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MISSING MAS FLIGHT: Stanford student's theory on MH370 disappearance goes viral

 

 

by Ong Sor Fern

 

The Straits Times

 

Publication Date : 13-03-2014

 

 

 

A young American undergraduate student at Stanford University has come up with a theory - yet to be verified by aviation experts - on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that has gone viral on the Web.

 

Andrew Aude, 20 and a computer science student, told The Straits Times that he "considered studying Aerospace engineering" as his father had an airline pilot licence and he grew up around aviation. When he was in middle school, he also attended the Boeing 787 roll-out premiere with his father.

 

In his Tumblr post, Aude cited a 2013 Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Airworthiness Directive for the 777 which spotted a weakness in the plane.

 

According to the directive which he quotes, there had been a report of "cracking in the fuselage skin underneath the satellite communication (satcom) antenna adapter".

 

From this, he theorised that MH370 could have experienced the same issue, leading to the failure of satellite-based communications as well as to a slow decompression of the plane which left passengers unconscious and pilots disoriented. "If the decompression was slow enough, it’s possible the pilots did not realise to put on oxygen masks until it was too late," he wrote.

 

He also noted that the Boeing 777 aircraft does not deploy passenger oxygen masks until the cabin altitude reaches 13,500 feet. By then, passengers were likely to be unconscious if there was a slow decompression. Moreover, MH370 was a red-eye flight and most passengers would be trying to sleep, hence masking the effects of oxygen deprivation.

 

The autopilot function would have ensured that the plane maintained course and altitude before crashing into the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan or the Pacific Ocean, miles from the intensive search zone in the South China Sea where rescue efforts have been concentrated in the past few days.

 

This led him to conclude that "this was likely not an explosive decompression or inflight disintegration".

 

The theory adds to the list of possible explanations put forth by experts, including mechanical fault, mid-air explosion and sabotage. But none has been backed up by concrete evidence.

 

Aude wrote the piece, he said, "after discovering the FAA’s Airworthiness Directive on PPRUNE forums. In the same forum, I discovered how some of the 777’s radar systems depend on satcom and GPS. I considered these facts alongside the mobile phones ringing and the mumbling pilots, and I had come up with the proposed explanation".

 

PPRUNE is the Professional Pilots Rumour Network, an aviation website for airline pilots and aviation buffs.

 

 

http://www.asianewsnet.net/news-57968.html

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so the flight would have lost sat. com. & continued almost 1 hour on course albeit at lower altitudes without being spotted on any radars or anyone??

why not just admit its being grabbed by aliens and as we speak in another solar system away from the troubles of mother earth :)

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US suspects missing plane flew on for hours: WSJ report

 

 

Agence France-Presse

 

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2014 1:40 pm

 

US investigators suspect a missing Malaysian airliner was in the air for four hours after its last confirmed contact, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, deepening the mystery surrounding the disappearance.

 

It said US aviation investigators and national security officials are basing their theory on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Rolls Royce engines, which suggested the Boeing 777 flew for a total of five hours.

 

The WSJ attributed the information to two unidentified sources "familiar with the details".

 

It could mean that the Malaysia Airlines flight, which had 239 people on board, travelled for hundreds of miles after its last contact with air traffic control at around 1.30 am Saturday (1730 GMT Friday) -- about an hour after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing.

 

Search teams are already covering a huge area comprising 27,000 nautical miles (more than 90,000 square kilometres), from the South China Sea to the waters west of Malaysia.

 

Investigators have made clear that they are still considering hijacking as one of their lines of inquiry and the CIA has said that a terror link has not been ruled out.

 

"US counterterrorism officials are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner’s transponders to avoid radar detection," the WSJ reported, citing "one person tracking the probe".

 

It went on to say that the uncertainty over the plane’s course and why its transponders were not working "has raised theories among investigators that the aircraft may have been commandeered for a reason that appears unclear to US authorities".

 

Officials had been told that investigators were pursuing the theory that the plane was diverted "with the intention of using it later for another purpose", the WSJ quoted one source as saying.

 

Frustration over the shifting focus of the search and apparent lack of concrete information on the flight path of the plane has led to accusations of a chaotic and confused response by the Malaysian authorities and the airline.

 

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/US-suspects-missing-plane-flew-on-for-hours-WSJ-re-30229109.html

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Turning off the transponders kills the secondary radar that depends on returns from a ground interrogation. Primary radar works on reflections off the aircraft skin so it's a bit hard to avoid detection. Assuming of course a working primary radar in the flight path. Can't speak for Vietnam or Cambodia but in Thailand and Malaysia their blanket coverage is in reality full of holes either from questionable maintenance or simply switching them off to avoid paying the utility bill (Thai Air Force standard op procedure shuts down the long range defence radars outside of 9am to 4pm).

 

Whilst in theory it's hard to hide from a good primary radar, and Malaysia and Thailand certainly have some good kit well located, it would be much harder to run away from the fact that the only reason it's not on radar is cos the radars were off.

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Jet Li's stunt double a passenger on MH370

 

 

Best known for his work on staple kung fu flicks like The Forbidden Kingdom and Fearless, Chinese stuntman Ju Kun, had been in Malaysia since February.

 

Ju, who was on board the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, has been working as the co-fight choreographer on The Weinstein Company and Netflix joint project, Marco Polo.

 

The 35-year-old stunt master, who worked as kung fu star Jet Li's stunt double, had planned a quick trip to Beijing to visit his two sons, aged five and one, as well as to collect work materials for his latest project.

 

"It was an unfortunate circumstance that this happened," said Brett Chan, Marco Polo's stunt co-ordinator and fight choreographer in an email interview.

 

"But we all whole-heartedly believe he will come back to us. I hopea he comes back soon ... I miss my dear friend," he added.

 

The series is scheduled for shooting at the Pinewood Studios in Johor Baru next month.

 

A joint statement from The Weinstein Company and Netflix stated: "We are deeply saddened by news of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Ju Kun, who was on board, was an integral part of our production team and a tremendous talent. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time."

 

Marco Polo creator and producer John Fusco said: "Ju Kun is not only a treasure of martial arts talent and knowledge, he is a treasure of a person loved by many. We are all missing him right now and keeping each other strong."

 

Fusco added that his team will persevere and carry on with the production, in honour of Ju Kun.

 

"It is a tragic incident beyond our control, but our exceptional martial arts team will continue to work with the same creative energy and ethic that Ju Kun has brought to the group.

 

"They know it's what he would want at this time. Our stunt team's courage and hearts at this difficult time have brought all of us closer together," he said.

 

 

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