Scientists believe they know where MH370 crashed

The Telegraph ^ | Thursday, March 27, 2014 | Jonathan Pearlman

[Star Traveler]

A research team at University of Western Australia also believes the cabin is in once piece, improving the chances the black box could be found.

Scientists believe they know where Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the ocean and that the cabin sank in one piece. The research by the University of Western Australia, using meteorological and ocean-current data alongside the British analysis from data “pings” recorded by UK firm Inmarsat, has determined the point of impact and the movements of debris in the weeks following the crash.

A fresh satellite sighting of 300 floating objects ranging in size from seven to 49 feet about 1,680 miles from Perth in the southern Indian Ocean was reported by Thailand yesterday, tallying with previous sightings by French and Chinese satellites. Thai satellite images show objects about 120 miles from a debris field of 122 objects captured by a French satellite on Sunday.

Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, the scientist who oversaw the research, said that a failure to spot buoyant objects that originated inside the plane indicated that the cabin probably remained intact as it sank into the sea. This would improve the chances that the black box survived without significant damage in the depths below the crash site.

“I think the way the plane crashed, a lot of the debris has been kept intact inside the plane,” said Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, from the university’s oceans institute. “If the plane broke up, we should see a lot more debris floating around. We should have seen smaller bits of lifejacket and seats, things which are going to float.”

[jonrick46]

If the plane flew for more than 7 hours, where is it and what is happening with it? 554.4 mph x 7.5 hours = 4,158 miles of feasible flight. The distance from Malaysia to Iran is 3677.58 miles (481 less miles). It could have lowered its airspeed to look like a civilian aircraft. Below 10,000ft there is a speed limit on jet traffic in the United States. No civilian traffic can fly faster than 250knots (287.695 mph). A 777 has no problem staying in the air at 250 knots. Perhaps Flight 370 flew below 10,000 ft to avoid radar detection and slowed down to 250 knots to appear as a civilian aircraft when radar detection was possible. An alternative idea is that Flight 370 flew at an arc to move as far away from India before it went north to Iran. That must have added flight miles to the 3677.58 miles.

[steve86]

Several years later I received a nice letter from the FAA saying that they adopted my idea.

Congratulations! You may have indirectly saved the lives of many via aircraft improvements which were implemented as a result of intact black boxes.

[Hawthorn]

>> MCINERNEY is BACK!! <<

Tut, tut.

You should not be mocking an obviously befuddled senior citizen!

(On the other hand, Roger Ailes certainly should not let the poor old guy back onto FNC.)

[Atlas Sneezed]

If this plane hit the ocean, our undersea sonic sound systems or our subs would have picked it up. The sound would have been akin to an explosion, underwater.

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I don’t see how the splash made by a 160 ton plane that crushes on impact would be “audible” compared to a 50,000 ton rigid steel ship hitting a big wave.

[exit82]

A ship hitting the waves would be a repetitive sound that would be recognized for what it is.

A one time impact of the size of this plane crashing in an area where there would not be other such sounds would be an anomaly.

The sonar operator, or those who “listen” on the underwater sound system would go “What the heck was THAT?”.

[Spartan302]

How many recorded songs can your phone hold?
Well subs have a data bank of millions of recorded sound anomalies and with a visual graph, from tonal hertz electric motors to damaged propeller signatures, mating biological and tectonic plate activity, they most certainly have a library of explosive sounds, especially stuff that collapses underwater from pressure. Part of the cat and mouse game carryover from the cold war was being a hole in the water and listening for tonals. Boomers especially.

[Cboldt]

The way I read the remark, his use of the word “cabin” is better translated to “fuselage.”

[Jaded]

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