'Contact lost' with Malaysia Airlines plane

[BuffetSlayer]

At least we are back on the original trajectory of the flight path....Malaysian officials are going to look like plebs for the whole "turned around" conspiracy....either that or [email protected] is going to get battered

Do the Vietnamese authorities use Gmail accounts?

 

[Zairs]

Do the Vietnamese authorities use Gmail accounts?

Yes, it the Chinese that use yahoo accounts

 

[BuffetSlayer]

....and why has it taken till today for this Mike fellow to put two and two together?

 

[Django x2]

1) he's not called Jerome
2) he works on an oil rig (contact with this is limited)
3) he says he did contact the authorities but doesn't know if his message was received
4) only odd thing is he starts the letter "Gentlemen", but only has one recipient

 

[Greboth]

Hmmmm?

http://twitpic.com/dy1qmm

Haven't seen this verified yet but if it genuine then that has got to narrow the search area considerably surely?

 

[Zairs]

Looks like a hoax

 

[randomshenans]

I suppose he's assuming more than one person (mailbox) will receive the email. I say hey guys etc when emailing a distribution list of mailbox.

 

[d_brennen]

Could be BCC'd, but I'd say hoax

 

[Cosimo]

Haven't seen this verified yet but if it genuine then that has got to narrow the search area considerably surely?

You would have thought that the Vietnamese would have verified this with the rig. News update:

Vietnam has confirmed an investigation into a possible sighting of the plane has so far yielded no results.

Vietnam's air traffic management earlier said it had received an email from a New Zealander working in one of the oil rigs off Vung Tau.

"He said he spotted a burning [object] at that location, some 300 km (200 miles) southeast of Vung Tau," deputy general director Doan Huu Gia said.

 

[Lysander]

I would imagine that will also turn out to be nothing.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

1) he's not called Jerome
2) he works on an oil rig (contact with this is limited)
3) he says he did contact the authorities but doesn't know if his message was received
4) only odd thing is he starts the letter "Gentlemen", but only has one recipient

Yes sorry, his middle name is Jerome and I typed it in error. Saw my mistake quick as a Ninja and edited it!

Well spotted though

Why didn't he report it to a superior? Why didnt the rig contact whoever it is they can contact at the time? Or do they have no way of communicating and are cut off from the world completely? (genuine question).

 

[redeye_uk]

Hong Kong’s Air Traffic Control Center reported on Mar 10th 2014 around 17:30L (09:30Z) that an airliner enroute on airway L642 reported via HF radio that they saw a large field of debris at position N9.72 E107.42 about 80nm southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, about 50nm off the south-eastern coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea and about 281nm northeast of the last known radar position. Ships have been dispatched to the reported debris field.

Vietnam has confirmed an investigation into a possible sighting of the plane has so far yielded no results.

Vietnam's air traffic management earlier said it had received an email from a New Zealander working in one of the oil rigs off Vung Tau.

"He said he spotted a burning [object] at that location, some 300 km (200 miles) southeast of Vung Tau," deputy general director Doan Huu Gia said.

which as seen on google maps are basically the same location.

 

[TehBluebear]

Yes sorry, his middle name is Jerome and I typed it in error. Saw my mistake quick as a Ninja and edited it!

Well spotted though

Why didn't he report it to a superior? Why didnt the rig contact whoever it is they can contact at the time? Or do they have no way of communicating and are cut off from the world completely? (genuine question).

I was thinking this and I have no clue. You would have thought that flames in the vicinity of an oil rig, other than the flare-off tower, would be of concern...

 

[mlbtheshow]

Its obvious what has happened and where the plane is.

I could find it instantly, but cant be bothered to help as whats in it for me?

 

[Lysander]

which as seen on google maps are basically the same location.

But this is the completely opposite direction by several hundred miles to Malacca.

EDIT: have they now denied the Pulau Perak link? What a giant mess this is turning into.

 

[redeye_uk]

Two independent eye witness reports (One of which is from a very credible source) should be taken more seriously

 

[Cosimo]

But this is the completely opposite direction by several hundred miles to Malacca.

Malaysia's air force chief has denied reports that the plane was tracked to the Malacca Strait in the west.

 

[Lysander]

Malaysia's air force chief has denied reports that the plane was tracked to the Malacca Strait in the west.

Yeah, I saw that, check my edit.

 

[kindai]

The email linked earlier is suspicious... theres only a handful of scenarios that could happen... and none of them realy make sense...

 

[MookJong]

The authorities initially stated that the plane lost contact with air traffic control at 1.20am, 40 minutes after take off from Kuala Lumpa.


On Tuesday air force chief Tan Sir Rodzali Daud wasd reported as saying the plane was later detected at 2.40am over the Malacca Strait. He has since denied saying this.


Today a military chief said the flight was last picked up at 2.15am local time.