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TorchTheWitch

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71. by "nobody" I meant nobody in authority and nobody in the media
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 12:07 PM
Mar 2014

What some average Joe says on a website forum doesn't amount to a spit in the ocean. I've said repeatedly that there is no possible way that the Malaysian air force did not get jets in the air to intercept and investigate that unidentified blip on their radar, that for whatever reason the plane was likely shot down, and all this other rubbish searching half a world away when authorities bloody well KNOW what happened to that plane is nothing more than a ridiculous smoke and mirror show to cover up what likely happened. But the world certainly isn't listening to me anymore than most of the members of DU that have fallen for the rubbish from both authorities and the media are.

Even this guy in the article I quoted who trained the Malaysian air force and knows damn well that they put jets in the air and intercepted that plane rather than sit on their asses as we're expected to believe didn't answer that question as it needed to be by SAYING there was no way they didn't get jets in the air and intercept that plane thus knowing exactly what happened to it and why and where it went down. If anyone knew they needed to stand up and address this fiasco it was this guy, but inexplicably he didn't instead answering the question really no better than simply repeating the same questions he was asked allowing this game to continue. He also knows better than anyone that if he did address this his words would be scrubbed from the public eye, and he'd likely have to watch his back. The world will never get to know what really happened to this plane thanks to this dog and pony circus that ensures those black boxes and wreckage that could prove it was shot down will ever be found. Once again, the authorities will blame it on someone who is dead that can't refute their claims. As far as the authorities are concerned it's better to let people believe that it was X dead person or people on the plane that were so evil they hijacked it or decided to commit suicide taking out hundreds of innocent people with them rather than admit a shoot down.

Years from now when it's far too late people will finally start asking the right questions, but they'll never be answered, and most people won't be listening anyway.

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Why does it take them 10 days to tell us this? jwirr Mar 2014 #1
Maybe because we're talking about a remote, tiny island in the Indian Ocean west of India? hedgehog Mar 2014 #3
Okay. jwirr Mar 2014 #4
A tiny island with a TV station, a newspaper and telephone service... brooklynite Mar 2014 #7
This was reported shortly after the plane went missing dem in texas Mar 2014 #28
I read this several days ago Warpy Mar 2014 #76
don't understand why none of the passengers used their cell phone at that moment. Sunlei Mar 2014 #2
...at that moment? brooklynite Mar 2014 #8
"at that moment" when the plane was reported flying very low over neighborhoods Sunlei Mar 2014 #11
Top height of the plane was 45,000 feet, not 85,000. Peace Patriot Mar 2014 #40
loved that book riverwalker Mar 2014 #77
But airphones do. I've used them crossing the Atlantic. catbyte Mar 2014 #12
Airphones are satellite-based, and have largely been discontinued. brooklynite Mar 2014 #14
Sounds to me like LiberalElite Mar 2014 #41
If decompression happened passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #32
this seems believable to me all things considered Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #5
That's only a stones throw away from Deigo Garcia Military base... Javaman Mar 2014 #6
Which was one of the original conspiracy theories mainer Mar 2014 #10
DGAR is a joint facility, US/UK. MADem Mar 2014 #56
But the plot thickens treestar Mar 2014 #25
No, the Maldives are almost 500 miles N of Diego... EX500rider Mar 2014 #29
ah okay, thanks for the insight and correction. Javaman Mar 2014 #31
Is it "mall-dive"? or "mal-DEEV"? TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #9
deevs nt Zorra Mar 2014 #17
Thanks. I was also considering "mahl-DEE-vehs", as if Spanish, but I'll take your TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #18
The latter for both BrotherIvan Mar 2014 #33
Headed to Africa? Baclava Mar 2014 #13
Wouldn't make...way out of fuel range. brooklynite Mar 2014 #16
Not if the pilot decided to use "Ground Effect" as in the Spruce Goose happyslug Mar 2014 #19
Ground effect? pangaia Mar 2014 #34
I do not think so either, but it is a possibility. happyslug Mar 2014 #72
It is not even remotely a possibility. pangaia Mar 2014 #74
Diego Garcia and 5 other nearby runways were found on one of the pilot's simulators magical thyme Mar 2014 #15
OK this is at least "interesting" marions ghost Mar 2014 #20
If they do see big planes LiberalElite Mar 2014 #37
Used to see Flying Fortresses fly low over my place between Central TX and the Panhandle. freshwest Mar 2014 #42
What's the motivation? BobR Mar 2014 #21
What did the Maldive people on the atoll see? marions ghost Mar 2014 #22
per the articles, it was very unusual magical thyme Mar 2014 #24
That's what I thought too, marions ghost Mar 2014 #27
Wouldn't that fire also disable the auto pilot? Agschmid Mar 2014 #48
That makes sense. nt greyl Mar 2014 #52
Tensions escalating with Russia and US at same time that plane is missing? epona Mar 2014 #23
I read a comment somewhere else stating they were patent holders, but the article said not true. magical thyme Mar 2014 #26
I'm back to Somali pirates trying (and failing) a new gig... EX500rider Mar 2014 #30
Hey, all.. pangaia Mar 2014 #35
I heard that someone on the flight had a Cat Steven's CD! likesmountains 52 Mar 2014 #36
first, the Malaysia Airlines 777 doesn't have red stripes TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #38
It does have A LiberalElite Mar 2014 #59
it would most likely be the opposite TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #66
Interesting but it doesn't hold up kristopher Mar 2014 #60
no, the description doesn't match TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #65
"the biggest point that no one has bothered to ask questions about ..." kristopher Mar 2014 #68
by "nobody" I meant nobody in authority and nobody in the media TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #71
Since one theory is that there was a fire - LiberalElite Mar 2014 #39
it would have burned out long before magical thyme Mar 2014 #45
Of course, none of these "witnesses" bothered to take a picture with their cell phone BlueStreak Mar 2014 #43
Residents of tiny tropical islands carry cell phones? BlueEye Mar 2014 #44
Maldives is not third world. Lots of resorts there. BlueStreak Mar 2014 #46
There was no foul play telecat Mar 2014 #47
That doesn't explain why the Co-Pilot said nothing about a fire... brooklynite Mar 2014 #49
Could it be... telecat Mar 2014 #50
No. In fact the Malaysians have retracted that claim BlueStreak Mar 2014 #51
No, such a window doesn't exist. kristopher Mar 2014 #63
The window comment was about ACARS BlueStreak Mar 2014 #64
I have no idea what happened. kristopher Mar 2014 #67
We don't "know" anything. Hikjacking is just one theory BlueStreak Mar 2014 #73
So marions ghost Mar 2014 #55
us DUers!!! Skittles Mar 2014 #57
Don't think so marions ghost Mar 2014 #53
you're a liar with an agenda, marions ghost Skittles Mar 2014 #58
Oh...probably............... marions ghost Mar 2014 #75
OMG Skittles Mar 2014 #78
;) marions ghost Mar 2014 #79
There is every reason to suspect foul play. kristopher Mar 2014 #62
Are you saying there is something wrong with my theory!?! Agschmid Mar 2014 #70
It turned twice after that... Just FYI. Agschmid Mar 2014 #69
Interesting thread marions ghost Mar 2014 #54
Malaysia denies reported sighting of MH370 in Maldives IDemo Mar 2014 #61
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