Back in March there was a lot of excitement in the quest for
the lost airliner Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Ocean Infinity had just begun
its search in the best estimated area for the location of the wreck, the
so-called "7th arc"; given that name because of the INMARSAT data.
This search was hampered by two problems, the upcoming southern winter and the
endurance of the ship. From April to November the southern Indian
Ocean becomes very rough and cold. Storms and floating ice make locating
and salvage impossible. OI's Armada 86-class
vessels are very modern and capable, with facilities for deploying AUV's, robot
submarines like the one illustrated above; but operating alone in mid-ocean without
a network of supply ships last time meant it could only spend about a fortnight
on station and it took almost as much time to get to and from port. See the
background link below for details. As luck would have it Jeff Wise has a very
reliable contact called Kevin Rupp who seems to know a lot of the private
goings on at OI. Based on current operations and ship movements it is possible
they are preparing to head for the MH370 search area in early December when the
summer begins and the weather tends to me more clement, save the occasional
typhoon. Source: https://www.deepdivemh370.com/p/seabed-search-update-s2ep41-video.
Of course, like regular readers, I am well aware that Jeff has serious doubts
that the missing aircraft really did crash into the Indian Ocean .
Two of his fellow MH37-tologists, Florence de Changy and Ashton Forbes, agree
with him; although Florence Gulf of Thailand
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2024/05/mh370-portal.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2024/05/mh370-portal.html.
2 comments:
I fear that MH370 is always going to be 'unexplained'. The theory of deliberate suicide by the pilot seems far fetched and although not entirely unconvincing can't be proven until the black box is recovered and proves no mechanical failure in flight. With wreckage found that has been proven to come from MH370 with serial numbers to match the aircraft investigated by multiple independent air investigative bodies that would indicate it went down and broke up on impact in the sea. Unless some crazy conspiracy that these where planted to be found by the public despite showing damage and aging from contact in the sea for the appropriate time and no such conspiracy with a missing flight ever having debris planted before in such a manner and as elaborately faked if so. That being said it is not as easy as finding large parts of fuselage intact to prove anything now other than confirming what is already the most prevalent theory. I suppose we should be lucky it didn't go down in the 'Bermuda triangle' as we would have even more outlandish suggestions as what happened to the flight.
Anon, we can only hope that whatever the truth is, it comes out soon. As for the debris though, the actual serial number matching it to the actual airframe don't exist. With the Reunion flaperon the plaque is strangely missing. The pieces found by Blaine and his team are 777 parts, yes, but not specifically from MH370. As for planting the aircraft pieces, it's not completely without precedent. Check out the documentary "Pentagon Lawn".
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