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4. Could have been a rapid decompression and loss of oxygen

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 06:50 PM

Mar 2014

so that no one was in control afterward.
There was a plane like that a year or two ago. I think it was a private jet with a VIP on board.

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Missing Malaysian Airlines jet �flew off course for an hour at low altitude� [View all] FarCenter Mar 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #1

Could have been a rapid decompression and loss of oxygen upaloopa Mar 2014 #4

There was the crash that killed Payne Stewart (golfer) in 1999 petronius Mar 2014 #12

The military not talking to the aeronautical agency? Warpy Mar 2014 #3

Not low altitude, see post #6. nt longship Mar 2014 #7

Interesting, I am sure 29,000 feet is high enough to be detected by radar. Bjorn Against Mar 2014 #9

Well, speculations with so few facts is not very productive. longship Mar 2014 #11

Right now all we have is speculation Bjorn Against Mar 2014 #13

No big deal, I get it Bjorn Against Mar 2014 #15

This whole story is a bit intriguing. Texasgal Mar 2014 #16

Not "low altitude". 29,500 ft is not low. longship Mar 2014 #6

And as of last night, they were heading toward the South China Sea rocktivity Mar 2014 #8

29,500 feet is not low altitude. That is potentially cruising altitude. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #10