Malaysian Air 370-Missing Airliner Creates Web of False Facts

Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared off the radar several days ago and within a few hours speculation began to start as to what happened. As of right this moment the aircraft has yet to be found. We can make some assumptions as to what happened but they are primarily conjecture. We know for certain that at some point the aircraft either crashed or landed somewhere other than it's destination. That we know for certain because commercial aircraft are not capable of in-flight refueling. Beyond that we are stuck with insane conspiracy theories, poorly researched journalism and experts telling us conflicting points of view.

 Take for example that the aircraft failed to report any sort of emergency before simply going off radar. It does sound sinister doesn't it? In truth, this is not completely surprising. Pilots are taught to Aviate, Navigate and Communicate, in that order. Air France Flight 447 is a classic example. The aircraft had technical issues and when the crew misinterpreted their instrument readings due to iced over pitot tubes (the little tubes which measure airspeed), they ended up committing a series of errors which caused the aircraft to descend from 38,000 ft all the way into the Atlantic Ocean in a matter of a few short minutes. The pilots aboard flight 447 never reported a single issue or emergency on their radios. Why? Because their attention was on flying the aircraft not on talking on the radio.

 Flight 447 was also similar to the Malaysian Air flight in another respect, it turned from a northeast heading to a westerly heading during the descent making it much more difficult to find. Once again the pilots primary concern was regaining control of their aircraft and not which way it was going.

 Last but not least, it took 5 days to find the wreckage of flight 447. The Ocean is much larger than people realize and the primary tool for spotting wreckage is the human eye. It is a difficult task on a moving,rolling landscape that changes appearance constantly. So a few days to find the aircraft is not unusual. Flight 370 is out there somewhere and I have no doubt that wreckage will be found.

 But until that happens we need to stop speculating on stupid ideas like government conspiracies and all the other outlandish theories that keep popping up on the Internet. This isn't a movie folks and there isn't always an evil genius responsible for every little thing that goes wrong. Sometimes it is just as simple as a machine broke or a human made an error or a series of tiny little problems escalated into a fatal mistake. In short before you jump to any conclusions remember that shit happens. It just does and there isn't always a clear reason why.

 Tim

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