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Missing plane sent signals to satellite for hours
AP.org ^
| Mar 13, 7:57 PM EDT
| By CHRIS BRUMMITT and JOAN LOWY
Posted on 03/13/2014 7:38:46 PM PDT by gooblah
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:38:46 PM PDT
by
gooblah
To: gooblah
Destination PAKISTAN? Iran?
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:40:07 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gooblah
This is wild. I await the facts.
To: gooblah
JMHO..look in NW China..Rebels there.
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:42:49 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: gooblah
Could the Ethiopians have started pirating airplanes since the ships are defended now?
To: Don Corleone
JMHO..look in NW China..Rebels there. and in Indonesia and Thailand and India and Pakistan and The Philippines...
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:44:52 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: gaijin
Not enough fuel onboard to make it there.
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:45:45 PM PDT
by
barmag25
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? NO!!!)
To: gooblah
If the Bad Actor was a gummint needing a delivery system then they’d simply BUY it —would arouse less suspicion.
So this MUST be some kind of insurgent group without access to a legit tax base.
So they stole it.
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:47:27 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
Destination: Davy Jones Locker
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:48:03 PM PDT
by
RC one
(Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
To: gooblah
Not exactly breaking news.
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:51:37 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: gooblah
I suspect that more than pings were sent, but they don't want to release the details. In any case, the plane was flying undetected by radar and that means it must have been flying under the radar. If the cabin pressure suddenly dropped and the pilots became unconscious, then would the plane automatically fly under the radar for 4 hours? It makes me think that the low altitude flying must have been intentional.
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:51:40 PM PDT
by
Maurice Tift
(Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
To: gaijin
KL to Beijing = 2700 miles straight-line distance.
Round that distance to 3,000, then add 20% for headwinds and air-traffic delays at destination.
So she was prolly loaded with fuel permitting a range of 3,600 miles or so...? A pro pilot could say more.
So their destination or a landing/re-fuel location is within 3,600 miles of KL.
THIS IS SO WEIRD!
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:52:15 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gooblah
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:52:56 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Jesus came to Save not Entertain / Ground John Kerry Now!)
To: gooblah
So it had four hours of fuel left and transmitted signals to the satellite for four hours - suggesting it flew until it ran out of fuel.
I am the first to admit I know nothing about nothin’. But in four hours would it not have entered into another nation’s airspace ‘unexpectedly’? What happened if that nation tried to contact it?
I have a feeling this plane landed somewhere.
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:52:58 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: gaijin
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:54:10 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: gaijin
Just an area 5X the size of the US.
To: gooblah
Somebody check “Kooba”.
That’s where they used to always go.
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posted on
03/13/2014 7:59:30 PM PDT
by
logitech
(It is time.)
To: gooblah
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posted on
03/13/2014 8:01:56 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gooblah
Fly it like you stole it!
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posted on
03/13/2014 8:02:30 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: logitech
I doubt that the Weegers would want to go to Kooba.
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