Posts by Ben 44 5 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Aug 2016
Well, the problem was eventually found and fixed after two fatal crashes (it was not an easy problem to find even when suspicion was on one particular part). And it only affected 737's, not 767's.
I have my own theories on what most likely caused this but will keep them to myself and let the experts actually figure it out.
You probably haven't seen the sonar imagery that came from the search (the actual search sonar not the pre-mapping work that was done to reconnoiter the area). Have a look at the Mh370 ATSB page, they have some samples on there. If they had searched the right area, the plane (or its debris field) would be quite clearly visible on sonar. They weren't using fish finders for the search, they wouldn't have even bothered if "the odds of recognising it via sonar at such depths are quite small".
>What if you go straight up, as slowly as you like, to geostationary orbit?
Because when you get there, the sideways velocity you inherited from the surface of the earth would be 1600kmh if you had started on the equator. The sideways velocity required to stay there is 11000kmh which - a delta-v of ~10000kmh requires a huge amount of energy to reach.
Using your proposal, when you turn your engines off when you get there, the result will be that you will fall back down again and crash somewhere else on earth as it has rotated underneath you.
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