Malaysia Airlines MH370

The plane probably ran out of ink. xpost

better scan for runways when they do a flyover

lol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26659951

Two objects have been seen that could possibly relate to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, Australian PM Tony Abbott has announced.

also, that goodfellow theory has been debunked: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-26640114

Press conference re: Abbott's announcement happening now

lol. i wouldn't be too bothered, it's a deflection ploy

Abbott's still a cunt, whether or not his military find the thing.

Well, yeah, that goes without saying

http://1.standaardcdn.be/Assets/Images_Upload/2014/03/20/wrakstukken.jpg.h380.jpg

Inclement weather was an issue on the search and retrieval, low clouds and rain impaired visibility and ocean conditions were rough.

https://twitter.com/AMSA_News/status/446583054002171904

Maybe they should have looked underwater?

what part of the plane that is that BIG could float for so long? is the fuselage foam injected carbon fiber or somthing?

could float for so long

bodies?

they said the images were possibly from four days ago. Malaysian authorities here couldn't confirm when they were taken, but probably the Aussies will clear it up tomorrow. xpost

pretty convinced at this point that malaysian authorities can't confirm jack shit, though nobody is actually tearing it up on confirmation front.

maybe it's type to enlist the services of Lorax

psh, and you guys said i was high:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-don-lemon-is-it-preposterous-to-think-a-black-hole-caused-flight-370-to-go-missing/

Does anyone know the ocean's approximate depth in the region that they're looking?

Yes, underwater. That is 100% correct.

Was thinking, seems like it could be some James Cameron-type deep water.

13k ft ocean depths in the Indian Ocean but there are large ridges.

I bet Abbott has a massive chub over being able to say WE DID THIS, the little shit.

IOW lol. i wouldn't be too bothered, it's a deflection ploy

OTM.

I bet Abbott has a massive chub over being able to say WE DID THIS, the little shit.

cross post with too much time on ilx thread (not knowing, I assume, Australian politics?)

y

yeah I was really confused for a minute there

OMG yes sorry I meant Tones Abbott not our beloved Abb!

cross post with too much time on ilx thread

lol same here

The 2 large pieces of debris ID'd on satellite were nowhere to be seen by sea and air after 2 days of searching. Officials believe they may have sunk.

or landed on an underwater runway

underwater runway lands on you :(

really thought we had something there with the underwater runways.

that's a very mellifluous phrase, "underwater runways"

it's the twin assonances, "un/run" and "wa/wa"

tell your favorite rapper

oh great now I have "oh well I feel so good today / we touched ground on an underwater runway" in my head

oh god is this thread the reason why i've been singing underwater moonlight to myself all week?

Just in: Chinese satellites received images of a floating object in the southern corridor, measuring about 22.5m x 13m. Chinese govt to announce more details in a couple of hours.

thank you for all the excellent updates, roz. i'm very sorry you have friends on the plane.

satellite photos quite close to where the debris was sighted
if they find the flight data recorder in that ocean it will be quite an achievement

thanks for the kind words, estela. it's part of my job anyway... I've been covering this for 13 days straight now.

Chinese govt didn't release much info in the end (no surprises there) - there was supposed to be a press briefing but it was too late, so they just issued a short statement. basically the usual... we found a thing, we're sending ships to the thing, but the thing probably sunk or drifted away already. :/

:/

Our PM Najib Razak will be holding a last minute press conference at 10 pm (a little less than an hour from now).

Actual news, I hope. Can't imagine him announcing something this late unless it's important.

PM Najib: New satellite data concludes that MH370's journey ended in the southern Indian Ocean, west of Perth, away from any landing points. Assumed to be no survivors.

Of course we knew this already, but I'm still incredibly sad right now.

sorry roz. :/

I still kind of can't believe this entire horrible story.

Fucking hell

does the now-presumed crash area tie in with the previous evidence of deliberate course change? i've lost track

Yes.

damn

sorry

They seriously broke this to the families by text message?

Classy