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Vasa Croe
Well that particular plane has a maximum range of 14,305 KM when fully fueled. That is quite the range.
Mamatus
Vasa Croe
Well that particular plane has a maximum range of 14,305 KM when fully fueled. That is quite the range.
While that may be the planes range fully fueled it would not have been full. Airlines do not fill planes tanks to capacity each flight. They only put in enough fuel to get to the destination and hold enough reserve to get to two alternate airports or hold for an hour or two over a single airport. Fuel is heavy and airlines like to fly as lite as possible to save said fuel.
Mamatus
There have been many plane crashes at sea where nothing is ever found.
Crakeur
reply to post by Mamatus
is it even possible for a plane of this size to fly to a different airport undetected, land, and remain hidden for this long?
We're talking a large plane, flying through public airspace, to another country. Wouldn't that country have to know that the plane was coming in?
Don't countries have defense systems in place that would detect a large aircraft coming into their territory?
andy1972
Can i go out on a limb and make a suggestion -
forget terrorism.
Air Piracy..
The sea around Thailand etc is full of pirates.
Maybe thats why theres no vindication by terrorists or demands for ransom by kidnappers.
They may have landed on a private strip in the jungle, maybe an abandoned military strip from WW2 on Sumatra..edit on AM2Tue20141972 by andy1972 because: (no reason given)
Skyfloating
After disappearing, the plane changed course, apparently having turned off its transponder and tracking equipment.
roadgravel
So civilian ATC didn't see this plane flying back into airspace around Kuala Lumpur. This story seems fishy.
Vasa Croe
andy1972
Can i go out on a limb and make a suggestion -
forget terrorism.
Air Piracy..
The sea around Thailand etc is full of pirates.
Maybe thats why theres no vindication by terrorists or demands for ransom by kidnappers.
They may have landed on a private strip in the jungle, maybe an abandoned military strip from WW2 on Sumatra..edit on AM2Tue20141972 by andy1972 because: (no reason given)
I would think this would be more a case like mamatus said in which a cargo plane would have been taken, unless you are suggesting a human trafficking angle of some sort. Much more valuable cargo on a FedEx flight than on a passenger jet me thinks...