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Topic: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. WTF? (Read 49356 times)

vip
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August 08, 2014, 07:44:29 PM

"Oh, dear! Glad we're flying Malaysia Airlines."
legendary
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August 08, 2014, 04:50:45 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.

Is this what you think of when you see the Goodyear blimp?



I am hardly riding that thing.

I am not saying it is the main factor, but it will play on the minds of potential travellers. Given comparative prices they will pick a different airlines.
legendary
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August 08, 2014, 04:49:13 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.
They need to completely remake their business model or they're going straight towards bankruptcy.
But I believe its one of top Airlines in the world and have very strong financial bank ground so they are not going to bankruptcy in near future

More than that they need a rebranding. Maybe even a token sale and change the name, logos, colours. Air travellers are a spooky sort, and unless they offer massive discounts over their rivals I can see them suffering.
sr. member
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Brainwashed this way
August 08, 2014, 12:26:54 PM
They seem to have some good facts of what really happened here:


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-JzmK3-tIvQ
sr. member
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August 07, 2014, 06:12:38 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.
They need to completely remake their business model or they're going straight towards bankruptcy.
But I believe its one of top Airlines in the world and have very strong financial bank ground so they are not going to bankruptcy in near future
vip
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August 07, 2014, 04:45:22 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.

The airline is run by the government. It will get bail out money like every government sponsor enterprise out there.

Run that by me again! Malaysia Airlines is run by whom?
sr. member
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August 07, 2014, 04:29:45 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.
They need to completely remake their business model or they're going straight towards bankruptcy.
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August 07, 2014, 04:28:25 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.

The airline is run by the government. It will get bail out money like every government sponsor enterprise out there.
vip
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August 07, 2014, 04:23:10 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.

Is this what you think of when you see the Goodyear blimp?

legendary
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August 07, 2014, 04:15:30 PM
Malaysian Airlines is screwed now through not much fault on them. Anybody flying with them will have a second thought, and will prefer a different carrier.

I was in a plane the other day and saw from window a Malaysian Airlines plane from the window, and the first thought that came to my mind was this disappearance.
DrG
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July 29, 2014, 06:52:01 AM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.
You know that the U.S plans to send people to Mars by 2025, right? And they will all be in a spacecraft that when entering the atmosphere of mars will still hurl towards it at incredible speeds, at which point, they will use a parachute most likely to decrease the speed of their descent.

So I am very sure it's possible to do it.

Possible yes.  Realistic, hell no.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695216679/ATK-tests-the-largest-parachute-in-the-world.html?pg=all - would be able to control a planes fall, but it would cost more than the plane itself.

US can't even build a new nuclear power plant by 2025, how the hell can they get people to Mars lol.  My dad worked at JPL and I have always loved space exploration but 2025 yeah right.

A tin can falling to Mars designed for vertical descent using a paracute is different from a fixed wing aircraft designed for subsonic horizontal flight.
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July 29, 2014, 04:49:19 AM
Thats one of the things isnt it really, the statistics still show how unlikely you are to be in an air disaster, hence why systems such as parachutes just aren't developed.
member
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July 28, 2014, 08:00:02 PM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.
You know that the U.S plans to send people to Mars by 2025, right? And they will all be in a spacecraft that when entering the atmosphere of mars will still hurl towards it at incredible speeds, at which point, they will use a parachute most likely to decrease the speed of their descent.

So I am very sure it's possible to do it.
This kind of system would likely be very expensive. It would be even more expensive when compared to how rarely planes are shot down and otherwise "fall out of the sky"
newbie
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July 28, 2014, 01:42:16 PM
This shit is still so rare  Embarrassed
legendary
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July 28, 2014, 01:41:02 PM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.
You know that the U.S plans to send people to Mars by 2025, right? And they will all be in a spacecraft that when entering the atmosphere of mars will still hurl towards it at incredible speeds, at which point, they will use a parachute most likely to decrease the speed of their descent.

So I am very sure it's possible to do it.

People to Mars in the next 10 years, yawn...
If Peoples going to Mars then we have Terrorists and Politicians also which is not good signals for Mars

Not that going to Mars wouldn't be interesting, the cost involved makes me lol at anybody who thinks it's going to happen within the next 10 years.
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July 28, 2014, 01:02:11 PM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.
You know that the U.S plans to send people to Mars by 2025, right? And they will all be in a spacecraft that when entering the atmosphere of mars will still hurl towards it at incredible speeds, at which point, they will use a parachute most likely to decrease the speed of their descent.

So I am very sure it's possible to do it.

People to Mars in the next 10 years, yawn...
If Peoples going to Mars then we have Terrorists and Politicians also which is not good signals for Mars
legendary
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July 28, 2014, 12:58:12 PM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.
You know that the U.S plans to send people to Mars by 2025, right? And they will all be in a spacecraft that when entering the atmosphere of mars will still hurl towards it at incredible speeds, at which point, they will use a parachute most likely to decrease the speed of their descent.

So I am very sure it's possible to do it.

People to Mars in the next 10 years, yawn...
legendary
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Reverse engineer from time to time
July 27, 2014, 03:20:34 AM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.
You know that the U.S plans to send people to Mars by 2025, right? And they will all be in a spacecraft that when entering the atmosphere of mars will still hurl towards it at incredible speeds, at which point, they will use a parachute most likely to decrease the speed of their descent.

So I am very sure it's possible to do it.
legendary
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Making money since I was in the womb! @emc2whale
July 27, 2014, 02:06:27 AM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.

So you think it's impossible to add a parachute to a jetliner? I figures the same thing but I have seen some serious sized things use parachutes to land "safely"



DrG
legendary
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July 27, 2014, 01:37:19 AM
Given that a jet like a 747-400 can weigh over 600 TONS we fully loaded you're not going to have any kind of parachute deploy to stop that thing from falling.  Barring the plane losing a wing like MH17 the glide a plane has would still provide more lift than any parachute.
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