Plane missing with 236 people on board

[freakiness]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-08/malaysia-airlines-lost-contact-with-plane/5307888

Malaysia Airlines says one of its planes has gone missing on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

A statement from the airline says flight MH370 lost contact with air traffic controllers at 2:40am local time, just over two hours into the flight.

The plane, a Boeing 777-200, left Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am on Saturday, and had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6:30am local time.

The company says the plane was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members.

The airline says it is contacting the next-of-kin of all passengers and crew, which includes people of 13 different nationalities.

In a statement on the airline's website, group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the airline was working with authorities to locate the aircraft.

"Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilise its full support," the statement said.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members."

The airline says it will provide regular updates on its website.

The ABC understand Malaysia Airlines will hold a press conference on the incident shortly.

[the_great_she_elephant]

no mention/proof of models or types

37.5 khz has nothing to do with the model or type of the ULB. It is the standard radio frequency on which these beacons  transmit.

[fourandsixpants]

so what is/was the standard of radio frequency that this particular ULB in this particular missing plane was set to transmit on ?

[fourandsixpants]

http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/2009/02/03/how-airplane-black-boxes-work-cvr-fdr-recording-devices/

"....The recorder chassis consists of the two recording devices and a crash-survivable memory unit (CSMU) that stores the data. In a typical accident, the rest of the recorder chassis is destroyed, but the CSMU, a large cylinder that bolts to the flat portion of the recorder, is built to survive extreme heat and tons of pressure.

Generally, the device is fixed in the rear of the aircraft, assuming the typical crashing plane goes in nose first, the forward part of the airframe absorbs most of the impact. The entire front acts like a crush zone and the rear feels the least impact.

In addition to its strategic location, the CSMU uses three layers of materials to insulate and protect the information-storing memory boards: aluminum around the stack of memory cards; high-temperature insulation to keep the memory boards protected in post-accident fires; and a stainless-steel (or titanium) shell containing the insulation material. (Source: HowStuffWorks.com)

How They are Retrieved Following any airplane accident in the United States, safety investigators from the NTSB immediately begin searching for the aircraft’s black boxes.

Each recorder is equipped with a third essential black box tool, the Underwater Locator Beacon (ULB). In the event of an accident over water, the ULB will assist in locating the black boxes. When the recorder is immersed in water, a device called a “pinger” is activated, transmitting an ultrasonic pulse that is readily detectable by sonar and acoustical locating equipment, according to the NTSB, which notes the beacon “can transmit from depths down to 14,000 feet.” Once the beacon begins “pinging,” it does so once per second for 30 days.".....

[fourandsixpants]

to lurker:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2014/mar/13/mh370-no-sign-of-debris-detected-by-chinese-satell...

Mutual suspicion and a lack of communication among regional neighbors continue to hamper the search for MH370, Agence France-Presse reports. In particular, governments are loathe to give away the quality of their radar systems, a Singapore aviation expert tells AFP:

“There clearly are communication problems on multiple levels. There is an underlying lack of trust in these matters,”

....“The rate at which they can take the picture can also reveal how good the radar system is and that I think is probably why the countries around here are not very fond of sharing the information.”

[i-need-a-martini]

All this ridiculous speculation really gives me the you know whats.

For Gods sake, is it so difficult to accept that an accident has occurred that has little to do with governments or groups or terrorists??? 

What a shame we have spent pages and pages discussing this garbage instead of talking about REAL stuff like sympathy and empathy to people on board the flight and their families or even what this means to the future of air travel or whatever. 

[fourandsixpants]

to ineeda:

I agree with you but those poor families and relatives and friends deserve answers and the truth.

The stories keep changing.....not mine!....

I just C&P

.....now the White House in the U.S. appears (surprise surprise-not) to know more than anyone else about all this.

[lurker17260]

That does absolutely nothing to answer my question.  That countries/groups are or are not communicating effectively in the search has nothing to do with who or why someone made this plane disappear.   What possible reason could anyone have for making this plane (loaded up with civilians) fall out of the sky, or whatever happened?  You seem to  be so caught up in what you think happened, you aren't asking yourself why.

[fourandsixpants]

why do you think lurker?

[lurker17260]

Why do I think the plane has gone missing?  I have absolutely no idea so I'm not going to speculate.

The point I'm trying to make is that without some creditable motive for making this plane and all it's passengers and crew disappear, all your theories are equally illogical.  What is the point of making it disappear?  If it was for some political or ideological reason, why hasn't someone claimed credit?

[fourandsixpants]

This is most sensible info I have found to date:

http://forum.flightradar24.com/threads/7146-Malaysia-Airlines-Flight-Goes-Missing-En-Route-to-China-...

and for those that are interested in assisting to help locate missing plane:

check this link

 http://www.digitalglobeblog.com/2014...ngmalayairjet/

and if you can help in search....

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014