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These pings were apparently re-detected by the same Chinese ship that found it; search planes are being sent to that area as well as the Echo and Ocean Shield, in addition to the regular scheduled search that is taking place.
The Chinese have asked the Aussies for acoustic detection help in the area that the alleged pings were discovered - an area that has a depth of about 4.5 kilometers; about as easy as recovering a snowball from hell. The second detection, though, was from a location not as deep - about 2.5 kilometers deep.
Which begs another round of questions.
Was it the same beacon?
Would this be all freak acoustics due to the nature of the ocean itself?
Someone playing with their fish-finder?
Dolphins wailing?
HMS Echo will get there first - and hopefully get us some answers. Or not. Which would be an answer in itself.
This whole incident only proves that Big Brother isn't looking at everything as hard as we thought they were; and it proves that (for the moment) to those with both good or bad intentions.
Are there any positives to this situation?
It seems callous to look for positives in such a tragic incident, but it shows that the nations of the World can work together when needed - Japanese and Koreans working side by side, Chinese, Malaysians, Aussies and Brits, all working towards a common cause for once.
This has also set the Commercial Airline Industry, and all the related disciplines, on its ear, shaking them out of complacency, and awakening them to the fact that they should keep an eye on their fleet, and therefore the precious cargo they contain, at all times - not just in the hangars and security check-points.
The mystery deepens.
The Chinese have asked the Aussies for acoustic detection help in the area that the alleged pings were discovered - an area that has a depth of about 4.5 kilometers; about as easy as recovering a snowball from hell. The second detection, though, was from a location not as deep - about 2.5 kilometers deep.
Which begs another round of questions.
Was it the same beacon?
Would this be all freak acoustics due to the nature of the ocean itself?
Someone playing with their fish-finder?
Dolphins wailing?
HMS Echo will get there first - and hopefully get us some answers. Or not. Which would be an answer in itself.
This whole incident only proves that Big Brother isn't looking at everything as hard as we thought they were; and it proves that (for the moment) to those with both good or bad intentions.
Are there any positives to this situation?
It seems callous to look for positives in such a tragic incident, but it shows that the nations of the World can work together when needed - Japanese and Koreans working side by side, Chinese, Malaysians, Aussies and Brits, all working towards a common cause for once.
This has also set the Commercial Airline Industry, and all the related disciplines, on its ear, shaking them out of complacency, and awakening them to the fact that they should keep an eye on their fleet, and therefore the precious cargo they contain, at all times - not just in the hangars and security check-points.
The mystery deepens.