GoonerAlexis wrote:Angelito wrote:GoonerAlexis wrote:Angelito wrote:As Zenith and AF have stated, isn't it just amazing that in today's technology-centric world, a major aircraft just disappears without a trace? And, if it's confirmed that they found the debris, what took it so long? This whole thing just seems like a major bust-up.
Aircrafts have a transponder which tells the location with a signal after a certain amount of stress. However, in case a craft lands in the ocean, you only know the initial location after which it might sink or move to any other location. It will not continuously give signals
I get that.
Point is, "disappearance of such a major craft carrying numerous people," is just not possible today. Either our technology isn't where we think it is, or there's a conspiracy somewhere.
It isn't.
By stress, I meant force
When a certain force or temperature is reached, the transponder sends a signal
We got this initial signal so we know where it first crashed and had an area (Since they aren't exact) where we were searching
However, after that, it won't send any signals, as it won't have power, etc, the backup is enough and solid enough to send one signal. That we got but then it was turned off. We then got signals that it sent to a ground station, but we couldn't establish the exact area. IT WAS A VERY LARGE search area, that we narrowed down due to another partial signal. After that, we couldn't locate the plane because of a short day, and we didn't search at night. By the time they tried again the next day, the wreckage had slipped away
The problem is, it was night, and it was very far away from the coast, so our search efforts could never be as good as we needed. No conspiracy in this.
Why it came down is another matter though, planes do not go down, there are a lot of safety mechanisms built. Just talking about a 777, there are 6 separate sources for generation of electricity in a plane, so that even if one, two, three or even four fail, it can work. The pilot also has complete information about the state of every equipment so it going down is the bigger mystery, based on what I know working with planes.......
I won't get into craft technology as you seem more knowledgeable than me there. But do you think that such a "disappearance" could happen today, without questions being raised? I agree with your last statement. I'm amazed how such a plane could go down.
Is it a conspiracy or are they covering for something? I don't know. I don't like to get into conspiracy theories, but this is some fishy stuff.
