Monday, April 7, 2014

The Promise of Malaysia Flight 370

You know us. Our podcasts have featured obits on people we were fascinated with and equally highlighted aftereffects of nature’s wielded responses to climate change. One of the most compelling stories to date has been the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The plane disappeared 30 days ago. The TPL-25, aka the towed ping locator, being dragged along behind the Ocean Shield of the Australian navy has picked up pings in the Indian Ocean in depths of approximately 3 miles deep. Or, 5k meters, for our international types. The thing is, the timing couldn’t be more perfect to pick up such deep sea ringings because emissions from the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorders are said to have a lifespan of about a month. 570 nautical west north-west of Exmouth, Australia, this area of interest in finding flight 370 is totally remote. We suspect we’ll be hearing more pings in the next few days. And, like that towed ping locator, we’ll be listening. -bwlp information contained in this report was referenced from staff reports from the Wall Street Journal.

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