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Navy official: Pings not thought to be from Flight 370's black boxes
CNN ^ | 10:26 PM EDT, Wed May 28, 2014 | Rene Marsh and Mike M. Ahlers,

Posted on 05/28/2014 7:43:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The four acoustic pings at the center of the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 for the past seven weeks are no longer believed to have come from the plane's black boxes, a U.S. Navy official told CNN.

The acknowledgment came Wednesday as searchers wrapped up the first phase of their effort, having scanned 329 square miles of southern Indian Ocean floor without finding any wreckage from the Boeing 777-200.

Authorities now almost universally believe the pings did not come from the onboard data or cockpit voice recorders, but instead came from some other man-made source unrelated to the jetliner that disappeared on March 8, according to Michael Dean, the Navy's deputy director of ocean engineering.

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: boeing777; dopplereffect; indianocean; madagascar; mh370; mh370pings; rabbithole; reunionisland; southchinasea; standrew; vietnam; wildgoosechase
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1 posted on 05/28/2014 7:43:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

That plane and the one from 2006 (that the media lost interest in about 10 minutes after it happened!) were hi-jacked and are in the ME somewhere, being retro-fitted for a literal, ‘Hell On Earth’ here in the USA at a future date.

Prepare appropriately, as in kiss your loved ones goodbye and prepare to meet your Maker.

There is no doubt in my military mind that 9/11 is going to be repeated. And repeated. And repeated.

And we will never learn until America is a Third-World hellhole and a constant Ground Zero.

Other than that, Life Is Good! *SMIRK*


2 posted on 05/28/2014 7:51:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: BenLurkin

“some other man-made source “

It wasn’t my IPhone.


3 posted on 05/28/2014 7:52:54 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Obama lied; our healthcare died.)
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To: BenLurkin

many types of equipment.

can malfunction,
and start to oscillate.


4 posted on 05/28/2014 7:59:37 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: BenLurkin

Let the Israelis deal with it now.


5 posted on 05/28/2014 8:02:03 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: BenLurkin
but instead came from some other man-made source unrelated to the jetliner...

A wayward piece of equipment of a nearby CNN camera crew would still be "related" to the jetliner...

6 posted on 05/28/2014 8:02:45 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: BenLurkin

So then will they go back and spend the next year searching the very same waters where they now know those pings didn’t come from???


7 posted on 05/28/2014 8:08:56 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: BenLurkin

The pings are coming from a pirate ship sunk in the 18th Century. CNN is on the case.


8 posted on 05/28/2014 8:19:10 PM PDT by kempster
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Harrr!


9 posted on 05/28/2014 8:19:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

...And other Navy sources disagreed with his assessment. Let’s send them all to their rooms and not let them out until they come to some agreement.


10 posted on 05/28/2014 8:29:53 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: BenLurkin

I am still very concerned this plane has not been found.


11 posted on 05/28/2014 8:37:05 PM PDT by Viennacon
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In other words they do not have a clue where that plane is.


12 posted on 05/28/2014 9:02:14 PM PDT by oldenuff2no
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To: oldenuff2no

Or they do know, but they don’t want anyone to find out.


13 posted on 05/28/2014 9:03:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

The “information” we have on MH370 is fraught with lies, lies, and more lies.

That’s true for a lot of news stories. It’s just more obvious here.


14 posted on 05/28/2014 9:04:53 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: dfwgator

Bingo!!


15 posted on 05/28/2014 9:14:05 PM PDT by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Pass the tin foil will ya?


16 posted on 05/28/2014 9:21:14 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Viennacon
I am still very concerned this plane has not been found.

Good point - and I am too. We aren't talking about a Lockheed Ventura in the 1930's...this is a 777-200...with a bunch of people on board. Something is fishy (pardon the possible pun) here.

I don't see how some fisherman/pleasure boater would not have accidently found something. It's not straight. No matter what angle the plane crashed at there is a bunch of stuff on any plane that floats...and this is a BIG plane, lotsa stuff...and planes just don't hit the water and easily descend below the waves without stuff coming out.
17 posted on 05/28/2014 9:51:37 PM PDT by DJlaysitup
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With each passing day, it seems less and less likely that the plane actually crashed in the water. Like you say, something would have been found. There is no precedent for anything close to this timescale passing on a plane of this size without some trace.
Now, its not the first time a jet has vanished. There was that unexpected takeoff from an airport in Angola that was never found, but that plane had no passengers. This one was full of them.

I get that the CNN coverage was ridiculous and there isn’t a whole lot of new information, but people seem to have totally forgotten about the story which is arguably I’d say still the biggest story out there, globally speaking. Russian incursions and incompetence at the VA are important, but this is the biggest conundrum in the history of aviation. Very frustrating to have no information at this point, even more so for the family members.


18 posted on 05/28/2014 10:09:15 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: DJlaysitup

Lets say that “whatever” happened and somehow the pilot (or autopilot) brought this 777 down in a perfect landing on the sea somewhere...just like Sculley did in the Hudson. Well then the people would get out...and while I’m skeptical as the seat cushions really being effective life preservers...you know damned well some folks would grab their bags (bags float)...makes no sense. People don’t just die and leave no traces. Not 200+.

So even if it crashed hard (or was shot down), or landed softly...there would be some evidence on the surface.


19 posted on 05/28/2014 10:10:06 PM PDT by DJlaysitup
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To: DJlaysitup

...fairly easily identifiable evidence...if you are looking in the right place.


20 posted on 05/28/2014 10:13:28 PM PDT by DJlaysitup
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