Malaysia Airlines MH370 - Missing Plane

[Matt]

This has just been released via Australian Media:

Malaysian government officials say plane was hijacked

A Malaysian government official says investigators have concluded that one of the pilots or someone else with flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.

The official, who is involved in the investigation, says no motive has been established, and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory. "It is conclusive."
The Boeing 777's communication with the ground was severed under one hour into a flight March 8 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian officials have said radar data suggest it may have turned back and crossed back over the Malaysian peninsula westward, after setting out toward the Chinese capital.

Rest of the Article:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/219...cked-malaysia/

Something which most of us already knew or assumed was likely, it's just taken the Malaysian government this long to confirm it. Funny how he wasn't given permission to brief the media?? They'll probably come out in a few hours saying this was a lie and that it's not true ;l

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm going to give a guess and say they will confirm/deny within the next hour or so.

[xxMATTGxx]

Prime Minster stated the following in this mornings press conference:

Confirmed: ACARS disabled, transponder switched off. -Malaysian PM #MH370

Malaysian PM: We can confirm that the aircraft shown in the primary radar data was #MH370. FAA, NTSB, AAIB all confirm.

"Movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane." -Malaysian PM #MH370

Malaysian PM: Unable to confirm precise location of the #MH370 during last contact with satellite. Based on new data, one of two corridors.

Malaysia PM: Aircraft Likely in Corridor Along Thailand-Kazakhstan or Indonesia-South India

Malaysian PM: "Refocused investigation into crew and passengers aboard." #MH370

Malaysian PM: investigation now focused on crew. We are still investigating all possibilities as to what cause #MH370 to debate from path

Malaysian PM: Ending #MH370 operations in South China Sea.

They haven't said the plane was hijacked 100% but they are investigating in all possibilities.

Now onto the other tweets:

Correction: #MH370 was airborne and tracked by satellites for 7.5h, not 6.5h, after leaving Kuala Lumpur // Apologies (3 AM here in DC)

— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) March 15, 2014

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It's now safe to say this wasn't an accident and the actions taken was done on purpose. Whether that was done by the crew or someone else that still needs to be known but we won't know for sure yet. It's also pretty much confirmed that the aircraft carried on flying for a number of hours after it "lost contact".

[-Moniquee.]

It has been confirmed and the hijackers had flying experience so the plane could be anywhere.
http://mobile.news.com.au/world/mala...-1226855315871

[wixard]

good morning guys

kinda shocked at the released news and widening of the search, could literally be anywhere! if it's in iran, how ******* ironic to the guy that was trying to leave. unless he's part of it (really doubt).

anyway, with regards to the hijacking i still think it's quite odd how timely it worked out if it were a passenger. the hijack assumingly took place right after they left the malaysian airspace, is that what it's called?

whatever's going on and now that it undoubtedly points to a hijacking, i'd say there's a LOT of information they're withholding and that wont be released, or at least not released for awhile to the public.

[xxMATTGxx]

good morning guys

kinda shocked at the released news and widening of the search, could literally be anywhere! if it's in iran, how ******* ironic to the guy that was trying to leave. unless he's part of it (really doubt).

anyway, with regards to the hijacking i still think it's quite odd how timely it worked out if it were a passenger. the hijack assumingly took place right after they left the malaysian airspace, is that what it's called?

whatever's going on and now that it undoubtedly points to a hijacking, i'd say there's a LOT of information they're withholding and that wont be released, or at least not released for awhile to the public.

Yeah it happened when they was laving Malaysia airspace and was about to enter Vietnam's airspace. They never contacted the ATC as they would have done normally when they switched airspace.

Also it's now being reported the following:

Reuters: senior #Malaysia police official says house of pilot of missing flight #MH370 is being searched

[Blinger]

it's in north korea. my guess.

[xxMATTGxx]

it's in north korea. my guess.

I don't want to sound harsh but do they have the knowledge to truly pull something like this off? Also aren't they supposed to have a some what nice relationship with China? There was like 100 or so Chinese people on board the aircraft.

[wixard]

why is the house only being searched now? should it not have been searched the minute there was any suspicion of a hijacking? how hard is it to get a warrant in malaysia jesus

[xxMATTGxx]

why is the house only being searched now? should it not have been searched the minute there was any suspicion of a hijacking? how hard is it to get a warrant in malaysia jesus

Not sure, fair enough not searching it on the first day or two maybe as obvious you don't just think the pilots did it on purpose and is a normal accident of some sort. But once all this information came together then they should have done that sooner IMO.

Also a question I just asked on twitter: