S7.5E96 [point of likely turn south @ 18:29] to the DS location of 36.02S, 88.57E is:
Distance of 3042 miles
From 18:29 to 00:11 is 5.7 hours
Average speed of 533.68 mph.
Average speed of first 1.8 hours was about 485mph
After turning south — why the hurry?????
Wouldn’t he slow down and savour the ride at slower speed conserving fuel???
Danny Owen
2014/06/19 AT 17:08
I am sorry, and with all due respect to Duncan and the entire team, I do not believe the plane came down that far south into the Indian ocean. The final statement is very disappointing.
It does not make sense, from a terrorist or even a human ideology point of view.
Unless, unless the cargo on the plane was deemed so sensitive, so secretive that the plane was hijacked simply to have the cargo destroyed and never to be found again, should it fall into the wrong hands.
Why hijack the plane? Why take it that far south? Perhaps your calculations were based on the ‘possibility’ that a similar plane as MH370 can fly that far south? Perhaps the data released is simply a ruse to keep us all away from the most likely location of the plane – closer to Malaysia?
Reply from Duncan Steel
2014/06/19 AT 17:45
Perhaps you have missed the point that the working hypothesis, broadly, is that the autopilot – in the absence of any human input – flew the aircraft to its terminal point.
And you also seem to have missed the point that the intent of this blog has been use of the evidence that is available, and not things that people “believe” or not. People’s beliefs are not evidence.
[Hey Duncan — what is the difference between a “working hypothesis” and a “belief” and where is your evidence that your “working hypothesis” is not just a “belief” —
Your autopilot has the plane travelling 100mph faster than Inmarsat’s autopilot and touching down 700 miles away from each other — So then which autopilot was in control of the plane? — yours or Inmarsat’s — and which hypothesis was working at the time of the touchdown? — yours or Inmarsat’s]