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Re: Malaysian airlines 777 missing
« Reply #75 on: March 11, 2014, 09:15:43 AM »

Can a pilot turn off all types of communication?  :headscratch:

I read that they can turn off the comms and transponder but that would only effect civil radar by not showing the speed and altitude...not making the plane invisible to civil radar, like I first thought...military radar could have tracked it easily but apparently it was nap time in SE Asia  :uhoh 

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« Reply #76 on: March 11, 2014, 10:07:02 AM »
I read that they can turn off the comms and transponder but that would only effect civil radar by not showing the speed and altitude...not making the plane invisible to civil radar, like I first thought...military radar could have tracked it easily but apparently it was nap time in SE Asia  :uhoh 

By the by, will our resident pilots correct me if I'm wrong

We are not being told something, this is turning into a conspiracy of silence, by the authorities. You can turn off most, but not all of the communication devices, so someone knows more than they are telling. Plus now they've switched the search area to the west of the country.
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« Reply #77 on: March 11, 2014, 12:00:40 PM »
Looks like military did track the plane flying low back to word Malaysia. They are now searching in diferant location.
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« Reply #78 on: March 11, 2014, 12:05:44 PM »
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« Reply #79 on: March 11, 2014, 01:24:03 PM »
This is starting to turn really weird.
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« Reply #80 on: March 11, 2014, 01:41:02 PM »
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« Reply #81 on: March 11, 2014, 02:24:25 PM »
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/11/major-updates-in-malaysia-airlines-mystery-new-information-could-change-everything/

If I were to hazard a guess, I would say the co-pilot hijacked the plane.

Or someone who could fly the plane did...... it had 4k miles fuel left from the spot they are saying they last saw it now.
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« Reply #82 on: March 11, 2014, 03:03:47 PM »
 :airplane: There is, of course, a lot of speculation going on as to what happened to the 777 that is missing somewhere in the Southwestern Pacific area. There are a lot of people who are are more knowledgeable about this aircraft than me, but, it has a history of battery problems. The first thing that comes to my mind is the fact that the FAA grounded all of the 777's recently for a short period of time because of battery fires.
The 777's is a great engineering feat for Boeing, but one has to remember that the aircraft is controlled by "fly by wire" control systems. If the aircraft did as they say, made a sudden turn to the left, and the flight controllers had a good transponder reception, then why did it suddenly disappear? If they had a "thermal runaway" in the battery system, the whole electrical system would fail, which would mean the flight crew had no means to fly the aircraft. That to me would explain the sudden disappearance of the aircraft on radar.

If, as some speculate, that hi-jacking was involved, maybe the bad guys thought if they turned off the "Master Switch", to keep controllers from tracking them, again, no flight controls, hence, again it would crash.

There is a reported past incidence where the captain on this flight had let a woman, I assume a friend of his, into the cockpit. This raises the spector that if he did that, maybe some bad guys knew that and used her to gain access to the cockpit.

There are some other theories to. If the 777 has a backup "RAT", to use for emergency backup electrical power, maybe the crew, after seeing what was happening and deployed it, but would take a few seconds to re-engage flight director and other controls, so then the next question is, "were they" returning, or attempting to return to point of departure. I would suspect that the RAT would only support bare minimum electrical systems, such as flight controls.

At any rate, lets all pray that they were hi-jacked and have been flown somewhere and everybody on board is alive and safe.
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« Reply #83 on: March 11, 2014, 03:22:31 PM »
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« Reply #84 on: March 11, 2014, 05:27:25 PM »
This is starting to turn really weird.
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Re: Malaysian airlines 777 missing
« Reply #85 on: March 11, 2014, 06:01:05 PM »
:airplane: There is, of course, a lot of speculation going on as to what happened to the 777 that is missing somewhere in the Southwestern Pacific area. There are a lot of people who are are more knowledgeable about this aircraft than me, but, it has a history of battery problems. The first thing that comes to my mind is the fact that the FAA grounded all of the 777's recently for a short period of time because of battery fires.
Earl,

It was the 787s that have those issues and were grounded.  The 777 has been absolutely stellar.  It was in service for 18 years before there was a fatality involving one and that was pilot error on landing at SFO.
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Re: Malaysian airlines 777 missing
« Reply #87 on: March 11, 2014, 06:17:04 PM »
This looks like a typical alien abduction to me. Case closed.
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« Reply #88 on: March 11, 2014, 07:26:38 PM »
I'm curios as to why it took the Malaysian military three days to let the rest of the world know that the 34 search aircraft and 40 ships were covering the wrong 12,000 square mile area.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysian-military-now-reveals-it-tracked-mh370-to-malacca-straits
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Re: Malaysian airlines 777 missing
« Reply #89 on: March 11, 2014, 08:20:06 PM »
I would assume that cnn and the rest all ready have this but continue to sensationalize the story with stewardess's.



From the Chinese Press today translated...11 Mar 2014 21:39

"Exclusive Report: Zhoupei Xia, Huang Cheng fast

(Kuantan, Kota Bharu on the 10th joint hearing) 4, who lives on the east coast of the public police claimed, had at the same time Malaysia Airlines MH370 aircraft lost contact, and witnessed the situation in the South China Sea low-flying aircraft complex explosion!

Sparks thought it was a meteor

Kuantan a construction worker and Kelantan Kuala Besar three fishermen claimed that on the 8th of this month at 1 pm, had seen there over the low-flying aircraft in the sea, and issued a similar spark an explosion sound, then disappear without a trace .

Kelantan where a fisherman also claimed that he witnessed the low-flying aircraft fuselage Malaysia Airlines logo.

Kuala Besar fishing 夫阿兹 Ibrahim (55 years old) said that 308 the same day at about 1:30, when he and his friends fishing together, find a plane flying in the clouds.

Towards the north at low altitude

He said he was at a distance of Kota Bharu Kuala Besar 8 nautical miles of the coast, saw an aircraft flying at low altitude.

"We find it strange, because the fear of low-flying aircraft will crash, but the aircraft continued flying at low altitude towards the north."

Aziz Ibrahim said, along with his fishing friends had a chance to share this with others, on the morning TV news broadcast, Alarmed Malaysia Airlines MH370 aircraft lost contact events.

"Saturday morning, the police come over to me taking statements, followed by police after 17:15 to Kota Bharu police report, provide more information."

Father of five children by Aztec Ibrahim Asked whether there saw smoke or fire when the plane, said the aircraft at the time did not see any abnormality.

Brazil to an eyewitness rich Alif (29 years old) claimed in the house witnessed a group of white, suspected low-flying aircraft.

On the other hand, living in Kuantan Teluk Cecil Road area of ​​Lin Chinese man (37 years, building workers), this afternoon 3:30 to Kuantan police report, refers to himself at 1:00 on the 8th of this month at 15 am to 1:20 or so, when the home outside looking at the sky and saw a plane flying over the area at high altitude.

Sources said that the man appeared instantly saw the plane sparks flew early modern thought it was a meteor, after a few seconds, the object seemed heard an explosion, and soon disappeared after the front, when the aircraft has departed very far.

The man at 11:00 on Saturday morning, was informed that Malaysia Airlines passenger plane lost contact MH370 message today to the police.

The man this afternoon to accept the "China Daily" reporters asked that he was Kuantan who has seen the aircraft flying that day indeed, have learned that the aircraft lost contact, even the thought of the matter or lost contact with the aircraft concerned, we decided to report.

After the low-flying aircraft disappeared Residents: Impossible

Kuala Besar report alleged fisherman fishing at sea, the suspect saw a plane flying low in the sea and then disappeared from sight event, however, refer to local residents say it is impossible.

Local residents Monday told the "China Daily", according to residents over 10 years of fishing experience, only knew from Kuala Besar high altitude flight, all domestic flights, mainly in Asia flight machine as much.

Residents said that Malaysia flights machine routes are flown from Pengkalan Perregaux's 沙柏 altitude.

Because the police were pointing fishermen have been fishing, local residents are reluctant to report.

http://www.chinapress.com.my/
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