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originally posted by: AlphaHawk
a reply to: GeminiSky
25th May 2003, a 727 was stolen, no one knows how many were on board. Still missing.
1st November 2008, a Beechcraft Kingair went missing over a jungle, three people on board. Still missing.
So yes, planes do 'just disappear in the 21st century' unfortunately, and plenty other did in the late 20th century too.
originally posted by: thedoctorswife
a reply to: GeminiSky
No, I never used to hang around with you, just enjoyed your musings.
originally posted by: GeminiSky
a reply to: F4guy
Please show the source stating that the option was not ordered by the airline. Also I would like to know how air traffic control is able to track airplanes WORLDWIDE. Thanks.
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: GeminiSky
Yes, the world is under constant surveillance. But there are only so many eyes to look at the data. It's not computers to sound a alarm anytime something looks weird. They record, nothing more and data gets over written all the time.
Your theories on this are the ones not making sense to me as you only seem to be looking at this story from one side rather than all sides like a good investigator would.
originally posted by: Aloysius the Gaul
originally posted by: GeminiSky
a reply to: F4guy
Please show the source stating that the option was not ordered by the airline. Also I would like to know how air traffic control is able to track airplanes WORLDWIDE. Thanks.
When a/c are out of radar coverage (eg over oceans) mostly they track by the aircraft reporting it's position a various previously defined fixed points as it passes them.
I have seen ATC providers report deviations between expected and actual times at such positions as small as 2 minutes - the airliners are expected to provide updates of expected times as wind or anything else affects their progress.
That MAS had not bought RR's reporting system was all over the MSM in the early days - do some research.
originally posted by: CagliostroTheGreat
a reply to: GeminiSky
I know right? So far the CIA has been mentioned several times throughout this thread all by those touting the official version of events. I don't recall any one of us speculating on alternative theories mentioning them.
It almost like they're trying to derail your thread or something...
Shills are funny especially when they don't even realize they are shills.
*shakes head bemusedly*
originally posted by: Bazart
a reply to: GeminiSky
I'm with you on this one GS... S&F.
What ISN'T being said is the loud part , IMO. Did the batteries catch fire as has happened before with this aircraft ? Did the engines fall off ? Where's all the talk about grounding the 777 fleet ? I haven't heard it.
Are Australians aware that if those evil Iranians launched a nuke at them ( or even sent a fleet ) , that their Ministry of Defense effectively admits that they wouldn't even know about it ?
Yes , GS - critical thinking seems in short supply. Thanks.
On May 25, 2003, a Boeing 727 with the registration number N844AA - formerly owned by American Airlines - was stolen from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola. A Miami-based company called Aerospace Sales & Leasing Co. was reported to be its last owner. Most intelligence agencies believe the missing plane to be in the hands of terrorists or drug dealers. N844AA was formerly owned by American Airlines, and was one of two at Quatro de Fevereiro in the process of being converted for use by an Africa-based airline. The aircraft had been sitting idle in Angola for 14 months, and it owed more than $4 million in backdated airport fees. Reports conflict as to whether it was to be used by TAAG Air Angola, or if it was in the process of being converted to a diesel tanker, with seating removed and attachment of aluminium fuel tanks to the floor. There were reports that a male boarded the aircraft, but was not seen leaving it. When the aircraft started taxiing down the runway, the control tower tried to make contact, but there was no response. The aircraft was seen to be making abrupt changes in direction while on the taxiways, and even during the takeoff run. Reportedly, the aircraft was later in the airspace of Seychelles where it asked for permission to land, but disappeared shortly thereafter. It has not been seen since. Ben Charles PadillaA 51-year-old mechanic from Florida named Ben Charles Padilla was aboard the aircraft during the theft, and is believed by U.S. authorities to have been at the controls of the aircraft during the theft. Padilla's family have repeatedly stated that they thought he was kidnapped, and that he was in Angola only because the aircraft leasing company had sent him there to participate as an in-flight mechanic for the aircraft's impending flight to the company's headquarters. There were unconfirmed reports of a struggle onboard during the theft, due to the fact that the aircraft made dangerous maneuvers while taxiing before and during takeoff.
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originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: GeminiSky
I've worked surveillance damn near my entire life. From ground level, (Recon), to Nuclear, Biological & Chemical and then PSYOP. I even hunt...LOL.
But it's the human factor that always screws things up. If some one isn't on the ball, and most of them aren't, things are missed.
Hell, we knew where Osama was years ahead of time and no one acted.
I think that it's the human factor at play here. Malaysia isn't being all to upfront with their data either after all.
originally posted by: roadgravel
a reply to: GeminiSky
There is material here about that info going though ACARS which was shutdown. That reporting system was not using satcom.
In thread here.