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Malaysia Airlines says Lost Contact with Plane carrying 239 people

The US is a paranoid, the UK does not... I enter Gibraltar regularly, a UK territory by just flashing my passport and I do not show it when I leave. And the same happened the last time I was in the UK. And who cares about the UAE.. they are probably just looking for more Israeli assassins.

Well, I would say the US has good reason to be paranoid. Sorry, don't believe you simply "flash" your passport. I call BS on that. Besides, the manifest is scrutinized for any known terrorists and if the passport was flagged as stolen in the three countries that actually check, a red flag would go up.

Who cares about the UAE? I think that says more about you than them.

Not if it has nothing to do with why the plane disappeared. I highly doubt that countries would want to add even more time wasting at airports, especially when they are already under pressure to ease the present draconian aspects of checks.

It only takes a few seconds to query the database.
 
Well, I would say the US has good reason to be paranoid.

Not really. Your draconian methods only give the terrorists a victory in limiting the very freedoms that they want to take away. The fact that it basically says that everyone is under suspicion and guilty is.. well pathetic.

Sorry, don't believe you simply "flash" your passport. I call BS on that.

Guess you never been to Europe then or are an EU citizen. I do just flash my passport when entering UK sovereign territory and I dont show it when leaving.

It only takes a few seconds to query the database.

It does, but who should do it..... and when? The problem is there are no uniform rules or even uniform passport systems.
 
I suspect its a terrorist attack or the Plane was hijacked and flown off and landed somewhere so it can be fitted with large explosives.

The transponder was disabled. Thats suppposed to be impossible.

Everything you just wrote is ridiculous.

A terrorist group would have claimed responsibility by now.

Fitting a plane with large explosives would require landing a frigging airliner somewhere that nobody would notice and murdering 239 people.

Transponders have an off switch and a circuit breaker.
 
Interesting.
Looks like they May have located crash site.
More consistently, it's just Southeast of last reported position and where there were some reports of sightings.
China has satellite data of course.
And they look at it often. They are in alot of maritime territorial disputes with neighbors.
CNN quotes Chinese as saying objects were about the right size for wreckage and cited dimensions in Meters.
Images reportedly captured Sunday morning.

Chinese satellite images increase speculation on plane - ITV News

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New Chinese Satellite Pictures May Show Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet | TheBlaze.com
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On CNN, Bill Nye posited that the Chinese had these images and intentionally withheld them for days wanting to hide their capabilities.
They Were Sunday's images.
He added, somewhat logically I think, that the Chinese figured that all the manpower looking would find it.
But when they didn't after 5 days, they threw a bone to the world, albeit, with intentionally Lower Res images.
Of course, 2/3 of the victims were Chinese. (Mainland or Taiwan)
 
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Not really. Your draconian methods only give the terrorists a victory in limiting the very freedoms that they want to take away. The fact that it basically says that everyone is under suspicion and guilty is.. well pathetic.

I fly a lot and the security does not bother me a bit. Why does it bother you, or do you even fly in the US??

Guess you never been to Europe then or are an EU citizen. I do just flash my passport when entering UK sovereign territory and I dont show it when leaving.

BS. Any one traveling to or from a country outside the EU goes through considerable scrutiny. Flying to and from Great Britain from another country requires a photograph before entering immigration.

It does, but who should do it..... and when? The problem is there are no uniform rules or even uniform passport systems.

The immigration authorities in each country should, duh. Interpol keeps records of all stolen passports that have been reported.
 
This very well might explain why it hasn't been found.

U.S. Investigators Suspect Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane Flew On for Hours - WSJ.com
By ANDY PASZTOR
Updated March 13, 2014 4:17 a.m. ET

U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for about 4 hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location, according to two people familiar with the details, raising the possibility that the plane could have flown on for hundreds of additional miles under conditions that remain murky.

Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of 5 hours, based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. 777's engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.

That raises a host of new questions and possibilities about what happened aboard the widebody jet carrying 239 people, which vanished from civilian air-traffic control radar over the weekend, about one hour into a flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur."..."

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Six days after the mysterious disappearance prompted a massive international air and water search that so far hasn't produced any results, the investigation appears to be broadening in scope.

U.S. counterterrorism officials are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner's transponders to avoid radar detection, according to one person tracking the probe."..."​
 
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I fly a lot and the security does not bother me a bit. Why does it bother you, or do you even fly in the US??



BS. Any one traveling to or from a country outside the EU goes through considerable scrutiny. Flying to and from Great Britain from another country requires a photograph before entering immigration.



The immigration authorities in each country should, duh. Interpol keeps records of all stolen passports that have been reported.

Actually Pete is correct flying within the EU is very easy and I often just flash my passport.
 
I fly a lot and the security does not bother me a bit. Why does it bother you, or do you even fly in the US??

You have gotten use too it, that is a big difference. And I only fly to the US when forced too... else it is too much of a hassle and I as an European citizen have an easier time of it than non-Europeans.. far far easier time of it.

BS. Any one traveling to or from a country outside the EU goes through considerable scrutiny. Flying to and from Great Britain from another country requires a photograph before entering immigration.

So are you an EU citizen? You do realize there are different rules from Americans vs say a German or Italian right?

The immigration authorities in each country should, duh. Interpol keeps records of all stolen passports that have been reported.

There are no immigration authorities when LEAVING a country duh! The only people you meet are the airline and security.
 
This very well might explain why it hasn't been found.

U.S. Investigators Suspect Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane Flew On for Hours - WSJ.com
By ANDY PASZTOR
Updated March 13, 2014 4:17 a.m. ET

U.S. investigators suspect that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stayed in the air for about 4 hours past the time it reached its last confirmed location, according to two people familiar with the details, raising the possibility that the plane could have flown on for hundreds of additional miles under conditions that remain murky.

Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of 5 hours, based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. 777's engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.

That raises a host of new questions and possibilities about what happened aboard the widebody jet carrying 239 people, which vanished from civilian air-traffic control radar over the weekend, about one hour into a flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur."..."

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Six days after the mysterious disappearance prompted a massive international air and water search that so far hasn't produced any results, the investigation appears to be broadening in scope.

U.S. counterterrorism officials are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner's transponders to avoid radar detection, according to one person tracking the probe."..."​
The Malaysians are denying it flew on longer.
They say their info from Rolls Royce [Engines] is that the engines did not continue.
What a mess.
 
If I may just say Hello to begin. Sincerely, I was looking for a site to discuss this topic. I found one but after two days of participating there it has turned out to be just a group of people who seem to get off on the possibility of a terrorist angle or some other such situation. Though certainly it still might be, I'd really like to discuss it in a more serious way and not just focus on "exciting possibilities" as one person stated there.
 
There seems to be lots of tidbits of info coming out now which seems to be trying to point the search in a certain direction but without having it stated directly. This has become very frustrating, I'm sure, for the Malaysian authorities as they've been trying to stick to an official path. It truly is starting to appear as though the US is trying to point the way as to where to look, but without sharing its secrets as to how it knows. I don't blame the US for this, but it's creating a whole lot of confusion, but that too I'm beginning to think is intentional.
 
There seems to be lots of tidbits of info coming out now which seems to be trying to point the search in a certain direction but without having it stated directly. This has become very frustrating, I'm sure, for the Malaysian authorities as they've been trying to stick to an official path. It truly is starting to appear as though the US is trying to point the way as to where to look, but without sharing its secrets as to how it knows. I don't blame the US for this, but it's creating a whole lot of confusion, but that too I'm beginning to think is intentional.
Welcome to DP.

Looks like it Did continue and transponder shut off was intentional.


India Looking for Malaysian Jet as U.S. Sees Air Piracy
India Looking for Malaysian Jet as U.S. Sees Air Piracy - Bloomberg
By Alan Levin, Kartikay Mehrotra and Anurag Kotoky
Mar 13, 2014 6:30 PM ET

"India’s navy set up a search zone for the missing Malaysian airliner in the Andaman Sea, hundreds of miles off the course of Flight 370, as evidence mounted that the plane may have flown long after controllers lost contact.

Aviation investigators are compiling signs the Boeing Co. 777-200 veered off its route and traveled west over Malaysia, beyond the limits of the country’s radars, according to two people who asked not to be identified with the probe active.

A satellite transmitter on the plane was active for about 5 hours, indicating the plane was operational after its transponder shut down less than an hour after takeoff, said three U.S. government officials. The 777 can cruise at 500 miles (805 kilometers) an hour or more, meaning it may have flown for as 2,500 miles beyond its last point of contact if it was intact and had enough fuel.
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Inmarsat Plc (ISAT), the London-based satellite operator, picked up “routine, automated signals” from Flight 370, according to a statement e-mailed by Jonathan Sinnatt, a spokesman. He declined to elaborate. Inmarsat shared its information with SITA, the main carrier in that region for land- and satellite-based message traffic between aircraft and ground personnel. SITA in turn shared the data with Malaysian Airlines, he said."..."
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In a separate Note, MSNBC says China claimed it released it's Satelite photos by Mistake.
 
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Welcome to DP.

Looks like it Did continue and transponder shut off was intentional.

Thanks.

Well, I don't think there's any evidence that the transponder was turned off intentionally, unless that was to save energy in some way. My theory is that there was an electronic malfunction on the plane which also led to a loss of oxygen as well as communications. The transponder could've been lost during that episode or it could also have been turned off simply in an effort to put all remaining energy to oxygen service (if that is possible). Ultimately though, the pilots were only able to get the plane turned around before they too succumb to lack of oxygen and the plane then just continued to fly on its new course, taking it out over the Indian Ocean.

This is likely a case similar to the one with the Greek plane which was, as they say "a flying tomb" before it finally crashed into a Greek mountainside.
 
Thanks.

Well, I don't think there's any evidence that the transponder was turned off intentionally, unless that was to save energy in some way. My theory is that there was an electronic malfunction on the plane which also led to a loss of oxygen as well as communications. The transponder could've been lost during that episode or it could also have been turned off simply in an effort to put all remaining energy to oxygen service (if that is possible). Ultimately though, the pilots were only able to get the plane turned around before they too succumb to lack of oxygen and the plane then just continued to fly on its new course, taking it out over the Indian Ocean.

This is likely a case similar to the one with the Greek plane which was, as they say "a flying tomb" before it finally crashed into a Greek mountainside.

An airliner can descend to an altitude that is breathable and passenger oxygen doesn't rely on electricity at all.
 
You have gotten use too it, that is a big difference. And I only fly to the US when forced too... else it is too much of a hassle and I as an European citizen have an easier time of it than non-Europeans.. far far easier time of it.

Thanks. We appreciate you staying out of the US.

So are you an EU citizen? You do realize there are different rules from Americans vs say a German or Italian right?

How does that dispute what I posted?

There are no immigration authorities when LEAVING a country duh! The only people you meet are the airline and security.

Duh, a visa is required for the country you are going to before you allowed to board a plane to that country depending on the country you are from and the country you are traveling to.
 
No don't think i did....Read again big man.


Let's review:

I said:
Any one traveling to or from a country outside the EU goes through considerable scrutiny.

You said:
Actually Pete is correct flying within the EU is very easy and I often just flash my passport.

Note that I said "from a country OUTSIDE the EU, NOT within as you posted.

See how easy that was.
 
Thanks. We appreciate you staying out of the US.

Your welcome.

How does that dispute what I posted?

Oh I just reread what you wrote... you added "outside" the EU to the debate and I missed that. Yes outside the EU there are controls, but as an EU citizen there are few controls when I enter the UK.

Duh, a visa is required for the country you are going to before you allowed to board a plane to that country depending on the country you are from and the country you are traveling to.

Again, depending on what country you are from and where you are going. For example I dont need a Visa for the US because I am Danish, but I do need give them my personal information including banking and so on.. well my government does that, plus I need to alert the US government 2 days in advance that I am coming. And when I finally do get there, then I get treated like a common criminal with finger printing and all that crap.

Now I wish we did the same for Americans.. would make it fair, but we are sadly civilized over here in Europe and are not massively paranoid.
 
After sitting back, keeping my mouth closed for 7 days and watching how the United States Media handles this matter, I am reminded of the date September 11th, 2001, all over again. Why? Because no one in the media has told the American People the absolute truth about what is possible in regards to Flight 370.

Being a pilot with several advanced ratings including jet type ratings, various LOAs, as well as a respectable amount of time in more than one 200,000lb class of multi-engine jet airframe, I can tell you without equivocation (as well as anyone with the same or greater qualifications) that none of the aircraft involved in 911 were piloted by human beings just prior to impact. I can also tell you that all commercial aircraft go through a rigorous research, design, engineering, testing, optimization and eventual certification process to make certain that the aircraft is exceedingly airworthy.

Aircraft do exactly what they are designed to do: Fly. They do not simply drop out of the sky for frivolous reasons.

Modern commercial airframes are designed/engineered to be full integrated electronic and computer based systems with redundancy and failover as two of their major safety features. Those two design goals are achieved through the linking of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and avionics systems into a singular fault tolerant operation that most of you have come to know as a commercial airliner.

Boeing designed and built this aircraft. For decades Boeing has used component based LRU (Line Replaceable Units) in its airframes. Avionics LRUs on most modern commercial airframes are programmable. It is important that you understand that fact. Commercial aircraft in the same category as the Boeing triple-seven are fully capable of executing take-off, climb, cruise, descent, landing and roll-out on their own with each phase being managed by the link between LRUs and the major systems identified above (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and avionics). These aircraft have the ability to transmit data Air-to-Ground and to receive data Ground-to-Air via the DataLink system designed and manufactured by Airinc, who also develops and maintains the technology standards in aviation for the LRUs.

This particular aircraft deploys are earlier version of the Honeywell digital fly-by-wire flight control system. That system is inextricably linked and mapped to the on-board LRU based avionics system of the triple-seven, which is capable of receiving in-bound communications via ground-to-air. Though much of the entire avionics and flight control system designs are subcontracted, Boeing still maintains the position of "chief integrator." It is also important to realize that flight management functionality on-board the tripe-seven is managed by a dedicated LRU, designed specifically for that purpose - which is likewise programmable. The flight management system is linked and integrated with the navigation system - which itself is comprised of an inertial reference system (INR), an air data system, integrated nav-receivers, VOR, GPS and GLS, etc., making CAT III and CAT I GLS approaches possible.

SAT based ACARS (Satellite Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) has been in use for many years and it enables Ground-to-Air real-time data communications. At the heart of this arrangement is the Communications Management Unit (CMU). The CMU is linked to other on-board systems and can be linked or connected to the aircraft's Flight Management Computer (FMC) and by logical extension to the aircraft's Flight Control System (FCS). Essentially, data can be routed through the SATCOM receiver to the on-board MU/CMU and down to the FMC (Flight Management Computer). Thus, you can control such an aircraft remotely using the ACARS Avionics Architecture. Don't allow anyone to tell you that you cannot. You can do more than just manipulate the flight controls. You can also remotely actuate other on-board systems as well, including the activation and manipulation of the on-board transponder - which we keep hearing so much about on CNN.

So, people want to know:

- Can such an aircraft be taken over from the ground? Yes.
- Can such an aircraft be positively controlled from the ground? Yes.

You can even send a signal to release gas into the cockpit/flight deck through the aircraft's recirculation system which disables the pilot, crew and all passengers on-board and then remotely take-over the aircraft, if you have previously arranged for the implementation of such a thing physically. Sound extreme? Yes - it is extreme. Very extreme.

Recall Betty Ong's call from Flight 11. Remember these transcribed words: "...we can't breathe!"

What the heck was Betty Ong, talking about and WHY did the media never stop to ask the question? What does not being able to breathe or having difficulty breathing have to do with being "skyjacked" by terrorists? There were no official reports of anyone getting gas on-board any aircraft involved in 911. The only reports of weapons involved "box cutters."

So, why are people having difficulty "breathing" on-board Flight 11? That is an honest question that has never been answered. There were no reported fires on-board any aircraft involved in 911. So, what does difficulty breathing have to do with anything, unless people were being exposed to something very toxic in the recirculated air they were breathing. And, how do you get something very toxic into the recirculated air being inhaled by people on-board a modern commercial aircraft with no fire on-board?

Boeing 777s don't just disappear from the sky without good cause. They don't just vanish so cleanly without a trace. Aircraft of this type are extremely stable airborne platforms - they don't just fall from the sky merely because someone sneezed. When I hear reports of transponders going off, fault tolerant and redundant systems sequentially shutting down "on their own" - then I know someone is causing that to happen. The question is whether or not those things took place on-board, or from a remote location. Those are the ONLY two questions I have at this point. Everything else is a farce and a smoke-screen.

Modern commercial aircraft systems designed to be fault tolerant and with a high degree of failover, do not simply begin to shut down critical avionics systems on their own. However, you absolutely can sequentially shut down those exact same systems through a SATCOM surrogate of some type.

I am not ruling out any causation at this point. However, recent commercial aviation history being what it is, I am also not ruling out the possibility that Flight 370 became yet another unwitting player in someone's psychotic game of lethal airborne chess by way of Remote Control.
 
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Oh God not another make believe pilot!

Dude go back to the conspiracy category where you belong.
 
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