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Cali_Democrat

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8. LOL. I know....

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 02:01 AM

Mar 2014

....but the water area they're searching is close to Malaysia and Indonesia. You would think that there would have been people on boats that saw something.

The straights of malacca are heavily trafficked by ships.

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It gets stranger...now Malaysia says they have no idea which direction jet was headed [View all] Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 OP

The Strait of Malacca is not on the "eastern side of the country". countryjake Mar 2014 #1

Isn't that part of the world pretty densely populated? Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #4

The world is much bigger than you think. There is a huge amount of unoccupied jungle and ocean. uppityperson Mar 2014 #5

LOL. I know.... Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #8

Well, here's one view from a boat in a mountain lake in Southern Thailand... countryjake Mar 2014 #12

I wouldn't use HuffPo for a source on this story. longship Mar 2014 #2

It's actually an Associated Press article. nt Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #3

It's still out of date. longship Mar 2014 #7

Ya Reuters screwed that one up and it spread around the globe Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #9

Well, the problem is that nobody knows what's true and what is made up. longship Mar 2014 #10

Yup. And stories, rumors, get passed around from 1 place to another without being verified uppityperson Mar 2014 #6

No wonder those relatives at the Lido Hotel threw water bottles... countryjake Mar 2014 #11

"would not be appropriate" for the air force to "issue any official conclusions as to the aircraft's jakeXT Mar 2014 #13

the vastness of the Indian Ocean is impossible to comprehend. quadrature Mar 2014 #14