Tonight on the MSNBC they said that there was a new search opening up about a thousand miles South West of Perth Austrailia, but without much explanation. My thinking is that if this plane had recently flown to coco (Keeling)Island, which there apparently is Malaysia Air service to that Island, then perhaps somehow, in the midst of an unforeseen calamity, a previous way point to that island might have been activated.
See:
http://www.wired.com/...
Yes, but what if the pilot tried to enter an abort flight path but passed out and inadvertently activated a way point still in the computer from a previous flight(Keeling Island)?
In the Keeling Island scenario, with everyone on the plane dead from asphyxiation
would the plane continue on that heading past Keeling Island until it ran out of fuel or would it circle back around? This is a question for the experts. If this is the case, then the map above shows a line 2,200 miles long(range of aircraft) south across Keeling Island from Pulau Langkawi. There is also a 1000 mile long line running do west of Perth. The intersection of these two lines are marked along with coordinates
Lat 30°28'8.08"S
Long 93°56'17.77"E
in the above image. I don't know how much error is involved with Google Earth lines and Coordinates, but it looks as though this Keeling Island flight path is kind of in the same probability region as that suggested by the angle and time of the signal received by the satellite.
It's a guess that has been on my mind all day, and when I saw that they had modified the search to include the area South West of Perth, I figured I might be on to something. I write this with a heavy heart and a prayer for all of the families of the people waiting for good news about their loved ones that were on that flight.
Wed Mar 19, 2014 at 11:05 PM PT: ABC News on changing search pattern.
http://abcnews.go.com/...
Does the computer require a way point, even an arbitrary one, in order for the plane to fly? Could the pilot have entered an arbitrary destination from a menu of known stops that was sufficiently far away to ensure the plane would never be found?