Seismic seafloor event may indicate crash site of missing plane.

[JimDandy]

A report from the BBC notes that a university in China noticed that seismic vibrations occurred on the seafloor 117 miles NE of where the last contact point was with the missing plane shortly after it went missing. Speculation from the university is that a plane crashing into the sea could have caused those vibrations.

The BBC reporter, though, sounded skeptical and stated that there didn't seem to be much credence to that possibility and that the search for the missing plane is continuing in the Indian Ocean.

[Gravitycollapse]

1. That honestly sounds like a load of bullshit.

The wreckage would not slam into the seafloor but would settle after impacting the water.

[JimDandy]

6. They sounded almost embarassed to report this.

I heard them repeat it 3 more times over night but now nothing, so it must finally have been discarded as ridiculous. Just to be clear, though, the contention was the disturbance from the plunge into the water is what was supposed to have caused the seismic disturbance.

[jsr]

2. I bet it dug up a big crater too.

[JimDandy]

9. I enjoy the BBC, but this was a really weird one. n/t

[theHandpuppet]

3. Considering this is an area of nearly constant seismic activity...

... I really don't put much stock into this speculation.

[JimDandy]

7. Yes. The BBC stopped reporting it after several hours. n/t

[Javaman]

4. or it could be Godzilla, you know...nt

[pinboy3niner]

5. Or somebody released the Kraken

[JimDandy]

8. It's shallow enough there, so maybe.