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It's 99.999999999999% not a hijacking or any terrorist attack, they couldn't just out of the blue disable everything and disappear lol, and if they did crash surely radar would detect that its dropped well below the cruising height.
Interesting to find out what really happened though
that's the exact same as it crashing into the sea due to a mechanical error though, which so far is a plausible explanationQuote:
Originally Posted by scottish
i don't think anyone is in the position to rule out anything just yet, be it a hijacking, mechanical error, pilot error, explosion or disintegration
well apparently the males aren't asian looking and
12:22 pm
e's asked by reporters what the men travelling on stolen passports do look like - he replies that they look like Italian footballer Mario Balotelli.
Asked if they are black, he replies: "Yes," but says he does "not want to
dwell" on the question.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...#ixzz2vYw59KLk
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lmfaooo ok basically anything that's said is contradicted the next day, so we can't take anything that's said as truth. how will we ever know the truth ugh
no idea who theyre referin to as he btw
apparently this malaysian official is jokes
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012...69d-s6-c30.jpg
also going from the reddit timeline at the moment, it looks like the two stolen passports aren't being treated as suspicious
Benjaporn Krutnait, owner of the Grand Horizon travel agency in Pattaya, Thailand, said the Iranian, a long-term business contact who she knew only as “Mr Ali”, first asked her to book cheap tickets to Europe for the two men on March 1. Ms Benjaporn initially reserved one of the men on a Qatar Airways flight and the other on Etihad.
But the tickets expired when Ms Benjaporn did not hear back from Mr Ali. When he contacted her again on Thursday, she rebooked the men on the Malaysia Airlines flight through Beijing because it was the cheapest available. Ms Benjaporn booked the tickets through China Southern Airlines via a code share arrangement.
A friend of Mr Ali paid Ms Benjaporn cash for the tickets, she said, adding that it was quite common for people to book tickets in Pattaya through middle men such as Mr Ali, who then take a commission.
Turn off the transponder, maybe a cut a few circuit breakers and there you go. Then only certain radars would see it (military radars rather than maybe your normal ATC radars) if they were tracking it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kardan
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Could be a bomb of some sort. In not saying it is though - something caused it crash wheather was that mechanical/suicide/terrorismQuote:
Originally Posted by scottish
If there was a bomb though it would just disintegrate the plane, killing everything instantly?
Is luggage sections typically at the front of the plane or back?
If it was an attack that they knew about so had to turn back then surely they would have contacted local ATC and mentioned it, pilots are isolated from the plane as well aren't they (idk rules on them having locked doors), so if there was a terrorist attack they'd have been able to communicate first even if it was urgently.
Guess we'll see soon, if we do..
A bomb would rip the plane apart depending how strong the bomb is and would kill people and also damage the equipment on-board. There is normally cargo doors are the front and back depending on the aircraft type.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
In regards of ATC a lot pilots will try and stable the aircraft before communicating to the outside world. But since there was no message then it could have been sudden and had no time to call in a "Mayday" or anything that.
Although I don't want to rule anything out as we aren't sure what the hell happened and we are just coming up with scenarios on what might have happened.
Since 9/11 cockpit doors have been reinforced and also rules in place. They are locked nearly all the time apart from when they want to go to the toilet or the F/A is bringing them drinks/food.Quote:
pilots are isolated from the plane as well aren't they (idk rules on them having locked doors)
Hopefully it's not terrorism related though as that causes more trouble.
im reading the reddit posts now, people there who were meant to pick up othersQuote:
Originally Posted by wixard
[–]stuckwaiting 3074 points 2 days ago*
My colleague is on the flight and I was supposed to meet him in Beijing this morning. Feel absolutely sick to my stomach, flew in an hour before him. Probably shouldn't be posting on here now but I don't have anyone to speak to and home feels a long way away.
Edit: Thank you to everyone who took a moment to send a message, it really helped me focus on doing what I could for my company to contact his family etc. I've spoken to my parents and I have my head screwed on a bit more now so we can go back to thinking about the people who have really suffered in this life-changing tragedy.
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[–]llclll 553 points 2 days ago*
My boss went to send his sister to catch this flight yesterday. This morning he calls me on the phone "Today you're on your own at work ok? My sister's flight is missing. GTG wait for news at MAS".
EDIT: My boss insists on working on his part while he's at the waiting hall. I don't have the heart to tell him not to. Maybe he needs something to distract his mind while waiting for the inevitable. I'll pass all your wishes to him. Thank you everyone.
EDIT 2: Here's his story. He's a news writer by the way. http://www.theantdaily.com/news/2014...time-my-sister
Apparently this guy missed the flight https://mobile.twitter.com/KaidenDL
reasin this also now http://www.planecrashinfo.com/lastwords.htm
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Originally Posted by buttons
it's so bizarre reading them, because i feel if i was about to plunge into the ocean or anything like that my last words would definitely be something along the lines of 'for **** sake' 'oh ****' or like the guy on surinam airways 'that's it i'm dead'
much respect to the people who call out their loved ones, i'd probably only be thinking of myself