MH370 and the data
What I’m about to write could be seen as harsh but it needs to be written.
When people talk about their being no data about this flight, we have nothing but data. In fact, we are in the unusual position of being able to only talk about the facts that we have rather than speculating on emotions and personalities.
Emotions and personalities will come later and actually be an important part of the conversation and investigations.
But today, when people say that there is no evidence. . .
You are wrong. There is nothing but evidence. And the evidence says this aircraft was commandeered, flown by programmed waypoints at high altitude (30,000 or more) to a point in the southern Indian Ocean approximately 1200 to 1800 miles west of Australia where it ended flight.
Because it is impossible, not merely improbable, for an aircraft such as the Boeing 777 to land on an ocean and keep afloat, all passengers must be presumed as dead. The southern Indian Ocean is no place for human beings without protectioin, shelter and sturdy watercraft, they would not survive. They would not survive even on a life raft. Hurricanes have passed over this area already during this search. This is not a hospitable place even for United States naval vessels.
For those who think the 777 can survive a water landing such as the A320 that landed in the Hudson River: there couldn’t be a greater difference in the circumstances between two such events. Civil commercial aircraft are not designed and are not capable of surviving a landing in the seas and weather offered by the southern Indian Ocean. This area is considered one of the most dangerous areas of ocean in our world.
For those of you who believe this must be a hijacking and that this aircraft and its passengers are being kept hostage somewhere. . . you only do a disservice to the loved ones of those passengers to promote hope with this theory.
The science and mathematics used to track down this airplane are irrefutable. Even if we did not have such information, hostage takers don’t take 230+ people and hold them incommunicado for 2+ weeks. In fact, you really can’t hold a 777 without it being seen for 2+ weeks.
This aircraft went into the southern Indian Ocean. All lives were lost and it’s a very sad moment for their families and friends.
Very sad and shocking. As someone who worked on the 777 program from it’s inception, I have always taken great pride in the aircraft’s safety record. While I certainly don’t want to believe this is terrorism, I am at a loss to understand what kind of massive malfunction would be at play here. I have stopped watching CNN because the talking heads are making my head hurt. That plus the excitement over rectangular pieces seen floating in an ocean full of garbage. I hope this mystery is solved, but the chances of finding the recorders is diminishing as the days pass. I feel for the families. If the cause is aircraft related I sincerely hope we can figure it out so that other aircraft are not put in harms way.