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deloprator20000
This is great, (if the story is real) if the cell phones are still ringing we can triangulate their signals and get an approximate location!
Hey maybe a couple of jokers, with very strong magnets in a sea vessel, may have brought the plane down.edit on 11-3-2014 by deloprator20000 because: (no reason given)
Starsandstripes
I think the plane was hijacked and was landed somewhere...
Someone should make a map of how far it went and how much gas they had and where could have it flown to with the gas it had...
JohnTheSmith
reply to post by Bassago
Exactly. No big deal, the phones can be EASILY positioned within a few meters using GPS. Right? Right?! Oh, in this particular circumstance they can't? LOL something is definitely up, and China knows exactly what it is I bet.
Edit: All these people rambling on about 'where's the tower' and 'it's the same on facebook' and blah blah blah are either missing the point by accident or on purpose. G P S
edit on 3 11 2014 by JohnTheSmith because: Added additional opinion.
ispyed
The reason that some phones ring even though they are unreachable or turned off is because the ringing is done by the exchange NOT the phone. Don't know why some phone systems work like this but some do in Asia.
Rosinitiate
deloprator20000
This is great, (if the story is real) if the cell phones are still ringing we can triangulate their signals and get an approximate location!
Hey maybe a couple of jokers, with very strong magnets in a sea vessel, may have brought the plane down.edit on 11-3-2014 by deloprator20000 because: (no reason given)
I keep seeing this comment posted. If they crashed over the ocean than there are no towers to triangulate the location. Even when you pay for internet on a flight you're SOL while flying over the ocean unless I'm missing something here.
OGOldGreg
Starsandstripes
I think the plane was hijacked and was landed somewhere...
Someone should make a map of how far it went and how much gas they had and where could have it flown to with the gas it had...
And you're getting this information from where? Does anyone really know how far they made it and/or how much gas they had?
markymint
People on MSN and Skype have been "online" for years, only for them to go offline when you actually send them a message, or later they simply state they were never online at all, or at least, only briefly. So those quirks exist where it seems people are "connected" but aren't.
Asynchrony
reply to post by Drezden
My best guess would be that the plane was hijacked then safely landed in an undisclosed location. The passengers may not be so lucky. Where, who, why? Anybodies guess is as good as anybodies. Sounds like a real horror story. Glad I wasn't on that plane.edit on 11-3-2014 by Asynchrony because: I had more to say.edit on 11-3-2014 by Asynchrony because: (no reason given)
schuyler
ispyed
The reason that some phones ring even though they are unreachable or turned off is because the ringing is done by the exchange NOT the phone. Don't know why some phone systems work like this but some do in Asia.
This is the smartest post on here.
That's EXACTLY what happens, here, too. The "ringing sound" you hear IS NOT the sound of the phone actually ringing. It's just part of the "aural interface" that makes it easy for people to understand. This is why, for example, you sometimes call someone and they pick the phone up. You say, "But it hadn't started ringing!" but actually, the real phone had. It's just that the ringing simulation hadn't started on your end yet. Something very similar is happening in this case. It's a red herring. It doesn't mean the phone is still active.
I once worked as a COEM: Central Office Equipment Man, a person who takes care of the phone connections at the other end of your phone line in the "Central Office" where all the cable pairs terminate and get switched on to the next Central Office where your calling party's phone is hooked up.
999zxcv
what if lightning hit it it has taken out planes before the super lightning i am talking about that they discovered a few years agoedit on 11-3-2014 by 999zxcv because: (no reason given)