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of all the crazy theories about the mayalsia air plane, this one on wired actually makes sense -- (link)

Posted by Andie Mar 18 '14, 13:54

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electrical fire (www.wired.com)

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I don't get how an electrical fire disables all electrics except for the auto pilot. -- nm - loyola Mar 18, 14:12 11
- Neither do I, but he's a commercial pilot and I'm not. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 14:20 5
  - he's saying if you have a fire and don't know exactly where, you start pulling the electrical boxes to try to isolate and stop it. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:22 4
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      - A combination of your thought of overwhelming and also Andie's line below. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:32
      - This line from the article was interesting to me - and maybe addresses that? "Aviate, navigate, and lastly, communicate is the mantra in such - Andie Mar 18, 14:30 1
        
        deliberate, fascinate, deviate, reinstate, liberate, moderate -- nm - Max Mar 18, 14:35
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  - lol -- nm - loyola Mar 18, 14:38
- HE's suggesting a fire in the wheelwell could disable the communications and when dealing with electrical fires, they pull the fuses and reset them... - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:17 2
  - As I understand it the acars on that boeing has a stand alone battery that enables it to stays emitting data unless it's manually switched off. - loyola Mar 18, 14:32
  - i don't think he is suggesting they were 'confused', he is suggesting they were overwhelmed physically, probably by smoke. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 14:18
snakes; no Samuel L Jackson. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 14:08
Flying Alien Sharks swallowed it whole. -- nm - David Mar 18, 13:59
yeah i read that this morning, seems perfectly reasonable - Truman Mar 18, 13:59
I was just coming to post this. -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 13:55 10
- And this gives me the chills even more. If the pilot was incapacitated and the flight continued on auto for seven hours did the passengers know? - spamlet Mar 18, 13:59 6
  - if the pilots were incopacitated then the passengers were likely the first to go -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 14:11
  - I always think of the ghost flight that ended up being Payne Stewart's death. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 14:10
  - saw a show about a Greek plane that was flying for hours until it ran out of fuel ... - zork Mar 18, 14:09
  - if the smoke was that bad, that it would be the second version of that thought. - Truman Mar 18, 14:01
  - yeah, that's a grim possibility. -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 14:01
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  - Yeah, I started with wormhole and am sticking with it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 18, 13:57 1
    - I've been meaning to post for a few days that I think it's hype for the upcoming season of Dr. Who that went out of control - zork Mar 18, 14:00

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