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Maldives residents report seeing low-flying aircraft on day MH370 disappeared

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Malaysia may have to rope in the Maldives for help if it is true that the island nation's residents spotted the missing MH37O on the day it disappeared.
Local news site Haveeru Online reported on Tuesday that residents of Kuda Huvadhoo, a remote Maldives island in Dhaal Atoll saw a "low-flying jumbo jet" on the morning of March 8.
Coincidentally, Bahasa Malaysia newspaper Berita Harian also reported on Tuesday that investigators have found five airport runways, which included the Male International Airport in the Maldives, loaded in MH370 pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's homemade flight simulator.
Haveeru Online reported that several residents told the news site that they saw the plane at 6.15am local time (9.15am Malaysian time) on March 8.
The eyewitnesses claimed that the plane, which was white with red stripes, was travelling southeast towards Addu, the southern tip of the Maldives.
They also reported that they heard the incredibly loud noise that the plane made when it flew over the island.
"I've never seen a jet flying so low over our island before. We've seen seaplanes, but I'm sure that this was not one of those. I could even make out the doors on the plane clearly.
"It's not just me either, several other residents have reported seeing the exact same thing. Some people got out of their houses to see what was causing the tremendous noise too," an eyewitness said.

http://my.news.yahoo.com/maldives-residents-report-seeing-low-flying-aircraft-day-161933843.html

The plot thickens...
 
I dunno, it's amazing during events such as these how many people come out of the woodwork having "seen things".

Not doubting the validity of the story but just keeping an open mind.
 
I dunno, it's amazing during events such as these how many people come out of the woodwork having "seen things".

Not doubting the validity of the story but just keeping an open mind.

This was rather interesting to me anyway... from the article...

Coincidentally, Bahasa Malaysia newspaper Berita Harian also reported on Tuesday that investigators have found five airport runways, which included the Male International Airport in the Maldives, loaded in MH370 pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's homemade flight simulator
 
I thought the Maldives were out of range of the suposed potential flight corridor?
 

Everyone's running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Maybe it's true. So I suppose they'll change the search area again. Hopefully somebody's driven over to that airport that matches the simulator model he was using. Jesus.

It's unbelievable to me that we don't make use of the technology I'm sure we have that would prevent this from ever happening. If not in real time, then certainly in hindsight, we should be able to track any passenger plane in the air.
 
I dunno, it's amazing during events such as these how many people come out of the woodwork having "seen things".

Not doubting the validity of the story but just keeping an open mind.

It's been my life experience that any time someone says, "I'm sure . . ." they're not sure at all. Think about it. That's the truth.
 
Can't we just cry "Bermuda Triangle" and go on with our college basketball brackets?
 



Kuda Huvadhoo, is roughly 2,000nm - 2,500nm southwest of both the departure point in Kuala Lumpur and the last known transponder fix off the east coast of Malaysia. With the IFR reserves and the given fuel load for Flight 379 that day, it did have enough fuel to reach Kuda Huvadhoo, in the Maldives chain. However, Addu City, is roughly 233nm southeast of Kuda Huvadhoo and that puts the fuel load below that which is necessary to reach it.

If the aircraft was flying that low then it most certainly did not have standard altitude fuel burn numbers to work with and would have been operating in a highly disadvantageous fuel efficiency profile. Aircraft turbine engines are designed to reach optimal fuel efficiency profiles at altitude not down at sea level. Fuel consumption between Kuda Huvadhoo and Addu City, would have been exceedingly high for the 233nm leg.

But, it just does not matter because the total fuel on-board (unless that was somehow changed before departure) is well under the that necessary to get this aircraft from the last transponder fix to Kuda Huvadhoo and then on to Addu City, especially while operating at virtual sea level altitudes. If somehow the fuel profile on-board at departure was sufficient, then by the time these "eye witnesses" noticed anything, this aircraft would have been flying on residual vapor - not even vapor.

The fuel burn numbers don't add up - especially at these altitudes. Once again, this whole thing makes zero sense and the story being put forth is seriously flawed.

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Those legs are not possible given the fuel load for Flight 370. Unless it landed and refueled before heading to Kuda Huvadhoo, Maldives.
 
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People have always wanted to know:

- What could have happened to Flight 77 and all its passengers?
- What could have happened to Flight 93 and all its passengers?

We don't know the exact answer but we do know how commercial aircraft work, specifically their fuel burn rates at various altitudes. We also know that Oceans are very big places and you can easily lose an entire aircraft at sea and never find it again - as long as the aircraft has the range. We know that aircraft without a replying transponder can still be tracked on primary radar, but can also be lost on primary radar as well after a period of time.

Flight 370 has not disappeared into thin air. That violates everything we know about our physical universe. Yet, if you took some "other" airborne vehicle and slammed it into the Taj Mahal in India, and then claimed that what hit the Taj, was Flight 370 and that the heat after impact was so intense that it virtually disintegrated the entire aircraft and all its contents save for a few pieces that you also claim came from the same flight, and people began questioning the official story - you would be right back at square one asking this same question:

- What happened to Flight 370 and all its passengers?

And, because no one could come up with a better explanation for what did happen to Flight 370, you would feel confident in your belief that it was indeed Flight 370 that slammed into the Taj Mahal and you would cite "eye witnesses" as your primary source of confirmation.

The question is:

- What did the eye witnesses actually see over the skies of Kuda Huvadhoo, Maldives?. Was it actually Flight 370. Or, was it something made to look plausible, blowing by at an unexpected high rate of speed and fairly low to the ground?

Why even ask this question? Because the physical evidence says that Flight 370 could not have made it this far on the fuel load known to have existed before departure. That's why. When the physical evidence does not add up and when the numbers don't calculate and people start telling you about "eye witnesses" some thousands of miles away that nobody has confirmed but an "official source," THAT is when you might want to start asking yourself: am I being snowed and to what end?
 
At this point they might as well determine the search area by throwing darts at a map.
 
Kuda Huvadhoo, is roughly 2,000nm - 2,500nm southwest of both the departure point in Kuala Lumpur and the last known transponder fix off the east coast of Malaysia.

No it isn't. 1,700 nm. 2,100 miles. How about just ONCE, you stop pushing ridiculous conspiracy theories and get your FACTS straight?
 
The question is:

- What did the eye witnesses actually see over the skies of Kuda Huvadhoo, Maldives?. Was it actually Flight 370. Or, was it something made to look plausible, blowing by at an unexpected high rate of speed and fairly low to the ground?

Why even ask this question? Because the physical evidence says that Flight 370 could not have made it this far on the fuel load known to have existed before departure. That's why. When the physical evidence does not add up and when the numbers don't calculate and people start telling you about "eye witnesses" some thousands of miles away that nobody has confirmed but an "official source," THAT is when you might want to start asking yourself: am I being snowed and to what end?

You see conspiracies everywhere. This isn't one. It's not being "made to look" like anything. Some guy wanted attention from a reporter and said he saw a low flying "jumbo jet." They probably did see a jet. But there are thousands of them flying at any given moment. They didn't see the 777, nor is anyone claiming to have seen the 777.

My guess? People in the Maldives heard they were in the guy's simulator, and then thought "Hey... didn't I see a plane that day?" I doubt there's anywhere in the Maldives that a 777 could put down that isn't an occupied airport.
 
Eyewitness reports of a possible sighting of missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 flying near the Maldives have been officially discounted in a statement issued by the Maldives National Defence Force. These reports were also confirmed by Malaysia's Transport Minister, Hishamuddin Hussein.

"Based on the monitoring up to date, no indication of Flight MH370 has been observed on any military radars in the country,” the statement said.
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"Furthermore, the data of radars at Maldives airports have also been analysed and shows no indication of the said flight. The Maldives National Defence Force will continue to render any assistance required by the Maldives Police Service and international authorities on the search for the missing flight and related issues.”

Read more: Missing Malaysia Airlines plane: Maldives discounted as possible location for MH370
 
The airplane is probably sitting in Diego Garcia. It's an American plot for tinfoilers! :lol:
 
No it isn't. 1,700 nm. 2,100 miles. How about just ONCE, you stop pushing ridiculous conspiracy theories and get your FACTS straight?

Not it is not. We were both wrong.

Change my unite of measure from nautical miles to statute miles and the your numbers are correct. Your miles are incorrect. I measured the distances using Google Earth, so dragging and dropping a line between two destinations with labels can't be wrong. The Rule Map Length drop-down list was selected to "Miles" in my example, instead of Nautical Miles.

Your correction is also wrong. Your label is designated as Miles and should be Nautical Miles. If you use Miles, as in your correction the distance between both points (the last known fix and the departure point) will be incorrect.

How about once you finally answer a question that does not fit your Official Lunacy Theories. Such as, how on earth do you account for the debris field of Flight 93, being extended into New Baltimore, some EIGHT (9) MILES away from the crater?

You ran and hid from that question all day long today, now you come here pretending to be correcting something. Either way you slice it, Flight 370 DID NOT have a fuel load sufficient to make the trip suggesting by the media, at the time I made my post on the subject.

Now, since you know so much about this subject, can you tell me how to calculate the Wet Footprint of Flight 370, if it has a starting point approximately 500nm north east of its departure point at its last known fix before being lost to ATC, to last point (not the initial eyewitness sighting point) the aircraft was said to have been headed in the South Maldives? If you can do that calculation, THEN you have what it takes to correct me on this subject. But, if you don't, then sit back and try to learn something, if you are capable of learning anything at all.
 
You see conspiracies everywhere. This isn't one. It's not being "made to look" like anything. Some guy wanted attention from a reporter and said he saw a low flying "jumbo jet." They probably did see a jet. But there are thousands of them flying at any given moment. They didn't see the 777, nor is anyone claiming to have seen the 777.

My guess? People in the Maldives heard they were in the guy's simulator, and then thought "Hey... didn't I see a plane that day?"


You fail to see Conspiracies anywhere. Now, which predisposition is worse? Are you actually so hooked-in that you are unaware of the Conspiracies that have come to light in some parts of the world?

- Was the lead up to the war in Iraq, a Conspiracy?
- Was the 1953/1954 Project Ajax, a Conspiracy?
- Was the 1962 Project Northwoods, a Conspiracy?
- Was the 1933 Reichstag fire, a Conspiracy?
- Was the 2008 Economic Implosion, a Conspiracy?

Do you have any idea what's going on in the world around you? You fail to understand that Conspiracies are real, even when you evidence for them is placed directly under your nose. So, please don't think that you are labeling me by using the word Conspiracy, because I am not one of those so deluded as to fail to understand that Conspiracies are very real in our world of power plays and power grabs.

Yeah, I'm on the hunt for Conspiracies because I know that people engage in them all the time - including those who cannot answer the question that was put to them a thousand times: HOW did debris from flight 93 end up in New Baltimore! It takes a Conspiracy, or a whole lot of ignorance, to fail to get that answer right.
 
All I know is that I told my husband a week ago that I thought the plane didn't go north or south, but straight west into Yemen. And guess what it would have crossed to get to Yemen? The Maldives.

Damn. I'm good. :)
 
Not it is not. We were both wrong.

Change my unite of measure from nautical miles to statute miles and the your numbers are correct. Your miles are incorrect. I measured the distances using Google Earth, so dragging and dropping a line between two destinations with labels can't be wrong. The Rule Map Length drop-down list was selected to "Miles" in my example, instead of Nautical Miles.

Your correction is also wrong. Your label is designated as Miles and should be Nautical Miles. If you use Miles, as in your correction the distance between both points (the last known fix and the departure point) will be incorrect.

BS.

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Your original post (that was wrong) said - "Kuda Huvadhoo, is roughly 2,000nm - 2,500nm southwest of both the departure point in Kuala Lumpur and the last known transponder fix off the east coast of Malaysia."

Which is incorrect. It is NOT 2000nm - 2500nm southwest of the 2 points. Just clarifying this here and now because I know how you just LOVE to spin **** around and muddy the waters. You were wrong. Plain and simple. The embedded pictures I posted above prove it.

How about once you finally answer a question that does not fit your Official Lunacy Theories. Such as, how on earth do you account for the debris field of Flight 93, being extended into New Baltimore, some EIGHT (9) MILES away from the crater?

Off topic, please leave your 9/11 fantasy in the CT section where it belongs.

You ran and hid from that question all day long today, now you come here pretending to be correcting something.

Alright pal. You've got a lot of nerve. First off, you took THREE ****ING DAYS to respond to my post about that. 3. Now that I haven't responded to your ridiculous ranting posts for 8 hours (because I am busy), I'm running and hiding? lol. wtf? What were you doing for those 3 days then? :lamo

Lastly, I didn't "come here" after the fact anyway... If you could figure out how to decipher a simple date stamp, you'd see that I made the post in here a full DAY before you responded to me in the Shanksville thread.

Such a dishonest poster.

Either way you slice it, Flight 370 DID NOT have a fuel load sufficient to make the trip suggesting by the media, at the time I made my post on the subject.

And everything I can find online that comes from ACTUAL experts says you are wrong.

-"Airline CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said Sunday the missing passenger jet took off with its normal amount of fuel needed for the roughly six-hour flight."

Can a 777 go 2000 miles in 6 hours? 333mph? Obviously it can. Hmmm... Who should we believe?... The airline CEO, or PW4000 (the guy that can't even get the engine type correct on the 9/11 planes)? Gosh this is a tough one.

I just gotta ask. How does it feel being wrong all the time? Or are you deliberately lying?

But, if you don't, then sit back and try to learn something, if you are capable of learning anything at all.

If you want to teach ANYONE, ANYTHING... I suggest you bring actual facts to the table instead of ranting paranoid hysteria about things being impossible. Nobody wants to learn from somebody like you; you are a conspiracy theorist.
 
822. Malaysia airliner missing was created by the Feds (3/20/2014)

It was done to justify the coming airplane’s incident.

In my story, to frame me in fake money case, the Feds have to eliminate my relatives – they are all witnesses. In recent three years, each time the Feds planned a case, they arranged a cruise tour trip for my relatives. See “811. Cruise – a murder trap (1/18/2014)”. In that article, I revealed that each time for a trip, the Feds used to create an incident in advance – either an “engine room fire” in a cruise or a “boat sinking” or “food poisoning” to cover up the coming case as a common one – not particularly ralated to any individual person. So was this Malaysia Airliner’s accident.

Malaysia Airline MH370 disappeared on March 8. I think it was used to justify the coming airplane accident in later March. My wife said she was going to Philippine via Shanghai at the end of this month. This means the Feds has plotted a case in late March and arrange her a South East Asia air trip. My other relatives could be arranged in trip too at that time. Since they are all recruited by the Feds, they’ll have to follow the order of the Feds when it suddenly gives one.

That was why Malaysia airline was chosen. 1. Most victims are Chinese ethnic like my wife’s (or my rlatives’) 2. It was South East airline where my wife will fly.

I predict the missing plane crashed somewhere far away in deep south India ocean. The purpose is to eliminate any possible trace of a plot. That’s why MH370 changed its way dramatically to the west and tried to avoid any detection from the ground. Watch the map.
In turning point, north is Vietnam; east is Philippine; South is Malaysia and Indonesia. To west is the shortest way to Indian Ocean.

Forget those hijacker or suicide news. They are used to distract your views and to delay the searches. No hijackers or suicides have such intention to play hide and seek game at this time.

How could they do this? I allege it was the same way they did in 911 attack. Everyone knows the drone is very popular today. It’s a skilled technique to pilot a plane with set up computer data. (or even by remote control) With pre-set computer data, at the turning point, the auto pilot system took over the control of the plane. The pilot can do nothing with it even if they were alive at the time.

To drop an airplane is a rare event. This may indict the Feds has made a big plot in late March. Watch with your eyes with my story in your mind. Tomorrow is Friday, the day the Feds like to act. Because there are two extra days (week ends) for them to carry murder in jail.
 
825. How did they kill the crew and passengers (4/3/2014)

The media is busy to spread disinformation from the “strategy office” to confuse people that public neglected one key information from original news. MH 370 was climbing to 45,000 feet when it turned sharply to the west. The auto pilot system took over the control of the plane and open the passage of internal cabin to the outside air space. The low temperature and low air pressure as well as low oxygen at that altitude disabled all people(include pilots) inside the plane in seconds, then killed them all.


Radar Suggests Jet Shifted Path More Than Once
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDTMARCH 14, 2014

Radar signals recorded by the Malaysian military appeared to show that the missing airliner climbed to 45,000 feet, above the approved altitude limit for a Boeing 777-200, soon after it disappeared from civilian radar and turned sharply to the west, according to a preliminary assessment by a person familiar with the data.

The radar track, which the Malaysian government has not released but says it has provided to the United States and China, showed that the plane then descended unevenly to 23,000 feet, below normal cruising levels, as it approached the densely populated island of Penang.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/world/asia/malaysia-military-radar.html?_r=0

This information revealed the killing of the crew and passengers started as soon as the plane was hijacked to a new track. The hijacker was the pre-set auto pilot system. Then it descended to below normal cruising level. At that time nobody was alive inside the plane and the only mission for the ghost plane was to elude the detection of ground radar as possible as it could and flied as far away as it could to make the search a difficult one. The following chart explained the odd track of MH 370.

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Altitude - Moderate Activity - Sitting Quietly

25 000 feet - 2 minutes - 3 minutes

28 000 feet - 1 minute - 1.5 minutes

30 000 feet - 45 seconds - 1.25 minutes

35 000 feet - 30 seconds - 45 seconds

40 000 feet - 18 seconds - 30 seconds

45,000 feet - ?? seconds - ?? seconds

Time of useful consciousness at 40,000 feet in a depressurized airplane. : MH370
 
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