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herding cats

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2. My first reaction when I heard of this earlier was what if some of them are alive?

Reply to Voice for Peace (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 11:07 AM

Mar 2014

And they've just been searching in the wrong place for where the plane went down? It's not a stretch to imagine if it crossed my mind, every single person who has a friend of loved on on that plane is thinking the same thing. It's heartbreaking what they're all going through.

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Hunt for missing jet widens to distant waters [View all] herding cats Mar 2014 OP

Thinking of the families and friends, how hard not knowing, Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #1

My first reaction when I heard of this earlier was what if some of them are alive? herding cats Mar 2014 #2

Phones are working jakeXT Mar 2014 #3

The phones are ringing Berlin Expat Mar 2014 #4

And it depends how often it rings jakeXT Mar 2014 #6

It may depend on the Berlin Expat Mar 2014 #8

Even if there's no one on the other end, why can't they triangulate the signals stranger81 Mar 2014 #12

That might work Berlin Expat Mar 2014 #21

"Plane veered off course with tracking system disabled for an hour" cbdo2007 Mar 2014 #5

Map of the search area brooklynite Mar 2014 #7

very low population in this part of the map and out towards the waters. 11.093399, 99.081987 Sunlei Mar 2014 #15

Military radar had detected the plane JimDandy Mar 2014 #9

This Just Gets RobinA Mar 2014 #10

You got that right! blackspade Mar 2014 #13

Ditto. SoapBox Mar 2014 #22

Hmmm, that could indicate a hijacking. Beacool Mar 2014 #14

Apparently this was a military area that the plane JimDandy Mar 2014 #16

If the plane was shot in error by some country, Beacool Mar 2014 #17

Kim Jong Un undeterred Mar 2014 #18

It took the Malaysian military 3 days to even admit JimDandy Mar 2014 #19

Their Air Force did say almost three days ago that the plane turned back... countryjake Mar 2014 #32

Are they sure the transponder was turned off and not just malfunctioning? herding cats Mar 2014 #27

I don't know, but JimDandy Mar 2014 #28

I considered that also. herding cats Mar 2014 #30

In January a newer 787 lost it's transponder jakeXT Mar 2014 #31

ok now I am thinking I should widen my search for my .... undeterred Mar 2014 #11

Cnn is reporting Corgigal Mar 2014 #20

There was also a report -- Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2014 #23

Not only that Corgigal Mar 2014 #24

Exactly. Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2014 #25

Why do they assume it stopped in the strait? wercal Mar 2014 #26

Isn't there anyone among us that believes onecent Mar 2014 #29

Ummm, no. Chemisse Mar 2014 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Mar 2014 #34