Nice idea. But if his timing is counting on the bodies sinking because they were buckled into their seats then floating after 2-3 weeks then it won't work. Because aren't the seats supposed to float?
Sure if the seats were still in the fuselage they would sink with the plane. But then they would stay sunken despite the bodies becoming more buoyant from rot. They would still be stuck in the fuselage after all.
I think the plane probably broke up when hitting the water. I seriously doubt it somehow landed on the water, and then sunk intact. Even if it did land on the water, I think the fuselage would at least crack. The ocean surface is not smooth at all.
Well yeah. That's a very likely scenario right there. The fuselage was most likely not intact. And the old dood they talk to in that video talks about waking up bobbing in the water floating on his seat. Then he sees his wife to his left bobbing in the water floating on her seat. It wouldn't take 2-3 weeks for the people to float to the surface if they were strapped in their seats like the theory suggests. Even if they weren't strapped in their seats they would float right away in ocean water. That's why he suggested that the seats would drag them down until they became more buoyant, except the seats wouldn't sink to drag them down in the first place.
Do you suppose the plane made a somewhat controlled landing in the water? If it hit with enough force, then there would just be pieces of everything floating around, including people. I have read that the seat belt can bisect a passenger...
It is just fascinating that those two sharks remained under water for over 60 days, then they were both detected at the surface in the same general area for a number of days in a row.
Oh! Another thing to maybe consider is surface current patterns. If the plane crashed further away, sank, but bodies and debris floated then what floated would drift. Possibly to the area the sharks were found. Trace back from the shark location 2-3 weeks of drifting along current flows and that may be a more likely crash location. This assumes there was still enough floating after that time to draw the sharks' attention.
Yes, exactly. There are websites that track the ocean currents, but I have not had time to investigate this in too much detail. I looked quickly and saw that there are two currents that converge at this location. One current comes from the north and the other current comes from the north east.
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Sullysq ago
Nice idea. But if his timing is counting on the bodies sinking because they were buckled into their seats then floating after 2-3 weeks then it won't work. Because aren't the seats supposed to float?
Sure if the seats were still in the fuselage they would sink with the plane. But then they would stay sunken despite the bodies becoming more buoyant from rot. They would still be stuck in the fuselage after all.
pby1000 ago
I think the plane probably broke up when hitting the water. I seriously doubt it somehow landed on the water, and then sunk intact. Even if it did land on the water, I think the fuselage would at least crack. The ocean surface is not smooth at all.
Remember this?
https://youtu.be/KCuh_2M4o3A?t=270
Sullysq ago
Well yeah. That's a very likely scenario right there. The fuselage was most likely not intact. And the old dood they talk to in that video talks about waking up bobbing in the water floating on his seat. Then he sees his wife to his left bobbing in the water floating on her seat. It wouldn't take 2-3 weeks for the people to float to the surface if they were strapped in their seats like the theory suggests. Even if they weren't strapped in their seats they would float right away in ocean water. That's why he suggested that the seats would drag them down until they became more buoyant, except the seats wouldn't sink to drag them down in the first place.
pby1000 ago
Do you suppose the plane made a somewhat controlled landing in the water? If it hit with enough force, then there would just be pieces of everything floating around, including people. I have read that the seat belt can bisect a passenger...
It is just fascinating that those two sharks remained under water for over 60 days, then they were both detected at the surface in the same general area for a number of days in a row.
Sullysq ago
Oh! Another thing to maybe consider is surface current patterns. If the plane crashed further away, sank, but bodies and debris floated then what floated would drift. Possibly to the area the sharks were found. Trace back from the shark location 2-3 weeks of drifting along current flows and that may be a more likely crash location. This assumes there was still enough floating after that time to draw the sharks' attention.
pby1000 ago
Yes, exactly. There are websites that track the ocean currents, but I have not had time to investigate this in too much detail. I looked quickly and saw that there are two currents that converge at this location. One current comes from the north and the other current comes from the north east.
https://weather.com/news/news/indian-ocean-currents-mh370-debris-plane