Malaysia Airlines plane missing with 239 on board

Post by **parrot** » March 11, 2014, 4:43 pm

A good friend of ours and our neighbor died several years ago. His wife said her mobile phone rang several times after his death.....with his number showing as the source.

Several Thais have mentioned the 'alien' word to me regarding this incident. I'd expect the ratio of Thais believing the 'alien' connection will increase with each hour of unsuccessful search efforts.

Interesting question posed in today's NYT: WTF with these ancient black boxes....with today's technology, it's very easy to link real-time info to the ground....and apparently some aircraft are equipped with this capability. Airlines would complain if the requirement were mandatory....too expensive....but I'd guess a single search effort would pay for a good portion of the major airlines costs in converting. FFT

As for the airplane landing somewhere.....and not yet reported after 3 days.......I'd have to agree. You're watching too many movies (sound like B version).

Post by **BigBubba** » March 11, 2014, 5:08 pm

maaka wrote:family of apparently several passengers ( 19 ) mobile phones have been rung since the disappearance, and the calls went thru, but no one answered..make what you will of that revelation

GT93 wrote:They have been abducted by aliens?

No, soon there will be a TV series, "LOST - The Next Generation".

Sorry, couldn't resist. No disrespect meant. I know this is a serious matter.

Post by **maaka** » March 12, 2014, 1:54 am

No I am not to far off Parrot..
the lastest... last known radar position of plane, hundreds of miles off course in the opposite direction ' heading over the Straits of Malacca toward Sumatra..' before it went out of radar range..source high up Malaya Air Force..

Post by **Earnest** » March 12, 2014, 3:23 am

The Malacca Straits are a busy sea lane, aren't they?

Aeroplane last detected in the Pulau Perak area.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/ ... KM20140311

Post by **socksy** » March 12, 2014, 6:16 am

maaka wrote:No I am not to far off Parrot..
the lastest... last known radar position of plane, hundreds of miles off course in the opposite direction ' heading over the Straits of Malacca toward Sumatra..' before it went out of radar range..source high up Malaya Air Force..

Only my opinion but I think this is a Hijacking with terrible consequences. As I said MY OPINION

Post by **nel123** » March 12, 2014, 6:23 am

Decompression, pilot panicked, set new coords, passed out, plane could be in the Indian Ocean! There was enough fuel on board to go 2000 miles.

Post by **GT93** » March 12, 2014, 6:43 am

This is becoming quite an interesting whatdunnit / whodunnit or wheredunnit.

I wonder if the pilot announced to the passengers we're going for a slight detour as I want to do a couple of laps around my mia noi's house.

Post by **socksy** » March 12, 2014, 7:46 am

It has now been announced that the Iranian's bought their flight tickets online.

Post by **jackspratt** » March 12, 2014, 9:24 am

Rapidly turning from (likely) tragedy into full-blown farce:

The Malaysian air force has denied reports a passenger plane that vanished with 239 people on board was detected on radar far west of its flight path.
.......
Air force chief General Rodzali Daud was this morning quoted by Malaysian media as saying that radar had last detected the plane over the Strait of Malacca off western Malaysia.

That location would have indicated the flight had banked far to the west of its intended flight path over the South China Sea.

But Mr Rodzali says he "did not make any such statements," and that newspaper Berita Harian published "what is clearly an inaccurate and incorrect report"...........

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-12/m ... ne/5314212

Post by **Bandung_Dero** » March 12, 2014, 10:33 am

nel123 wrote:Decompression, pilot panicked, set new coords, passed out, plane could be in the Indian Ocean! There was enough fuel on board to go 2000 miles.

Right now I tend to agree with this scenario, although can't see why the pilots would turn off the transponders even if suffering oxygen starvation.
Just watched a half hour CNN bulliten and there was no mention of mobile phones?

Post by **parrot** » March 12, 2014, 11:11 am

parrot wrote:A good friend of ours and our neighbor died several years ago. His wife said her mobile phone rang several times after his death.....with his number showing as the source.

Several Thais have mentioned the 'alien' word to me regarding this incident. I'd expect the ratio of Thais believing the 'alien' connection will increase with each hour of unsuccessful search efforts.

Interesting question posed in today's NYT: WTF with these ancient black boxes....with today's technology, it's very easy to link real-time info to the ground....and apparently some aircraft are equipped with this capability. Airlines would complain if the requirement were mandatory....too expensive....but I'd guess a single search effort would pay for a good portion of the major airlines costs in converting. FFT

As for the airplane landing somewhere.....and not yet reported after 3 days.......I'd have to agree. You're watching too many movies (sound like B version).

I'm beginning to believe the Thais may be on to something with their talk of aliens.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/11/world ... ?hpt=hp_t1

Post by **GT93** » March 12, 2014, 11:12 am

[quote="jackspratt"]Rapidly turning from (likely) tragedy into full-blown farce:
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I agree. The Malaysians are beginning to look like they couldn't even organize a piss-up in a brewery. I wouldn't level that criticism at the Thais. They can even organize a piss up in a temple.

Post by **747man** » March 12, 2014, 12:09 pm

Earnest wrote:The Malacca Straits are a busy sea lane, aren't they?

Aeroplane last detected in the Pulau Perak area.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/ ... KM20140311

Yes, Ernest " The Malacca Straits " Is one of the busiest Sea lanes on the planet, If it had " Gone Down " there then SURELY Someone on Some ship would have seen it, Or at least a Ship WOULD have spotted some wreckage BEFORE Now.....................

Post by **Earnest** » March 12, 2014, 2:09 pm

jackspratt wrote:Rapidly turning from (likely) tragedy into full-blown farce...

Jonathon Head on BBC breakfast news is reporting that the Malaysians have asked India to join the search.

Post by **GT93** » March 13, 2014, 1:17 am

They might ask the Africans to have a look as well. I heard on the radio this morning that an eye witness saw the burning plane go down. He was working on an oil rig and immediately sent a detailed email to Malaysian and Vietnamese officials. The circus continues. I gotta wonder how Malaysian planes ever successfully find their destinations given how geographically challenged Malaysian officials are.

Post by **Aardvark** » March 13, 2014, 5:58 am

Looks like they may have found it. The Chinese have released satellite images they took the day after the crash, but only released them today ..... http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/ ... ing-plane/

Post by **Galee** » March 13, 2014, 7:38 am

What I find surprising is that they say the transponder was turned off. Why would there be a need to turn it off and why is it possible to turn it off.
Surely it should be in the black box where it is tamper proof and turned on permanently.

Post by **Aardvark** » March 13, 2014, 8:22 am

Looks like this Guy was on to it from the beginning .... http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/world/o ... 6853302184

Post by **BigBubba** » March 13, 2014, 10:00 am

Looks like they may have found it. The Chinese have released satellite images they took the day after the crash, but only released them today ..... http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/ ... ing-plane/

Took awhile for the Chinese to photo shop and "dumb down" the images. I doubt they would be publically releasing the true detail of images they are able to obtain from any of their satellites, or reveal specific tracking technology available to them. Just a thought.

Post by **Sport** » March 13, 2014, 11:02 am

Aardvark wrote:Looks like this Guy was on to it from the beginning .... http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/world/o ... 6853302184

Ardy, it does seem the Kiwi oil rig worker was correct. His information is backed by credible sources indeed. Those poor souls on the plane, you just hope it was quick for them, Rip.