missing plane MH370 and crowdsource search

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has anyone here been searching the satellite images looking for plane wreckage ?

couple of mine i found here but i dont think they are looking in the right places myself

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/725714

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/719688

 

[GoldCheddar2005]

I reckon if they find it off Perth, i would ask what the heck were they going to do with it! i am really feeling sorry for those families!

 

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http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126574

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/mh370_indian_ocean/map/3634

and something red ?

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126557

 

[HeadsUp]

I reckon if they find it off Perth, i would ask what the heck were they going to do with it! i am really feeling sorry for those families!

there isnt too many large parts from a plane that float

there are strong currents and huge swells in the indian ocean that will disperse anything over a large area

every airline will be scrambling to implement equipment changes after this

they all thought they were so sophisticated but possibly just one man has made a fool of all those govt's and airplane builders despite their trillion dollar budgets.

:/

just hope better answers are forthcoming

 

[Snowy]

I heard if a plane did crash there should be no big pieces left, but It appears they were flying low so maybe there will be, I agree Indian Ocean looks like where it will be

 

[Goldpick]

Why the hell would you design a tracking system for an aircraft that can be deliberately disabled, surely they could have thought of integrating it into a section of the aircraft that is not readily accessible during flight. It's a bit like having a hire vehicle with company satellite tracking, and allowing the driver to have access to controls or fuses. I reckon that will be first on the list of changes.
Still suspect about the reports of seeing a similar aircraft flying low over the Maldives, I wonder how investigator s are factoring that into the whole scenario. Seems to be too many reports of the same sightings from the Maldives to be a one off, or error.

 

[Reeks]

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126574

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/mh370_indian_ocean/map/3634

and something red ?

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126557

You could be onto something Headsup. Did you tell the website?
Reeko

 

[slowflow]

I hope they find it but there are so many variables. The assumption is that it finally ran out of fuel but did he dump fuel which would dramatically reduce range. You have to question everything until there are more clues.
The simulator they are checking may provide some clues depending on what scenarios he was practicing. Depressurisation to subdue the passengers? The blackboxes (painted bright orange) will have a lot of info. The ping from the boxes generally goes beyond the prescribed period as that is the minimum transmission time for certification.
There is heaps of things that can be disabled, some in the cockpit and others that require maintenance level knowledge. Disabling is provided so the aircraft can depart with a system locked out, it is normal procedure. What is not normal is to disable all of those systems. This has been well planned.
I don't know the 777, but will talk to a maintenance trained specialist on my last 2 days of work starting Monday.

Keep looking, the families need some answers.

 

[GoldCheddar2005]

like mobile phones and internet, there needs to be a second blackbox in a satellite. And bring in retina and fingerprint scans attachedvto a metallic chip imbeded in passports too

 

[HeadsUp]

Why the hell would you design a tracking system for an aircraft that can be deliberately disabled, surely they could have thought of integrating it into a section of the aircraft that is not readily accessible during flight. It's a bit like having a hire vehicle with company satellite tracking, and allowing the driver to have access to controls or fuses. I reckon that will be first on the list of changes.
Still suspect about the reports of seeing a similar aircraft flying low over the Maldives, I wonder how investigator s are factoring that into the whole scenario. Seems to be too many reports of the same sightings from the Maldives to be a one off, or error.

I am told that one of the reasons for the disable switch on ACARS is that sometimes military will hire jets and they dont want them able to be tracked but you can guarantee there will be kneejerk legislation and 3 sets of redundant systems introduced on every plane after this.

and where is all this high tech wizardry the US have with satellites ?

hope we find out for sure but whoever had control of the plane may have chosen to ditch it in the deepest bit of ocean they can find so the black box is never found.

for all the fingers pointing at the captain we still cant speculate , for all we know there could have been someone using external influences to control where the plane went and they may not have even been on the plane at all , or it could have been a personality conflict between copilot and pilot and they could have had a punchup in the cockpit , or a lone hijacker among the passengers.

fingers crossed for an "improved outcome"

 

[HeadsUp]

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126574

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/mh370_indian_ocean/map/3634

and something red ?

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126557

You could be onto something Headsup. Did you tell the website?
Reeko

how ?

they have a system of reporting that i rate between zero and poor

I think the Tomnod software is set up so if 20 people find and tag the same item then one of their staff will take a look at it

if only one person tags it then maybe its ignored ?

 

[Reeks]

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126574

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/mh370_indian_ocean/map/3634

and something red ?

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126557

You could be onto something Headsup. Did you tell the website?
Reeko

how ?

they have a system of reporting that i rate between zero and poor

I think the Tomnod software is set up so if 20 people find and tag the same item then one of their staff will take a look at it

if only one person tags it then maybe its ignored ?

Oh ok, i wasn't sure how it all worked. Sounds like a good idea though.

 

[HeadsUp]

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126574

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/mh370_indian_ocean/map/3634

and something red ?

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/126557

You could be onto something Headsup. Did you tell the website?
Reeko

how ?

they have a system of reporting that i rate between zero and poor

I think the Tomnod software is set up so if 20 people find and tag the same item then one of their staff will take a look at it

if only one person tags it then maybe its ignored ?

Oh ok, i wasn't sure how it all worked. Sounds like a good idea though.

its better than doing nothing but when i click on spots that other crowd-surfers have nominated most of them are nothing , just wave peaks breaking in the high winds but not everybody is technically minded and maybe alot of them are just kids too . its understandable that the website host is using a filtering method so they dont have to look at every furphy.

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