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Malaysia Airliner Communications Shut Down Separately: US Officials Say [View all] uppityperson Mar 2014 OP

This is pretty compelling new information.. DCBob Mar 2014 #1

As the debris, and the oil slick, and other information, it may prove untrue, but I thought it worth uppityperson Mar 2014 #2

Well, I tend to believe this one. The US is certainly good at stuff like this. DCBob Mar 2014 #4

Doesn't eliminate the fire possibility. Xithras Mar 2014 #16

possible.. but seems less likely than a hijacking. DCBob Mar 2014 #18

I don't think so. BlueStreak Mar 2014 #31

No, that makes no sense at all Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #35

You didn't explain why a hijacker or terrorist would do it this way BlueStreak Mar 2014 #38

A commercial airliner would be an excellent delivery device for a weapon's system. kristopher Mar 2014 #39

O ...... K ........ BlueStreak Mar 2014 #45

That's actually not true now B2G Mar 2014 #47

What did the hijacker accomplish? BlueStreak Mar 2014 #51

He got a really cool plane. B2G Mar 2014 #52

I love creative use of straw men, misdirection and ability to deftly twist away from the obvious kristopher Mar 2014 #49

Sorry, I misunderstood the plot you were formulating BlueStreak Mar 2014 #53

No, you didn't misunderstand. kristopher Mar 2014 #57

It is a very bizarre sequence of events Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #54

Hijacker does not make sense in my opinion. N/T bobGandolf Mar 2014 #42

nothing really makes "sense" at this point Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #58

Wouldn't a fire that took all of those things out, also destroy the auto pilot mechanisms? freshwest Mar 2014 #29

Yes, eventually. That could be what took it down. Xithras Mar 2014 #60

Yeah but at that point they'd be desperate to contact ATC somewhere for a divert.. EX500rider Mar 2014 #64

Why don't they use sattelites to search for runways that could be... MindMover Mar 2014 #3

airport runways ? JI7 Mar 2014 #5

how much runway does a triple 7 need to land??? MindMover Mar 2014 #7

This says... jtuck004 Mar 2014 #10

They still think it crashed.. somewhere in the Indian ocean. DCBob Mar 2014 #6

I think I'm gonna agree... SoapBox Mar 2014 #13

Or the hijackers could be stupid like the Ethiopian Air hijackers csziggy Mar 2014 #30

Because it's a stupid idea. LeftyMom Mar 2014 #17

maybe they got zapped into that spaceship everyone is talking about MindMover Mar 2014 #37

Because you can't hide a 777 on a runway. Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #23

What's the wing width of a 777? Interstate highways were designed to act as emergency runways. freshwest Mar 2014 #32

The highways desinged as emergency runways was not actually true Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #43

Maybe we haven't heard their demands because they couldn't land where they planned to land. OTOH, freshwest Mar 2014 #44

We see pirates everywhere these days... n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #8

She was well used with 53,465 hours & 7525 cycles... EX500rider Mar 2014 #9

And ran into another plane sometime back, with a wing, iirc. jtuck004 Mar 2014 #11

I wonder if the plane may have actually landed somewhere. I don't totodeinhere Mar 2014 #12

You can't hide a 777 very easily. Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #24

That's my suspicion PSPS Mar 2014 #33

If it was planned, maybe somewhere very remote? treestar Mar 2014 #41

KEY WORDS: "There is no exact information yet" pangaia Mar 2014 #14

Those were my words, my editorializing, not the article. It is all very interesting, am thinking uppityperson Mar 2014 #28

be afraid... tk2kewl Mar 2014 #15

I see it more as we don't know, but are trying to pull together whatever we can and now have to uppityperson Mar 2014 #20

Good visual... SoapBox Mar 2014 #25

Thanks for the great visual B2G Mar 2014 #48

"Two U.S. officials" itsrobert Mar 2014 #19

MAS plane did not fly on for four hours, says Malaysia government icymist Mar 2014 #21

Mix of data adds to MH370 confusion uppityperson Mar 2014 #22

Just reading on CNN... SoapBox Mar 2014 #26

Either that or it PROVES that the plane suffered a catastrophioc failure BlueStreak Mar 2014 #27

"missing jet transmitted its location repeatedly to satellites over the course of five hours..." Princess Turandot Mar 2014 #34

If it transmitted its location for 5 hours, then what were the bleeping locations??? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #40

Do we really have a "need to know"? kristopher Mar 2014 #50

Then they shouldn't be saying "it transmitted for 5 hours" muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #55

Remember all the confusion and denials? kristopher Mar 2014 #56

"nontraditional" Corgigal Mar 2014 #61

Seems it'd be easier to buy a 2nd hand older plane in Africa somewhere setup as a "Charter airlines" EX500rider Mar 2014 #65

Yup, yet I keep looking and hoping for someting. "Other developments" uppityperson Mar 2014 #59

I like the way Boeing has managed to keep completely silent on all this... countryjake Mar 2014 #63

70 minutes before reported missing to MAS? mackerel Mar 2014 #36

Think this could have been done remotely, through all the computer systems? Sunlei Mar 2014 #46

. snagglepuss Mar 2014 #62