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In reply to the discussion: One U.S. Theory: Plane's Disappearance 'Act of Piracy' [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)away in 2014. They emerged from the jungles of Asia this month where they had been kept by WalMart to fashion garments for their upcoming "Heritage Line".
Sheesh.
Everyone wants to have a better story, as if they have been conditioned that it is bad to say "I don't know, but we are looking at every possibility".
They can play with scenarios, but until the plane is found all this is pretty much moot to anyone not directly involved in the search strategy. Spinning tales like this into a public microphone sounds like they are telling stories to effect some sort of reaction, and I am not sure it isn't cruel to those left behind and waiting, now with NEW nightmares. As if they didn't have enough already.
A sudden decompression at 35,000 feet takes everyone out of commission in less than 15 seconds, dead soon after. Any damage to the crew emergency O2, (something that has started a fire before in a 777), and they are dead. The plane has a history of wing damage, fatigue cracks in other 777s, has a fair number of hours on it, and without any of the usual public trappings of pirates other than those engendered by xenophobia, may have had an accident in a very, very dangerous place Small planes that are unpressurized can't even go there.
Draw a 4 hour diameter circle, rule out jet streams, search. Rule out the simple shit first, and find the plane.
Then we can chase pirates. Like Peter Pan.
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