Malaysian airlines has lost a 777

[Red Squirrel]

Wow had no idea that comet was so big. I figured it was maybe the size of a house.

You can open an airport on that thing!

 

[feralkid]

ahahaha.

 

[lupi]

https://gma.yahoo.com/mh370-debris-...oeing-777-223631685--abc-news-topstories.html

 

[Red Squirrel]

Interesting. I wonder if individual parts that make up a plane are serial numbered.

 

[halik]

Interesting. I wonder if individual parts that make up a plane are serial numbered.

That flap assembly for sure will have serial numbers on it; everything in aviation has paper trail.

 

[skyking]

500 days. Oceanographers will be making models of the currents as we speak.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Interesting. I wonder if individual parts that make up a plane are serial numbered.

Most parts big and small will be stamped with serial numbers. THey will definitely find several numbers to confirm off a piece that big.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

500 days. Oceanographers will be making models of the currents as we speak.

The Australians already did. They predicted that around this time pieces would begin to be found washing up in the area of Reunion Island.

 

[RampantAndroid]

Interesting. I wonder if individual parts that make up a plane are serial numbered.

From knowing some people at Boeing, yes. Every last piece has a paper trail they can follow.

 

[Kaido]

Number on Reunion Island debris corresponds to Boeing 777 component:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/30/world/mh370-debris-investigation/

 

[Imp]

So who can tell me why French cops/investigators are the ones taking care of business on Reunion Island?

Asked to? French territory?

 

[RampantAndroid]

So who can tell me why French cops/investigators are the ones taking care of business on Reunion Island?

Asked to? French territory?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réunion

 

[ElFenix]

So who can tell me why French cops/investigators are the ones taking care of business on Reunion Island?

Asked to? French territory?

reunion is a french overseas territory, thus part of france in the same way hawaii is part of the US.

 

[Imp]

reunion is a french overseas territory, thus part of france in the same way hawaii is part of the US.

... How the hell can you own territory -- in modern times (i.e. not more than 5 years back?) -- when you can't even make a bee-line to it without running into another country. You can make a beeline to Hawaii and Guam at least.

Okay, I am learned.

 

[Printer Bandit]

... How the hell can you own territory -- in modern times (i.e. not more than 5 years back?) -- when you can't even make a bee-line to it without running into another country. You can make a beeline to Hawaii and Guam at least.

Okay, I am learned.

why isn't alaska part of canada? life's biggest mystery.

 

[RampantAndroid]

why isn't alaska part of canada? life's biggest mystery.

Nah, you can make a bee line to Alaska from Hawaii. Even from Washington if you are making a bee line to the Aleutians.

 

[Ns1]

why isn't alaska part of canada? life's biggest mystery.

not really.

The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2 million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km2).

 

[Red Squirrel]

lol 2 cents per acre. That's almost as bad as the BC government selling all it's water to Nestle for like $2 per billion gallon or something crazy like that. They're basically just giving all the water away till it turns to a drought.

 

[Ichinisan]

not really.

Whoosh.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

lol 2 cents per acre. That's almost as bad as the BC government selling all it's water to Nestle for like $2 per billion gallon or something crazy like that. They're basically just giving all the water away till it turns to a drought.

7.2 million in today's dollar is about 500 million. Still a good value but keep in mind oil wasn't known then.
I just saw a news report the Boeing guys are all but certain its from a 777.

 

[davmat787]

reunion is a french overseas territory, thus part of france in the same way hawaii is part of the US.

So is Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, and the other 100+ islands that are part of the Society Islands or more recently French Polynesia. When I was in Tahiti and Bora Bora I saw a French Naval frigate patrolling. Must be the most sought after posting.

I had no idea Reunion was a French overseas territory, having the same status as any EU country even. Just read up on the islands history, kind of interesting.

The wreckage, which Boeing has confirmed belongs to a 777, can at least dismiss the fringe theories like the Diego Garcia and Kazakhstan examples.

I still think finding the crash site and the majority of the wreckage and an official explanation will never happen except maybe by accident years or decades from now.

 

[John Connor]

Speaking of French islands. The Falklands are British...or are they Argentinian?

 

[skyking]

So is Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, and the other 100+ islands that are part of the Society Islands or more recently French Polynesia. When I was in Tahiti and Bora Bora I saw a French Naval frigate patrolling. Must be the most sought after posting.

I had no idea Reunion was a French overseas territory, having the same status as any EU country even. Just read up on the islands history, kind of interesting.

The wreckage, which Boeing has confirmed belongs to a 777, can at least dismiss the fringe theories like the Diego Garcia and Kazakhstan examples.

I still think finding the crash site and the majority of the wreckage and an official explanation will never happen except maybe by accident years or decades from now.

sadly this is true. Just a fluke that this part remained sealed up and buoyant.

 

[sdifox]

why isn't alaska part of canada? life's biggest mystery.

Biggest blunder of The Russian Empire was to sell Alaska to USA :biggrin:

 

[sdifox]

Speaking of French islands. The Falklands are British...or are they Argentinian?

Las Malvinas son Argentinas!