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Bizarre: missing Malaysia Airlines passengers' phones ring, but no one answers
News 24 ^ | 3/10/14 | News 24

Posted on 03/10/2014 7:53:39 AM PDT by jimbo123

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1 posted on 03/10/2014 7:53:39 AM PDT by jimbo123
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Ok, color me stupid, but if cell phones go in the water, they don’t ring do they?


2 posted on 03/10/2014 7:55:12 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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Now it’s the “Twilight Zone.” Or is it “Lost”?


3 posted on 03/10/2014 7:55:29 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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The phone isn’t ringing. The system is.


4 posted on 03/10/2014 7:56:33 AM PDT by bkepley
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Active cell phones can be easily tracked. It would be irresponsible to not have already done this.


5 posted on 03/10/2014 7:58:50 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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now why the hell wouldn’t this have been checked out as one of the very first things?


6 posted on 03/10/2014 7:59:25 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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7 posted on 03/10/2014 7:59:27 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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The phone companies should be able to tell if they get a ping from the phone or if the towers are just sending out the signal blindly.


8 posted on 03/10/2014 7:59:41 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: LS

I would think if the phone was in water, it wouldn’t ring at all.

Also, I’m wondering about the black boxes; Doesn’t the FDR have a transponder on it? Have they tried picking up the ping?


9 posted on 03/10/2014 8:00:07 AM PDT by k4gypsyrose
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Notice they are saying they are giving out all the information they can at this time...which means...they have more info but can’t give it out yet.


10 posted on 03/10/2014 8:00:24 AM PDT by RummyChick
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Yep. If the call originated from a phone, a record is generated showing, among other things, what tower was used.


11 posted on 03/10/2014 8:00:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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Please explain in layman's terms.
12 posted on 03/10/2014 8:01:36 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963 (=)
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Ok, color me stupid, but if cell phones go in the water, they don’t ring do they?

Not unless they're designed for underwater use.

When you call somebody's phone you don't actually hear that person's phone ring. What you hear is a ring back tone generated by the carrier to simulate the phone ringing.

Depending on the carrier they could be generating the ring back tone while they're trying to connect the call?

13 posted on 03/10/2014 8:02:00 AM PDT by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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When you call someone you don’t hear their telephone ring, you hear a ringback tone supplied by the telephone network.

That just tells you that the network is sending out a signal to ring the other telephone.


14 posted on 03/10/2014 8:02:55 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Albert Einstein: The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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One man leaving his phone behind on dry land so that it rings is one thing...

but several phones ringing is quite another...


15 posted on 03/10/2014 8:03:10 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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If the plane had come out of America, we would be screaming and demanding that we be told where the heck those phones are..and lawyers would be getting involved.

I guess they are a little more laid back in Asia.


16 posted on 03/10/2014 8:03:23 AM PDT by RummyChick
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I don’t believe that cell phones work like land lines where in order for the phone to ring, there has to be an actual connection from source to destination made.


17 posted on 03/10/2014 8:04:02 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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You don’t call another cell phone, you call a controller which calls the cell phone. It’s quite possible this controller would provide feedback to the user in the form of ringing sounds before the cell phone is actually reached and it’s also likely that some of the cell phones on the plane were still registered on the system so the system would think it likely that the cell phone could be reached.


18 posted on 03/10/2014 8:04:15 AM PDT by bkepley
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19 posted on 03/10/2014 8:07:41 AM PDT by baddog 219
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What...no GPS positioning on the phone?

I would guess that the phone was in a bag in the baggage department and the baggage is floating someplace.

We need to find out if he called his bro right after he boarded or visa versa.

I suppose I should read the entire article first.

20 posted on 03/10/2014 8:09:37 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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