Missing from radar screen - One Boeing 777
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Dangermouse
MousePower
I don't do flying very well so that's out of the running, As for MH370 I hope all this new evidence pinpoints exactly where it did go/crash so the families can either have closure or if it has landed, be relieved they may still be alive
Dangermouse
MousePower
[QUOTE 2978309, member: 9609"]Indeed you are the one on the ball - my theory of the wing just snapping off is not looking good.
fly along way in 7 hours 7*500=3500miles=somalia ![/QUOTE]
I along with a few others were not on the ball, I just looked at it in a different way, realised that if the aircraft was fuelled up and the transponder deliberately switched off, then it had been done for a reason, if someone wanted that plane, they wanted to get to wherever they were going without being tracked easily.
I may and possibly am wrong with what I think, but it is now looking very likely it was hijacked.......what happened 5-6 or even 7 hours later is the mystery.
fly along way in 7 hours 7*500=3500miles=somalia ![/QUOTE]
I along with a few others were not on the ball, I just looked at it in a different way, realised that if the aircraft was fuelled up and the transponder deliberately switched off, then it had been done for a reason, if someone wanted that plane, they wanted to get to wherever they were going without being tracked easily.
I may and possibly am wrong with what I think, but it is now looking very likely it was hijacked.......what happened 5-6 or even 7 hours later is the mystery.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I do hope it has a happy ending
Dangermouse
MousePower
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
It had enough fuel for at least 7.5 hours - this was given at the initial press briefing when the plane first went missing over a week ago.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
And today's Smug Poster Award goes to.....
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Dangermouse
MousePower
7.5 hours of fuel, how far could it fly with that amount, also if it did make it down, where, as I have read somewhere it would need a runway of 1.5 mile to land, which would rule out most places a hijacker would want to land, that is if it hasn't ran out of fuel over the ocean
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
All the way to North Korea 
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
the hijack theory is great... but... why? you would hijack something to make a statement - to hijack an aeroplane and hide it and the passengers makes no sense.
if you were hijacking it to send a message, again, why just let it vanish?
flying it to Korea, Iran, etc... nice idea, but even with the transponders off it would still show on military radar as a big object travelling at jet speed - the US has shot things down for less near Iran before. these are closely monitored places and i suspect getting a whopping great jet in, un-noticed, would be a tad difficult.
the pilot suicide idea fits nicely... but... if the pilot waited for the co-pilot to leave the flight deck and then lock the door, wouldn't the alarm be raised on his/her return? there would be enough communications stuff on board to call someone.
so, if the 'plane continued flying for many hours, the passengers must have been unaware they were going the wrong way. the crew would know (at least those in the cockpit), so why not raise an alarm? therefore they must have been party to it (through force or otherwise) which is pretty odd that word did not get out to the flight attendants and passengers.
i also find it slightly odd that there has been no word if anyone has tried to search for any passengers' mobile 'phone GPS data.
i do like a good mystery though.
if you were hijacking it to send a message, again, why just let it vanish?
flying it to Korea, Iran, etc... nice idea, but even with the transponders off it would still show on military radar as a big object travelling at jet speed - the US has shot things down for less near Iran before. these are closely monitored places and i suspect getting a whopping great jet in, un-noticed, would be a tad difficult.
the pilot suicide idea fits nicely... but... if the pilot waited for the co-pilot to leave the flight deck and then lock the door, wouldn't the alarm be raised on his/her return? there would be enough communications stuff on board to call someone.
so, if the 'plane continued flying for many hours, the passengers must have been unaware they were going the wrong way. the crew would know (at least those in the cockpit), so why not raise an alarm? therefore they must have been party to it (through force or otherwise) which is pretty odd that word did not get out to the flight attendants and passengers.
i also find it slightly odd that there has been no word if anyone has tried to search for any passengers' mobile 'phone GPS data.
i do like a good mystery though.
Dangermouse
MousePower
All of the western countries are bouncing the theory that it has been hijacked all around the news agencies now, yet the Malayasian PM still says it hasn't, but wont rule it out..........do they have information that isn't being shared, it is getting to the point where I don't believe what the Malayasian government are saying about this, also what Laurence has just said is very logical, why no demands, were the pilot and co pilot killed at the controls, after all its not a secret they allowed passengers into the cockpit and the two Iranians on board take control armed, making all the passengers turn off their phones, the pilot had a simulator for a 777 at his home and he even gave lessons, what if he gave lessons to a hijacker unknowingly and then invited him into the cockpit, could be another possibility.
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
indeed, i find the Malaysian government's attitude strange. they dismiss everything, yet offer no other opinion or option. they were refuting the evidence that there had been 'pings' sent from the electronic systems after the jet went missing at first. either it is them being stubborn and wanting to take control of the investigation (which they seem incapable of doing) or there is a more sinister motive. do they know where it is? have they had a ransom demand? is the 'plane simply lost in a far flung terminal gate at the airport?
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
if it's a planned hijack by the pilot, anything's possible.
how certain are we of the fuel load? i've flown manchester-singapore on a 777 without a fuel stop, and the model in question was the extended range variant. malaysian airlines is notorious for only fuelling for the journey +1 hour though.
if it's a hijack by a sophisticated terrorist organisation, it's not hard to imagine that some extra fuel found its way into the fuel tanks, especially if the pilot was in on the act.
how certain are we of the fuel load? i've flown manchester-singapore on a 777 without a fuel stop, and the model in question was the extended range variant. malaysian airlines is notorious for only fuelling for the journey +1 hour though.
if it's a hijack by a sophisticated terrorist organisation, it's not hard to imagine that some extra fuel found its way into the fuel tanks, especially if the pilot was in on the act.
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
not really, most people thing the 'plane has crashed in the sea. if, as a terrorist organisation, were responsible, then admitting it over a week after the event is a damp squib, somewhat.
if you turn up in the next few days/weeks with said 'plane and passengers all intact, then that's not so much terror as a very good magic act.
after september 11th it's hard to do a good terror act with aircraft.
