U.S. ‘kidnapped’ missing Malaysia Airlines plane

Larry Gude

Larry Gude

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Vince said:
Obviously, it's on the ground, landed safely, or crashed in pieces. Big search area. Figure where they lost contact with it, how much fuel was left, and then 360 degrees from there out to their point where they are outta gas. There's your search area. Lots of ground to cover. :shrug:
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Ok, but, if we can 'see' the plane, transponders or not, we know where it is, yes? Even if we lose identification, it then becomes "the plane we don't know whose it is." Correct? I am assuming radar tracks are saved.
 
Chris0nllyn

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Larry Gude said:
Ok, but, if we can 'see' the plane, transponders or not, we know where it is, yes? Even if we lose identification, it then becomes "the plane we don't know whose it is." Correct? I am assuming radar tracks are saved.
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I thought even if the transponer was manually shut off, it still sent signals to Satellites. It's a Boeing "optional" technology that the plane sends feedback to the main hub on diagnostics and plane details while in flight. Malaysian Airlines opted out of that technology, but it's like your phone....you could have it off, but it still sends a ping singal to the towers saying "I'm still here"

Basically.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

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Chris0nllyn said:
I thought even if the transponer was manually shut off, it still sent signals to Satellites. It's a Boeing "optional" technology that the plane sends feedback to the main hub on diagnostics and plane details while in flight. Malaysian Airlines opted out of that technology, but it's like your phone....you could have it off, but it still sends a ping singal to the towers saying "I'm still here"

Basically.
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So, everyone knows where it is and whether it blew up or not and are just trying to get the official story straight?
 
GWguy

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Larry Gude said:
Ok, but, if we can 'see' the plane, transponders or not, we know where it is, yes? Even if we lose identification, it then becomes "the plane we don't know whose it is." Correct? I am assuming radar tracks are saved.
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Radar has limits. It can only scan a limited distance, and is usually "aimed upward" for lack of a better term. As per the news reports, there is limited radar coverage for that area, lots of blind spots. If the plane descends, it can "fly under the radar", below the scan area. In this case, there is very limited radar data.
 
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GregV814

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I see a made for TV movie being written about this now...It will premier only on Lifetime:

A woman weeps as her pilot husband drives to the airport to meet the "girlfriend of all girlfriends" for a rendezvous. As they rush to the plane and prepare for takeoff, the girlfriend, one of the flight stewardess embraces him with a warm hugs as they plan their escape to Somalia. The pilot wonders if he did the right thing, leaving his wife the note telling her good-bye........

Break for commercial for maxi-pads and herbal tea....

As they ascend to 10,000 feet the mistress informs the pilot she's pregnant with his twins. As he recalls his years in the army in Saudi Arabia, his encounters with a gay Frenchman, Henriii, he recognizes he has stepped into it again...His co-pilot asks him
"whats wrong"......

Commercial break for Midol and chocolate...


....to be continued....
 
GWguy

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Hank said:
Weird that there was no reported text messages or phone calls placed to family members or such.
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Not really. Cell coverage distance is limited and probably not many cell towers available there.

Any cell repeaters on the airplane I would think were disabled when the rest of the transmitting electronics went silent.
 
Hank

Hank

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GWguy said:
Not really. Cell coverage distance is limited and probably not many cell towers available there.

Any cell repeaters on the airplane I would think were disabled when the rest of the transmitting electronics went silent.
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Ahhh. Gotcha
 
RoseRed

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GWguy said:
Not really. Cell coverage distance is limited and probably not many cell towers available there.

Any cell repeaters on the airplane I would think were disabled when the rest of the transmitting electronics went silent.
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Interesting...
 
GWguy

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GWguy said:
Not really. Cell coverage distance is limited and probably not many cell towers available there.

Any cell repeaters on the airplane I would think were disabled when the rest of the transmitting electronics went silent.
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The plane may have been flying too high or too fast to register with cell towers, according to telecoms experts, but careful analysis of the passengers' cell phone records will need to be completed to be certain.

According to radar analysis, the plane is believed to have been flying as high as 45,000 feet and as low as 23,000 feet.

But even this lower altitude is too high to register with mobile towers, experts say.
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While business class seats on the aircraft are known to have been equipped with phones that worked via satellite, it would be easy to strike down that system from inside the plane, said Lau.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/18/travel/malaysia-airlines-no-phone-calls/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
 
Lurk

Lurk

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czygvtwkr

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I can't believe no news agency has floated the idea of the plane simply being stolen, it is worth quite a bit of money after all.
 
Vince

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Conspiracy theory: Plane was hijacked, flown to a secluded airstrip, passagers executed and plane held for suicide airstrike a year from now when all this is history. I think they intend to use it for another 9/11. Just a theory.
 
b23hqb

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Vince said:
Conspiracy theory: Plane was hijacked, flown to a secluded airstrip, passagers executed and plane held for suicide airstrike a year from now when all this is history. I think they intend to use it for another 9/11. Just a theory.
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I have bought into that theory since two days after the event became noted.
 
RoseRed

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Vince said:
Conspiracy theory: Plane was hijacked, flown to a secluded airstrip, passagers executed and plane held for suicide airstrike a year from now when all this is history. I think they intend to use it for another 9/11. Just a theory.
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What about cabin pressure decreased so everyone "went to sleep" and suffocated, therefor no frantic phone calls home?
 
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b23hqb said:
Are you adding in the value of 239 people as well, minus the thieves worthless value?
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Considering the region of the world the women and children could have been sold off as slaves. But simply depressurizing the cockpit could easily kill everyone on board no fuss and is most likely what would have been done.

Why does the pilot have the ability to depressurize the cabin at altitude anyway?
 
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