Malaysia Airlines Plane "Loses Contact"

[Vipers]

yajeed said:

Mr Trophy said:

madness!

I thought the frequencies were different; 33Khz instead of 37.5Khz? I suppose they're in a similar range because it's an appropriate range for transmitting signals over the range and depth required.
It's surprising the ping interval is 1 second too since that was supposed to be one of the 'key characteristics' which allow the black box to be identified, apparently.

No idea what this post refers to, but 37.5 is an international emergency frequencie, much like used to 5 ton in the days of morse, and channel,16 at specific times of the hour.

[GSE]

Mojocvh said:

So, no news then.

Right back next month....

Well thanks for that, see you next Month

When it was announced that sonar pings had been picked up, the authorities (the Australian PM?) seemed confident that the pings were from MH370, and that the plane would be located very soon. Yet weeks later it seems that they have no idea if the pings were from MH370, from other ships in the area, or from marine life trackers. Surely they know what the signal from the black box on MH370 should sound like, and they should have been able to rule out these other "detections" much earlier on.
What a farce.

[bigkeeko]

...........it`s in my shed.

[Jimbeaux]

bigkeeko said:

...........it`s in my shed.

Yea, but is it whole?

[Willy Nilly]

MartG said:

When you can get a 2 hr HD movie in a couple of GB, how much storage do you need ?

Would the £130 asking price be too much? As small as it is it could be put anywhere on the plane, they could have loads of the too.

[Frik]

sixspeed said:

On that vein, why are we even limiting ourselves these days to ONE black box in an aircraft? Why can't we have two, three, however many, replicating the same data. All in different locations within the plane, and as said above, with some kind of flotation device. It does seem a rather archaic solution considering the planes these things are being placed in these days are made out of composite materials, have digital fibre AV systems etc etc.

What benefit would you get from having more than one?

[gaz1234]

All that jazz said:

Clouds. Duh.

bloody americans

[MartG]

Frik said:

What benefit would you get from having more than one?

Remove the hard disk from your PC, then ask yourself that question again Having more than bestows redundancy to one failing or being destroyed

[Frik]

Is that an issue with black boxes then? If they always work you don't need the redundancy...

[MartG]

Frik said:

Is that an issue with black boxes then? If they always work you don't need the redundancy...

You could have them at opposite ends of the aircraft so one will almost definitely survive a crash, plus one at the top of the tail that floats off if it's submerged

[Jimbeaux]

gaz1234 said:

All that jazz said:

Clouds. Duh.

bloody americans

Bloody American(-s)I believe is a bit more accurate.

[Vipers]

Jimbeaux said:

gaz1234 said:

All that jazz said:

Clouds. Duh.

bloody americans

Bloody American(-s)I believe is a bit more accurate.

As they say, Americans are living proof that Indians..........................Buffalos.

Present company exempt Jim

[lord trumpton]

Willy Nilly said:

MartG said:

When you can get a 2 hr HD movie in a couple of GB, how much storage do you need ?

Would the £130 asking price be too much? As small as it is it could be put anywhere on the plane, they could have loads of the too.

They can even find a huge plane so a few of those little cards would provide a challenge!

[Halmyre]

lord trumpton said:

Willy Nilly said:

MartG said:

When you can get a 2 hr HD movie in a couple of GB, how much storage do you need ?

Would the £130 asking price be too much? As small as it is it could be put anywhere on the plane, they could have loads of the too.

They can even find a huge plane so a few of those little cards would provide a challenge!

I can't even find a full-size SD card in my desk drawer, and I *know* it's in there, somewhere...

[gaz1234]

Could it got as far as the South Pole?

[Willy Nilly]

Halmyre said:

lord trumpton said:

Willy Nilly said:

MartG said:

When you can get a 2 hr HD movie in a couple of GB, how much storage do you need ?

Would the £130 asking price be too much? As small as it is it could be put anywhere on the plane, they could have loads of the too.

They can even find a huge plane so a few of those little cards would provide a challenge!

I can't even find a full-size SD card in my desk drawer, and I *know* it's in there, somewhere...

If they glued it to a pallet it would be easier to find and float on water into the bargain.

[loafer123]

gaz1234 said:

Could it got as far as the South Pole?

No.

[Pommygranite]

So whats happening then? Its disappeared from the news here in Oz, it seems to be have disappeared from a lot of news sites.

[Beati Dogu]

It seems to be very good at disappearing.

[lamboman100]

^ It looks more certain than ever like a well-planned act by the pilot(s). Someone knew precisely when to turn off all possible comms in the civil-radar deadzone, and someone knew Malaysian military-radar was partly turned off, and someone knew to fly low at times to avoid the few possible parts that were turned on. Latest rumour seems to be the civil-radar at remote Cocos Islands airport, northwest of Oz, is being checked for signs of a fly-by from the plane as it apparently headed south across the ocean. But that may be clutching at straws.