Uncorrelated primary radar plot spotted 45 minutes after last contact, 200nm NW of Penang.

Curious and curiouser.

Cue music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b5aW08ivHU

Fishy. Hopefully there's enough in the radar data to at least figure out if that was a 777 or not.
It's still very weird, though, because that's at least another 45 minutes and some of it over land - the lack of any data coming from the plane in that period (including any attempted phone calls from passengers) is weird.

Generally not enough data. Seems it's a primary surveillance radar plot, which isn't your narrow-aperture high-resolution stuff that can ID an aircraft.

If it's anything like our primary radar all you'll get is bearing, groundspeed and climb rate. Not sure how well set up Malaysian military radar is.

This plot was spotted when they were revising radar tapes, which tells me one two things -

1) Malaysian Military controllers don't have full correlation of civil traffic
2) They should, but don't care if they don't

I'd like to know the secondary radar coverage map of that area. Somebody missed something

I saw this on the joke thread and thought it fairly accurate.

Most recent report/speculation I've seen on the news is the possibility it could have flown an additional 3000 miles in any direction if the hull became depressurised and everyone was starved of oxygen rendering them unconscious.

:har::har::har:

That's some glider! :salute:

Rather....that's some auto pilot...it has been known to happen before IIRC.

You haven't seen me comment this thread, until now

I really don't like to speculate in things that is not in my area of knowledge.

I follow the news about the development of this missing airliner

and I have this evening heard many theories

Was taking a look at yesterdays program of Coast to Coast to see what they had on their program and guess what....

Markus

What? :hmmm:

It showed lots of thoeries but no answer of course.

Have made some small changes to my post hope you can read and understand it now.

Markus

True, but the aircraft would have continued to transmit merrily on its way, updating its course on ACARS until it crashed into the sea.

Is there an equivalent to the Bermuda Triangle in the Far East? Maybe same position opposite Bermuda through the core of the planet. My maths is not good enough to work out the Lat and Long of an equivalent position. :ping:

There's the Dragon's Triangle, but it's not in the area we are talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Sea