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[vareon]

I find it fascinating that there are still tribes disconnected from modern society. I read about something similar in South America a while back.

I just find this stuff shared on my facebook timeline, it's fascinating http://www.reshareable.tv/first-ever-aerial-footage-of-uncontacted-amazon-tribe.html.

 

[Linkhero1]

I just find this stuff shared on my facebook timeline, it's fascinating http://www.reshareable.tv/first-ever-aerial-footage-of-uncontacted-amazon-tribe.html.

This is the tribe I was talking about, but I think they had pictures. This is the first time I've seen the footage. Thanks for sharing.

Also:

This is a really interesting video and one which deserves a few minutes of your time to watch. This looks like a scene from Avatar. The tribe, unaware of the rest of the world, its history, and Miley Cyrus ...

lol

 

[Fenderputty]

I remember that Coke commercial.

Pepsi commercial in disguise.

 

[raindoc]

Italian and Austrian nationals (which the passports were, right?) do not need transit visa as long as they:
- don´t stay longer than 72h
- don´t change the airport
- have a ticket for a flight out of China
...which they all had. Reading the Chinese visa regs I´d say it was the reason they changed passports.

I don't think anyone needs a visa if they don't plan on leaving the airport and will continue their travel within 24hrs.
They planned to immigrate illegaly to Europe, hence the fake passports. Entering germany (or any other country) with your own passport is not a good idea, if you're planning to stay there without the authorities knowing.

? Its the official visa language. When they´re just transferring flights, they do exactly what I wrote.

*Visas are not required of aliens who hold air tickets to the final destination and have booked seats on international airliners flying directly through China, and will stay in a transit city for less than 24 hours without leaving the airport.

http://www.passportvisasexpress.com/visa_services/china/country_information/chinese_transit_visa

 

[MThanded]

Well this is a great test

Lets see how everything pans out if this mystery gets resolved.

A broken clock... you know the rest

 

[Hammer24]

I don't think anyone needs a visa if they don't plan on leaving the airport and will continue their travel within 24hrs.

There is an exemption, when the connecting flight is not the same airline, for some nations. But this leads too far OT. Fact is, they didn´t need any kind of visa.

 

[teruterubozu]

Pepsi commercial in disguise.

Ha yeah, I guess that bottle did cause turmoil.

 

[Daheza]

I could have sworn I saw a photo this morning that had the pings from radar mapped with lines pointing towards andaman islands. I can't seem to find it now. Has anyone else seen a photo like this?

 

[Tugatrix]

yea, they are near india, very beautiful islands with people who shoot arrows at anyone who tries to come by. pretty sure they killed a diver or somone a few years back

edit

looks like they killed a fisherman, then they shot arrows at helicopters who tried to recover his body

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...kills-fishermen-who-strayed-on-to-island.html

What would they think of a plane crashing on their island? also if they are so hostile how would authorities enter the island to recover the wreckage without a bloodshed

 

[Vagabundo]

What would they think of a plane crashing on their island? also if they are so hostile how would authorities enter the island to recover the wreckage without a bloodshed

Full tactical gear and tranq darts or other non-lethal weaponry. It wouldn't be pretty though.

 

[Daheza]

Full tactical gear and tranq darts or other non-lethal weaponry. It wouldn't be pretty though.

Just for reference Tranq darts look cool in the movies but are not practical for humans.
Wiki LInk

They would probably have to go through and use tear gas or something to make them leave the area. It would not be easy.

 

[luoapp]

What would they think of a plane crashing on their island? also if they are so hostile how would authorities enter the island to recover the wreckage without a bloodshed

Now you know why they moved USS Kidd in.

 

[Falk]

re: the Iranians on board

http://time.com/20592/mh370-nourmohammadi-iran-malaysia/

Sure, as Time goes the article is a little overdramatized but ASSUMING Time isn't posting a bunch of fabricated bollocks the stuff on his facebook page for example makes it really hard to think the two of them would hijack a plane. And the investigators would have jumped all over it if the leads had gone anywhere.

Shady, yes. Sinister, no, not getting that vibe.

This really is a situation where the easiest/most obvious answer isn't actually the solution. Or, at least, the easiest/most obvious answer according to currently available data.

 

[FtsH]

Now you know why they moved USS Kidd in.

I doubt the effectiveness of a modern destroyer against savages. We should request help from Japanese Ninja!

 

[Munin]

re: the Iranians on board

http://time.com/20592/mh370-nourmohammadi-iran-malaysia/

Sure, as Time goes the article is a little overdramatized but ASSUMING Time isn't posting a bunch of fabricated bollocks the stuff on his facebook page for example makes it really hard to think the two of them would hijack a plane. And the investigators would have jumped all over it if the leads had gone anywhere.

Shady, yes. Sinister, no, not getting that vibe.

This really is a situation where the easiest/most obvious answer isn't actually the solution. Or, at least, the easiest/most obvious answer according to currently available data.

This is so heartbreaking...stuff like this makes you realize that there really are so many people that vanished with this flight, all of them with their own lives, dreams, hopes. Sometimes it's hard to stop looking at it as some sort of statistic that's somehow removed from real life.

 

[Grym]

yea, they are near india, very beautiful islands with people who shoot arrows at anyone who tries to come by. pretty sure they killed a diver or somone a few years back

edit

looks like they killed a fisherman, then they shot arrows at helicopters who tried to recover his body

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...kills-fishermen-who-strayed-on-to-island.html

I"ve never heard of this place. Interesting. I was just checking it out on google maps and you can see the remains of a shipwreck right off the coast of Sentinel Island too

https://goo.gl/maps/TJuMB

 

[thehunter01]

yea, they are near india, very beautiful islands with people who shoot arrows at anyone who tries to come by. pretty sure they killed a diver or somone a few years back

edit

looks like they killed a fisherman, then they shot arrows at helicopters who tried to recover his body

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...kills-fishermen-who-strayed-on-to-island.html

So basically that island is law less?

Interesting.

 

[Tugatrix]

Now you know why they moved USS Kidd in.

I bet they have a marine unit on board, well RIP sentinelands

 

[Anticitizen One]

yea, they are near india, very beautiful islands with people who shoot arrows at anyone who tries to come by. pretty sure they killed a diver or somone a few years back

edit

looks like they killed a fisherman, then they shot arrows at helicopters who tried to recover his body

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...kills-fishermen-who-strayed-on-to-island.html

I don't know why but I find it hilarious that in 2014 there are still people living like this.

 

[Slayer-33]

I don't know why but I find it hilarious that in 2014 there are still people living like this.

Hakuna matata

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I"ve never heard of this place. Interesting. I was just checking it out on google maps and you can see the remains of a shipwreck right off the coast of Sentinel Island too

https://goo.gl/maps/TJuMB

I'm on my phone but when I get to my PC I can post this blog post of the rescueof that ship. pretty amazing

 

[apana]

Hate to speculate too much but if somebody paid one of the pilots to land the plane, could the pilot actually live in peace afterwards and be able to spend the money? I somehow doubt that, otherwise we would see more stuff like this. Being an international criminal would probably offset the gains from the money unless the perpetrators promised to hide him and give him a new identity. Also if the plane did land somewhere could someone with technical expertise be able to make the plane go completely "silent". Meaning it would give off no signals and become undetectable.

 

[Falk]

Also if the plane did land somewhere could someone with technical expertise be able to make the plane go completely "silent". Meaning it would give off no signals and become undetectable.

There's two kinds of radar (as pertaining to the disappearance and tracking of MH370 at least). Civilian air control (requires transponder to be on, reports information about plane) and military radar. Unless you retrofitted the plane with secret stealth technology (lol) it's going to show up as a plot on military radar regardless.

 

[HoosTrax]

I don't know why but I find it hilarious that in 2014 there are still people living like this.

I can't even imagine what must be going through their minds, gazing up at the deafeningly loud, huge, shiny, flying infernal contraption, trying to ward it off with bows and arrows.

 

[MMBosstones86]

I bet they have a marine unit on board, well RIP sentinelands

Just so we're on the same page...everything is just speculation now, correct?

 

[Chezzymann]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...kills-fishermen-who-strayed-on-to-island.html

If they're completely disconnected from modern society what do they think of helicopters and planes flying by? Just evil spirits? Or are they less disconnected than what I thought

 

[Ethranes]

I don't know why but I find it hilarious that in 2014 there are still people living like this.

I find our way of life a lot more hilarious than theirs

 

[gutshot]

I could have sworn I saw a photo this morning that had the pings from radar mapped with lines pointing towards andaman islands. I can't seem to find it now. Has anyone else seen a photo like this?

This one?

 

[HoosTrax]

If they're completely disconnected from modern society what do they think of helicopters and planes flying by? Just evil spirits? Or are they less disconnected than what I thought

I'm not sure what kind of spiritual (pagan?) beliefs they might have, but imagine seeing a helicopter or plane. I can totally imagine that kind of experience influencing those beliefs.

Edit: I think I just went total Star Trek, with the Prime Directive line of thinking...

I find our way of life a lot more hilarious than theirs

Pretty much. Living to survive is pretty easy to comprehend. Some of our own first world problems just defy explanation...

 

[Tugatrix]

Just so we're on the same page...everything is just speculation now, correct?

of course for now, but there is a chance the plane was headed for adaman islands

 

[Arcteryx]

I find our way of life a lot more hilarious than theirs

.

Miley Cyrus is just as silly as their belief in "evil spirits".

 

[Daheza]

This one?

Yes that one thank you.

 

[Ovid]

Dropping in.

Any new developments since the press conference this morning?

 

[Cow Mengde]

I am completely confused at what's going on right now.

 

[CryptiK]

This one?

So is that the course of the plane after the comms dropped? Has this been confirmed?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

Dropping in.

Any new developments since the press conference this morning?

here is a good link that only deals in facts. I asked a pilot friend of mine what airline pilots are making of this whole thing and he directed me here.

If the fact isn't verified by the editors, it's not posted as news.

http://avherald.com/h?article=4710c69b&opt=0

edit: my whole take on this thing is basically these two passages from the link above

According to The Aviation Herald's radar data the aircraft was last regularly seen at 17:22Z (01:22L) at position N6.9 E103.6 about half way between Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) at FL350 over the Gulf of Thailand about 260nm northnortheast of Kuala Lumpur and 90nm northeast of Kota Bharu 40 minutes into the flight, followed by anomalies in the radar data of the aircraft over the next minute (the anomalies may be related to the aircraft but could also be caused by the aircraft leaving the range of the receiver).

On Mar 8th 2014 aviation sources in China reported that radar data suggest a steep and sudden descent of the aircraft, during which the track of the aircraft changed from 024 degrees to 333 degrees. The aircraft was estimated to contact Ho Chi Minh Control Center (Vietnam) at 01:20L, but contact was never established.

once they locate the wreckage I'll be very interested to hear the blackbox analysis. It's going to be something like Air france all over again.

 

[Slayer-33]

-nm

 

[Betta Lines]

once they locate the wreckage I'll be very interested to hear the blackbox analysis. It's going to be something like Air france all over again.

If. I fear it may never be found, the families affected never getting closure, and we'll never have a good explanation.

 

[SniperHunter]

What would they think of a plane crashing on their island? also if they are so hostile how would authorities enter the island to recover the wreckage without a bloodshed

they would keep the exotic Asian women and kill all the men i guess

 

[Grym]

I'm on my phone but when I get to my PC I can post this blog post of the rescueof that ship. pretty amazing

please do. I'd be interested to read it. post here or pm me or soemthing

 

[Az]

Oh my... now we got to way of life talk 'n shit. Deep..

 

[Tugatrix]

they would keep the exotic Asian women and kill all the men i guess

how would that workout? there are no landing strip on the island, only if they are fans of necrophilia

 

[Wasp]

I don't know why but I find it hilarious that in 2014 there are still people living like this.

We should kidnap one, tranq and blindfold him, then dump him in the middle of Times Square just for the shits and giggles.

 

[.GqueB.]

We should kidnap one, tranq and blindfold him, then dump him in the middle of Times Square just for the shits and giggles.

He'd just go to bubba gumps. Experiment over.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

We should kidnap one, tranq and blindfold him, then dump him in the middle of Times Square just for the shits and giggles.

This is really messed up, you do realize that?

 

[Batigol]

This is really messed up, you do realize that?

It'd be just like Crocodile Dundee

 

[Anticitizen One]

I want to go there and pretend I'm Indiana Jones

 

[NYCmetsfan]

It'd be just like Crocodile Dundee

Worse, Australia is a backwards hellhole

Spoiler

jk I love Aussie land especially the kangaroos

 

[Lamel]

We need an Anthony Hopkins summary post.

 

[teruterubozu]

We need an Anthony Hopkins summary post.

You mean Malcolm McDowell.