Mortymoose
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I reckon that this flying machine is not in the oceans, but somewhere over an unpopulated stretch of Asia ..... Perhaps up in the mountains....
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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 missing!
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AirWolf
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Facebook hoax doing the rounds about the plane being found.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
TIMELINE: THE HUNT FOR FLIGHT MH370
Thursday marks day seven of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as the hunt widens into the vast Indian Ocean.
Here is a timeline of major developments since the plane vanished early Saturday with 239 people on board, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing:
SATURDAY MARCH 8
-- Malaysia Airlines says the Boeing 777 lost contact with air traffic control at around 1:30 am (1730 GMT Friday), about an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Initially, authorities had put the last contact time at 2:40 am.
-- Vietnam says the plane went missing near its airspace. It launches a search operation that expands into a huge international hunt in the South China Sea, involving dozens of ships and aircraft from countries including the US and Japan.
-- Tearful relatives of the 153 Chinese passengers criticise Malaysia Airlines over a lack of information.
-- Vietnamese planes spot two large oil slicks near the plane's last known location, but it proves a false alarm.
-- It also emerges that two passengers were travelling on stolen EU passports, fuelling speculation of a terrorist attack.
SUNDAY MARCH 9
-- Malaysia says it is probing a possible terror link to the jet's disappearance. The US sends FBI agents to assist in the investigation.
-- Malaysia raises the first of several suggestions that the plane may have veered radically off-course -- with the air force chief saying it may have turned back towards Kuala Lumpur for no apparent reason.
-- A Vietnamese plane spots possible debris off southwest Vietnam -- but this too yields no sign of the airliner.
MONDAY MARCH 10
-- Authorities double the search radius to 100 nautical miles (equivalent to 185 kilometres) around the point where MH370 disappeared from radar.
-- China lashes out at Malaysia, saying it needs to speed up the investigation.
-- Malaysia sends ships to investigate a sighting of a possible life raft, but a Vietnamese vessel that gets there first finds only flotsam.
-- Chemical analysis by Malaysia disproves any link between oil slicks found at sea and the missing plane.
TUESDAY MARCH 11
-- The search area now includes land on the Malaysian peninsula itself, the waters off its west coast, and an area to the north of Indonesia's Sumatra island -- all far removed from the flight's scheduled route.
-- Authorities identify the two men with stolen passports as young Iranians who are believed to be illegal immigrants -- not terrorists.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 12
-- Malaysia expands the search zone to include the Malacca Strait off the country's west coast and the Andaman Sea north of Indonesia, hundreds of kilometres away.
-- Malaysia's air force chief says an unidentified object was detected on military radar north of the Malacca Strait early Saturday -- less than an hour after the plane lost contact -- but says it is still being investigated.
-- At a heated news conference, Malaysian officials deny that the search is in disarray after China says conflicting information about its course is "pretty chaotic".
-- It emerges that US regulators warned months ago of a "cracking and corrosion" problem on Boeing 777s that could lead to a mid-air break-up -- but the manufacturer later confirms that the warning did not apply to the missing plane, which had a different kind of antenna.
THURSDAY MARCH 13
-- Malaysia dismisses a report in the Wall Street Journal which said US investigators suspect the plane flew on for four hours after its last known contact, based on data sent from its engines.
-- Authorities in Kuala Lumpur also say that Chinese satellite images of suspected debris in the South China Sea are yet another false lead.
-- India steps up its search, sending three ships and three aircraft to the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
FRIDAY MARCH 14
-- The hunt spreads to the Indian Ocean after the White House cites unspecified "new information" that the jet may have flown on after losing contact.
-- Multiple US media reports, citing US officials, say the plane's communication system -- not the engines -- continued to "ping" a satellite for hours after it disappeared, suggesting it may have travelled a huge distance in an unknown direction.
-- A US warship, initially deployed to Thailand, is among the vessels joining the Indian Ocean search.
Source : Sapa-AFP /kd
Date : 14 Mar 2014 08:54
Thursday marks day seven of the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as the hunt widens into the vast Indian Ocean.
Here is a timeline of major developments since the plane vanished early Saturday with 239 people on board, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing:
SATURDAY MARCH 8
-- Malaysia Airlines says the Boeing 777 lost contact with air traffic control at around 1:30 am (1730 GMT Friday), about an hour after take-off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Initially, authorities had put the last contact time at 2:40 am.
-- Vietnam says the plane went missing near its airspace. It launches a search operation that expands into a huge international hunt in the South China Sea, involving dozens of ships and aircraft from countries including the US and Japan.
-- Tearful relatives of the 153 Chinese passengers criticise Malaysia Airlines over a lack of information.
-- Vietnamese planes spot two large oil slicks near the plane's last known location, but it proves a false alarm.
-- It also emerges that two passengers were travelling on stolen EU passports, fuelling speculation of a terrorist attack.
SUNDAY MARCH 9
-- Malaysia says it is probing a possible terror link to the jet's disappearance. The US sends FBI agents to assist in the investigation.
-- Malaysia raises the first of several suggestions that the plane may have veered radically off-course -- with the air force chief saying it may have turned back towards Kuala Lumpur for no apparent reason.
-- A Vietnamese plane spots possible debris off southwest Vietnam -- but this too yields no sign of the airliner.
MONDAY MARCH 10
-- Authorities double the search radius to 100 nautical miles (equivalent to 185 kilometres) around the point where MH370 disappeared from radar.
-- China lashes out at Malaysia, saying it needs to speed up the investigation.
-- Malaysia sends ships to investigate a sighting of a possible life raft, but a Vietnamese vessel that gets there first finds only flotsam.
-- Chemical analysis by Malaysia disproves any link between oil slicks found at sea and the missing plane.
TUESDAY MARCH 11
-- The search area now includes land on the Malaysian peninsula itself, the waters off its west coast, and an area to the north of Indonesia's Sumatra island -- all far removed from the flight's scheduled route.
-- Authorities identify the two men with stolen passports as young Iranians who are believed to be illegal immigrants -- not terrorists.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 12
-- Malaysia expands the search zone to include the Malacca Strait off the country's west coast and the Andaman Sea north of Indonesia, hundreds of kilometres away.
-- Malaysia's air force chief says an unidentified object was detected on military radar north of the Malacca Strait early Saturday -- less than an hour after the plane lost contact -- but says it is still being investigated.
-- At a heated news conference, Malaysian officials deny that the search is in disarray after China says conflicting information about its course is "pretty chaotic".
-- It emerges that US regulators warned months ago of a "cracking and corrosion" problem on Boeing 777s that could lead to a mid-air break-up -- but the manufacturer later confirms that the warning did not apply to the missing plane, which had a different kind of antenna.
THURSDAY MARCH 13
-- Malaysia dismisses a report in the Wall Street Journal which said US investigators suspect the plane flew on for four hours after its last known contact, based on data sent from its engines.
-- Authorities in Kuala Lumpur also say that Chinese satellite images of suspected debris in the South China Sea are yet another false lead.
-- India steps up its search, sending three ships and three aircraft to the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
FRIDAY MARCH 14
-- The hunt spreads to the Indian Ocean after the White House cites unspecified "new information" that the jet may have flown on after losing contact.
-- Multiple US media reports, citing US officials, say the plane's communication system -- not the engines -- continued to "ping" a satellite for hours after it disappeared, suggesting it may have travelled a huge distance in an unknown direction.
-- A US warship, initially deployed to Thailand, is among the vessels joining the Indian Ocean search.
Source : Sapa-AFP /kd
Date : 14 Mar 2014 08:54
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
MALAYSIA MINISTER CONFIRMS JET SEARCH AREA EXPANDED
Malaysia confirmed Friday that the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane had been expanded into the Indian Ocean, but declined to comment on US reports that the jet had flown for hours after going missing.
"The aircraft is still missing, and the search area is expanding," said Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
"Together with our international partners, we are pushing further east into the South China Sea and further into the Indian Ocean," he added.
Stressing that he could offer no new information on what happened to Flight MH370 which disappeared last Saturday, Hishammuddin refused to address US media reports, citing unidentified US officials, that the Boeing 777 had flown for an additional four or five hours after vanishing from civilian radar.
"We do not want to be drawn into specific remarks that unnamed officials have reportedly made in the media," he said.
The US reports were based on information that the plane's communication system continued to "ping" a satellite for up to four hours after it disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
A US Navy official said the destroyer USS Kidd was being sent to the Indian Ocean -- on the opposite side of the Malaysian peninsula from where contact was lost -- to investigate.
But Hishammuddin insisted that the main reason for widening the search field was the failure to locate the plane in the areas searched so far.
"A normal investigation becomes narrower with time," he said.
"But this is not a normal investigation. In this case, the information we have forces us to look further and further afield."
Source : Sapa-AFP /kd
Date : 14 Mar 2014 12:21
Malaysia confirmed Friday that the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane had been expanded into the Indian Ocean, but declined to comment on US reports that the jet had flown for hours after going missing.
"The aircraft is still missing, and the search area is expanding," said Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
"Together with our international partners, we are pushing further east into the South China Sea and further into the Indian Ocean," he added.
Stressing that he could offer no new information on what happened to Flight MH370 which disappeared last Saturday, Hishammuddin refused to address US media reports, citing unidentified US officials, that the Boeing 777 had flown for an additional four or five hours after vanishing from civilian radar.
"We do not want to be drawn into specific remarks that unnamed officials have reportedly made in the media," he said.
The US reports were based on information that the plane's communication system continued to "ping" a satellite for up to four hours after it disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
A US Navy official said the destroyer USS Kidd was being sent to the Indian Ocean -- on the opposite side of the Malaysian peninsula from where contact was lost -- to investigate.
But Hishammuddin insisted that the main reason for widening the search field was the failure to locate the plane in the areas searched so far.
"A normal investigation becomes narrower with time," he said.
"But this is not a normal investigation. In this case, the information we have forces us to look further and further afield."
Source : Sapa-AFP /kd
Date : 14 Mar 2014 12:21
Drifter
Honorary Master
Very interesting, especially the last part about the continued ping.
Electric
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Still searching? hectic
Compton_effect
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So.
We know the transponder went down, but the engine system sent telemetry for a few hours afterwards.
So it wasn't a sudden event. That rules out a explosion, or midair failure.
Either it was 'hijacked'
- And is now hidden somewhere. No demands, no ransom, I can't see a real organisation trying such a risky and elaborate plot outside the movies. Not even the US would risk that- the fallout when this came out would be immense. (Putin would be so happy, he'd get his daughter to blow Obama)
- Or it crashed during a struggle with the hijackers. So the debris is wherever the hijackers flew it to. Maybe they flew on as far as possible before ditching. (Crazed hijacker?)
Or it was a failure of some type.
- All the passengers and crew suffered hypoxia, and the plane flew on as long as it could before crashing. Modern planes have so many warning systems that is virtually impossible. Carbon monoxide leak or something like that?
(Getting flashbacks to the first episode of Fringe
)
We know the transponder went down, but the engine system sent telemetry for a few hours afterwards.
So it wasn't a sudden event. That rules out a explosion, or midair failure.
Either it was 'hijacked'
- And is now hidden somewhere. No demands, no ransom, I can't see a real organisation trying such a risky and elaborate plot outside the movies. Not even the US would risk that- the fallout when this came out would be immense. (Putin would be so happy, he'd get his daughter to blow Obama)
- Or it crashed during a struggle with the hijackers. So the debris is wherever the hijackers flew it to. Maybe they flew on as far as possible before ditching. (Crazed hijacker?)
Or it was a failure of some type.
- All the passengers and crew suffered hypoxia, and the plane flew on as long as it could before crashing. Modern planes have so many warning systems that is virtually impossible. Carbon monoxide leak or something like that?
(Getting flashbacks to the first episode of Fringe
)
So what he's done is wait for as much info as possible and then claim to have "seen" one of the scenarios. What a despicable w@nker...
Would Rolls Royce not know the last position of the engines when they stopped transmitting, or does it only send performance and fault reporting information?
GreGorGy
BULLSFAN
You of course only edited a spelling error or something, right?
THE TROOF IS OUT THERE...
genetic
Honorary Master
I doubt the engines have transponders in them. It's probably only data on engine performance.
GreGorGy
BULLSFAN
You of course only edited a spelling error or something, right?
THE TROOF IS OUT THERE...
I'll ask mod to delete the edit bit.
unless they have tigers...
Solitude
Executive Member
Out of interest's sake I went and read about the Lost tv show's plane and eh it was also a Boeing 777.
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Oceanic_Flight_815
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Oceanic_Flight_815
That means we're in for a really disappointing ending with few questions actually answered...
WaxLyrical
Honorary Master
stopped reading at Jacaranda.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
That means we're in for a really disappointing ending with few questions actually answered...
Nah, it'll be quite riveting for most of the story, but then will jump the shark in the last 15 minutes.
Heisenborg
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How is it that they can just lose a 777. How can it be that a gps unit is not installed on a plane and tracked at all times?