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Malaysia Airlines Loses Contact With Flight Carrying 239
NBC ^ | March 7, 2014 | M. Alex Johnson and Sossy Dombourian

Posted on 03/07/2014 4:50:23 PM PST by BobNative

Edited on 03/07/2014 4:57:34 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people has lost contact with air traffic control and was still missing two hours after it was supposed to have landed in Beijing, the airline said Saturday morning.

The airline told NBC News that a search-and-rescue mission was under way but said it had no further information.

The flight from Kuala Lumpur, carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members, had been scheduled to land at 6:30 a.m. in Beijing (5:30 p.m. ET Friday).


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2014airlinercrash; airlines; autopilot; aviation; beijing; boeing; carrying; china; contact; flight; iran; islam; kualalumpur; loses; malaysia; malaysiaairlines; maldives; mh370; planecrash; radar; religionofpieces; vietnam; waronterror
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To: tcrlaf

Tonkin?


61 posted on 03/07/2014 5:49:25 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: BobNative

Just wait until they get really serious with the toys they bought in Libya...(just a hunch)


62 posted on 03/07/2014 5:49:34 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’ve noticed the concentration on security for Americans. I honestly believe they want to impress us with their security but they don’t want to discomfort other nationalities. However, at least in Thailand, they do look closely at young Middle Eastern males. Just the youth though.


63 posted on 03/07/2014 5:49:37 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: TomGuy

That is misleading what you wrote. Approx 6 hr flight with 7.5 hrs of fuel on board.


64 posted on 03/07/2014 5:51:07 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Tastes like Heaven, Burns like Hell! Mmmmmm. What is it?)
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Of course GMA has to divide the passengers by race:

UPDATE: Malaysia Airlines says passengers on the missing airliner are from 13 different nationalities - http://t.co/DHJfzmFlGa— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 8, 2014


65 posted on 03/07/2014 5:51:55 PM PST by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: reg45

66 posted on 03/07/2014 5:52:04 PM PST by Half Vast Conspiracy (The bill was the subject of a truly awe-inspiring tsunami of poorly informed indignation. Rich Lowry)
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To: Semper911

This sucks.

It was a Boeing and not an Airbus,so at least its not due to some French idiot playing with a joystick.


67 posted on 03/07/2014 5:57:12 PM PST by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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To: Semper911

MANPAD launched from boat? Our weather sats alone can see the signatures of things like this near the surface.


68 posted on 03/07/2014 5:57:21 PM PST by txhurl
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To: US_MilitaryRules

Misleading?

Copied exactly from the CNN website.

That is why I put it in quotes.


69 posted on 03/07/2014 5:57:25 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: virgil

I wonder if perhaps North Korea could be involved here


70 posted on 03/07/2014 5:58:06 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Far away from North Korea…and their missiles don’t work that well….yet.


71 posted on 03/07/2014 6:01:02 PM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: longfellowsmuse

True, but it might have been someone with a sophisticated launcher, either way, sad for the victims, most likely they are all deceased if the plane did crash, which it seems like it probably did


72 posted on 03/07/2014 6:02:10 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BobNative

Prayers for all on board.


73 posted on 03/07/2014 6:03:18 PM PST by OldNewYork
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I don’t know why NK would involve itself. What’s your thinking?


74 posted on 03/07/2014 6:04:02 PM PST by virgil
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To: RayChuang88
"If it crashed on land, they may have found the wreckage by now.

It crashed during the night. The sun has been up there for just an hour or two.

75 posted on 03/07/2014 6:04:34 PM PST by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: virgil

Wasn’t actually my idea, but it was floating around on twitter, some were speculating they might be involved


76 posted on 03/07/2014 6:05:23 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: TomGuy

Anybody claiming credit yet?


77 posted on 03/07/2014 6:06:17 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: TomGuy

Yes, but not the reason for the crash. CNN is saying as of this time it would be out of fuel. It can’t stay up forever!


78 posted on 03/07/2014 6:06:48 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (Tastes like Heaven, Burns like Hell! Mmmmmm. What is it?)
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To: virgil

MANPADS distributed against anti-West forces?


79 posted on 03/07/2014 6:07:44 PM PST by txhurl
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Occam's Razor says it was probably something simpler. But it was sudden and catastrophic. Underwear bomb, shoe bomb, center fuel tank (uh huh).

No mayday call, nothing.

80 posted on 03/07/2014 6:07:51 PM PST by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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