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kentuck

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Mon Mar 17, 2014, 02:47 PM Mar 2014

Boeing 777 used low altitude 'terrain masking' manoeuvre practised by fighter jets... [View all]

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Investigators told the New Straits Times that they were now convinced the aircraft flow low over Kelantan, which is in the north east - exactly the same area where the villagers and fishermen who saw bright lights in the sky on the night the jet vanished are living.

At least nine people - fishermen, farmers and villagers - have made reports to police about seeing lights in the sky and some said they heard the loud noise of an engine.

These accounts appear to match the conclusions of investigators who say the jet flew low after making a sharp turn and heading west from its course over the South China Sea.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2582595/Boeing-777-hijackers-plunged-5-000ft-used-low-altitude-terrain-masking-manoeuvre-practised-fighter-jets-avoid-radar-detection.html

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I know this is the daily mail.

But there is something very fishy going on with this airplane. Is it a test run of some kind to see how they can hide and attack without being found by radar?

I think there is a plot afoot. But who knows what it is?

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Isn't this like part of the plot of one of the Airport movies? jmowreader Mar 2014 #1
they can be easily Niceguy1 Mar 2014 #26
Investigators are now convinced about this.... Iggo Mar 2014 #2
Excuse me, stewardess, why did we just do a barrel roll? NightWatcher Mar 2014 #3
Maybe out to get the worlds tallest building..recently the second worlds tallest. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #4
There are many airstrips big enough for the plane to land... kentuck Mar 2014 #5
If any of this were to be factual seveneyes Mar 2014 #6
Excellent question? kentuck Mar 2014 #8
They might keep a small number as hostages, but I avebury Mar 2014 #22
Flying so low...they might be coming on automatically on a 777 HipChick Mar 2014 #10
That is the sort of thing it's possible to practice with a flight simulator Fumesucker Mar 2014 #7
If you were making a movie...? kentuck Mar 2014 #9
Also... kentuck Mar 2014 #12
If you were planning to use a plane later on for a 9/11 style attack or some other mission stevenleser Mar 2014 #11
Unless you could make a couple of stops and re-fuel on the way over? kentuck Mar 2014 #13
If the simulator has any role, the important thing would be the files... JHB Mar 2014 #19
Would it be unusual for a pilot to have a flight simulator? kentuck Mar 2014 #27
Anything from "fly" for fun to practicing for requalification... JHB Mar 2014 #39
They had me right up to the "sonar barrier" thing. FarCenter Mar 2014 #14
If they had landed...? kentuck Mar 2014 #15
I joked with some friends a few days after it went missing MattBaggins Mar 2014 #16
The last radio message heard.... kentuck Mar 2014 #17
I was playing on the whole bit of that company that had 20 people on board MattBaggins Mar 2014 #18
Was it an American company?? kentuck Mar 2014 #21
I believe it was an American company. MattBaggins Mar 2014 #25
Good night is a pretty normal sign off malaise Mar 2014 #20
And it was 14 minutes after that good night message... kentuck Mar 2014 #23
It gains significance malaise Mar 2014 #24
Then they turned the plane back toward Malaysia and southern Thailand? kentuck Mar 2014 #28
The stolen passports were for asylum malaise Mar 2014 #37
True but... kentuck Mar 2014 #38
2 minutes after the good night the plane turned around. JimDandy Mar 2014 #30
Did they turn off the transponder first? kentuck Mar 2014 #32
Apparently in that order. n/t JimDandy Mar 2014 #34
America has kept airplane technology out of the hands of the Iranians for 34 years. applegrove Mar 2014 #29
So no Boeing 777 ever lands in Iran? n/t JimDandy Mar 2014 #31
They can't get it and copy all the systems on a layover. Come on!!! I'm just speculating of course. applegrove Mar 2014 #35
Interesting point. kentuck Mar 2014 #33
I know. I'm out there with my speculation. applegrove Mar 2014 #36
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