MH370; SAR Mission at Indian Ocean--WOW

[morningfog]

[liberal N proud]

1. Hope your ship was well designed

I will stay on the land, thank you very much!

[Botany]

2. Thanx for posting

[ReRe]

3. WOW is right...

... that made me sick! I hope nobody gets killed looking for the wreckage of that plane. How on earth can they find anything in rough waters? Thanks for the view of the Indian Ocean.

[Sienna86]

4. Thanks to the brave folks on such ships

I was feeling a bit seasick just watching the video. Those are challenging conditions to work in, let alone keeping watch for airline crash evidence.

[Botany]

5. Even if you see something getting to it might be almost impossible

If you were the captain of that ship would you put your ship sideways between
the trough of those waves? Or having people go out on deck or along side the
ship to retrieve it?

Those swells have to be 50' or higher.

[jwirr]

6. This makes is clear why they are having trouble finding anything.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. Holy crap! And this is daytime! Can't imagine riding that at night...

Seems like - since the search area is about the size of Alaska- they should stick to high res satellites...at least till the seas calm down.

[mckara]

8. That Looks Familiar

The video reminds me of standing watch in the Navy: lots of ocean and you are going 15 miles an hour.

[sufrommich]

9. Worst roller coaster ride ever.

[2naSalit]

10. Yeah...

Nope, I would never be able to handle being on board a ship in seas like that. Aside from the nausea, I would probably die of fright or have a coronary about every other wave!

Kudos to those who can do this. I agree that satellite imagery is about all that can be counted on as I suspect there aren't many days/nights when the seas in that area are calm enough to do anything of value.

But then, what about submarines? If this sea floor is so far down, why aren't there submersibles out there in the search?

[blackspade]

11. How in the world would you find anything in that!?

[pnwest]

12. Holy cow that's frightening. I held my

breath just watching each wave approach!! I'd have a coronary, too. Totally in awe of those folks.

The other thing that struck me tho, was the amazing color of that water! Beautiful blue!

[KittyWampus]

13. Profound thanks to OP'er for finding/posting this. And to ship mate who took video

and posted that.

The video gives an incredible view into what it's like out there.

[ramblin_dave]

14. That video is not from the MH370 search

Several media sources posted this yesterday, but it was revealed to be the same as a video posted on YouTube over a year ago...

See comments below the video on YouTube.

[JayhawkSD]

18. I thought it looked familiar when I watched above.

As when I watched it a year ago, it was a nostalgic moment.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. Gonna need a bigger boat.

[KansDem]

19. !!

[The Stranger]

16. Aw fuck. Now I'm sea sick just watching it.

[JayhawkSD]

17. That's actually not too bad.

I've been through worse than that, where we were on the bridge and looking up at the tops of oncoming waves. We went over most of them, but not all. Some of them went over us. When we were down in the trough we were sheltered from the wind. When we got to the top of the wave the wind hit us like a truck.

A diesel submarine "rigged for surface" is all but unsinkable, far more durable than any surface ship. That doesn't mean it is confortable.