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Date Posted: 19:27:11 09/07/99 Tue
Author: Dr. Chatterjea
Subject: Re: (XSS229/3A)/Water & Sediment in Streams
In reply to: Sandra 's message, "Re: (XSS229/3A)/Water & Sediment in Streams" on 06:52:18 09/01/99 Wed

> Just a thought...
> During today's lecture, Dr Chatterjea mentioned
> something about deep basins having higher velocity of
> water...
> This brings back to mind the tragic end of SilkAir. I
> suddenly realized that the Musi River, being a deep
> river, will have a great velocity of water. This
> gives me a clearer picture why they could not find any
> bodies, they must have been swept away by the
> currents! (Goon!)
>
> Was also wondering if finding of the dead bodies could
> be made easier if research had been done on the Musi
> River and having information like the velocity, water
> discharge etc of the river at hand. So instead of
> looking for the bodies at the site of the crash
> aimlessly for a few days, they might use the
> information on velocity, calculate, and mount the
> search a few kilometers downstream???
>
> Just some pennies for my thoughts....
Yes! Indeed, you're right. Even though the example of Silkair crash does bring back horrific memories - it's good to see that you're using real life examples to illustrate and understand the concepts. Keep it up - this is the best way one can use the knowledge - after all what's the use of knowledge if you keep it locked up only in the books and lecture notes?

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