Missing Plane

[Guest ttfn]

What has WTC7 got to do with aeroplanes ?

Nothing. Bert posted something that he thought was too outrageous to be taken seriously and people weren't sure if he was actually being serious. I felt it was understandable given that there are 30-odd pages of crackpot theories in that thread (one of which, you could argue, is the official explanation).

[Webbo]

Sounds like a classic diversionary tactic to me. If it was (successfully) hi-jacked, why no demands, claim of responsibility or message?

Maybe things are going on that can't be reported. It'll all come out eventually.

[sphericalfox]

Maybe things are going on that can't be reported. It'll all come out eventually.

 

 

 

 

 

just saying

[Facecloth]

Worth a try for £2.99 surely?

[sphericalfox]

One for Zing:

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/044307_Flight_370_passengers_alive_air_piracy.html#

[Zingari]

One for Zing:

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/044307_Flight_370_passengers_alive_air_piracy.html#

flippin heck spherical !!

Thanks for posting that link . It's really put my mind at rest and  i'll really sleep well tonight now I know it could return to the skies as a nuclear stealth bomber  !

[Babylon]

One for Zing:

http://www.naturalnews.com/044307_Fligoht_370_passengers_alive_air_piracy.html#

Who wrote that a 12 year old, so much bollocks it's laughable.

[sphericalfox]

Who wrote that a 12 year old, so much bollocks it's laughable.

 

I think you'll find Mike is a certified Health Ranger. 

[Steven]

One for Zing:

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/044307_Flight_370_passengers_alive_air_piracy.html#

That guy is a CIA plant.

[Babylon]

I think you'll find Mike is a certified Health Ranger. 

He needs certifying

[Beliall]

Special news report on sky 1 + 1 atm

[Babylon]

Special news report on sky 1 + 1 atm

Sky 2?

[The Year Of The Fox]

They're searching for it live on Channel 4 currently

[Jon the Hat]

I am increasingly sure it has been flown somewhere in Central Asia and landed and been hidden. China will be pissed when they find it. WW3 trigger anyone?

[Legend_in_blue]

Definitely on the ground somewhere imo. Worrying thing is the lack of any communication from the parties involved. The silence isn't good.

[Rincewind]

Some backpacker will stumble upon it. It'll be all over Twitter next week.

[MPH]

On the news over here that the pilots are under increased suspicion... it's also being communicated that the last time it 'pinged' a satellite was over land....

[Deucalion]

[Legend_in_blue]

This is a very convincing theory as to what might have happened. It's the most believable thing I've read.

http://keithledgerwood.tumblr.com/post/79838944823/did-malaysian-airlines-370-disappear-using-sia68-sq68

Worth a read folks.

[Maybes]

This is a very convincing theory as to what might have happened. It's the most believable thing I've read.

http://keithledgerwood.tumblr.com/post/79838944823/did-malaysian-airlines-370-disappear-using-sia68-sq68

Worth a read folks.

 

Definitely. 

 

This saga is gripping.

[Tom17LCFC]

Gripped by it. Is there a possibility that the plane was hijacked but passengers fought back and the plane ended up crashing into the ocean? Similar scenario to United 93.

[Leeds Fox]

Definitely.

This saga is gripping.

As the two aircraft past the radar and are detected from different angles, the target on the radar display would get larger, and possibly even show as two targets for a short space of time. Unless of course that the missing plane manouvered itself around the 'shield' plane, knowing exactly where each radar is located. This theory could well be the truth, although it is unlikely. At the time though, I doubt the ATC's would take much notice of the size of a target on the radar display.

Military radar are designed to pick up stealth aircraft, which have minimal surface area for returns to 'bounce' off of and show up on the radar. I'd like to think any military checking their radar data would look for anomalies in size, shape and speed of the aircraft it checked to be the missing plane. Or maybe the fact it showed up as a genuine aircraft, means these properties were merely overlooked.

Edited 18 March 2014 by Leeds Fox

[The Year Of The Fox]

Either way in this day and age I find it astonishing that something as significant as a transponder can be turned off mid flight.

Aircraft's are always grounded immediately once a defect is found in a particular model. Each time this has happened you expect them to have found any really obvious faults or possible faults. It seems like being able to turn off a transponder is one of the biggest most obvious oversights yet

[Monk]

That theory is plausible and fascinating. The big question though is why? Why would you go to that trouble? Unless it's china itself doing something it all seems a bit pointless.

[Monk]

Either way in this day and age I find it astonishing that something as significant as a transponder can be turned off mid flight.

Aircraft's are always grounded immediately once a defect is found in a particular model. Each time this has happened you expect them to have found any really obvious faults or possible faults. It seems like being able to turn off a transponder is one of the biggest most obvious oversights yet

You can turn off the transponder in case it interferes with other systems on the aircraft. It's not an easy thing to turn off though.