Contact lost with Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777

[blue b4 the moon]

Too much like a Hollywood movie for me.....seconds to go....can we/Bond save the day.

 

[Graceyboy]

They seem quite hopeful they may have discovered the black boxes location
Hope so as i hate unsolved mysteries

They'd better hurry up most black box recorders only omit a signal for up to 30 days - after that it is gonna be one hell of a task to find this plane - given the area they are still searching - I.e. It's somewhere under the Indian Ocean.

The CSMU's Crash Survivable Memory Units (FDR/CVR) have a certification requirement to emit a signal of a strength of approx 170dB at a frequency of 37.5 kHz for 30 days. Thats its minimum requirement. In practice, you wouldn't have an equipment that would just stop emitting its signal after the minimum 30 days. In reality, the battery will still be able to power a transmission on the same frequency but at a lower strength (approx 150 dB) and this can last for a further 60 days approx. So all isn't lost and no signal will be transmitted after 30 days.

The newer CSMU's are being certified to provide the 37.5kHz signal at 170dB for 90 days, yet in reallity these will transmit a signal for a further 60 days also until the battery is not capable of transmitting any signal

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

They seem quite hopeful they may have discovered the black boxes location
Hope so as i hate unsolved mysteries

They'd better hurry up most black box recorders only omit a signal for up to 30 days - after that it is gonna be one hell of a task to find this plane - given the area they are still searching - I.e. It's somewhere under the Indian Ocean.

The CSMU's Crash Survivable Memory Units (FDR/CVR) have a certification requirement to emit a signal of a strength of approx 170dB at a frequency of 37.5 kHz for 30 days. Thats its minimum requirement. In practice, you wouldn't have an equipment that would just stop emitting its signal after the minimum 30 days. In reality, the battery will still be able to power a transmission on the same frequency but at a lower strength (approx 150 dB) and this can last for a
further 60 days approx. So all isn't lost and no signal will be transmitted after 30 days.

The newer CSMU's are being certified to provide the 37.5kHz signal at 170dB for 90 days, yet in reallity these will transmit a signal for a further 60 days also until the battery is not capable of transmitting any signal

 

[scotty123]

Aussie PM. Looks like we have picked up the black box signal and have narrowed it down to a small area but it needs confirming

Hope this is coming to a conclusion for the relatives sake

 

[foetus]

Aussie PM. Looks like we have picked up the black box signal and have narrowed it down to a small area but it needs confirming

Hope this is coming to a conclusion for the relatives sake

Don't trust anything that **** Abbott says.

Hope they have found something though

 

[citymantop]

I told the bloke next door if he hasn't moved this by tomorrow I'm calling the council

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

I'm starting to wish I was on it!

 

[mcmanus]

I'm starting to wish I was on it!

I did half an hour upstairs its fucking depressing.

Found a rag but not a 777.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Just checking back in...

Bluemoon not found it yet?

WTF? Get on it, lads!!

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Seems another one is in trouble