Plane missing with 236 people on board

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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.

[the_great_she_elephant]

Well, for what it's worth, here'are my thoughts on what may have happened..

It seems to me there are three logical scenarios: accident, hijack or suicide. whichever it was I can't believe anyone still entartains the notion that the plane did not crash but is still out there somewhere hidden at some secret destination.

I still lean slightly towards accident, though it is hard to explain all the changes in course. 

Pilot suicide would explain many things but if you wanted to kill yourself, why fly for so long and keep changing course before doing it?

Hijack: plausible, though difficult, I would have though,t in this day and age; and again why fly the plane out into the middle of nowhere and simply crash it into the sea.

One possible - though rather left field - scenario is that one  of the pilots had a psychotic episode, which would at least account for all the bizarre anomalies

It is indeed, curious that the Malaysian Government have refused to confirm the cargo manifest - if indeed thisreally  is the case. We have this strange idea thatin operations like this the general public has an entitlement to be told  EVERYTHING and we only have vague "reports" that details have not, in fact, been given to those who 'need to know'.

If Malaysia really has refused this information, then I would suggest it's because there was something  potentially hazardous in the cargo - there was some mention of lithium ion batteries, which can cause fire if not properly packed -  and the authorities are trying to avoid embarrassment and potential blame.

I will make one prediction though: I predict that if or when the truth is ever discovered it will turn out to be something quite straightforward and won't involve either vapourisation  American warships secretly gathering up debris,  stolen weaponry,San Diego,  the Taliban, Israeli secret agents or any global conspiracy.

[azureline**]

but.......... some will never believe it!

[monman12]

"Perhaps some of the theories that I support/present are too close to the 'powers to be' liking and so they send in, en masse' people like you to rubbish these ideas?"

Meanwhile,   try and consider the relatives and friends of those who have perished  in this terrible incident.

nɥºɾ

[imastawka]

An announcement re site of black box - n.w. of Perth

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-07/ocean-shield-detects-possible-mh370-black-box-signal/5372616

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@imastawka wrote:

An announcement re site of black box - n.w. of Perth

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-07/ocean-shield-detects-possible-mh370-black-box-signal/5372616

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a few pings have been recorded.... perhaps from the missing plane

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/storystream/missing-malaysia-airlines-plane-two-more-signals-detected

[icyfroth]

update:

Race to find Malaysia plane as 'pings' prove elusive

The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner continued on Wednesday, as the US Navy said it had been unable to relocate possible "pings" from the black box recorders that had injected fresh urgency into the international effort.

A US Navy "towed pinger locator" (TPL) onboard Australia's Ocean Shield on the weekend picked up two signals consistent with black box locator beacons - the first for more than two hours and the second for about 13 minutes - at the weekend.

Angus Houston, head of the Australian agency coordinating the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, said that the signals represented the best lead yet in the month-long hunt in the Indian Ocean.

But Commander William J. Marks, public affairs officer for the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, told Reuters on Wednesday that they had so far failed to replicate the findings, raising concerns as time ticks down on the devices' batteries.

"We have not been able to reacquire," Marks said.

The black boxes record cockpit data and may provide answers about what happened to the plane, which was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished on March 8 and flew thousands of kilometres off its Kuala Lumpur-to-Beijing route.

A US Navy officer on board the Ocean Shield outlined for Reuters a number of scenarios that could account for the inability to reacquire the "ping" signal.

Those include the possibility that the initial detection was false, that it was positive but the batteries have since run out or that it had caught a mere "whiff" of the signal and had since moved too far from the correct location to reacquire it.

The decision to hold back the underwater vehicle reflects both a hope that the batteries are still alive and the belief that the search area remains too large.

"I can cover in one day with TPL (towed pinger locator) the amount of area it will take me to cover with Bluefin in six days," the US Navy officer said.

"So if I am deploying Bluefin now I am basically saying that I don't have confidence in the TPL that it will detect the signals anymore," he said.

[icyfroth]

Update:

The search zone for MH370 has narrowed down to just 1300 square kilometres                 after more audio signals consistent with the plane’s black box were detected in the Indian Ocean.

If you want to get a sense of what search teams are in for, check out this graphic depicting the extraordinary depth of the search area.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

to colic.

Just for the record, this is my preferred theory about the 'disappeared' Flight MH370 and all on board-

....IMO the Malaysian military would either have the support of other militaries or are themselves supporting another military.
whatever.

The whole thing is a con and a cover up

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But how very inconsiderate of 'Them' not to plant their decoy black box somewhere a little less  inaccessible. Think of the time and money they could have saved anyone.

[monman12]

TGSE. apart from no knowledge of aviation matters, P007 also has no concept of secrecy. Can you imagine a bunch of assorted evil military personnel keeping the alleged conspiracy "quiet",  perhaps they are on loan from Chemtrailers inc !

As for the search for the ULB (pinger) which is the most inefficient one in use (range 3km, 30 day battery life) when there are currently one's available with 10 km+ range , and a 90 day life that military sonar can detect at full ship speed, or with sonar buoys. We have been shown  some Chinese people in a rubber dinghy holding a sonar detector over the side, and a supposed contact reported, officially. What nonsense. RAAF aircraft reported as dropping sonar buoys, if they have been modified to  receive 37.5 khz,  they certainly will not  do so in water that is 6Km deep.

I will go out on a limb and say that the chances of detecting/locating a ULB in this incident  are so remote that it will not occur.

nɥºɾ

[acacia_pycnantha]

I will go out on a limb and say that the chances of detecting/locating a ULB in this incident  are so remote that it will not occur.

Do you think the aliens took that too?