Wreckage of MH370 washing up on Reunion Island?

[G7PSK]

Has this man really located the remains of MH370.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10532455/MH370-missing-Malaysian-Airlines-plane-Experts-bombshell-theory.html?fbclid=IwAR0Xis0fZoWXBP88ZKFFP83--j3DxGfG_mCpGQABnijeSo7I2tBPCr8172o

[Gyro]

I'd be more inclined to believe it if it wasn't sensationalised in the Fail.

[Bud]

Godfrey tracked disturbances the plane made in radio frequencies across the globe

They do not explain this part from engineering perspective, so i am unable to comment. The other article mentioned "ham radio frequencies", whatever that means, also clear as mud. Are they talking about analysis of some "recordings" of amareur beacon transmissions? 

[tom66]

The scattered locations make me think of weather buoys.  Perhaps the signal strength data for that day shows that some buoys were having fractionally lower RSSI than others, indicating more local interference (e.g. a plane transmitting on nearby frequencies.)

Just speculation though.

[Brumby]

They do not explain this part from engineering perspective, so i am unable to comment.

This.

[nctnico]

I like to watch treasure hunting'TV' shows. What they all have in common are people with wild theories that make some kind of sense. Only very, very few of such theories are correct when put to the test.

[BrianHG]

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/ham-radio-opperator-locating-missing-flight-mh370/msg4021702/#msg4021702

[msuffidy]

I bet all aircraft over seas need satellite link up because WE SPEND TOO MUCH TRYING TO FIND THEM. but MH370 was more exciting as a terrorist capture to Yemen.  The fact the transponders were deactivated sort of suggests pilot hijack or attempted 3rd party hijack. Pretty close of the Antipode of Ottawa, Canada.

[m k]

First time is always difficult.
I'm quite sure that now every jetliner has that "passive" satellite positioning active.

Why it is so difficult to accept that it was the pilot?

Even that first time is difficult it's almost more difficult to accept that nobody knows.
Malaysians have their reasons and so have NATO spooks.

[McBryce]

Why it is so difficult to accept that it was the pilot?

Because it's not a fact until it has been proven. You can only accept facts, not theories.

McBryce.

[m k]

Yes, wrong question.

Why it is so easy to accept that it wasn't the pilot?

[nctnico]

Why it is so difficult to accept that it was the pilot?

Because it's not a fact until it has been proven. You can only accept facts, not theories.

Proven to what extent? There are very few things you can prove 100%. So in the real world you have to accept the theory that has the most evidence to support it.

Pilots taking planes filled with passengers with them as they commit suicide has happened.

[ve7xen]

Godfrey tracked disturbances the plane made in radio frequencies across the globe

They do not explain this part from engineering perspective, so i am unable to comment. The other article mentioned "ham radio frequencies", whatever that means, also clear as mud. Are they talking about analysis of some "recordings" of amareur beacon transmissions? 

The principle seems to be based on WSPRnet (weak signal propagation monitoring network) transmissions where an aircraft is on the great-circle path between Tx and Rx being disturbed from nominal SNR by the presence of the plane. Find such disturbances in the WSPR logs from that day, correlate those hits with known information about the flight path, extrapolate etc. It sounds...kind of plausible...at first pass.

The 'guy' published a how it works document here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wif8oqzgm74sdqv/GDTAAA%20V4%20MH370%2007MAR2014%201716%20UTC%20Paper.pdf?dl=0 and the 'final report' is here https://www.dropbox.com/s/k4fn8eec4z9np0z/GDTAAA%20WSPRnet%20MH370%20Analysis%20Flight%20Path%20Report.pdf?dl=0 .

The folks on hackernews didn't think it was very credible: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27044995