Malaysia Airlines loses contact with passenger jet

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    rival. said:

    let's say the plane exploded at 35,000 feet. that is a lot of debris that would get sprinkled over a very large radius of an area after it finally fluttered down to sea level. obviously some of the debris would be heavy enough to sink, but some of it would also be light enough to float. you figure after a couple days of combing this radius (they have an general idea of where the plane lost communication, right?) they would have found SOMETHING.

    bizarre. makes me lean towards:

    PILOT SUICIDE. There were two large jet crashes in the late 1990s — a SilkAir flight and an EgyptAir flight— that are believed to have been caused by pilots deliberately crashing the planes. Government crash investigators never formally declared the crashes suicides but both are widely acknowledged by crash experts to have been caused by deliberate pilot actions.

    turned off all communications, devices and did a nose dive right into the water.

    Pilot suicide makes me hope there's a Hell.
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  • Bronx Bombers
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    I'd' be surprised if this was pilot suicide, the stolen passports point to terrorism especially considering the country of origin and the recent terror attacks in china.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,055
    this is very interesting. all we know is that we don't know at this point.
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  • Bronx Bombers
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    As for the missing passports and the connecting flights

    Beijing has a policy whereby some passengers in transit to third countries can stay in the Chinese capital for 72 hours without a visa, so the two men may have not needed to apply for a Chinese visa if they had tickets to another destination.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    just read a terrifying scenario (not that any of the ones already mentioned aren't terrifying)...

    the plane experienced catastrophic mechanical failure, made an emergency landing similar to the "miracle on the hudson" landing, the mechanical failure also caused complete loss of communications, unable to send out an SOS the plane just eventually sank whole explaining the lack of debris.

    the thought of being stranded out in the middle of the ocean with 250 people on a sinking plane makes me dizzy. scary scary stuff
    .
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    rival. said:

    just read a terrifying scenario (not that any of the ones already mentioned aren't terrifying)...

    the plane experienced catastrophic mechanical failure, made an emergency landing similar to the "miracle on the hudson" landing, the mechanical failure also caused complete loss of communications, unable to send out an SOS the plane just eventually sank whole explaining the lack of debris.

    the thought of being stranded out in the middle of the ocean with 250 people on a sinking plane makes me dizzy. scary scary stuff
    .

    So does the thought of high speed plummeting to the sea. Looking at your loved ones and knowing this is it. Any scenario is bleak to put it lightly. Just awful. I'm flying in four days. Guess what I'll be entertaining more times than normal? Might have to medicate myself.
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  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    rival. said:

    just read a terrifying scenario (not that any of the ones already mentioned aren't terrifying)...

    the plane experienced catastrophic mechanical failure, made an emergency landing similar to the "miracle on the hudson" landing, the mechanical failure also caused complete loss of communications, unable to send out an SOS the plane just eventually sank whole explaining the lack of debris.

    the thought of being stranded out in the middle of the ocean with 250 people on a sinking plane makes me dizzy. scary scary stuff
    .


    Highly unlikely

    Back-up power

    Greg Feith, a former investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the United States, suggested the pilots should have been able to report in, even if power on the aircraft had failed.

    "The airplane by certification has to have battery back-up power -- they still have to be able to utilize certain flight instruments and communication tools to complete the flight safely.

    "So you could lose all the generators, you could have both engines out, but the battery back-up -- which will only work for a certain time -- is intended for emergency situations."

    Asked whether it was likely the airliner could have made an emergency landing, Quest said it was possible but unlikely.

    "You're not talking about a Cessna here. You're talking about a long-haul, wide-bodied aircraft and that puts it into a completely different league."

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/travel/malaysia-airliner-analysis/
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    rival. said:

    just read a terrifying scenario (not that any of the ones already mentioned aren't terrifying)...

    the plane experienced catastrophic mechanical failure, made an emergency landing similar to the "miracle on the hudson" landing, the mechanical failure also caused complete loss of communications, unable to send out an SOS the plane just eventually sank whole explaining the lack of debris.

    the thought of being stranded out in the middle of the ocean with 250 people on a sinking plane makes me dizzy. scary scary stuff
    .

    So does the thought of high speed plummeting to the sea. Looking at your loved ones and knowing this is it. Any scenario is bleak to put it lightly. Just awful. I'm flying in four days. Guess what I'll be entertaining more times than normal? Might have to medicate myself.
    Just think about how much safer flying is to driving car.
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Ok, so I've been keeping up with the Malaysia Airlines aircraft that vanished three days ago, it was lost in the area of the Dragons triangle, very similar to the Bermuda triangle, I'm curious as to why no one has brought this up. The Dragon's and Bermuda Triangles align point to point through the center of the Earth, with the same latitude and longitude. Both are located at the eastern end of large continental masses, where the sea's currents are colliding with warm and cold water, over volcanic areas. Deep trenches are another commonality, with the triangle in the Pacific Ocean featuring the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in all the seas. The Dragon's Triangle in particular, reports an ever-changing seascape with professionally charted landmasses and islands literally forming and disappearing overnight. The Japanese call it the Ma-no Umi: the Sea of the Devil. Often compared to the Bermuda Triangle, the Dragon's Triangle is an area where sea-going vessels and aircraft allegedly mysteriously disappear. Besides disappearing planes and ships, phenomena that are linked to the Dragon's Triangle include ghost ships, USOs, lapses in time, and electronic equipment malfunctions. Some writers, including Charles Berlitz3, even link the Dragon's Triangle to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Hmmmmmm, VERY interesting!
  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Wow, very interesting! I can't believe just how many planes have actually gone missing, was looking that up yesterday.
    Can't imagine how agonising it would be for the passenger's friends and family.
    Godfather. said:

    Ok, so I've been keeping up with the Malaysia Airlines aircraft that vanished three days ago, it was lost in the area of the Dragons triangle, very similar to the Bermuda triangle, I'm curious as to why no one has brought this up. The Dragon's and Bermuda Triangles align point to point through the center of the Earth, with the same latitude and longitude. Both are located at the eastern end of large continental masses, where the sea's currents are colliding with warm and cold water, over volcanic areas. Deep trenches are another commonality, with the triangle in the Pacific Ocean featuring the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in all the seas. The Dragon's Triangle in particular, reports an ever-changing seascape with professionally charted landmasses and islands literally forming and disappearing overnight. The Japanese call it the Ma-no Umi: the Sea of the Devil. Often compared to the Bermuda Triangle, the Dragon's Triangle is an area where sea-going vessels and aircraft allegedly mysteriously disappear. Besides disappearing planes and ships, phenomena that are linked to the Dragon's Triangle include ghost ships, USOs, lapses in time, and electronic equipment malfunctions. Some writers, including Charles Berlitz3, even link the Dragon's Triangle to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Hmmmmmm, VERY interesting!

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  • Bronx Bombers
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    Godfather. said:

    Ok, so I've been keeping up with the Malaysia Airlines aircraft that vanished three days ago, it was lost in the area of the Dragons triangle, very similar to the Bermuda triangle, I'm curious as to why no one has brought this up.

    Maybe because it was nowhere near that area

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    callen said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    rival. said:

    just read a terrifying scenario (not that any of the ones already mentioned aren't terrifying)...

    the plane experienced catastrophic mechanical failure, made an emergency landing similar to the "miracle on the hudson" landing, the mechanical failure also caused complete loss of communications, unable to send out an SOS the plane just eventually sank whole explaining the lack of debris.

    the thought of being stranded out in the middle of the ocean with 250 people on a sinking plane makes me dizzy. scary scary stuff
    .

    So does the thought of high speed plummeting to the sea. Looking at your loved ones and knowing this is it. Any scenario is bleak to put it lightly. Just awful. I'm flying in four days. Guess what I'll be entertaining more times than normal? Might have to medicate myself.
    Just think about how much safer flying is to driving car.
    I know. Completely irrational thoughts that shouldn't be thought. A by product of placing your life in someone else's hands.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    i think aliens swiped it.
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    or maybe.........the US government is behind all this just to blame it on a radical...muslim group......ummmmmm I'll bet that's it. :))
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    rival. said:

    just read a terrifying scenario (not that any of the ones already mentioned aren't terrifying)...

    the plane experienced catastrophic mechanical failure, made an emergency landing similar to the "miracle on the hudson" landing, the mechanical failure also caused complete loss of communications, unable to send out an SOS the plane just eventually sank whole explaining the lack of debris.

    the thought of being stranded out in the middle of the ocean with 250 people on a sinking plane makes me dizzy. scary scary stuff
    .

    Sounds terrifying but not likely- someone would have sent a message, seat cushions would have been used for floatation devices. Also assumes the pilot had the skill of a Sullenberger to set it down at sea.

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  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited March 2014
    Five passenger checked in but didn't get on board? The pilot tried to turn back the plane before it disappeard?
    Maybe someone tried to hi-jack the plane?

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  • Pingfah
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    Bronx Bombers said:

    Godfather. said:

    Ok, so I've been keeping up with the Malaysia Airlines aircraft that vanished three days ago, it was lost in the area of the Dragons triangle, very similar to the Bermuda triangle, I'm curious as to why no one has brought this up.

    Maybe because it was nowhere near that area
    Perhaps also because the reputation of Bermuda Triangle is a load of superstitious bollocks with no basis in fact, that has no place in a serious discussion about the loss of a plane such as this.
  • even flow - question mark
    even flow - question mark Posts: 1,568
    1. the shuttle blew to bits and pieces landed on earth.
    2. they found a passport from a highjacker that blew out of his shirt pocket, through the explosion at one of the trade centres and landed on the sidewalk.
    3. maybe they got highjacked, told to turn off the tracking, flew for an hour or two and then blew the plane to bits, of which there would still be debris but they are looking miles away from where it really happened.

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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    it's enteraining to guess and rerad the guess's of others and there is always someone that knows better than the rest just because they believe them selfs to the most logical of the group..... and they are enteraining as well........... :))


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