Plane missing with 236 people on board

[freakiness]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-08/malaysia-airlines-lost-contact-with-plane/5307888

Malaysia Airlines says one of its planes has gone missing on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.

A statement from the airline says flight MH370 lost contact with air traffic controllers at 2:40am local time, just over two hours into the flight.

The plane, a Boeing 777-200, left Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am on Saturday, and had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6:30am local time.

The company says the plane was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members.

The airline says it is contacting the next-of-kin of all passengers and crew, which includes people of 13 different nationalities.

In a statement on the airline's website, group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the airline was working with authorities to locate the aircraft.

"Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilise its full support," the statement said.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members."

The airline says it will provide regular updates on its website.

The ABC understand Malaysia Airlines will hold a press conference on the incident shortly.

[debra9275]

tonight a passenger plane reported sighting some debris somewhere. so I hope some answers are found soon

to me it doesn't sound like a hikacking now, as both the men were heading to different locations, but we'll have to wait and see

[i-need-a-martini]

The latest news is dismissing the hijacking theory. And it looks like no mid-air explosion occurred (lack of debris).

It's a bit of a mystery.

[fourandsixpants]

As has already been mentioned in this discussion - the plane/debris is nowhere to be seen. The black box emits a signal for 30 days - yet (conveniently) is mentioned in this discussion that last time this type of similar event occurred the black box was faulty.

Laser.

Maser.

Laser Radar.

Thermo Nucleic Devices.

Laser Microwave.

Satellite Weapons............

A vaporized plane would probably not leave an intact black box behind - nor any debris.

[nevynreally]

There's been more than a few black boxes that haven't been recovered. 911

[fourandsixpants]

....and this suggests?

[i-need-a-martini]

The plane that went down in Scotland a decade back had lost data in it's blackbox for 10mins or so before the crash.

[cherry*135]

- yet (conveniently) is mentioned in this discussion that last time this type of similar event occurred the black box was faulty.

No, it wasn't mentioned (by me) conveniently. I was wondering if a black box was on the bottom of the ocean, emitting signals, who would hear it? ..if the searchers weren't anywhere near where the plane crashed (because they didn't know where the plane went down).  There is nothing more to read into that post of mine than that.

Although a point in the French crash was the black box wasn't recovered for 2 years after the crash.

[fourandsixpants]

replying to am3:

 yet (conveniently) is mentioned in this discussion that last time this type of similar event occurred the black box was faulty.

No, it wasn't mentioned (by me) conveniently. I was wondering if a black box was on the bottom of the ocean, emitting signals, who would hear it? ..if the searchers weren't anywhere near where the plane crashed (because they didn't know where the plane went down).  There is nothing more to read into that post of mine than that.

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With technology that's available today one can simply track/locate any plane by using a lap top.

A signal from a planes black box is easy to locate.

[cherry*135]

Lawrence Stone, chief scientist at Metron Scientific Solutions

Once active, the Dukane DK120 emits a pulse once a second that can be detected by sonar equipment up to two nautical miles away. The beacon works at a depth of 20,000 feet — far deeper than the waters where officials believe the Malaysian plane went down.

It’s made to stay active for at least 30 days, per an FAA requirement, but may last a few days longer than that, depending on when it was made.

[nevynreally]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

....and this suggests?

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Foul play. I hope for the families waiting for news this is not the case.  But for the black box to be silent is a major problem. Either its faulty or something else happened. If it's faulty, other means would have shown where the plane is.