I can't decide if I'm relieved or just really sad for everyone involved in this.
I'm the same, part of me was holding out hope that the plane had landed spmewhere (unrealistic I know), on the other hand its better if they know what happened rather than not....but at least before there was a tiny hope......:(
Just seen on BBC a text has been sent to Relatives
"Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."
I'm the same, part of me was holding out hope that the plane had landed spmewhere (unrealistic I know), on the other hand its better if they know what happened rather than not....but at least before there was a tiny hope......:(
Yes, I think we probably all knew this plane had suffered something horrible, but because it couldn't be found there was a glimmer that this might have a happier ending. I just hope they find the black box quickly and figure out what the hell happened.:(
how heartbreaking if it turns out to be life rafts full of bodies
I really cannot see there being any survivors. I have a feeling everyone was out already during the flight itself.
If the plane continued on in a straight line and ran out of fuel, it would effectively drop like a stone. Especially if nobody is at the controls. It will glide to a point but no way near soft enough to land on a ocean like that and stay intact.
It seems that they are just picking up debris at the moment, debris which has travelled hundreds of miles from the site of the crash. They will have to examine wind and tide patterns to backtrack to, hopefully, a point of origin - and even that will be extremely difficult given the massive area to be covered. May be many weeks/months before they find the black box, etc.
Well until they find bodies I can't see how they'd say no one has survived . Yes, it's very unlikely but still quite final. Guess it depends on what they have found.
Uk (Imarset) company using a type of analysis never before used on an investigation of this source and concluded the plane few along southern corridor, and last known position established in southern Indian ocean. Malay PM now concluding plane has crashed into the sea.
Malaysia PM: UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch have informed me that Inmarsat has been further examining their data. Using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed new light on MH370's flight path. Based on this analysis, Inmarsat and AAIB have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth. This is a remote location far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
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Just awful
how heartbreaking if it turns out to be life rafts full of bodies
I'm the same, part of me was holding out hope that the plane had landed spmewhere (unrealistic I know), on the other hand its better if they know what happened rather than not....but at least before there was a tiny hope......:(
What on earth happened on that plane to make the pilot ditch in the ocean?
Devastating
Yes, I think we probably all knew this plane had suffered something horrible, but because it couldn't be found there was a glimmer that this might have a happier ending. I just hope they find the black box quickly and figure out what the hell happened.:(
I really cannot see there being any survivors. I have a feeling everyone was out already during the flight itself.
If the plane continued on in a straight line and ran out of fuel, it would effectively drop like a stone. Especially if nobody is at the controls. It will glide to a point but no way near soft enough to land on a ocean like that and stay intact.
It seems that they are just picking up debris at the moment, debris which has travelled hundreds of miles from the site of the crash. They will have to examine wind and tide patterns to backtrack to, hopefully, a point of origin - and even that will be extremely difficult given the massive area to be covered. May be many weeks/months before they find the black box, etc.
They must be damned sure of their calculations. Wow just Wow. But very sad.
Doppler shift frequency analysis?
Sounds like amazing science anyway.