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April 08, 2014

Despite Weekend Reports of Detecting Pings from Flight 370's Black Boxes, Optimism of Finding the Wreckage is Now "Fading Away"
— Ace

First of all, I'm sorry to be posting so late.

I got up late -- first strike. But since then I've been writing a long piece. As Hour One turned into Hour Two and that turned into Hour Three, I realized I had better put up some filler post in the meantime.

This is that filler post.

The optimism that bubbled up over the weekend when an Australian navy ship detected pulses that appeared to signal the nearby presence of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's so-called black boxes had subsided somewhat by Tuesday, as continuing listening efforts yielded nothing.
Searchers are still scouring the waters, but their optimism is "more cautious," said U.S. Navy Cmdr. William Marks. "As hours pass," he said, "our optimism is fading away, ever so slightly."
His restraint contrasted with the cheers that erupted Saturday when the team aboard Australia's Ocean Shield detected a possible signal from the plane's flight data recorder or its cockpit voice recorder. A second possible signal was heard soon after.
The signals, detected about 1,100 miles (1,750 kilometers) northwest of Perth, Australia, were consistent with those sent by a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder, retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston said. They were heard in seawater about 14,800 feet (4,500 meters) deep.
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The first signal, detected by the towed pinger locator dragged behind the Australian ship, continued for more than two hours; the second for about 13 minutes. But since then, there's been silence.

The black boxes' batteries have enough power to ping for about one month.

Flight 370 had been missing for about one month as of the weekend. Thus, this could be, maybe, that the last signals from black boxes were heard just as the batteries failed, and now we'll hear nothing from the black boxes ever again.

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Thus, this could be, maybe, that the last signals from black boxes were heard just as the batteries failed, and now we'll hear nothing from the black boxes ever again.

Why, oh Lord, why can't this be, in a way, the story of Barack Obama?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2014 09:31 AM (fwARV)

2 First?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 09:31 AM (da5Wo)

3 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:31 AM (PYAXX)

4 now we'll hear nothing from the black boxes ever again. - Ah, if that were only true.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 08, 2014 09:32 AM (XUKZU)

5 Oh.... we will see this airplane again. Right before the explosion.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 08, 2014 09:32 AM (nELVU)

6 DAMMIT NEARSIDER!!!!!!! Who let you out of the basement?!?!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 09:32 AM (da5Wo)

7 They should look for it where it ran out of gas. I know I don't make it far when I have no fuel. It should be hanging, stuck, in the air in that area. They should be able to see it.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 08, 2014 09:32 AM (32Ze2)

8 Requiescant in pace

Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 08, 2014 09:32 AM (S0zQV)

9 Ye Olde Filler Poste

Posted by: Bigby's Velvet Glove at April 08, 2014 09:32 AM (3ZtZW)

10 This is so utterly surprising! *Does this level of sarcasm make my ass look big?

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 08, 2014 09:33 AM (BZAd3)

11 Thus, this could be, maybe, that the last signals from black boxes were heard just as the batteries failed, and now we'll hear nothing from the black boxes ever again.

Could still be aliens.

Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 09:33 AM (ZKzrr)

12 Yeah, I heard somewhere that the manufacturer of the black boxes said they were guaranteed for 30 days, and that they usually got a day or two (up to 4 or 5) past that. So if they haven't found them again in a day or two, they likely never will.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:33 AM (PYAXX)

13 Flight 370 had been missing for about one month as of the weekend. It's been a month? It feels simultaneously as if it was forever ago and yesterday.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 08, 2014 09:33 AM (mf5HN)

14 Why, oh Lord, why can't this be, in a way, the story of Barack Obama? Well, at least we know he's got bad genes.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at April 08, 2014 09:34 AM (pgQxn)

>>>The black boxes' batteries have enough power to ping for about one month.

Its hooked up to some RetroNerd's B/W TV and he's playing Pong on it.

Posted by: Bigby's Velvet Glove at April 08, 2014 09:34 AM (3ZtZW)

16 Could still be aliens. Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr) Or black holes.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:34 AM (PYAXX)

Who let you out of the basement?!?!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 01:32 PM (da5Wo)

The typing is coming from inside the house!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2014 09:34 AM (fwARV)

18 16 Could still be aliens. Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr) Or black holes. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:34 PM (PYAXX) Or tangonine with a shotgun.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 09:35 AM (da5Wo)

19 "The black boxes' batteries have enough power to ping for about one month." Actually, the requirement is that the batteries be adequate to maintain a 165dB tone for a minimum of 30 days. In order to do this, a manufacturer will make sure the batteries can last a good bit more.

Posted by: jwest at April 08, 2014 09:35 AM (u2a4R)

20 Could still be aliens. Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr) Or black holes. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:34 PM (PYAXX) ---- David.Copperfield.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 08, 2014 09:35 AM (nELVU)

21 Could still be aliens. That would be an act of Love.

Posted by: Jebediah Bush at April 08, 2014 09:35 AM (DQZLr)

22 Islam is what happens when civilization loses. That is the title of the post and as you might expect it's a good one. https://tinyurl.com/m7szph7 via Sultan Knish

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 08, 2014 09:36 AM (BZAd3)

Optimism fading? Well, they weren't going to find anyone alive. If they are pretty sure that a sustained dual signal is likely to have been the two flight data recorders then they have narrowed the search area down from "somewhere in the Indian Ocean" to "somewhere in this great big area, but sort of here".

So the rush to find it while it's still pinging subsides, they go to slowly trawling sidescan sonar and other anomaly detecting devices and eventually they will find something. It will take months or years. That should at least get it off every CNN newscast all day every day.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 08, 2014 09:36 AM (JtwS4)

24 Optimism of Finding the Wreckage is Now "Fading Away" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Better to burn out than fade away...

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 09:36 AM (LSJmV)

25 Or someone putting a ping in the water to make us think the plane went down in that area. But with all the surveillance tech the US has, somebody knows where it is. They just can't say because that would reveal "sources and methods".

Posted by: Smith the Paranoid at April 08, 2014 09:36 AM (gtROo)

Cause of Death:

Air crash

Lost at Sea

Posted by: Bigby's Velvet Glove at April 08, 2014 09:36 AM (3ZtZW)

27 Even if we knew where it was because it was still beeping, do we have equipment capable of diving that deep to recover the black box?

Posted by: DarrenODaly at April 08, 2014 09:36 AM (fmKA/)

28 16 Could still be aliens. Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr) Or black holes. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In space, no one can hear you ping.

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 09:37 AM (LSJmV)

29 Cause of Death: Air crash or Lost at Sea Posted by: Bigby's Velvet Glove at April 08, 2014 01:36 PM (3ZtZW) Undetermined.

Posted by: Chicago ME's Office at April 08, 2014 09:37 AM (PYAXX)

30 Very clearly they need a carbon based tax and they would be able to find this plane

Posted by: Thomas Friedman at April 08, 2014 09:37 AM (32Ze2)

31 Yeah, I heard somewhere that the manufacturer of the black boxes said they were guaranteed for 30 days, and that they usually got a day or two (up to 4 or 5) past that. I heard they sometimes last even longer than that, but at 14,000 feet the water would be very cold, likely reducing battery performance.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 08, 2014 09:37 AM (SY2Kh)

32 At this point I hope they find a totally different jet.

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at April 08, 2014 09:37 AM (5xmd7)

33 Even if we knew where it was because it was still beeping, do we have equipment capable of diving that deep to recover the black box? Yes, actually, we do.

Posted by: James Cameron at April 08, 2014 09:38 AM (PYAXX)

34 I like Black Boxes

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 08, 2014 09:38 AM (32Ze2)

35 Better to burn out than fade away... Watch it!

Posted by: Neil Young, the Godfather of Grunge at April 08, 2014 09:38 AM (DQZLr)

36 Man, no love for another successful "not willow" trick? You hordelings are on your own now.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 08, 2014 09:38 AM (JtwS4)

37 At this point I hope they find a totally different jet. Posted by: Chris_Balsz at April 08, 2014 01:37 PM (5xmd7) ---- cut.jib.newsletter

Posted by: fixerupper at April 08, 2014 09:38 AM (nELVU)

38 The plane is in a hanger in Pakistan. Everyone knows that and they are hiding the facts!

Posted by: The Loon on Fox News that probably is a Paulian at April 08, 2014 09:38 AM (0FSuD)

39 16 Could still be aliens.
Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr)

Or black holes.

---

Please. Holes of color.

Posted by: whoever at April 08, 2014 09:38 AM (pjMym)

40 My "black hole" hypothesis is still lookin' good.

Posted by: Don Lemon at April 08, 2014 09:39 AM (/FnUH)

41 At this point I hope they find a totally different jet. Posted by: Chris_Balsz at April 08, 2014 01:37 PM (5xmd7) I can just see the news conference now. "It is with great relief and gladness that we report we have finally found... the remains of Amelia Earhart's plane."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:39 AM (PYAXX)

42 Cause of Death: Air crash or Lost at sea ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Somewhere there's an insurance company refusing to pay out on a double indemnity policy. Baby.

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 09:39 AM (LSJmV)

43 How have I not used NoScript before? This is heaven.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 08, 2014 09:39 AM (HLprW)

44 Ace if your writing a long post that requires any studying, ya wanna give us a heads up so we can go to the Library? And maybe it's Bin Laden going "ping" "ping" at the bottom of the Indian Ocean

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (t3UFN)

45 I think I would try to find the wreckage before I started haphazardly dropping listening devices into the ocean, but that's me.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (5UteM)

46 You try to save a few bucks by putting crappy Malaysian batteries in your black box and this is what you get. Ladies, take note.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (8ZskC)

47 But since then I've been writing a long piece. ------ Dare I dream for a new movie review...?

Posted by: @johntant at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (8Msah)

48 39 16 Could still be aliens. Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr) Or black holes. --- Please. Holes of color. African-American holes from a different Solar System.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (DQZLr)

49 How have I not used NoScript before? This is heaven. Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 08, 2014 01:39 PM (HLprW) I dunno. I've sung it's praises for a long time (of course, here at work I'm on Chrome where it's immaterial).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (PYAXX)

50 "Nood Ace!"

***

Heh...sounds like Cindy's muff circa 1996

Posted by: Juan McCain at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (NpXoL)

51 Has willow thrown her magic elf box out the window yet?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 08, 2014 09:40 AM (yh0zB)

52 You try to save a few bucks by putting crappy Malaysian batteries in your black box and this is what you get. Ladies, take note. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 01:40 PM (8ZskC) See, this is why someone who is totally not me in any possible way at all nuh uh not me needs the direct plug into the nuclear reactor.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 08, 2014 09:41 AM (mf5HN)

53 DiHydrogen Monoxide did them all in. The compound that we cannot live without, yet, will kill us all in the end.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 08, 2014 09:41 AM (32Ze2)

54 We had a scintillating discussion about butt-wiping going before we were so rudely interrupted.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at April 08, 2014 09:41 AM (H4aQb)

55 how long do lithium batteries last? wasn't the plane carrying a bunch as cargo? oh well.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 08, 2014 09:41 AM (u8GsB)

56 They can't use passive means to find the black boxes (which are actually orange) after the battery dies but can use active sonar if they are in the general vicinity. (I was at my daughter's SeaPerch ROV competition this weekend at the Naval Academy and saw a presentation by Phoenix International and this was discussed.

Posted by: aka.john at April 08, 2014 09:41 AM (zPa3K)

57 You try to save a few bucks by putting crappy Malaysian batteries in your black box and this is what you get. Ladies, take note. Onboard fire.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2014 09:41 AM (1agTG)

58 I detect pings...at the beginning of Pink Floyd's "Echoes."

Posted by: Citizen X at April 08, 2014 09:42 AM (7ObY1)

59 Posted by: Dr Spank at April 08, 2014 01:40 PM (5UteM) The issue is the batteries. They know those are only good for so long. They hadn't found any debris or wreckage, so they went for the long-shot. It may yet pay off. If they got two separate pings, then they really have narrowed down their search area from "impossible" to "highly unlikely."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:42 AM (PYAXX)

60 Wasn't Ping the name of Inspector Clouseau's man servant?

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 09:42 AM (LSJmV)

61 Why, oh Lord, why can't this be, in a way, the story of Barack Obama? Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2014 01:31 PM (fwARV) Let's Hope.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum (now with chrome clone Iron) at April 08, 2014 09:42 AM (AWmfW)

Here are some excellent photos (even if they don't contain any spiders), history.

http://tinyurl.com/m6kkf54

Posted by: maddogg at April 08, 2014 09:43 AM (xWW96)

63 No.... I know Ping. He not heah.

Posted by: Ho Lee Fuk at April 08, 2014 09:43 AM (32Ze2)

64 See, this is why someone who is totally not me in any possible way at all nuh uh not me needs the direct plug into the nuclear reactor. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 08, 2014 01:41 PM (mf5HN) for, um...science experiments, yeah that's it, science experiments dealing with...cold fusion, yeah. So gimme the juice science h8rz!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 08, 2014 09:43 AM (yh0zB)

65 "I dunno. I've sung it's praises for a long time (of course, here at work I'm on Chrome where it's immaterial)." Perhaps if you had a blog or something, I might have seen it.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 08, 2014 09:44 AM (HLprW)

66 I have this terrible vision that flight 370 is at the bottom of the ocean and Shelly Winters and Jack Albertson are in an air pocket inside, banging desperately on the hull and nobody will hear them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 09:44 AM (8ZskC)

67 But since then I've been writing a long piece. As Hour One turned into Hour Two and that turned into Hour Three.... Our prayers have been answered! We're getting our Dino Lesbian Porn!!!

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 08, 2014 09:44 AM (8c12T)

68 I realized I had better put up some filler post in the meantime. This is that filler post. Why am I reminded of the introduction to "Larry-Boy?" "I! Am! That! Hero!"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:44 AM (PYAXX)

69 Dont apologize for your post, Ace. What you call a "filler" is 4 months worth of program for CNN.

Posted by: Crimson Widow at April 08, 2014 09:45 AM (ZyERm)

70 DiHydrogen Monoxide did them all in. The compound that we cannot live without, yet, will kill us all in the end. Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 08, 2014 01:41 PM (32Ze2) You can drink the beer, just don't drink the water!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 08, 2014 09:45 AM (yh0zB)

71 Could still be aliens. Tall Whites is my guess. Greys would have anal-probed them all and let them go. Reptilians would have just eaten the passengers while the plane was still on the tarmac. Gotta be Tall Whites then.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 08, 2014 09:45 AM (7ObY1)

72 So we now have lost black boxes, batteries, AtC, aliens....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 09:46 AM (da5Wo)

>>>DiHydrogen Monoxide did them all in. The compound that we cannot live without, yet, will kill us all in the end.

It says in my Bible that that will never happen again. Because Divine Pinkyswears.

Posted by: DiHydrogen Monoxide Denier at April 08, 2014 09:46 AM (3ZtZW)

74 BTW, saw a story (gateway pundit) that the flight recorder black box had 2 year past the expiration date batteries. so 30 days could be optimistic.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 08, 2014 09:47 AM (h53OH)

75 In the early days of the disappearance, the Malaysian authorities acted like the plane was lost in the fog and would reappear at any moment., and then they decided misinformation and going it alone was their best option. It's like the country is run by people who worship rocks and treat women like chattel or something.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 08, 2014 09:47 AM (5UteM)

76 How do you breathe through that thing?

Posted by: GOPe elephant talking to a nood thread at the HQ at April 08, 2014 09:47 AM (hn5v5)

77 Could still be aliens. Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr) An act of love!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at April 08, 2014 09:47 AM (AWmfW)

78 /off

Posted by: Bigby's Velvet Glove at April 08, 2014 09:47 AM (3ZtZW)

79 I saw Tall Whites open for Black Flag in '82.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at April 08, 2014 09:47 AM (pgQxn)

80 Maybe, Mr. Titanic, should makes himself useful, get out his mini subs, and find the wreckage.

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 08, 2014 09:48 AM (8c12T)

81 72 So we now have lost black boxes, batteries, AtC, aliens.... Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 01:46 PM (da5Wo) Dumbledore? You left that off. Which is surprising since that seemed to be a pretty solid lead. As leads go...

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 08, 2014 09:48 AM (BZAd3)

82 Did you know the Black Box is really orange?

Posted by: Sean Hannity at April 08, 2014 09:48 AM (pgQxn)

83 Something still bothers me. The Navy spends BILLIONS on anti sub warfare. They have mapped the entire underwater world and supposedly have sonar beacons posted worldwide. Is this area so god forbidden that the Navy has no ears underwater in the area? Or, would giving up the information be too much of a security breach? I'll take none of your fucking business for $1000, Alex.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 09:49 AM (0FSuD)

84 Maybe Chimpy McBushHitler and Darth Cheney fired up the ol' Wether Masheen from the Katrina days and used it to down the plane. Because they hate brown people, of course.

Posted by: The LIVs at April 08, 2014 09:49 AM (7ObY1)

85 We have on good authority that the lead pilot liked TEA and loved to PARTY, you do the math.

Posted by: MSNBC at April 08, 2014 09:49 AM (5UteM)

86 Did you know the Black Box is really orange? What does whitey have against black?

Posted by: Spike Lee at April 08, 2014 09:49 AM (8ZskC)

87 Enemies of the state on Fox. Did anyone see it? Some clips: https://tinyurl.com/k2pstrp

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 08, 2014 09:49 AM (BZAd3)

88 82 Did you know the Black Box is really orange? Posted by: Sean Hannity at April 08, 2014 01:48 PM (pgQxn) So is John Boehner...and Snooki....and prison jumpsuits....and the Alien Guy with great hair.... Wait a minute...

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 09:50 AM (da5Wo)

89 Submarines have been useless ever since they stopped putting windows in them. Seaview FTW!!!!!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 09:50 AM (8ZskC)

but at 14,000 feet the water would be very cold

Uhhh...that's probably not the case anymore. Send us a few billion and give us power over your economy we'll tell you for sure.

Posted by: IPCC at April 08, 2014 09:51 AM (NF2Bf)

91 We'll keep you abreast of the rapid developments in this disappearance.

Posted by: CNN at April 08, 2014 09:51 AM (OZmbA)

92 Anyone know where I could get a copy of that petition that was circulated out on the Left Coast to ban DiMon? My daughter wants to put some up on the UofI campus just to see how many sigs she can get.

Posted by: GMB (et al) Unindicted Co-Conspirator. at April 08, 2014 09:51 AM (nkPV9)

93 what is the black box crush depth?

Posted by: X at April 08, 2014 09:51 AM (KHo8t)

94 Pink slips aren't usually pink, either.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 08, 2014 09:51 AM (7ObY1)

95 Did you know UCONN named their mascot after me?

Posted by: St Sandra at April 08, 2014 09:51 AM (0FSuD)

96 Orange is the new black, bitches!

Posted by: Mickey Pug at April 08, 2014 09:51 AM (8c12T)

97 So is John Boehner...and Snooki....and prison jumpsuits....and the Alien Guy with great hair.... Don't forget the vodka and juice in my coffee cup.

Posted by: Karl Rove at April 08, 2014 09:52 AM (pgQxn)

@27 Even if we knew where it was because it was still beeping, do we have equipment capable of diving that deep to recover the black box?

-----------------------

Ask the Soviets (now Russians) about K129, which sank to the bottom of the ocean in 1968.

Posted by: junior at April 08, 2014 09:52 AM (UWFpX)

Is this area so god forbidden that the Navy has no ears underwater in the area?

In some parts of the sea the Navy can listen so well that when the Russkies are playing cards we can tell which ones are face down and which are face up. This wouldn't be one of those parts, but I'd be amazed if we don't have something.

You'd figure they could tell someone that they maybe had a hunch without betraying any sources and methods.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 08, 2014 09:52 AM (JtwS4)

100 Cake Girl could find the plane.

Posted by: Furious George at April 08, 2014 09:52 AM (yFb77)

101 Only when Charlie Crist can prove that his ancestors were brought over in the transatlantic slave trade will I accept that orange and black are the same.

Posted by: Spike Lee at April 08, 2014 09:53 AM (8ZskC)

102 I don't like this sequel to Toy Story.

Posted by: CNN viewer at April 08, 2014 09:53 AM (Ua6T/)

103 Bryan Cranston now a confirmed O-bot. Loves him some 404Care that he personally will never use, and wishes the JEF would issue more executive orders. Sigh. Why does every actor I like have to open their fucking mouths about politics. Ya broke bad, Bryan, damn you.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 08, 2014 09:53 AM (7ObY1)

104 It may just be me, but if I'm going to go through the trouble of stealing a 777 and killing 249 people, I'm going to do something fucking spectacular with that plane. After 18,000 hours of flying, I think I would like to take the plane down the main street of Singapore at about 100 feet altitude - upside down - just for shits and giggles. The last thing I would do is turn off the transponder and take a boring 8 hour flight into the middle of nowhere. I think the plane is still dry.

Posted by: jwest at April 08, 2014 09:53 AM (u2a4R)

105 27 Even if we knew where it was because it was still beeping, do we have equipment capable of diving that deep to recover the black box? Posted by: DarrenODaly at April 08, 2014 01:36 PM (fmKA/) I'm willing to sell the govt my idea of a really long cable with a magnet on the end for a "small" sum of money.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 09:54 AM (da5Wo)

106 Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.

Posted by: Capt. Ramius at April 08, 2014 09:54 AM (8ZskC)

107 According to f'd up hair guy on the ~~Alien~~ History Channel them ancient aliens lurved them some airplanes...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 08, 2014 09:54 AM (yh0zB)

108 Did you know UCONN named their mascot after me? Posted by: St Sandra at April 08, 2014 01:51 PM
Youl both indiscriminately stick your nose in crotches.

Posted by: fluffy at April 08, 2014 09:54 AM (Ua6T/)

109 All this talk of black boxes reminds me of Meghan's firsts nanny. Now that was an Earth Mama Muff!

Posted by: Juan McCain at April 08, 2014 09:55 AM (NpXoL)

110 I see an orange box and I want to paint it black.

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 09:55 AM (LSJmV)

111 What a kick in the nuts.

Posted by: Amichel at April 08, 2014 09:55 AM (JS6HU)

112 110 I see an orange box and I want to paint it black.

Good one!

Posted by: Citizen X at April 08, 2014 09:55 AM (7ObY1)

113 My dad, who was a radio operator on a B25 bomber, always said he would not fly in one of these "flying aluminum cans."

Posted by: Sphynx at April 08, 2014 09:55 AM (OZmbA)

114 Well duh! I'm pretty sure I mentioned this early after the disappearance: https://tinyurl.com/m7g3hut So yeah, I found it. But do you think I get any credit? NoooOOOooo.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 08, 2014 09:55 AM (BZAd3)

115 Wait. Ace is spending three hours on a post? Movie review of "Noah" or solving world hunger? Over/under on number of words?

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 09:56 AM (0FSuD)

116 for, um...science experiments, yeah that's it, science experiments dealing with...cold fusion, yeah. So gimme the juice science h8rz! Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 08, 2014 01:43 PM (yh0zB) Perpetual motion. I shall solve it.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 08, 2014 09:56 AM (mf5HN)

117 They will never find that plane. Ain't gonna happen. Nobody will ever be able to afford to mount a serious search. Maybe a floating life vest might wash ashore in Tasmania.

Posted by: J. Moses Browning at April 08, 2014 09:56 AM (ZZ3L0)

118 I believe planes are made of carbon fiber today.

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 08, 2014 09:56 AM (5UteM)

119 Here are some excellent photos (even if they don't contain any spiders), history. - If history is so great, why is it history?

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 08, 2014 09:56 AM (1/efD)

120 "It is with great relief and gladness that we report we have finally found... the remains of Amelia Earhart's plane." I believe the site at Nikumaroro Island is Earhart's plane.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2014 09:57 AM (qKrH5)

121

If they had tracked a ping signal for two hours, wouldn't they have moved around a bit to try and triangulate it's location?

I remember the Germans doing that to find the secret transmitter of the Underground in all those WWII movies.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2014 09:57 AM (BAS5M)

122 In some parts of the sea the Navy can listen so well that when the Russkies are playing cards we can tell which ones are face down and which are face up. This wouldn't be one of those parts, but I'd be amazed if we don't have something. You'd figure they could tell someone that they maybe had a hunch without betraying any sources and methods. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 08, 2014 01:52 PM (JtwS4) I don't know what the Navy capabilities are in this part of the World's oceans and if I did, I wouldn't tell anyway. But I would not risk any of our intelligence to find this plane. If we know where it is we can locate and recover the black boxes on our own at a later date on our own schedule.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 09:57 AM (t3UFN)

123 Bryan Cranston now a confirmed O-bot.

Loves him some 404Care that he personally will never use, and wishes the JEF would issue more executive orders.

Sigh. Why does every actor I like have to open their fucking mouths about politics.

Ya broke bad, Bryan, damn you.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 08, 2014 01:53 PM (7ObY1)

That story ruined my morning coffee as well.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 08, 2014 09:57 AM (NpXoL)

124 Sorry for the OT, but I just got some... news. Seems my not-quite-niece/lodger (who does not, yet, pay rent) invited someone I do not know into my house without my (or my wife's) foreknowledge. As far as I know, she knows this guy casually from work (she works in a mall, and he's a security guard there). Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 09:58 AM (PYAXX)

125 I always wonder about all the shit they would find if they could drain the entire world ocean. There would be a month of "holy shit thats where it went?"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 08, 2014 09:58 AM (FMbng)

126 If they had tracked a ping signal for two hours, wouldn't they have moved around a bit to try and triangulate it's location? I remember the Germans doing that to find the secret transmitter of the Underground in all those WWII movies. Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2014 01:57 PM (BAS5M) Sounds move and bent in funny ways under water

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 09:58 AM (t3UFN)

127 124 Sorry for the OT, but I just got some... news.

Seems my not-quite-niece/lodger (who does not, yet, pay rent) invited someone I do not know into my house without my (or my wife's) foreknowledge.

As far as I know, she knows this guy casually from work (she works in a mall, and he's a security guard there).

Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (PYAXX)

Depends. Does he look like Kevin James?

Posted by: Sphynx at April 08, 2014 09:59 AM (OZmbA)

128 Pink Floyd's "Echoes." There are few better ways to blow 23:29 minutes....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at April 08, 2014 09:59 AM (fH5hq)

129 If we know where it is we can locate and recover the black boxes on our own at a later date on our own schedule. Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 01:57 PM (t3UFN) This is why I said the answer was "None of your fucking business", cause it's not.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 09:59 AM (0FSuD)

130 Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (PYAXX) To live with her or to just visit?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 09:59 AM (t3UFN)

131 Faint, barely-audible pulses? Why, it's... it's rojji panty complex! Run! Run! Put on your nauseating little shorts and RUN!!!

Posted by: Space Chief at April 08, 2014 10:00 AM (FkH4y)

132 There would be a month of "holy shit thats where it went?" Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (FMbng) I coulda swore I left that on the dresser.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 08, 2014 10:00 AM (BZAd3)

133

The optimism that bubbled up over the weekend . . .

Like air bubbles from the cabin.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2014 10:00 AM (BAS5M)

134 Are we all sure the black hole theory still isn't viable?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2014 10:00 AM (0LHZx)

135 Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (PYAXX) Depends. Did he bring his Segway?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 10:00 AM (8ZskC)

136 Perpetual motion. I shall solve it. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 08, 2014 01:56 PM (mf5HN) Perpetual motion isn't the problem. Chafing is.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 10:01 AM (da5Wo)

137 They have found the plane! NASA photo captures strange bright light coming out of Mars http://tinyurl.com/m7g3hut

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2014 10:01 AM (fpiVI)

138 My question has always been and will continue to be this:

"If the pilot (or co-pilot) was distraught to the point of suicide, WHY the F did he take over 200+ innocent people with him; people who presumably didn't sign up for a high-speed run into the briny deep that day"???

If dude takes his own life privately and alone, that's maybe probably a few centuries in purgatory, according to my religious book-learnin'.

Taking over 200 innocents clinging to life with him is a one-way cash ticket straight to hell.

Posted by: miked at April 08, 2014 10:01 AM (xaIQZ)

139 134 Are we all sure the black hole theory still isn't viable?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2014 02:00 PM (0LHZx)

Why does it always have to be a Black hole?

Posted by: Whoopie Goldberg at April 08, 2014 10:01 AM (OZmbA)

140 Seems my not-quite-niece/lodger (who does not, yet, pay rent) invited someone I do not know into my house without my (or my wife's) foreknowledge.

1. Tell Mr. Observe and Report to get the fuck off your property and not to come back.

2. Tell your not-quite niece (?) to start paying her rent immediately or she too can join Mr. Mall Cop.

3. No one is to enter your property without your and/or your wife's permission.

Posted by: EC at April 08, 2014 10:01 AM (GQ8sn)

141 Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 08, 2014 01:38 PM (JtwS4) Well, I *thought* "Thank you not-willow" but didn't know who to post it to. Does that count?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 08, 2014 10:01 AM (GDulk)

142 My question. We have already had a couple of instances where the batteries went dead in black boxes. Would it be so cost prohibitive to maybe put in a battery that would last for 60 days? Would it require a total redesign of black boxes and retooling? Seems like the prudent thing to do.

Posted by: polynikes at April 08, 2014 10:01 AM (m2CN7)

143 Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (PYAXX) _________ I don't think you should be shaking with anger. If it bothers you tell her not to do it again. But it's not the end of the world either.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2014 10:02 AM (0LHZx)

144 Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I guess you knew he was a mall cop when you say the golf cart with the blue light on top parked in your driveway...

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 10:02 AM (LSJmV)

145 There is still ZERO evidence that the plane even crashed. This is about the seventh time they've announced that they've definitively "found" the plane. And each time, the "evidence" fades to nothingness. At this stage, I don't think they'll ever find it. Not because it's lost somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, but because it's sitting in a jerry-built hangar at the end of a homemade runway either in central Asia or some obscure island.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 10:02 AM (mizYg)

146 Posted by: Sphynx at April 08, 2014 01:59 PM (OZmbA) The only one home right now is her and her daughter, so I don't know. That's actually part of the problem. I don't know this guy from Adam, and her judgement is highly suspect (which is part of why we brought her to live with us). I really don't like the idea of people I don't know being in my house. Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 01:59 PM (t3UFN) To visit. Let me rephrase. It had better be to visit, or she can move out of my extra room.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 10:02 AM (PYAXX)

147 Lawlessness. Ain't it grand. http://tinyurl.com/lpfx4z9 Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that he has a Â“vast amountÂ” of discretion in how the Justice Department prosecutes the laws that are on the books. HolderÂ’s remarks, during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, came in response to GOP accusations that he is flouting the law with its positions on marijuana legalization and criminal sentencing. Leading the questioning was House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), who asked Holder whether he believed there were any limits to the administrationÂ’s prosecutorial discretion. Â“There is a vast amount of discretion that a president has Â— and more specifically that an attorney general has,Â” Holder responded. Â“But that discretion has to be used in an appropriate way so that your acting consistent with the aims of the statute but at the same time making sure that you are acting in a way that is consistent with our values, consistent with the Constitution and protecting the American people." Bwwwaaaa haaaa haaaaa. You're killing me ya chinless shitweasel

Posted by: RWC at April 08, 2014 10:02 AM (fWAjv)

148 You guys have been making fun of Aquaman and now that we need him, he is pissed off and won't help.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 08, 2014 10:02 AM (1/efD)

149 So Bryan Cranston, a Hollywood actor, is a fuckin' lib. Stop the presses.....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at April 08, 2014 10:02 AM (fH5hq)

150 Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this? No, but you can make the best of it. Now you have the perfect opportunity to introduce a rental agreement, or at least a contract of behavior.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at April 08, 2014 10:03 AM (qKrH5)

151 AllenG: You are justified. Now go forth and kick some ass.

Posted by: Becky at April 08, 2014 10:03 AM (kj0P/)

152 If dude takes his own life privately and alone, that's maybe probably a few centuries in purgatory, according to my religious book-learnin'. Taking over 200 innocents clinging to life with him is a one-way cash ticket straight to hell. With a properly-priced indulgence we could probably still work something out.

Posted by: Pope Alexander VI at April 08, 2014 10:03 AM (8ZskC)

153

If we know where it is we can locate and recover the black boxes on our own at a later date on our own schedule.

That is a fair point.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 08, 2014 10:04 AM (JtwS4)

154 Ooooooh... Pinged 'em on a Sunday and their hearts stood still. I will not run-run, I will not run. Somebody said I'm a pingin' 'em still. I will not run-run, I will not run. Yeah, their hearts stood still. Yeah, I'm a pingin' 'em still. And then they went back home, 'cause I would not run-run, I would not run.

Posted by: MH370's Black Box's Wall of Sound™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at April 08, 2014 10:04 AM (HsTG8)

155 So Bryan Cranston, a Hollywood actor, is a fuckin' lib. Stop the presses.....

What gave it away?

Posted by: EC at April 08, 2014 10:04 AM (GQ8sn)

156 Could this plane, theoretically, be in orbit? What about philosophically?

Posted by: Dr Spank at April 08, 2014 10:05 AM (5UteM)

157

Seems my not-quite-niece/lodger (who does not, yet, pay rent)
invited someone I do not know into my house without my (or my wife's)
foreknowledge.

As far as I know, she knows this guy casually from work (she works in a mall, and he's a security guard there).

Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (PYAXX)

Depends. Does he look like Kevin James?

Posted by: Sphynx at April 08, 2014 01:59 PM (OZmbA)

Depends. Is he a french model?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 08, 2014 10:05 AM (BAS5M)

158 I am detecting many Pings. Posted by: Chinese search vessel Crew manifest?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 08, 2014 10:05 AM (I2iAo)

159 Never mind the plane. Can a brother get some help starting his car?

Posted by: rev al at April 08, 2014 10:05 AM (WCnJW)

160 Could this plane, theoretically, be in orbit? What about philosophically? Meh. Maybe ironically.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 10:05 AM (8ZskC)

161 My assumption is that every single actor and musician is a full blown leftie. When the exception to the rule happens I am pleasantly surprised. But this way I am never disappointed when I hear something like Bryan Cranston...I just shrug it off and think, well I figured as such.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2014 10:06 AM (0LHZx)

162 Just spit-ballin' here, but what if the plane has some revolutionary form of solar power and is STILL FLYING?

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 10:06 AM (LSJmV)

163 >>Did you know UCONN named their mascot after me? Posted by: St Sandra Their mascot is a bowlegged beaver?

Posted by: Aviator at April 08, 2014 10:07 AM (jSUU1)

164 Perpetual motion. I shall solve it.

In this blog, we OBEY THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS!

Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 08, 2014 10:07 AM (ZKzrr)

165 Leeland Yee: Not big news Vance McCallister: BIG News

Posted by: Soothsayer at April 08, 2014 10:07 AM (IKE1C)

166 "If the pilot (or co-pilot) was distraught to the point of suicide, WHY the F did he take over 200+ innocent people with him; people who presumably didn't sign up for a high-speed run into the briny deep that day"??? You're right, this doesn't make sense. Why would someone kill themselves this way? There are universal reasons people do things, and this isn't fitting any of them.

Posted by: jwest at April 08, 2014 10:07 AM (u2a4R)

167 There would be a month of "holy shit thats where it went?" - Like the stuff from Al Capone's vault.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 08, 2014 10:08 AM (1/efD)

168 noood

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 08, 2014 10:08 AM (8ZskC)

169 Who the fuck is Bryan Cranston??? And the fact that he spells his name with a **y** ?? Dead giveaway.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 08, 2014 10:08 AM (nELVU)

170 Just spit-ballin' here, but what if the plane has some revolutionary form of solar power and is STILL FLYING?

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 08, 2014 02:06 PM (LSJmV)

Taken to the next logical step, what if the plane was actually a.......

.....Transformer?

It could have transformed mid-flight and is now a high-speed train!

Posted by: EC at April 08, 2014 10:08 AM (GQ8sn)

171 Perpetual motion isn't the problem. Chafing is. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 02:01 PM (da5Wo) Nah, I've got that worked out. Re: You selling your idea for a small sum of money, I am reminded of the scene in The Core where the scientist says it'll take 50 billion dollars to get his thing ready and the General asks if he'll take a check and Aaron Eckhart says hey if you use a credit card you'll get miles and the General goes hmmm all thoughtfully. I knew those Xena tapes and unlimited supply of Hot Pockets would come in handy for something.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 08, 2014 10:09 AM (mf5HN)

172 162. I take it a step further. If ant actor, musician or writer I like or admire has NOT mad an idiotic political comment in public, I hold out hope that they might be on our side but are too afraid to, um, come out of the closet as a conservative....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at April 08, 2014 10:09 AM (fH5hq)

173 At this stage, I don't think they'll ever find it. Not because it's lost somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, but because it's sitting in a jerry-built hangar at the end of a homemade runway either in central Asia or some obscure island. Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 02:02 PM (mizYg) Wait, so Zombie is the guy on Fox News? Shit, who would have thunk it.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 08, 2014 10:09 AM (0FSuD)

174 I am detecting many Pings.

Captain Kangaroo used to read the Story of Ping.

Posted by: HR at April 08, 2014 10:10 AM (ZKzrr)

175 Sounds move and bent in funny ways under water

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (t3UFN)

-------------------------------------------

The atmosphere too. Those data pings they've put so much faith in might have been bouncing several times before the satelites detected them.

Posted by: Soona at April 08, 2014 10:10 AM (jOB/f)

176 As #19 said: those batteries will normally last a lot longer than 30 days. If the device is in the water, it's still emitting. If it's in the hands of someone who doesn't like us, it has long since been unplugged, uninstalled, and ground into tiny pieces...

Posted by: RobM1981 at April 08, 2014 10:11 AM (zurJC)

177 >>I am detecting many Pings. Nothing in the water though. Posted by: Chinese search vessel Yeah but if any of them say bad things about the government there will be some in the water.

Posted by: Aviator at April 08, 2014 10:12 AM (jSUU1)

178

At this stage, I don't think they'll ever find it. Not because it's lost somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, but because it's sitting in a jerry-built hangar at the end of a homemade runway either in central Asia or some obscure island.

Posted by: zombie at April 08, 2014 02:02 PM (mizYg)

------------------------------------------

I wouldn't have written that as a statement but as conjecture. Until the plane is found, the practical theories (including Mcnierny's) are still in play.

Posted by: Soona at April 08, 2014 10:14 AM (jOB/f)

179 Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this? Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (PYAXX) Your house, your rules.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 08, 2014 10:14 AM (yh0zB)

180 Am I wrong that I'm shaking with anger over this?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 08, 2014 01:58 PM (PYAXX)

Did borrow a pair of your underwear or your wife's?

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 08, 2014 10:16 AM (rXcBX)

181

I am very astonished that they can't find a fucking 777!!!!

That is some scary shit.

Posted by: prescient11 at April 08, 2014 10:17 AM (tVTLU)

182 This whole incident is so weird that "supervillain with a secret island base" and "aliens" are some of the LESS crazy-sounding theories.

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 08, 2014 10:17 AM (OLgc9)

183 give me one ping vassily, just one ping

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 10:19 AM (t3UFN)

184 I am very astonished that they can't find a fucking 777!!!! That is some scary shit. Posted by: prescient11 at April 08, 2014 02:17 PM (tVTLU) No it's not. A 777 is a spec of dust compared to the Indian Ocean

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 08, 2014 10:20 AM (t3UFN)

185 Your house, your rules. - Just run them by Mooch and Holder and if they OK them you're good to go.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 08, 2014 10:21 AM (1/efD)

186 My still-as-yet-unproven theory:

One or both of the pilots decided to take themselves and a bunch of people out as Mo-worshippers are wont to do. To achieve this end, one or both 'took over' the plane and set it for a course back to Kuala Lumpur, to use it as guided missile to take out the Petronas Towers (have to top 9/11 after all). However, learning from the mistakes of 9/11, they knew they needed to 'take care' of the passengers so they were unable to contact the ground. To accomplish that, they depressurized the main cabin, which killed all the passengers. On their way back and while trying to evade radar, they mistakenly depressurized the cockpit and didn't realize until too late. They subsequently died and the plane continued on its course until it ran out of fuel.

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at April 08, 2014 10:24 AM (27KAF)

187 With all of the available technology available today, there is absolutely no reason for anything of this nature to ever take place again. No plane should simply disappear from view. No black boxes should fade away after 30 days. Surface beacons should be deployed automatically when a plane breaks apart of submerges in water. This is fucking insane.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 08, 2014 10:25 AM (DmNpO)

188 If it was terrorism, they would have broadcast it. Someone would take credit. The whole point of committing a terror act is to **terrorize** people. You don't terrorize people by creating some crazy mystery with all sorts of wacked out conspiracy theories. If the pilot really were a radical muslim, he would have said something to ATC before plunging the plane into the ocean.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 08, 2014 10:27 AM (0LHZx)

189 Good news, Ace! Remember that island you postulated had been prepped for the flight's landing in preparation for some forthcoming evil act? Well, they found it: Atlantis

Posted by: Pigilito at April 08, 2014 10:54 AM (AW99N)

190 17 Who let you out of the basement?!?! Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 08, 2014 01:32 PM (da5Wo) The typing is coming from inside the house!!! Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 08, 2014 01:34 PM (fwARV) Ya'll are nuts.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2014 12:36 PM (2AqeI)

191 . . . nuts in a good way.

Posted by: m at April 08, 2014 01:02 PM (2AqeI)

192 Wow! One of the most modern aircraft in the world has a flight recorder whose battery only lasts a month? Produces a signal no one can locate? Doesn't float? Impossible! This is on the level of Bin Laden really dead question.

Posted by: Franklin at April 08, 2014 07:28 PM (0YtjT)

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