It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Psynic
Shot down..... If the aircraft were in the US and it was confirmed its heading in that direction then sure.
However our policies don't apply to other nations. Considering the evidence thus far about the radar in the region its entirely possible it could make it to a building before being intercepted / shot down.
Assuming the aircraft was hijacked, assuming the hijacking became known to officials in the various countries, assuming the hijackers don't bother issuing demands, etc.
what we know for sure -
The aircraft is missing.
Aside from that there is no other evidence to support anyones claims.
Inmarsat partners with Australian aviation industry to boost global flight tracking
1 March 2015, Canberra, Australia - Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications and safety services, today announced that it is partnering with Airservices Australia and other key aviation industry stakeholders to trial improved flight tracking services on commercial airline flights to and from Australia.
The announcement follows a resolution on 6 February by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to adopt a new 15-minute tracking standard for commercial aircraft. ICAO is the United Nations body tasked with developing international civil aviation standards and recommended practices.
Inmarsat is working with industry partners, Airservices Australia, Qantas and Virgin Australia in developing the operational concept for the trial, using Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C) satellite technology in Australia’s oceanic regions.
Airservices Australia is the first Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) to trial the ICAO standard, utilising Inmarsat’s global flight tracking ADS-C messaging service. ADS-C provides air traffic controllers with a constantly updated surveillance picture of their airspace, thereby allowing safe and efficient oceanic operations.
11,000 commercial passenger aircraft are already equipped with an Inmarsat satellite connection, representing over 90% of the world’s long haul commercial fleet. Airlines participating in the trial include Qantas and Virgin Australia.
Rupert Pearce, CEO of Inmarsat, said: “This is an important step in improving international airline safety and we are very pleased to be working with Airservices Australia and our industry partners to implement this enhanced flight tracking service.
“We applaud ICAO’s decision to announce the new tracking standard and believe that we are well placed to help implement the standard given our existing global satellite coverage and the time-frame proposed. Inmarsat’s heritage is in safety and we stand ready to coordinate normal and abnormal flight tracking services with the airlines and the ANSPs.”
ADS-C
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C) is a function on an aircraft that broadcasts position, altitude, vector and other information for use by air traffic control facilities for surveillance and by airlines for tracking. The data is transmitted based on an explicit contract between an Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) and an aircraft. This contract may be a demand contract, a periodic contract, an event contract and/or an emergency contract. ADS-C is most often employed in the provision of Air Traffic Services (ATS) over transcontinental or transoceanic areas.
ADS-C provides active aircraft position tracking as it transmits the current position and the next two positions as programmed into the aircraft’s flight management system. It is this contract ‘intent’ feature of ADS-C system that allows flight dispatchers and air traffic controllers to track the aircraft progress and predict its next position.
For further information
Jonathan Sinnatt
Director of Corporate Communications
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 7728 1935 Katie Potts
Corporate Communications Manager
[email protected]
+44 (0)20 7728 1492
About Inmarsat
Inmarsat plc is the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services. Since 1979, Inmarsat has been providing reliable voice and high-speed data communications to governments, enterprises and other organizations, with a range of services that can be used on land, at sea or in the air. Inmarsat employs around 1,600 staff in more than 60 locations around the world, with a presence in the major ports and centres of commerce on every continent. Inmarsat is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:ISAT.L).
The Inmarsat press release newsfeed and corporate updates are on @InmarsatGlobal.
Media registration
Register with the press office to receive news releases and other announcements
Media Centre
Press releases
Newsroom
Events
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Psynic
Provide evidence the search is fake. Last I checked there is video footage of the Search operations.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Psynic
Stop trying to confuse the topic.
MH17 was shot down by a BUK.
originally posted by: FalafelBallz
The more controversial & headline-grabbing the theory, no matter how implausible it may be, the more of his ebook's suckers will buy. (he's hawking his ebook on Amazon). IMHO his theory is as credible as Don Lemon's plane-eating-black-hole theory.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Psynic
Lol.. The Russian version was debunked.
It was a BUK. A SAM will explode a distance from the aircraft, allowing the shrapnel to do its job. An air to air missile requires a specific target lock for a close skin kill. Considering the damage was in the front of the aircraft it rules out a air to air missile.
Damage -
Damage observed on the forward fuselage and cockpit section of the aircraft appears to indicate that there were impacts from a large number of high-energy objects from outside the aircraft. The pattern of damage observed in the forward fuselage and cockpit section of the
aircraft was not consistent with the damage that would be expected from any known failure mode of the aircraft, its engines or systems.
The fact that there were many pieces of aircraft structure distributed over a large area, indicated that the aircraft broke up in the air.
originally posted by: Psynic
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Psynic
Provide evidence the search is fake. Last I checked there is video footage of the Search operations.
The search area is based on a fictional mathematical equation that supposedly measured Doppler effect.
There is no proof of it ever working.
It has never been used before.
It is not part of any of the planned, heightened tracking measures, supposedly being implemented to prevent planes from disappearing in the future .
It was a one time magic trick that has nothing to do with "the latest technology".
A little bit of mumbo jumbo designed to fool the uninformed masses, which it apparently has been successful in doing.
originally posted by: jaffo
originally posted by: Psynic
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Psynic
Provide evidence the search is fake. Last I checked there is video footage of the Search operations.
The search area is based on a fictional mathematical equation that supposedly measured Doppler effect.
There is no proof of it ever working.
It has never been used before.
It is not part of any of the planned, heightened tracking measures, supposedly being implemented to prevent planes from disappearing in the future .
It was a one time magic trick that has nothing to do with "the latest technology".
A little bit of mumbo jumbo designed to fool the uninformed masses, which it apparently has been successful in doing.
You are dodging the question. Saying the new method does not work is not the same thing as saying the search is fake. You're clearly trolling. Can we kill this thread, mods? The guy is just trolling and wasting everyone's time...
originally posted by: babybunnies
The best bull#ters in the world can make any evidence look extremely convincing.