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Captain's Log 24.10.16: Last Tango in the SIO??

Quote from Tango (via PT) :

Tango
October 24, 2016 at 1:34 am

The problem continue to be that the latest theory is at best implausible and most likely impossible.

A blown out window is going to cause major aerodynamic distress, its not going to fly right or nearly as long (assuming the rest keeps working).

Then a series of well coordinated turns.

That also assumes the damage does not cause a supposedly preset auto pilot to disengage, do absolutely finarky things (melting devices making inputs) and erratic ops all their own.

I would call this silly, we can come up with an endless number of possibilities that realistically are no more than techno thriller stuff that is not going to happen.

Frankly I don’t expect anyone to come up with the answer of where it is, there are too many variables in the known data to be accurate.

Accurate does not mean generally correct, but generally is a huge area.

Past time and money to just let this one rest.

Next via FlightGlobal:

OPINION: Should the search for missing MH370 be extended?

• 21 October, 2016
  
• BY: Flight International
  

The shock disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in March 2014 is one of the most keenly ­debated and puzzling aviation mysteries of our time.

That the Boeing 777-200ER met a watery end cannot be disputed, with a trio of composite structures washed up on Mauritius, Reunion and Tanzania since last year already confirmed as being parts of the lost widebody, and additional finds being inspected by experts.

While these discoveries undermine the more outlandish conspiracy theories, like abduction, decompression and fire, we remain none the wiser about what really led to the twinjet reversing course away from Beijing in the hours of darkness. Only finding the aircraft’s main wreckage could possibly provide the answers.

If a schedule agreed by the Australian, Chinese and Malaysian search authorities earlier this year holds firm – and no new evidence emerges – the seabed search for MH370 will end in December, after combing an area totalling 120,000km² (46,300 mile²). But would it be right to end this painstaking activity?

According to the revised calculations of one 777 ­captain, the bulk of the wreckage – and perhaps the 239 people lost with it – could be situated just outside the limit of the current search area, and a crowdfunding campaign could be proposed to explore this region.

It would be a fresh tragedy if a search ended without studying such a theory. Answers must be found.

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