Malaysia Airlines 'loses contact with plane' (and search effort updates)

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If that is part of the plan contents, then all the other evidence doesn't make sense (sat pings, etc)

[webeagle12]

I think it's just unbelievable that the Malaysian government took a week to disclose that there were signals from the aircraft for up to 5 or 6 hours after it disappeared off radar. You'd think that information would have been known within the first 24 hours?

 

Those pings were not visible to airline or anyone for that matter. Satellite company have to retrieve "ping data", analyze it, and send it to Malaysia. Those pings were part of airplane SATCOM ( Satellite Communications Channel) and they are send from/to airplane. Also those pings doesn't have any meaningful information at all. This all takes time unfortunately.

[Hum]

Lol if Iran wanted to attack Israel, they could just fire some of their short range missiles at them. There's no reason to go through an elaborate and risky plan to hijack a jet from another country. On top of that, I'm pretty sure Iran has passenger jets in their control also..

You completely missed the point, as Mods tend to do: ;)

 

Iran may think, they couldn't be blamed, because it is not 'their' jet.

 

However, it is just one theory, which I do not believe in.

[FloatingFatMan]

However, it is just one theory, which I do not believe in.

 

First time for everything. :p

[xendrome]

<<Topic Cleaned>> If you want to discuss Conspiracy Theories, then please make a topic for it in the appropriate sub-forum.

[riahc3]

<<Topic Cleaned>> If you want to discuss Conspiracy Theories, then please make a topic for it in the appropriate sub-forum.

Someone actually did: https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1204773-the-craziest-theories-about-what-happened-to-malaysia-flight-370/

[Dot Matrix]

TBH, I don't think the plane crashed in the waters anymore (if it did at all). That plane flew for at least several hours after contact was lost.

[SuperJediMedia]

What about the suitcase? Is it no longer important?

[Hurmoth]

What about the suitcase? Is it no longer important?

Has there been official confirmation that it was a suitcase and if so that it was from the plane?

[neufuse Veteran]

What about the suitcase? Is it no longer important?

the problem with finding stuff like that in the ocean or bay's... is there is TONS of trash like that just floating around in the oceans... especially coming from around china sad to say...

[Dot Matrix]

the problem with finding stuff like that in the ocean or bay's... is there is TONS of trash like that just floating around in the oceans... especially coming from around china sad to say...

Correct. In fact the Pacific region is home to quite a large trash flotilla. Then there's the Japanese tsunami that washed how much stuff into the oceans.

[Praetor]

what about the raft that some fisherman said it was from the airplane? and the oilring report that some guy saw a burning airplane falling from the sky? so many questions, few answers...

[Hum]

... and the oil rig report that some guy saw a burning airplane falling from the sky? so many questions, few answers...

One of the few true reports. ;)

[Raa]

One of the few true reports. ;)

How do you know this?

[Hum]

Lack of wreckage doesn't mean lack of proper explanation: maybe the search crews are searching in the wrong area, after all.

Yes -- they are searching in the wrong area.

 

How do you know this?

The guy has a real Hotmail address -- ask him yourself.

 

Vietnam's air traffic management earlier said it had received an email from a New Zealander working in one of the oil rigs off Vung Tau.

"He said he spotted a burning [object] at that location, some 300 km (200 miles) southeast of Vung Tau," deputy general director Doan Huu Gia said.

[adrynalyne]

Yes -- they are searching in the wrong area.

 

The guy has a real Hotmail address -- ask him yourself.

 

Vietnam's air traffic management earlier said it had received an email from a New Zealander working in one of the oil rigs off Vung Tau.

"He said he spotted a burning [object] at that location, some 300 km (200 miles) southeast of Vung Tau," deputy general director Doan Huu Gia said.

You made the claim it was true.  The burden of proof is on you, not him.

[Praetor]

Yes -- they are searching in the wrong area.

 

The guy has a real Hotmail address -- ask him yourself.

 

Vietnam's air traffic management earlier said it had received an email from a New Zealander working in one of the oil rigs off Vung Tau.

"He said he spotted a burning [object] at that location, some 300 km (200 miles) southeast of Vung Tau," deputy general director Doan Huu Gia said.

 

and did anyone check it out?

[Richteralan]

The guy has a real Hotmail address -- ask him yourself.

Not sure what you mean by "real Hotmail address."

[Hum]

You made the claim it was true.  The burden of proof is on you, not him.

I need not prove anything, since each person must decide for themselves what is true.

 

The oil rig man said he saw a burning plane go down at the time.

 

I dare to believe him.

 

The mystery is over for me.

 

And condolences to all the flight 370 families ...

[bonalste]

I need not prove anything, since each person must decide for themselves what is true.

The oil rig man said he saw a burning plane go down at the time.

I dare to believe him.

The mystery is over for me.

And condolences to all the flight 370 families ...

To be fair, whether it went down or not I think condolences have been out for the families for a while. I would be extremely surprised if any one of them is still here, whatever the circumstances surrounding the disappearance.

[jasondefaoite]

I need not prove anything, since each person must decide for themselves what is true.

 

The oil rig man said he saw a burning plane go down at the time.

 

I dare to believe him.

 

The mystery is over for me.

 

And condolences to all the flight 370 families ...

I thought what he said was he saw an explosion in the sky, and the timing was similar to the time the plane disappeared?

 

As for the passengers, the fact the plane rose to 45,000 feet and flew at that altitude for a short while before dropping to 20,000+ tells me the passengers are dead. Whoever was flying the plane knew exactly what they were doing.

[Hum]

I thought what he said was he saw an explosion in the sky, and the timing was similar to the time the plane disappeared?

 

[FloatingFatMan]

I thought what he said was he saw an explosion in the sky, and the timing was similar to the time the plane disappeared?

 

As for the passengers, the fact the plane rose to 45,000 feet and flew at that altitude for a short while before dropping to 20,000+ tells me the passengers are dead. Whoever was flying the plane knew exactly what they were doing.

Why does two changes of altitude tell you the passengers are dead?  All that tells you is that the plane changed altitude twice, which isn't unheard of during normal flights thanks to air pockets and the like.

[bonalste]

I thought what he said was he saw an explosion in the sky, and the timing was similar to the time the plane disappeared?

Is this real, though? I mean, is someone actually going to put their name, email address and passport number on the internet? It wouldn't be difficult to fabricate this letter.