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Malaysian airlines has lost a 777

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Kaido said:
This does make sense. Think about how easy it would be:

1. Co-pilot gives pilot a date-rape drug to pass out (no pilot fight)
2. Takes plane to 45,000 feet to knock everyone out (no emergency calls made)
3. Lands plane, unloads terrorist cargo
4. Smash pieces & distribute in ocean

That would be far-fetched, except for 2 things:

1. It's entirely doable (too easy, in fact)
2. Malaysia won't release the cargo manifest
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yeah I bet #3 is super easy to do undetected.
 
If they can find some bodies with smartphones, the data could be retrieved to shed some light on the final moments of this tragedy.
 
Something is wrong...they completely ignored something they knew in the beginning? Also, we know the plane changed course before the good night message and transpsonder were turn off manually.
 
Xellos2099 said:
Something is wrong...they completely ignored something they knew in the beginning? Also, we know the plane changed course before the good night message and transpsonder were turn off manually.
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Seems unlikely they knew everything at the beginning.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-satellite-tracking/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Each ping was analyzed for its direction of travel, Myers said. The new calculations, McLaughlin said, underwent a peer review process with space agency experts and contributions by Boeing.
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Even if that the case, how can they conclude the plane "crashed" there without one onze of debris? No sos from pilot. Transponder off before the final message. Feel like they are still hiding something.
 
Jay5 said:
lol cnn,if i bothered to care about what the obama ass kissing media thought id much rather listen to the malaysian news then american.im sure cnn has probably somehow twisted it into being george w bush or republicans fault
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BBC

http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-26720772

Inmarsat has told the BBC it gave the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) the new data on Sunday - stressing it needed to be checked before it was made public.
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The Malaysian government has had so much "egg on their face" since this began, I wouldn't put it past them to go crash a plane in the ocean somewhere hoping to convince people it's the missing one...after all, to the untrained observer, parts from a 707 probably look very similar to those of a 777...
 
BoomerD said:
The Malaysian government has had so much "egg on their face" since this began, I wouldn't put it past them to go crash a plane in the ocean somewhere hoping to convince people it's the missing one...after all, to the untrained observer, parts from a 707 probably look very similar to those of a 777...
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Despite their incompetence, I doubt even they would try to pull something like that at this point given the scrutiny and attention around the whole issue.
 
here's the thing they're using to find stuff:

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TOWED PINGER LOCATOR 25

Description
The TPL-25 System meets the Navy�s requirement for locating emergency relocation pingers on downed Navy and commercial aircraft down to a maximum depth of 20,000 feet anywhere in the world.

Features
The system consists of the tow fish, tow cable, winch, hydraulic power unit, generator, and topside control console, although not all of these components are required on every mission. Navigation is accomplished by using algorithms incorporating the amount of cable in the water, the depth indication from the pressure sensor and other parameters. The generator provides electrical power for the system or power from the support platform can be used if it is compatible. The tow fish carries a passive listening device for detecting pingers that automatically transmit an acoustic pulse. Most pingers transmit every second at 37.5 kHz, although the TPL can detect any pinger transmitting between 3.5 kHz and 50 kHz at any repetition rate. Commercial aircraft pingers are mounted directly on the flight recorder, the recovery of which is critical to an accident investigation. The Pinger Locator is towed behind a vessel at slow speeds, generally from 1 - 5 knots depending on the depth. The received acoustic signal of the pinger is transmitted up the cable and is presented audibly, and can be output to either a Oscilloscope, or Signal Processing Computer. The operator monitors the greatest signal strength and records the navigation coordinates. This procedure is repeated on multiple track lines until the final position is triangulated. The current TPL-25 replaces all previous systems; TPL-20, 30, & 40.

Background
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Tow Body Length - 30 inches Diameter - 35 inches Weight - 70 lbs Performance Depth - 20,000 feet of seawater Speed - 1-5 knots

Point Of Contact
Naval Sea Systems Command
Office of Corporate Communications (SEA 00D)
Washington, D.C. 20376

Last Update: 22 November 2013
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BoomerD said:
The Malaysian government has had so much "egg on their face" since this began, I wouldn't put it past them to go crash a plane in the ocean somewhere hoping to convince people it's the missing one...after all, to the untrained observer, parts from a 707 probably look very similar to those of a 777...
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Yeah, I'm not sure you can sell Boeing on that. They just might be interested why one of their planes went down, it impacts sales after all....
 
I stand by what I said earlier.

Putin is responsible for this. He had someone threatened to kill one pilots entire family if he din't hijack the plane and loose it making it impossible to find. The plane had to be intentionally dumped out in that part of the ocean to help conceal its fate. Why? to take the Crimea invasion out of the news which it has BIG time. He has killed for a lot less.

Just my tinfoil hat idea
 
lozina said:
I do not understand why it took over 2 weeks to find this out.

They had the data the day the plane went missing, what kind of "new analysis" did they do yesterday which they couldn't figure out in 2 weeks?

I am not satisfied with this explanation.
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I read elsewhere that is is brand new top of the line tech and they're still working out how to read all the data it captures.
 
_Rick_ said:
Yeah, I'm not sure you can sell Boeing on that. They just might be interested why one of their planes went down, it impacts sales after all....
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im sure lots of countrys have the money to put good security on the planes in the first place so they dont end up going missing.since your talking about sales
 
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