British Expats - Malaysian 777

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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- The Maple Leaf (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/)

- - Malaysian 777 (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/malaysian-777-a-827990/)

MarkG

Mar 28th 2014 1:14 pm

Re: Malaysian 777

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Originally Posted by Aviator (Post 11195318)

However if 300 people all run to the front end to beat up the door, the aircraft would dive out of the sky anyway, unless there was some really big guy sitting at the back balancing the whole thing out.

Good point :).

Siouxie

Mar 28th 2014 1:17 pm

Re: Malaysian 777

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 11195254)

And you have a great and happy weekend:thumbup:

The idea that 'anyone' could do this and also whilst the passengers were aware or even vaguely aware of what was happening is more than disturbing. How is any family member going to come to terms with this?

I don't think they would have been aware though - else surely one of them would have managed to send out a text or a call (if not a passenger then a crew member). I think flying at 45000 feet for 23 minutes would have knocked them all out cold. Better that (for the relatives) than to think of them panic stricken for 7 hours.

Pulaski

Mar 31st 2014 3:13 am

Re: Malaysian 777

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Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 11195322)

I don't think they would have been aware though - else surely one of them would have managed to send out a text or a call (if not a passenger then a crew member). ..... Better that (for the relatives) than to think of them panic stricken for 7 hours.

Agreed.

FWIW Even if they weren't flying over the ocean, I read that you need to be below about 10,000 ft and going slower than about 250 mph for a mobile phone antenna to be able to handle a call or text. Over the open ocean no mobile phone related communication is possible. .... I do not know if a satellite mobile phone would work.

MillieF

Mar 31st 2014 9:35 am

Re: Malaysian 777

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Originally Posted by MarkG (Post 11195292)

The cockpit door may be reinforced, but not against 300 people beating on it for seven hours. I think it's pretty clear that the passengers were not conscious of what was going on.

Yes, very probably, but if YOU had family on that flight, how do you go forward from here...as the wife of a commercial pilot it is just too horrible to contemplate.

Novocastrian

Mar 31st 2014 10:14 am

Re: Malaysian 777

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Originally Posted by bats (Post 11194940)

Well it wasn't the butler

Can one be entirely sure? One always takes one's butler along when one travels abroad, don't you know?

bats	Mar 31st 2014 11:41 am

Re: Malaysian 777

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 11198959)

Can one be entirely sure? One always takes one's butler along when one travels abroad, don't you know?

Well indeed, but they have such innate integrity.

scrubbedexpat091

Mar 31st 2014 11:26 pm

Re: Malaysian 777

http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/cont...ot-ATC_BIT.pdf

Transcript of the communications has been released.

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