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Wreckage of MH370 washing up on Reunion Island?
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: TerraHertz on July 30, 2015, 04:03:58 am ---Hollow sealed cavities would have been pressure-crushed at depth. So would flexible closed cell foam, removing buoyancy. But a hard foam might have held up. It's just that this is big and light-colored, so WHY WASN'T IT SPOTTED?
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Likely because it's a big arse ocean. And ask anyone who does search and rescue and they will tell you how hard it is to spot stuff.
cimmo:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 30, 2015, 04:50:28 am ---
--- Quote from: TerraHertz on July 30, 2015, 04:03:58 am ---Hollow sealed cavities would have been pressure-crushed at depth. So would flexible closed cell foam, removing buoyancy. But a hard foam might have held up. It's just that this is big and light-colored, so WHY WASN'T IT SPOTTED?
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Likely because it's a big arse ocean. And ask anyone who does search and rescue and they will tell you how hard it is to spot stuff.
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Been there and done that. Concur.
Every time even a little wave breaks you think you spotted something - and then it vanishes.
In this case a white (or light grey) object lying just below the surface would be very hard to actually detect visually - because that is the colour of a breaking wave.
TerraHertz:
AF 447 hit the water in a full vertical stall (belly down), definitely not a 'soft ditching', yet bits like these survived. Last one is a wing flap.
Anyway, doesn't tell us anything useful, probably.
Why have no other pieces turned up? Let's hope they find some more now.
pickle9000:
This is pretty interesting. The flight as reported in a simulator. Military radar altitudes don't fit but otherwise fits.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/latest/a/22235213/flight-recreated-in-777-simulator/
amyk:
It won't take long to know what it is, parts of planes - especially ones this big - have serial numbers on them.
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