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Watch Video: 122 objects discovered in Flight 370 search area
Hotair ^ | 03/26/2014 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 03/26/2014 7:24:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The declaration that Flight 370 has been lost with no survivors got more supporting evidence overnight. Pictures taken Sunday from a French satellite show 122 objects in the water 2555 kilometers (1588 miles) southwest of Perth in the south Indian Ocean, where investigators now believe the airplane eventually crashed. Malaysia’s government announced the findings in a press conference a short while ago:

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Satellite images taken on Sunday show 122 “potential objects” in the search for debris from missing flight MH370, Malaysian investigators said Wednesday.

Analysis of the images, which were supplied by France-based aeronautical firm Airbus Defence, revealed objects in the southern Indian Ocean around 1,588 miles from Perth, Australia – close to where other objects were previously seen.
The objects were between one meter (3 feet) and 23 meters (72 feet) in length and were seen across an area of ocean approximately 154 square miles wide, acting transport minister Hishamuddin Hussein told reporters.

“Some of the objects appeared to be bright, possibly indicating solid materials,” he added.

Even though the search has changed from a rescue to a recovery operation, time still matters. In order to unravel the mystery of Flight 370, investigators need the so-called “black boxes” — the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorders. They come equipped with beacons to help locate them after crashes, but the beacon batteries are designed to last a month … and the flight has been missing for almost three weeks already:

The search for the wreckage and the plane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders could take years because the ocean can extend to up to 23,000 feet deep in some parts. It took two years to find the black box from an Air France jet that went down in the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in 2009, and searchers knew within days where the crash site was.

There is a race against the clock to find Flight 370′s black boxes, whose battery-powered “pinger” could stop sending signals within two weeks. The batteries are designed to last at least a month.

Today’s focus involves a 30,000-square-mile swath of ocean more than 1,200 miles off the coast of Australia.

The batteries do not have any role in safeguarding the data, so even if the beacon batteries run out, the recorders should still yield their information. But if the investigators and the search teams can’t pinpoint their location soon, they may never be recovered. The Air France crash happened relatively close to shore in an area that was nowhere near as deep as the search area for Malaysia Air 370, and as ABC notes, it still took years to find and retrieve those recorders.

ABC had an update prior to this press conference on weather-related delays that don’t help, either. Also, the airline is now offering the families a $5,000 settlement for each passenger lost. Somehow, I doubt that will be the final figure:


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: indianocean; malaysianairlines; mh370; oldnews
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1 posted on 03/26/2014 7:24:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks promising unless it says “Made in Japan”.


2 posted on 03/26/2014 7:26:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

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3 posted on 03/26/2014 7:30:31 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: maggief; LucyT; WildHighlander57; crosslink; BigIsleGal; Uncle Chip; RummyChick

Much smaller search area today!


4 posted on 03/26/2014 7:33:28 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought - under International law (i.e., “treaties”) that the minimum settlement is $105,000. At least that’s what I read in one of the prior articles about this plane.


5 posted on 03/26/2014 7:33:52 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: SeekAndFind
This headline will keep CNN at it for another 3 days.

"Breaking News - Brazilian banana boat nears wreckage site"

6 posted on 03/26/2014 7:34:55 AM PDT by AU72
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought the recorders only record the last half hour. I’m not sure that in the scenario painted they can help pinpoint the cause. The cause of the crash would be running out of fuel...


7 posted on 03/26/2014 7:37:01 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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I think the cockpit voice recorder only records for 30 minutes at a time.


8 posted on 03/26/2014 7:40:31 AM PDT by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: Ingtar

I’d guess that there are many data recorder log files for various systems, with varying capacities before overwriting. The more dire of the date being recorded, expect the capacity to be more extensive.


9 posted on 03/26/2014 7:44:56 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Sacajaweau
The CVR only records 120 min of cockpit conversations then it starts recording over itself. The FDR recorder will record 25 hrs of flight data (28 different parameters I think).
So I don't think the CVR will be of much use, unless the crew was alive and talking til the end,or the deranged pilot was sitting there ranting and raving.
The FDR could prove interesting however, like when the cabin pressure was dumped, etc.
As for locking the copilot/cabin crew out of the cockpit, all I'll say is the crew have a way of getting in.
BTW the passenger oxy masks can be turned off/or deactivated from the cockpit, if there is a fire on board the aircraft, masks are not deployed, as the production of oxygen may further fuel the fire.
10 posted on 03/26/2014 7:48:37 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Ingtar

The voice recorder is required to record at least a half hour but can be longer. The data recorder has a longer requirement. Wikipedia (yes I know the warnings) states “Most FDRs record approximately 17–25 hours worth of data in a continuous loop”.


11 posted on 03/26/2014 7:51:32 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: KarlInOhio

In the 777 all of the recorders are solid state chips, only older aircraft use tape.
Originally then recorders were tape , then they went with a disk system (kinda like a CD/R-W)and finally to solid state.
There are some talk of transmitting the data/voice directly to the cloud, don’t know if the newest planes are doing that currently


12 posted on 03/26/2014 7:57:02 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe

‘’Tawakilt ala Allah,’’

Over and over and over again


13 posted on 03/26/2014 7:58:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ohhh Myyy — now we are going to have 777 Debris Watch video.

Will we have a Countdown Clock for the Black Box’s Last Ping??


14 posted on 03/26/2014 8:00:34 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

And Fox News Alerts, every time they find a styrofoam cup, or somesuch.


15 posted on 03/26/2014 8:01:28 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind
They didn't crash, they are on an island.

One of them got their cell to charge and used it to send me a photo..


16 posted on 03/26/2014 8:02:01 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: Robe

Didn’t the block boxes from the AF crash continue pinging for several years, until they were found and recovered? Why is he MSM harping on this 30 day window?


17 posted on 03/26/2014 8:02:14 AM PDT by ken5050 (I fear a world run by adults who were never spanked as kids and got trophies just for participating)
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To: hoosiermama

18 posted on 03/26/2014 8:03:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (question is this)
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To: SeekAndFind

Any idea how far away the closest ship are to this area


19 posted on 03/26/2014 8:04:56 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

But where are the 153 Chinese?


20 posted on 03/26/2014 8:05:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (question is this)
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