[SHARE] Moving Ways In Which MH370 Has United Citizens All Over The World
Published by Melody Oei
The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has sparked waves of prayers, support and unity amongst Malaysians and people all over the world.
Over at IBM, colleagues of IBM executive Philip Wood (among 3 Americans onboard missing MH370) folded paper cranes for his desk at work
In Birmingham, Malaysian students showed support for the family members of flight MH370 passengers outside the NIA
These kids held special prayers during Monday assembly at SJK(T) Sithambaram Pillay
While artists expressed their support in the form of art over in Taiping
This was how Malaysian football fans from Pahang showed their support for MH370
On 10 March 2014, a group of "web-users who wanted to come together" gathered at Dataran Merdeka in a prayer meeting in support of the families of those on board MH370
- The organiser of the event, Nixon Low Ling Fei, 36, said the gathering was originally just for a group of friends who wanted to collectively pray for the safety of the passengers but it grew to include more than 50 people.
- "We are just a bunch of web-users who wanted to come together to pray for the people on MH370,” the real estate negotiator said.
- “We thought to ourselves, why stay at home when we can come out and try to give some support to the people who have relatives on board MH 370. We stand with them, they are not alone.”
Many lighted candles and folded paper cranes at Taman Jubli Perak, Sungai Petani, Kedah
The management of Pavilion KL set up a wall of tribute for the crew members and passengers of MH370 - an idea that came from activist Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir
- Joyce Yap, Retail CEO of Pavilion, told The Rakyat Post that the idea came from none other than activist Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir.
- “Marina has a good heart… She was the one who called us and gave us this idea,” said Yap, who immediately mobilised her team to realise Marina’s idea.
- Marina Mahathir on 10 March 2014, "Folks, at 4pm today Pavilion KL will be putting up a wall on which you can post your messages of support, hope, prayers etc to all onboard MH370 and their families. If you're downtown, please do go and post something. Am also working on getting other shopping centres to do the same."
These messages of support were spotted at Taman Rekreasi Sultan Abdul Aziz, Ipoh (Padang Polo)
1M4U delivered a heartwarming message in sign language, "I also pray for the safety of the rescue members who are out there helping"
Many are sharing this incredible sand sculpture found on Puri Beach, India
Food artist Lee Samantha prayed for the safe return of MH370
NBCUniversal cancelled a scheduled press conference for the E! News Asia Special Lisa Surihani out of respect for the missing MH370
- Antara acara yang ditangguhkan ialah E! News Asia Special; Lisa Surihani anjuran NBCUniversal yang dijadualkan akan berlangsung esok di Grand Hyatt Hotel, Kuala Lumpur jam 2.30 petang. Budiey ada menerima emel dari penganjur yang mengatakan acara ini terpaksa ditangguhkan buat sementara waktu.
- IM4U director Efny Johan said their press conference had the support of Media Prima but “after discussion with their management, it was agreed that focus should be given to MH370.”
On 9 March 2014, a group of religious leaders gathered in KLIA to pray for MH370
On 10 March 2014, prayers were held at TJ Mart in Johor Bahru
Many are also sharing this video titled "The Control Tower Is Calling: MH370 We Are Waiting"
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Shila Amzah, Wang Leehom, Ryan Giggs, Mary J Blige and more are also praying for MH370
On 8 March 2014, Malaysian Airlines said in a statement that flight MH370 bound to Beijing had disappeared after leaving KL
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How The Black Box Works And Why It's In Need Of New Technology
How The Black Box Works And Why It's In Need Of New Technology
Published by Melody Oei
The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has reignited debate over new technology to replace the traditional 'black box'.
What is a black box? The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or 'black box' is actually comprised of two separate equipment - a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder
- Any commercial aeroplane or corporate jet is required to be equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder. It is these two items of separate equipment which we commonly refer to as a ‘Black Box.’
- The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) that records dialogue and ambient noise in the cockpit, and the flight data recorder (FDR) that records parametric data such as altitude, airspeed and heading. Data from the virtually crash-proof boxes is recorded to solid-state drives—these allow the data recorders to track thousands of parameters and have increased how long the voice recorders can record audio.
Are "black boxes" black? Flight Data Recorders are in fact orange or red in colour
- While a modern-day black box is painted bright orange to help investigators find them, early versions were painted black, and the name stuck. Built in a multilayer construction method, modern black boxes are double wrapped in a corrosion-resistant stainless steel container with high-temperature insulation.
Where is the black box? It is installed in the rear of the aircraft—the area most likely to survive a crash
- FDRs are usually located in the rear of the aircraft, typically in the tail. In this position, the entire front of the aircraft is expected to act as a "crush zone" to reduce the shock that reaches the recorder.
What are they made of? The crash-survivable memory units (CSMUs) of the FDRs and cockpit voice recorders have an aluminium housing, high-temperature insulation and stainless-steel shell
- The CSMU is a large cylinder that bolts onto the flat portion of the recorder. This device is engineered to withstand extreme heat, violent crashes and tons of pressure. In older magnetic-tape recorders, the CSMU is inside a rectangular box.
- Black boxes are tested in several ways. A pierce test involves dropping heavy weights on the box to make sure that it won’t crack upon impact. The fire test helps to ensure that the casing can withstand extreme temperatures without compromising the recorder by exposing the box to a heat of 2,012° Fahrenheit (1,100° Celsius) for an hour, then an additional 10 hours at 500° Fahrenheit (260° Celsius).
What happens when the black box is submerged in water? An underwater locator beacon will emit continuous ultrasonic 'ping' for 30 days when they come into contact with water
- An underwater locator beacon fitted on recorders emits continuous ultrasonic "ping" when they come into contact with water. The signal can reach the surface from depths of 14,000ft.
- They are designed to emit an underwater locator beacon for up to 30 days and can operate immersed to a depth of up to 6,000 meters (20,000 ft).
Who invented the black box? It was first invented by Australian scientist Dr. David Warren
- While Warren was working at the Aeronautical Research Laboratory in Melbourne in the mid-1950s he was involved in the accident investigation surrounding the mysterious crash of the world’s first jet-powered commercial aircraft, the Comet.
- Realising that it would have been useful for investigators if there had been a recording of what had happened on the plane just before the crash, he got to work on a basic flight data recorder. The first demonstration unit was produced in 1957, but it was not until 1960, after an unexplained plane crash in Queensland, that Australia became the first country in the world to make the Black Box mandatory for all commercial aircraft.
WATCH: The insides of a vintage 1970s black box and how it works
Debate over new technology systems to replace the traditional 'black box' have recently been reignited as a result of the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
- Regardless of what caused a Malaysia Airlines jet to disappear from the sky over the weekend, air-safety experts predict it will reignite debate over new technology designed to provide immediate clues for investigators in the event of a crash.
"Such a solution is long overdue...we can no longer leave it to the vagaries of finding black boxes in every crash"
- "Such a solution is long overdue, considering the state of technology today and the overriding importance of providing timely data to investigators," WSJ quoted Alan Diehl, a US military safety official, as saying.
If today's black box could provide a 'live' stream of data, critical safety information can be sent from an airliner to the ground before a malfunction happens
- Discussed for many years but never implemented because of the costs, the concept of automatically transmitting data would involve using satellite links to send critical safety information from an airliner to the ground during extreme emergencies or just before a plane goes down.
- But without the benefit of instant access to data coming off the jet during the final phase of flight, investigators must rely instead on finding and retroactively evaluating data that was recorded but stayed on board.
The debate isn't new, proponents of the change gained some traction after Air France Flight 447 mysteriously slammed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, killing all 228 on board
- Prominent air-safety groups, including European aviation regulators, endorsed the goal of planes being able to instantly beam down safety data as they go out of control.
- Increasingly, automated airplanes from Boeing and Airbus Group NV that fly long routes over oceans or polar regions already have adopted data link communications to regularly send position and status reports when reliable radio contact isn't available.
Currently, a few hundred aircraft worldwide, including some business jets, have streaming capability designed to transmit data in the event something goes wrong during a trip
- By some estimates, that number could double relatively quickly, though it would still be a tiny fraction of total commercial jets.
- Separately, a new generation of navigation and tracking devices offers radarlike data about an aircraft's position and speed with great accuracy.
- Jet makers such as Boeing and Airbus already have adopted data link communications to send status reports, as an alternative to radio, said WSJ.
Why then are black boxes in commercial planes still using dated technology?
- An aviation analyst spoke to the ABC about the difficulties of deploying this technology, saying “if even one half of them were transmitting real-time on everything and flight data recorder the bandwidth would be immense”.
- Carriers, however, generally balked at the cost of upgrading software and equipment to phase in the changes, not to mention paying extra for enhanced satellite connections needed to cover a big chunk of the world's roughly 20,000 commercial aircraft. As a result, public discussion of the idea gradually faded away.
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