This news of the search being restarted is encouraging. Something I've pondered and have grown frustrated with for a while is why the Malaysian govt hasn't just paid OI per visit. Since it's a no find, no pay model, it's understandable that OI is treating this as a filler, side gig but the continued mental toll it takes on families has to be unimaginable.
I think the reason that Malaysia doesn't want to pay OI per visit is that they don't think it's worth it because they won't find the wreckage. I think that years ago the Australians told Malaysia that they had rock-solid analysis and were sure to find the wreckage on the seabed, and when that didn't happen the Malaysians assumed -- correctly, IMO -- that the analysis was faulty.
Hi Jeff, I really appreciate your continued investigation of mh370. I know you’ve put forth the possibility of the plane landing in Asia. I’m wondering if you e ever put together a complete investigative summary of what you know and questions you have. What questions would you want to ask and who would they be directed to? To me that would include satellite photos of the possible routes before and after.
Thanks, Trip! It's very much on my to-do list to put out a soup-to-nuts summary of everything I've found, once I nail down my final avenues of exploration, which at the moment are a) really nailing down whether and how Lepas can be used to determine time of immersion b) explicate in detail how a spoof and E/E-bay hijack could be carried out. Taken together, these could demonstrate both that a spoof hijack could occur and that it did. Would also explain why the plane wasn't found in the search area...
Yes, fingers crossed! I had to give up on the flaperon experiment because it was simply too expensive. A volunteer reached out and offered to build a replica, but it would still cost over $10K to equip it with telemetry and deploy it. For the time being, I'm focussing my attention on calibrating the growth of Lepas in the western Indian Ocean, which I can do practically for free, and also on understanding the flight control system of the 777. If a chance comes up to revisit the flaperon project I'll certainly jump on it.
Apparently Armada 8605 is on its way. The voyage is timed to arrive at the 7th Arc on the 30th.
I saw that, thanks. I need to get another episode together...
This news of the search being restarted is encouraging. Something I've pondered and have grown frustrated with for a while is why the Malaysian govt hasn't just paid OI per visit. Since it's a no find, no pay model, it's understandable that OI is treating this as a filler, side gig but the continued mental toll it takes on families has to be unimaginable.
I think the reason that Malaysia doesn't want to pay OI per visit is that they don't think it's worth it because they won't find the wreckage. I think that years ago the Australians told Malaysia that they had rock-solid analysis and were sure to find the wreckage on the seabed, and when that didn't happen the Malaysians assumed -- correctly, IMO -- that the analysis was faulty.
Hi Jeff, I really appreciate your continued investigation of mh370. I know you’ve put forth the possibility of the plane landing in Asia. I’m wondering if you e ever put together a complete investigative summary of what you know and questions you have. What questions would you want to ask and who would they be directed to? To me that would include satellite photos of the possible routes before and after.
Thanks, Trip! It's very much on my to-do list to put out a soup-to-nuts summary of everything I've found, once I nail down my final avenues of exploration, which at the moment are a) really nailing down whether and how Lepas can be used to determine time of immersion b) explicate in detail how a spoof and E/E-bay hijack could be carried out. Taken together, these could demonstrate both that a spoof hijack could occur and that it did. Would also explain why the plane wasn't found in the search area...
hi Jeff
I just listened to your latest podcast and it is encouraging to hear that the search will restart later this month.
🤞that something will be discovered
meanwhile, whatever happened to the flaperon experiment discussed earlier this year?
ok please do
Nice to hear from you again
Let’s see what turns up in the new year
BTW really appreciate your support.
Yes, fingers crossed! I had to give up on the flaperon experiment because it was simply too expensive. A volunteer reached out and offered to build a replica, but it would still cost over $10K to equip it with telemetry and deploy it. For the time being, I'm focussing my attention on calibrating the growth of Lepas in the western Indian Ocean, which I can do practically for free, and also on understanding the flight control system of the 777. If a chance comes up to revisit the flaperon project I'll certainly jump on it.