SwiftDeath
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I just hope that the plane or at least black boxes are found and soon, not sometime in the next 3 years
The ocean is very, very large and very, very deep, and a commercial aircraft is comparatively very, very small. Finding pieces of the aircraft would not be easy, worsened in difficulty by pinpointing the exact crash location without having a concrete trajectory, and unreliable movement of the fragments (sinking depth, current spread, damage, etc).
I still feel that information may exist, or is being collated and analysed, by the military, investigators, and airline that isn't being made public for sensitivity issues. If indeed they are unsure of what took the plane down they'd have to be logically considering all options, such as a hijacking or structural issues. And in both of these cases there would be parties involved that would want to keep details, if just speculation, private for as long as possible.
But as far as the public is concerned the whole situation is a mess. A big empty mess.
So the theory now is the plane crashed / landed near the west of my country (Philippines), then it should have been spotted by now since that's near the hotly contested Spratly / Paracel / Whatever its called in China Islands. That area is also a major shipping route so there should be witnesses if that was the location.
The ocean is very, very large and very, very deep, and a commercial aircraft is comparatively very, very small. Finding pieces of the aircraft would not be easy, worsened in difficulty by pinpointing the exact crash location without having a concrete trajectory, and unreliable movement of the fragments (sinking depth, current spread, damage, etc).
It's the Malaysian government, guys. Incompetence is the norm, not the exception.
It's the Malaysian government, guys. Incompetence is the norm, not the exception.
I believe China has boats in there somewhere since that is near the nine dash line area being claimed by China and contested by various ASEAN countries (including PH). And no way would Thailand would keep its mouth shut if an unknown plane passed through their airspace and not identify itself. That would be ridiculous.The oil rig guy theory is more believable to me, but it also means the plane kept flying for more than an hour after lost communication, and who knows how long it kept that way. The oil rig is at the edge of the continental shelf, so very soon the plane would end up in the deep sea.
It's the Malaysian government, guys. Incompetence is the norm, not the exception.
But there are 10 countries that have send planes, helicopters, and boats to search.
I hate to play devil's advocate but you can't be sure the oil rig guy was right either.
Just because A is wrong doesn't make B right. (Or in this case, just because A and B are contradicting each other doesn't make C right)
And it's up to the Malaysian authorities to coordinate them. This isn't even what I'm talking about anyway. I'm talking about how the officials keep coming up with contradicting statements. The whole flying over the Straits of Malacca thing is just ridiculous.
It is pretty damn bizzare, even by their poor ass standards.
What's Singapore doing about this by the way?
What happens if one of those attractive ladies turned out to have malicious motives and you just gave them access to the cockpit?
So now the plane didn't go West at all and that whole searching the west side was a bunch of horseshit? WTF is the media doing publishing this shit. Looking like oil rig guy is right. Incompetence all around.
So this guy just happened to look out and see an airplane on fire, despite being in a location much further along the flight route than when the transponder first got turned off and he happened to witness the moment the flames went out. Right.
I'm sorry, he has a point, even if the example is a little silly. Some rules aren't meant to be broken.
It is pretty damn bizzare, even by their poor ass standards.
What's Singapore doing about this by the way?
So this guy just happened to look out and see an airplane on fire, despite being in a location much further along the flight route than when the transponder first got turned off and he happened to witness the moment the flames went out. Right.
Well the plane lost contact who knows where it went this could be it. Don't see how thats so hard to believe. They have been asking fishermen if they'd seen anything dont see how an oil rig is any different.So this guy just happened to look out and see an airplane on fire, despite being in a location much further along the flight route than when the transponder first got turned off and he happened to witness the moment the flames went out. Right.
I can remember lots of times as a kid being ushered into the cockpit to hang out with the pilots for a few minutes. That was pre-9/11 though, does that happen anymore?
Well, there is a Mike McKay on LinkedIn listed as working in Oil&Gas for Halliburton in Indonesia/Thailand - I see no reason why (if this is a real email) he'd just make this up, and to discount it is pretty short sighted. But yeah, another unsubstantiated claim to add to the pile really - such a crazy situation.So this guy just happened to look out and see an airplane on fire, despite being in a location much further along the flight route than when the transponder first got turned off and he happened to witness the moment the flames went out. Right.
This seems to be the EXACT same area as the oil rig guy seems to have seen the fire in the sky...
http://securityinsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/mh370-weather-radar-data-analysis.html?m=1
This seems to be the EXACT same area as the oil rig guy seems to have seen the fire in the sky...
http://securityinsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/mh370-weather-radar-data-analysis.html?m=1
It's a bit odd that his passport number is available for the internet to see.Well, there is a Mike McKay on LinkedIn listed as working in Oil&Gas for Halliburton in Indonesia/Thailand - I see no reason why (if this is a real email) he'd just make this up, and to discount it is pretty short sighted. But yeah, another unsubstantiated claim to add to the pile really - such a crazy situation.
Wait wait.. so that 90 degree directional change story isn't confirmed yet?
It's a bit odd that his passport number is available for the internet to see.
Yeah, the email itself is probably pretty dubious - just commenting on how an earlier poster dismissed the claims outright.It's a bit odd that his passport number is available for the internet to see.
Didn't the press conference show a new search area around there? Now they're backtracking? So odd.Confirmed to be false...
Confirmed to be false...
Between this and the oil rig guy, this appears to be the best lead so far. One would hope they are searching this area today.
I can remember lots of times as a kid being ushered into the cockpit to hang out with the pilots for a few minutes. That was pre-9/11 though, does that happen anymore?
I pushed a big red button as a kid, no idea what I was doing.Me too, and then you'd get a pair of cheap plastic wings to put on your shirt.
Source"All right, good night" were the last-heard words from the missing Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 - which were revealed for the first time at a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday morning between the Malaysian government and Chinese relatives.
Could a fire plume be that massive? It looks like at least 50km long.
Well, confirmed to be "false." Who knows. Malaysia appears incompetent though.
Have they actually confirmed it's false or are we still talking about the one person who said it did and then another person calling them a liar?
This seems to be the EXACT same area as the oil rig guy seems to have seen the fire in the sky...
http://securityinsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/mh370-weather-radar-data-analysis.html?m=1
PORT DICKSON: A group of fishermen found a life raft bearing the word Boarding 10 nautical miles from Port Dickson town at 12pm yesterday.
One of the fishermen, Azman Mohamad, 40, said they found the badly damaged raft floating and immediately notified the Kuala Linggi Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Malacca for assistance to lift the raft as it was very heavy.
"We managed to tie it to our boat as we feared it would sink due to the damages," he said.
When the MMEA boat arrived, the fishermen then handed over the raft into their custody.
However, a Kuala Linggi MMEA spokesman said the raft sunk into the sea while they were trying to bring the raft onboard.
The time lapse between "nothing" and "something" is 49 minutes, and this is in the tropics over water. Clouds can form, build and dissipate quickly, especially in this part of the world.
I hope this helps the investigation. Could this mean the plane attempted a water boarding? Or is this just random debris?This could be something...
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-c...-as-fishermen-find-life-raft-near-pd-1.509222
However, a Kuala Linggi MMEA spokesman said the raft sunk into the sea while they were trying to bring the raft onboard.