'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane

[Django x2]

It's at times like this that giving your Cerberus or "Where's my iphone" password to someone would really come in handy

 

[redeye_uk]

It seems slightly further east than the initial search area

edit: updated with image

 

[Lysander]

Strange, you'd think that's the first place they'd have sent boats to check.

Unless something more interesting happened to the plane and they just cooked this up to keep people quiet.

 

[Spook187]

I see the OC air crash investigation team have decided what happened.

 

[Django x2]

I see the OC air crash investigation team have decided what happened.

Pretty much nowhere in this entire thread has anyone said what happened.

 

[Django x2]

Do we know why it was missing for 5 hours before MAS actually confirmed it missing and the search started? A 777 a full tilt could be far far away in a 5 hour window

 

[LOAM]

Unless something more interesting happened to the plane and they just cooked this up to keep people quiet.

 

[Cleisthenes]

Interesting article here: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/09/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-black-box

 

[Stolly]

With all due respect to those people saying "Something not quite right here" or variations of the same...

Well, yes the thing that is not quite right is that this aircraft did not turn up where it was meant to, when it was meant to. All other aspects such as the search for wreckage people seem to think follows a tight timescale, never mind we are searching for something in an area the size of France.....

 

[ChocolateStarfishRammer]

It is odd that the phones are ringing.. however, I suppose there is chance that they are in a suitcase thats survived on land somewhere. I say land as I doubt in the ocean there would be signal around there.

Alternatively, its been hijacked and lant somewhere or shot down.

 

[Django x2]

All this talk of phones is odd too. Surely the phones would have been off for take off, which means that they have since been turned on?

 

[redeye_uk]

Perhaps some of the phones are setup to forward to another phone if they're off?

There is probably a perfectly simple explanation that doesnt involve aliens or wormholes

 

[Glaucus]

It is odd that the phones are ringing.. however, I suppose there is chance that they are in a suitcase thats survived on land somewhere. I say land as I doubt in the ocean there would be signal around there.

Alternatively, its been hijacked and lant somewhere or shot down.

Or you know the more sensible, they aren't actually ringing and its just the network getting confused. if you search fake phone rung then you'll find loads if posts discussing it, some with some details about how phone networks ring.

Its just most people don't think about such things as usually if it rings. then you just think they haven't picked up.

 

[glenimp617]

I find it hard to believe nobody on board had an iphone

find my iphone anyone?

 

[Cleisthenes]

It is odd that the phones are ringing.. however, I suppose there is chance that they are in a suitcase thats survived on land somewhere. I say land as I doubt in the ocean there would be signal around there.

Alternatively, its been hijacked and lant somewhere or shot down.

I would much rather it had been landed somewhere, at least then there would be a chance of survival for the passengers.

 

[KIA]

I find it hard to believe nobody on board had an iphone

find my iphone anyone?

No good without Internet access.

 

[glenimp617]

No good without Internet access.

roaming 3g or even edge? no idea if that works when abroad....think it does though

 

[redeye_uk]

Smart phone battery only lasts 24hrs on a good day.

 

[Cleisthenes]

Smart phone battery only lasts 24hrs on a good day.

True that, but I'd have thought they would've tried it as soon as it went missing!

 

[gjrc]

maybe people turned their phones on as the **** hit the fan? and some of them, somehow survived the impact to still be able to receive calls?