Posted on 03/12/2014 4:17:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
PORT DICKSON: A group of fishermen found a life raft bearing the word
Boarding 10 nautical miles from Port Dickson town at 12pm yesterday.
One of the fishermen, Azman Mohamad, 40, said they found the badly damaged raft floating and immediately notified the Kuala Linggi Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Malacca for assistance to lift the raft as it was very heavy.
"We managed to tie it to our boat as we feared it would sink due to the damages," he said.
When the MMEA boat arrived, the fishermen then handed over the raft into their custody.
However, a Kuala Linggi MMEA spokesman said the raft sunk into the sea while they were trying to bring the raft onboard.
Boy nothing is going right with this one.
...looks like mohamad is central to the story.
Port Dickson is on the Malacca Straights
not necessarily. At least they have a location. I wonder how deep?
2-3 minutes falling from 35,000 feet is not a good way to go. however it does give you time to say your prayers if the initial explosion doesn’t get you.
As far as I know large airplanes don’t carry life rafts.
My guess is they’ll say this part of the ocean is about 55,000 feet deep and filled with active volcanoes.
Every commercial airliner carries them.
I stand corrected.
Many years ago when I worked commercial aviation, any aircraft that flew more than 40 miles from land was required to carry life rafts. Now, I don’t know.
How about emergency exit ramps?
Oh, for Pete’s sake, Port Dickson is about 40 miles south of Kuala Lumpur. This is all Twilight Zone stuff.
Is it just me, or does there seem to be a deliberate attempt by the Malaysian authorities to completely screw up the recovery effort? I won’t speculate as to what, but all of the stupidity coming out of KL is just striking.
They all died instantly because the temp is 40 or 50 below zero at 35g altitude.I would say few, if any ,knew what hit them.
40-50 below won’t kill you instantly. They probably wouldn’t even pass out from the low oxygen since they would be low enough within time.
The shock from the explosion (my guess) would probably stun most of them.
They must have thought Indonesia was the southern coast of Vietnam.
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