'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane

Good job the media is stating that this 19 year old Iranian is thought not to be a member of any terrorist organisation. Made sure there was no confusion there with all the other 19 year old Iranian terrorists.
 
They've published 3,200 sq km of images. The South China Sea is 3.5million sq Km.....(I know, I know, the plane will be a lot more localised, but still) :p
 
Just a random question. Why did the pilot of this plane have a home built 777 simulator?

Conspiracy aside, it would seem to me that this pilot knew the capabilities of that plane far beyond the typical "pilot error" information some have posted and could have managed that jet in all but the most dire circumstances.
 
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New search areas in red:

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What is the reasoning behind searching the new area, hundreds of miles from where it was? Turning back wouldnt put it two hours away would it, with no radar contact inbetween?
 
surely if the plane hit the water at a certain angle it could disappear in tact without out trace, fuel wouldn't leak out for a while
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
What is the reasoning behind searching the new area, hundreds of miles from where it was? Turning back wouldnt put it two hours away would it, with no radar contact inbetween?
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You're not the only one asking that....

"Malaysian civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, whose agency is leading a multinational effort to find the Boeing 777, said the search includes northern parts of the Malacca Strait, on the opposite side of the Malay Peninsula and far west of the plane's last known location. Azharuddin would not explain why crews were searching there, saying, "There are some things that I can tell you and some things that I can't."

Make of that what you will....
 
Zairs said:
surely if the plane hit the water at a certain angle it could disappear in tact without out trace, fuel wouldn't leak out for a while
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This is what I was thinking. What are the odds that if the plane hit the water at a certain angle it would just sink straight down like a javelin?
 
Nuttah said:
You're not the only one asking that....

"Malaysian civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, whose agency is leading a multinational effort to find the Boeing 777, said the search includes northern parts of the Malacca Strait, on the opposite side of the Malay Peninsula and far west of the plane's last known location. Azharuddin would not explain why crews were searching there, saying, "There are some things that I can tell you and some things that I can't."

Make of that what you will....
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Even more strange is that they still insist on checking the last contact site too. As far as I can see there are three obvious possibilities for the search areas:

1. Contradictory or incomplete evidence of flight turning around hence both sites need to be checked
2. Previous intelligence of credible terrorist targets near the Strait of Malacca (Twin Petronas Towers ?)
3. Malaysian authorities covering something up
 
Zairs said:
surely if the plane hit the water at a certain angle it could disappear in tact without out trace, fuel wouldn't leak out for a while
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I'm fairly certain that at the speed the plane would have been traveling, hitting the sea would have been the same as hitting solid ground, and it would have smashed to many many pieces.
Also, even if it did manage to hit the sea and go under in one piece, would there be enough buoyancy to at least bring it back to the surface briefly? If so, people would surely then be able to escape.

(I'm not suggesting this did happen, but that I don't think this is possible).
 
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