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MAS B772 9M-MRO Flight MH370 KUL-PEK Missing with All 239 POB Presumed Killed

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Their current hardware is good enough already. It is believed that the SELEX RAT-31 DL on top of Penang Hill that detected MH370. On paper it has a range of 400kms. It's what you do with the data from the radar that matters

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My take on the acting MOT's action the past 2 days of asking relevant countries to re-look at their military radar is simple : please tell us what you knew all along, don't hide the info... because that's all our military data could tell us.

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Just read on CNN that the Thai military had just confirmed that they tracked MH370 until it suddenly disappeared and then saw an unidentified aircraft believed to be MH370 making a turn back on their military radar

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Nothing is confirmed at the moment but they media hyping up about whats in the simulator and the absurd link to anwar ibrahim seems like a sign of news exhaustion. We may not be able to rule out the pilots involvement but definitely the flight sim is not a good prove. One of the things i find annoying about the way the media writes along with the statement on how a 'government official' confirmed the hijack which of course, went viral.. Could have been a sweeper or tea lady.

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Pilot may have tried to save plane, heading to Langkawi airport due to emergency

 

MARCH 18, 2014

 

The green line, showing the flight path as detected by military and commercial radar, shows that the pilot may have been heading towards Pulau Langkawi to land the aircraft after a cockpit emergency. - The Malaysian Insider graphic, March 18, 2014.

After more

than 10 days and numerous theories as to the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370, the Business Insider has reported of an alternative theory proposed by a former pilot, which has emerged as a very plausible cause for the disappearance of the aircraft.

 

A few days ago, American Chris Goodfellow had written his simple case on his Google+ page on what he believed happened to the missing aircraft.

 

Goodfellow had based his theory on the key information of the turn back move shortly after the aircraft had left Malaysian airspace off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

 

 

His theory suggests that all relevant officials, investigators and the international media are overthinking the incident behind the disappearance of flight MH370.

 

Based on Goodfellow's theory, the following is what could have transpired on board the aircraft, and more specifically in the cockpit:

 

Shortly after takeoff, as MAS flight MH370 was flying out over the South China Sea, smoke began filling the cockpit, perhaps from a tyre on the front landing gear that had ignited on take-off.

 

The captain immediately did exactly what he had been trained to do, that is to find the closest airport and turn the plane toward it so he could land.

 

The closest appropriate airport was in Pulau Langkawi, as it had a massive 13,000-foot runway that could cater for the Boeing 777-200. The pilot was likely to have known that beforehand, as any experienced pilot with more than 18,000 flying hours under his belt would.

 

The captain programmed the destination into the flight computer. The auto-pilot turned the plane west and put it on a course right for the runway.

 

The pilot did not consider returning to Kuala Lumpur International Airport because the plane would have to cross over a mountain range in between. He knew the terrain to Langkawi would be friendlier and also a shorter distance to cover.

 

The captain and co-pilot tried to find the source of the smoke and fire, but it soon filled the cockpit and overwhelmed them (a tyre fire would do this).

 

Such a fire could also short-circuit the cockpit systems one by one, including the transponder. Quite possibly, both pilots had passed out or died by then.

 

With no one awake to instruct the auto-pilot to land, the plane kept flying on its last programmed course... right over Pulau Langkawi and out over the Indian Ocean.

 

Eventually, six or seven hours after the incident, it ran out of fuel and crashed.

 

Goodfellow further elaborated that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah did all the right things.

 

"He was confronted by some major event onboard that made him make that immediate turn back to the closest safe airport.

 

"For me the loss of transponders and communications makes perfect sense if in the event of a fire, and especially an electrical fire. The first response is to pull all the main busses and restore circuits one by one until you have isolated the bad one.

 

"However, if they pulled the busses, the plane indeed would go silent. It was probably a serious event and they simply were occupied with controlling the plane and trying to fight the fire.

 

"Aviate, navigate and lastly communicate," Goodfellow wrote on the priority that is set for pilots to follow in the event of any emergency.

 

According to Goodfellow's theory, one possibility, given the timeline on how the fire started and then spread is that perhaps there was an overheat on one of the front landing gear tires and it blew on takeoff and started slowly burning. This could happen with under-inflated tires.

 

He added: "This pilot was a hero struggling with an impossible situation trying to get that plane to Langkawi. No doubt in my mind. That's the reason for the turn and direct route.

 

"A hijack would not have made that deliberate left turn with a direct heading for Langkawi. It would probably have weaved around a bit until the hijackers decided on where they were taking it.

 

"Surprisingly none of the reporters, officials and other pilots interviewed have looked at this from the pilot's viewpoint. If something went wrong where would he go? Thanks to Google Earth, I spotted Langkawi in about 30 seconds, zoomed in and saw how long the runway was and I just instinctively knew this pilot knew this airport.

 

"He had probably flown there many times. Also, another good clue would be the age and number of cycles on those nose tyres."

 

According to Business Insider this theory fits the facts and makes sense, most especially because it explains the manual course change as well as the "pings" that a satellite kept hearing from the plane hours after the communications systems went down. – March 18, 2014.

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but the closest airport is Kuantan and since its been upgraded, e closer too as it overfly Penang.ven a 744 have landed there - instead of to Langkawi. In fact Penang airport is closer as it supposedly flew past Penang too.


oops not Kuantan, but Trengganu airport

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but the closest airport is Kuantan and since its been upgraded, e closer too as it overfly Penang.ven a 744 have landed there - instead of to Langkawi. In fact Penang airport is closer as it supposedly flew past Penang too.

oops not Kuantan, but Trengganu airport

 

At 2am the best shot could be PEN.

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Remember Swissair 111? The pilots would have had enough time to make a distress call.

 

yupe..on MH 370 there's no distress call, transponders switched off, ACARS off, ADS-B off, co-incidence? there are 1,178 B777 in service worldwide, and only 9M-MRO giving so much problem heh..

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but the closest airport is Kuantan and since its been upgraded, e closer too as it overfly Penang.ven a 744 have landed there - instead of to Langkawi. In fact Penang airport is closer as it supposedly flew past Penang too.

oops not Kuantan, but Trengganu airport

First instinct would be to land at nearest airport if fire is serious. If it's not, PNG or Langkawi comes into mind. But then the pilots would have radioed in already and called out an emergency.

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First instinct would be to land at nearest airport if fire is serious. If it's not, PNG or Langkawi comes into mind. But then the pilots would have radioed in already and called out an emergency.

 

Why not Kuala Trengganu?

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Residents of Kuda Huvadhoo in Dhaal Atoll in the Maldives reportedly saw a "low-flying jumbo jet" flying over houses early in the morning of March 8, the same day Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing.

 

In a report by Maldivian daily Haveeru, residents described the aircraft which flew over Kuda Huvadhoo at around 6:15am as being white, with red stripes across it.This colour scheme is very similar to the livery used by Malaysia Airlines on its aircraft - including the Boeing 777 used for MH370.

 

Eyewitnesses who saw the aircraft agreed that it was travelling in a north to south-east heading towards Addu, the southern tip of the Maldives, and all commented on the very loud noise the aircraft made when flying over the island.

 

Http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/maldives-residents-saw-low-flying-jumbo-jet-march-8-report-20140319

 

....south of Maldives is.....now this is starting to give credence to that "Russian report", no?

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Residents of Kuda Huvadhoo in Dhaal Atoll in the Maldives reportedly saw a "low-flying jumbo jet" flying over houses early in the morning of March 8, the same day Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing.

 

In a report by Maldivian daily Haveeru, residents described the aircraft which flew over Kuda Huvadhoo at around 6:15am as being white, with red stripes across it.This colour scheme is very similar to the livery used by Malaysia Airlines on its aircraft - including the Boeing 777 used for MH370.

 

Eyewitnesses who saw the aircraft agreed that it was travelling in a north to south-east heading towards Addu, the southern tip of the Maldives, and all commented on the very loud noise the aircraft made when flying over the island.

 

Http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/maldives-residents-saw-low-flying-jumbo-jet-march-8-report-20140319

 

....south of Maldives is.....now this is starting to give credence to that "Russian report", no?

 

Wouldn't China know in this case? As they were tipped off by the Russians...?

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Residents of Kuda Huvadhoo in Dhaal Atoll in the Maldives reportedly saw a "low-flying jumbo jet" flying over houses early in the morning of March 8, the same day Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing.

 

 

placebo effect..

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Their current hardware is good enough already. It is believed that the SELEX RAT-31 DL on top of Penang Hill that detected MH370. On paper it has a range of 400kms. It's what you do with the data from the radar that matters

Do know which part of Penang HIll is the radar located ?......my hunch was correct then tht we have a radar ontop of the hill

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A bit blur here (then what is new ?)

With the transponder off over the Gulf of Thailand, does it mean the plane would have had to be flown manually thereafter ?

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A bit blur here (then what is new ?)

With the transponder off over the Gulf of Thailand, does it mean the plane would have had to be flown manually thereafter ?

 

No

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No

Thank you for clearing up that bit

Would the aircraft then have had to depend on any 'external' input eg. satellite signals (GPS?) for navigating about ?

If so, are those signals traceable back to the aircraft ?

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In a report by Maldivian daily Haveeru, residents described the aircraft which flew over Kuda Huvadhoo at around 6:15am as being white, with red stripes across it.This colour scheme is very similar to the livery used by Malaysia Airlines on its aircraft - including the Boeing 777 used for MH370.

 

....south of Maldives is.....now this is starting to give credence to that "Russian report", no?

6.15am Maldives time is 9.15am mys time, mh370 should be out of fuel. It only need 4 hours to reach Maldives from kul. Maldives don't have air force, there isn't any need to fly low.

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