 410, the pilot, copilot, and passengers must wear oxygen masks. The maximum operating altitude for the airplane is 45,000 feet.

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12 In accordance with 14 CFR 25.1477(c)(2), flight crewmembers must be able to don the oxygen mask within 5 seconds for the mask to be considered quick donning.

http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/fulltext/AAB0001.html
91 posted on 03/13/2014 2:16:18 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: rxsid
"...oxygen masks."

Ahhh....now I get it. He/you are referring to an early system that is no longer installed. It even required passengers to use masks at high altitudes. Can you imagine how long the chairman of the board would put up with that?

92 posted on 03/13/2014 2:31:59 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: rxsid

FYI, per a friend of mine who flew Lear’s for a living, they were only required to don them above flight level 410, above 40,000 feet.

The reason being there is so little time to get the mask on AND handle the emergency before you pass out when the air is that thin.


93 posted on 03/13/2014 3:25:32 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: prisoner6

Burj Khalifa?


94 posted on 03/13/2014 3:26:15 PM PDT by Maurya (Dominant then, Dominant again)
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To: USNBandit

yep. it’s not like boiling a frog, especially on commercial aircraft.


95 posted on 03/13/2014 3:26:47 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: TalonDJ

Very true.


96 posted on 03/13/2014 3:27:38 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: diogenes ghost

B-1’s and BUFFs ran sorties over Afghanistan from Diego Garcia.

Currently situation unknown.


97 posted on 03/13/2014 3:28:28 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: woodbutcher1963

FWIW, 15 minutes to descend from 35,000 feet to a breathable atmosphere is a very gentle descent by emergency standards. That’s a little over 2000’ per minute.

My buddy who flew Lear’s for a living until retiring spoke of his one and only ‘sudden’ decompression: he was flying a medical patient from the Bahamas up to NY. They were up there over 40,000’ ASL. Some sort of air pressure valve that pushes compressed air thru a transfer fitting failed, and the cabin air was rapidly escaping.

They had to rapidly descend to a FL so the patient could breathe, but that put them in a tough spot due to the increased fuel consumption at lower altitudes.

He said they landed in VA with a little less than 10 minutes of fuel remaining, FAR into his 45 minute reserve.

Yikers.

And yeah, he already had his mask oni since they were flying well over 40,000 feet ASL.


98 posted on 03/13/2014 3:34:32 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: diogenes ghost

OK, I promise. That business with Stewart was a real shame. I always thought he was one of the classiest individuals on the tour.

So, do the oxygen masks in a pressurized cabin only drop during a sudden depressurization or will they also drop when the oxygen level in the cabin drops below a danger level? Having only ever flown non-pressurized small craft, I never really gave it much thought other than keeping my altitude under 10K.


99 posted on 03/13/2014 3:42:11 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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To: diogenes ghost

It is partially correct, so fear not.

a friend of mine flew LEAR’s for years. Above 40,000’ they were indeed required to not just have the masks around their necks, but actually fully fitted.

This was true across the companies that he rented out to.


100 posted on 03/13/2014 4:26:06 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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