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yorkshirelad
The pilot has his own simulator and yet he wiped his computer. So either mad or planning something illegal.
The planes transponder was switched off meaning nobody knew where it was including people on the plane.
The plane flew erratically to-from different altitudes.
Debris found at the limit of the planes travelling distance.
Come on folks....brains on....this is easy!!!!!
It was a plain old ordinary heist. The pilot and copilot know what was being transported on the plane....chinese gold for example. They practised the heist on their simulator making sure they had the right route, avoiding certain areas, drop off point for whatever was being stolen etc etc. They fly plane up to high altitiude and knockout all the passengers with low pressure. They put the plane on auto pilot to fly to the middle of the indian ocean where it will drop out of the sky when the fuel runs out. They bail out somewhere near malaysia with the contraband. The authorities in Malaysia know what was on the plane which is why they are being very cagey. You might even find that there was some report on some agents desk informing them of a possible hesist but the arrogance of authority made them ignore "such an outlandish idea".
Splodge
I have a sick feeling Australia is going to find the debris.
This would fold into my international relations -based theory that the US/Aus possibly other allies are responsible.
Australia is a strategic asset of the US in the SEA region. My belief is it will find the debris and It will then fall to Australia to start waging a 'war on terror' on SEA. The net effect of this will be to force countries to align themselves either with China or the US ('if you're not with us you're against us" type thing) as well as allow perhaps a greater military and intelligence presence in the region thus securing it further for western corporations.
It was George W. Bush's dearest wish for Australia to become the "sheriff" of SEA, a role which current conservative PM Tony Abbott is more than willing to take on as he loves bullying and is very good at it, as is his Foreign Relations Minister Julie Bishop (a glare that could kill at 100 metres). When this was tried before (under the conservative PM John Howard) SEA effectively shut Australia out of some trade talks and other regional think tanks. The Labor Party healed the rift to a degree during its time in power but but now the conservatives are back in power again, I would imagine it will stir quite the hornets nest in SEA if this comes to pass.
In short, God, i hope Australia doesn't find the debris.edit on 19-3-2014 by Splodge because: typo
Trubeeleever
reply to post by Zaphod58
Edward Snowden was a military programmer for the NSA. As soon as he realised what he was designing he blew the whistle.
Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.
The US'of'A military establishment will not tolerate a second misdemeanour within the programming ranks.
Rob48
zarzelius
Listen guys, i just heard a meteorologist speak about the debris. He stated that the sea currents couldnt possibly take the pieces there unless the plain actually crashed on that spot.
Is any1 able to check this ?
Well, here's a map of ocean currents. Looks like in the area where they are searching, the current is coming from the southwest.
Also from that link, the FASTEST ocean curents such as the Gulf Stream average only about 2.5mph at their fastest. That implies that the currents in the Indian Ocean must be slower than that. Let's be generous and call it 2mph.
Let's call it 13 days since the plane crashed (again, slightly generous). That gives a maximum movement of the wreckage, by current alone, of about 2 x 24 x 13 = a little over 600 miles.
So obviously there could be some movement (although I think 600 miles is very much at the upper end of that) but there is no way that the wreckage could have drifted into that spot from anywhere near Malaysia.
Linda - if you are suggesting that the imagery is updating with the weather, then (a) shouldn't that cloud have moved by now, and (b) shouldn't it be dark at the moment? It's currently 9.30pm there, well after sunset.edit on 20-3-2014 by Rob48 because: (no reason given)
Rob48
reply to post by TheTalentedMrBryant
Seems to me that the general "wreckage area" more or less fits with the southern vector of possibilities from the satellite pings. If the plane was following that track after the last ping it could have reached the debris site. It does fall slightly outside the "7 hour" range but we don't know exactly how much range the plane would have had. I don't see that it would have had to ride any currents to get where it is.
See this map
edit on 20-3-2014 by Rob48 because: (no reason given)
Cydonia2012
Rob48
reply to post by TheTalentedMrBryant
Seems to me that the general "wreckage area" more or less fits with the southern vector of possibilities from the satellite pings. If the plane was following that track after the last ping it could have reached the debris site. It does fall slightly outside the "7 hour" range but we don't know exactly how much range the plane would have had. I don't see that it would have had to ride any currents to get where it is.
See this map
edit on 20-3-2014 by Rob48 because: (no reason given)
I smell BS! no way the plane would have flown that far south if it was on fire! We're talking about a 7 hour flight ON FIRE? That wreckage they found is not of the plane, if they say it is they're full of crap!
Rob48
If anyone still cares, I have actually managed to pinpoint the "wreckage" in the pic by Linda. Here it is.
I still think it's a tree.
Cydonia2012
Rob48
reply to post by TheTalentedMrBryant
Seems to me that the general "wreckage area" more or less fits with the southern vector of possibilities from the satellite pings. If the plane was following that track after the last ping it could have reached the debris site. It does fall slightly outside the "7 hour" range but we don't know exactly how much range the plane would have had. I don't see that it would have had to ride any currents to get where it is.
See this map
edit on 20-3-2014 by Rob48 because: (no reason given)
I smell BS! no way the plane would have flown that far south if it was on fire! We're talking about a 7 hour flight ON FIRE? That wreckage they found is not of the plane, if they say it is they're full of crap!
Zaphod58
reply to post by thetruth2014
The altitude changes are consistent with fighting a fire on board. Overflying the airport was because there was no longer a crew to land.
By all means, explain why a computer can't operate 8 hours without human intervention.
thetruth2014
Cydonia2012
Rob48
reply to post by TheTalentedMrBryant
Seems to me that the general "wreckage area" more or less fits with the southern vector of possibilities from the satellite pings. If the plane was following that track after the last ping it could have reached the debris site. It does fall slightly outside the "7 hour" range but we don't know exactly how much range the plane would have had. I don't see that it would have had to ride any currents to get where it is.
See this map
edit on 20-3-2014 by Rob48 because: (no reason given)
I smell BS! no way the plane would have flown that far south if it was on fire! We're talking about a 7 hour flight ON FIRE? That wreckage they found is not of the plane, if they say it is they're full of crap!
Ya according to some it was on fire put on autopilot and ran out of fuel after some 8 hrs lol some ppl really need to get their head out of the sand
moth115
reply to post by Cydonia2012
Is there anything of interest towards the south pole that would cause someone to want to divert a plane there?
There must be a secret base or two??
If I had to guess I would guess it was flown in the opposite direction.