After I put up my post on Tuesday, some people questioned why I would even pose such a question whose premise is so unlikely. The reason is that at present there seem to be only two possible end-of-flight scenarios for MH370: Flying south on autopilot, the plane ran out of fuel shortly after 0:11 and … Continue reading Ditching in the Middle of the Ocean, Part 2: Answers
by Victor Iannello [Note: While attention has been focused on the definition identification of the Reunion flaperon, there remain many other elements of the MH370 case that still require careful attention. Here, Victor delves into what the data that has been released, in particular in the Factual Information (FI) report, to clarify what we know … Continue reading Guest Post: Some Observations of the Radar Data for MH370
It’s not every day that you need to talk to one of the world’s leading experts on goose barnacles of the Indian Ocean, but today is one of those days, so I considered myself very fortunate to get in touch with Charles Griffiths, an emeritus professor of marine biology at the University of Cape Town and … Continue reading Listening to Barnacles — UPDATED
The discovery last week of what appeared to be a piece of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on the shores of Réunion Island seemed at first blush a giant leap toward solving the famously perplexing mystery. Officials declared that, based on photos, the part could only have come from a Boeing 777. And since only one 777 has … Continue reading New York: What the MH370 Wing Flap Tells Us, And What It Doesn’t