Missing MH370: India Scours Jungle Islands for Lost Plane

Malaysia Star ^ | Saturday March 15, 2014

[nickcarraway]

Indian aircraft on Friday combed Andaman and Nicobar, made up of more than 500 mostly uninhabited islands, for signs of missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 that evidence suggests was last headed towards the heavily forested archipelago.

Popular with tourists and anthropologists alike, the islands form India’s most isolated state. They are best known for dense rainforests, coral reefs and hunter-gatherer tribes who have long resisted contact with outsiders.

The search for MH370 has expanded dramatically in the past week but failed to locate the plane or any wreckage, making it one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

I, for one, will wait for the final outcome.

You will wait, and you will tell everyone within earshot that you will wait, as often as possible.

And you'll use the word "conspiracy" a lot, too.

[garjog]

[doc1019]

And your point?

[Praxeologue]

There's going to be an official report?

Okay, I feel better now.

[cynwoody]

MH370 was a 777-200ER (Extended Range), which has a fully fueled range of 7,725 nautical miles, not 5,240.

I wonder how likely is it that they took off with more fuel than reported.

[doc1019]

You doubt that at some time in the future there will be an official report? It will happen, whether it is true or not, there will be an official report. LOL!

[RightGeek]

[mylife]

What would stop the debris from floating on the top when the plane broke up hitting the sea?

The Indian Ocean is mostly like glass, but that would not stop the plane from breaking up on impact.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/WMKK/2014/3/9/DailyHistory.html?

[Dagnabitt]

Or, a thousand feet down in the ocean.

That's where I think it is. Unfortunately.

[doc1019]

I would hope that all the conspiracy people are right, and all are alive ... however, my doubts and general pessimism makes me think otherwise.

[ElkGroveDan]

I wonder how likely is it that they took off with more fuel than reported.

That's what I've been thinking.

[ElkGroveDan]

Or, a thousand feet down in the ocean.

More likely 8,000-12,000 feet down in that region.

[doc1019]

My bad. LOL!

[mylife]

Stuff still floats.

[Vendome]

What a joke.

Try a bigger piece of land or the bottom of the ocean.

[Vendome]

Hey, they might have even beached on a heretofore unknown tropical island...

[Vendome]

D. B. Cooper knows where it is....

[Vendome]

Zactly ....

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The point is... You’re going to wait.

[BeadCounter]

Also, there may well be no final outcome. A month from now, we could still not know anything.