Comments on: Could it be… https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Susanamantha https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/#comment-755818 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:05:24 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=37813#comment-755818 Vanderleun,

I haven’t heard from Froggy’s magic twanger in a long time. However, we have always called our TV remotes “twangers” in memory Buster Brown and his pals.

]]> By: Steve57 https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/#comment-755800 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 20:55:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=37813#comment-755800 I think the Strait Times messed up the story. Apparently other press agencies talked to the President of Dukane Seacom and he admitted it’s possible the underwater locator beacons are theirs, but he didn’t seem to know for sure.

He said Malaysian Airlines is a customer, and that they have installed their equipment on Boeings.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pingers-on-missing-malaysian-jet-to-stop-emitting-by-april-6/459794-2.html

Reporters. What are you going to do with them? I’ve never seen a profession more dedicated to getting the facts wrong.

]]> By: Steve57 https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/#comment-755796 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 20:40:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=37813#comment-755796 According to the Strait Times there’s a bit of controversy over those batteries.

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-mh370-tragedy-font-pinggers-batteries-due-to-be-replaced-in-june-mas-ceo-1.551620

The manufacturer says the batteries were due to be replaced in 2012, but MAS never sent the black box back for overhaul.

The CEO of the airline seems to be saying they did it in house; that they’re certified to do so (although I can’t imagine the manufacturer not knowing that). And the batteries were due to be replaced in June of this year.

I’m not going to say this is a poor maintenance practice, because I don’t know if it is. The airline replaces the batteries before they expire. Still, assuming MAS replaced the batteries in 2012 I wonder what that might mean considering the plane has been missing for approximately 28 days now. I’m sure the batteries will work as advertised right up until the expiration date. But they’re only advertised to work for about 28 days.

]]> By: Tom Murin https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/#comment-755792 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 20:37:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=37813#comment-755792 If they say they hear the pinger I don’t see how it could be anything else. It transmits at a certain frequency and interval. It could not be confused with anything else since nothing else makes that kind of noise in the ocean (in the middle of nowhere to boot).

My understanding is that the Air France plane was in very deep water. That translates into a difficult recovery.

I was an Anti-Submarine Warfare officer in the USN. The strength of the pinger cannot be compared to a nuclear submarine. The pinger frequency should be much higher (which travels shorter distances due to attenuation) than the machinery of a nuclear submarine.

]]> By: vanderleun https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/#comment-755785 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 20:06:27 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=37813#comment-755785 I think it’s just plunks from Froggy’s magic twanger.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/#comment-755782 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:51:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=37813#comment-755782 Ray:

Well, I certainly very much hope it’s the pinger.

]]> By: Ray https://thenewneo.com/2014/04/05/could-it-be/#comment-755781 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:47:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=37813#comment-755781 That may be the pinger. Sound can travel for long distances underwater. The US Navy has sonobouys anchored in 2000 feet of water off both coasts of the US to listen for Russian subs. The Russian subs were so noisy they were called clangers (like ringing a bell). You could hear them a hundred miles away.

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