04-16-2014, 09:14 AM
Thank you blueberryhill, you mock-tease.
I'm now inclined to believe that the Malaysian plane likely went down due to a malfunction which caused the pilots to turn off the tracking devices as a safety measure.
But, I too wonder if we'll ever really know what happened -- could well end up to be another enduring mystery like that of Flying Tiger Connie -- though, especially for the families' sakes, I hope not.
Here's the latest on the technical difficulties that have arisen during the debris search.
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The underwater vessel searching for traces of the missing Malaysian jet resurfaced Wednesday to fix a technical issue, but then redeployed again.
While on deck, its data were downloaded, the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre said. This is the second setback for the underwater vehicle deployed to scan the ocean floor for debris linked to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
In its first dive Monday, crews dipped it into the Indian Ocean on what was expected to be a 20-hour deployment. It returned less than eight hours later after it exceeded its maximum dive depth.
"What Bluefin did was it detected that it was moving was near its maximum depth, sending signals back to its operators, said Mike Dean, the U.S. Navy deputy director for salvage and diving.
It found no debris during its shortened scanning session.
Searchers lowered it toward the ocean floor for a second dive Tuesday, and it resurfaced short of its 24-hour mission because of technical issues. It then went down again.
Full story: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/16/world/...?hpt=hp_t2
I'm now inclined to believe that the Malaysian plane likely went down due to a malfunction which caused the pilots to turn off the tracking devices as a safety measure.
But, I too wonder if we'll ever really know what happened -- could well end up to be another enduring mystery like that of Flying Tiger Connie -- though, especially for the families' sakes, I hope not.
Here's the latest on the technical difficulties that have arisen during the debris search.
Snip
The underwater vessel searching for traces of the missing Malaysian jet resurfaced Wednesday to fix a technical issue, but then redeployed again.
While on deck, its data were downloaded, the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre said. This is the second setback for the underwater vehicle deployed to scan the ocean floor for debris linked to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
In its first dive Monday, crews dipped it into the Indian Ocean on what was expected to be a 20-hour deployment. It returned less than eight hours later after it exceeded its maximum dive depth.
"What Bluefin did was it detected that it was moving was near its maximum depth, sending signals back to its operators, said Mike Dean, the U.S. Navy deputy director for salvage and diving.
It found no debris during its shortened scanning session.
Searchers lowered it toward the ocean floor for a second dive Tuesday, and it resurfaced short of its 24-hour mission because of technical issues. It then went down again.
Full story: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/16/world/...?hpt=hp_t2