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Originally Posted by Soundy
So let see if I follow all this: - The satellite system "handshakes" with the plane once per hour.
- The COMPANY WHO RUNS THE SATELLITE SYSTEM (who you'd think would know their shit) has figured out two possible flight corridors based on their handshake data, and then narrowed it down to the southern one.
- From this, they've determined the location of the plane the last time it pinged.
- That area is some FOUR HOURS flying time from the nearest land, meaning if it HAD made it to land, there should have been at least four more handshakes.
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Earlier they were saying that it was more likely to be in the Northern corridor, and they haven't figured out an exact location unless things have changed. If it went south, it would've hit water, but if it went north it could've hit land.
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Originally Posted by Soundy
Add to this that the debris that HAS been spotted, turning up in approximately the same area pointed to by the satellite data... plus the statement that given the winds and tides, it would probably have drifted around 60km in the last two weeks (meaning, not that far against the scale of the ocean).
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Debris in an ocean full of junk and debris. Just because they found some crap in the ocean (I believe it was some pallets?) along that corridor doesn't really mean much unless it can be proven to be part of MH370. And again, the sat data mapped a HUGE corridor the plane could be in.
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Originally Posted by Soundy
The Flight Data Recorder, IF it retains enough data, will only give information about the plane's actual route, what controls were being operated, basic stuff like that. It won't tell anyone WHY things happened they way they did... and the Cockpit Voice Recorder holds only the last, what, half hour or so of voice data? If, as suspected, the pilots were unconscious... all it will give up is silence right up until the sound of the plane hitting the ocean.
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The FDR on this plane is supposed to hold a lot more data than the flight time of the airplane, so if it's found and it wasn't disabled or damaged we'll at least get that info. The CVR only holds ~2 hours so we definitely won't find out what happened when the plane disappeared. Even if somebody was flying it, I would assume they would have the foresight to not speak while flying so chances are it won't hold much.