Missing Malaysia Airline MH370 latest update: Underwater drama as mini-sub aborts first search

Emirates 24/7 ^ | 4/15/15 | By Agencies

[OneVike]

They will probably never ever find the Malaysian jet. I personally think it just happenstance went into the part of the Ocean that is one of the deepest in the world. So far the submersible has reported that the area it went down to is deeper than they thought it was. Will we find its as deep or even deeper than what is currently considered the deepest part of the oceans in the Pacific South of Japan?

[Viennacon]

If they don’t find the jet, it’s entirely because this whole investigation has been a clown show from the beginning.

[OneVike]

I agree.

[Amberdawn]

It sounds like very poor planning, given that the worlds oceans are pretty much mapped as to depth. Sheesh.

[Talisker]

What a farce.

[ltc8k6]

http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=38144

Get the old pros on the phone...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well you are right about one thing they will never find it looking in the Ocean. :-)

[Uncle Chip]

They just need to bring in another submersible that can hold its breath longer —

[Salamander]

gnip

[Trod Upon]

Are we sure it's not in Crapistan? They're either serial bumblers or this is some kind of Kabuki show.

[JustSurrounded]

Shifting search area away from deep water? Sounds like the old joke about looking for a lost article where the light is better. . .

[shibumi]

I wonder if they’ve thought of looking for it in ... oh ... I don’t know ...a hangar maybe?

[LurkingSince1943]

The old pros are busy preparing for the Obama’s next vacation on the Vineyard. No time.

[blueplum]

On Monday Mark Matthews, the United States navy captain who oversees the use of the Bluefin-21, told Guardian Australia that if the vehicle exceeded its limits more than once it would no longer work.

“It could probably go down further than that once, but it wouldn’t be functional after that,” he said.

Matthews said the vehicle was “chosen for its speed of deployment, and principally the mission right now is to localise. It’s got a tactical capability to do those debris fields but it’s certainly not the tool I would use to do a very, very broad area sonar scan”.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/15/mh370-drone-search-short-4500m

[mcshot]

What if the Bundy situation was activated to pull interest from the location of MH370 on Diego Garcia. And who would be involved there but the Wonder. We have distractions galore and he has his pen and phone and God help us. Now for some coffee.

[skeptoid]

It sounds like very poor planning, given that the worlds oceans are pretty much mapped as to depth. Sheesh.

Really?

Ask Commander Mooney about that.

The second pic is from the Wiki article on the USS San Francisco

[haole]

if there was a crash, there would have beeb debris. so the 77 was landed, either on land, or, or the ocean, where it was scuttled to sink without trace.

[Uncle Chip]

Bring in the REMUS 6000 —

Deep Ocean, Large Area Search/Survey

The REMUS 6000 is an innovative, versatile research tool designed to operate in depths ranging from 25 meters (82 feet) to 6,000 meters (19,685 feet or 3.73 miles), allowing for a wide range of autonomous operations.

The REMUS 6000 —the largest of the REMUS vehicles— provides ample space and power for even the most challenging applications. The AUV has the ability to travel farther, go deeper, and carry a more complex set of sensors, but it boasts the same proven software and electronic subsystems found in the highly successful REMUS 100 AUV.

The vehicle’s launch and recovery system is designed to function off the stern of a ship and can be set up for shipboard operations within a few hours.

This efficient AUV can be used for numerous exploration and mapping purposes, including hydrographic surveys, environmental monitoring, debris field mapping, search and salvage operations, and scientific sampling and mapping.