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gut;1602192 wrote:You're a little behind....Australians with US tech already found two different pings yesterday, hearing one for up to 2 hours and then 15 minutes on the return sweep.

Completely different area than where the Chinese were. I doubt it's true, but someone said there was a rumor the Chinese had a black box on board and it might have gotten splashed and started pinging
Got my update from Erin Burnett on CNN, so that might explain my delay. She (whom I actually like a lot) and Richard Quest (CNN's "aviation expert" who was arrested in Central Park for meth a few years ago) were talking about the dolphin scenario about an hour ago.

As far as I know, however, none of the ping signals originally detected have been reacquired in the last 24 hours of searching.
Apr 7, 2014 7:46pm
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reclegend22;1602193 wrote: As far as I know, however, none of the ping signals originally detected have been reacquired in the last 24 hours of searching.
The Australian detection seems really solid, but they haven't been able to find it again today. Keep in mind, however, that the batteries might finally be dead.

Someone else was laughing at the Chinese, something along the lines of "maybe we can rest easy that they aren't nearly as technically advanced as we thought"
Apr 7, 2014 8:01pm
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Tiernan;1601840 wrote:The Chinks have no fkn idea what they're doing and this "pinging" will be another dead end - bank on it.
Called it.
Apr 7, 2014 11:44pm
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Tiernan;1602051 wrote:Please enlighten us Mr. I've Been Everywhere...where in the US do monkeys roam free in the streets?
Los Angeles.
Apr 8, 2014 1:20am
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Apr 8, 2014 9:34pm
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ccrunner609;1605089 wrote:CNN reporting that

stopped reading here
Apr 14, 2014 10:34pm
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ccrunner609;1605089 wrote:...and that plane is on land somewhere.
By now some of the pieces have probably washed up on some remote island....so you would technically be partially correct.
Apr 14, 2014 11:36pm
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gut;1605109 wrote:By now some of the pieces have probably washed up on some remote island....so you would technically be partially correct.
/Tiernan'd
Apr 15, 2014 7:46am
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Still no sign of MH370.
Apr 21, 2014 7:43am
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Why not install a water activated dye capsule in all planes similar to how the locator beacons are activated? Make it orange so that if a plane crashes in the ocean you can clearly see the general area in which it landed. I believe fighter jets have this correct? Seems like a cheap solution to this problem in the future.
Apr 25, 2014 11:58am
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sleeper;1609052 wrote:Why not install a water activated dye capsule in all planes similar to how the locator beacons are activated? Make it orange so that if a plane crashes in the ocean you can clearly see the general area in which it landed. I believe fighter jets have this correct? Seems like a cheap solution to this problem in the future.
I thought was just the fuel you see in the water that is colored.
Apr 25, 2014 11:10pm
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sleeper;1609052 wrote:Why not install a water activated dye capsule in all planes similar to how the locator beacons are activated? Make it orange so that if a plane crashes in the ocean you can clearly see the general area in which it landed. I believe fighter jets have this correct? Seems like a cheap solution to this problem in the future.
Still would have to get within range to see it.
I always thought planes had a GPS tracking system that would always be tracking the plane.
Apr 28, 2014 10:07am
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thavoice;1610017 wrote:Still would have to get within range to see it.
I always thought planes had a GPS tracking system that would always be tracking the plane.
I think it would be fairly easy to spot a large patch of orange dye in the middle of the ocean. It seems like a cost effective way to solve the problem.
Apr 28, 2014 10:47am
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It worked in Top Gun.
Apr 28, 2014 11:21am
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Thanks to Donald Sterling, CNN's Don Lemon will never find the plane now.

Good search, though, everyone. Almost found it.
Apr 28, 2014 12:08pm
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Apparently now some company is saying the wreckage is like a thousand miles north....
Apr 29, 2014 10:22am
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thavoice;1610450 wrote:Apparently now some company is saying the wreckage is like a thousand miles north....
So far they would be just as correct as anyone else.
Apr 29, 2014 11:19am
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WebFire;1610495 wrote:So far they would be just as correct as anyone else.
Except for maybe that woman who found the plane in her twat...
Apr 29, 2014 11:22am
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Nothing these guys cant handle....

Apr 30, 2014 12:43am
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I thought they'd find something once they hit on the pings. Reports now are more pings on Sunday, which is WELL beyond the expected battery duration. Makes you wonder what they were picking up.

Not sure this thing is ever going to be found.
Apr 30, 2014 12:46am
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Now that we've officially established that the Malaysians have no idea in fuck how to investigate a missing plane, it might be time to expand the search elsewhere. As we are beginning to find out, the immarsat data might very well be wrong. Why not increase the scope of the search to include the corridor to the north? Check the ocean in that region, remote areas of land where wreckage could be hidden, small uninhabited isles, etc.

What a mess. I agree that it's highly likely that this plane will ever be found.
Apr 30, 2014 1:50am
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The US and Australians have been leading the search since the first few weeks. None of the satellite analysis or ping locators are Malaysian tech.
Apr 30, 2014 3:09am