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Malaysian plane: 20 passengers worked for ELECTRONIC WARFARE and MILITARY RADAR firm
EXPRESS: The Daily Express ^
| March 18, 2014
| Ted Jeory
Posted on 03/19/2014 12:57:10 AM PDT by Brandonmark
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To: Brandonmark
So the whole thing could be just a publicity stunt to show off the capabilities of their new toys?
You can't buy advertising like this.
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:15:12 AM PDT
by
Mogger
(Independence, better fuel economy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
To: Brandonmark
Yeah...we knew about that.
I have been wondering why they were on their way to Beijing.
Must have been for a company picnic..
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:21:32 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Brandonmark
flying to China to improve its consumer products operations
operations folk?
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:26:43 AM PDT
by
blueplum
To: Brandonmark
What company flies 20 senior staff on the same flight?
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:19:10 AM PDT
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: Brandonmark
I read somewhere that they were production workers not engineers.
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:23:57 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(They say the first casualty of war is truth)
To: McGruff
Yes some were engineers of the manufacturing plant type.
I ran with this theory on day 3 and a number of freepers shot it down - with good knowledge it seemed.
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:59:52 AM PDT
by
MarMema
("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
To: Cold Heat
They were headed to a month long conference and training session. There were 7 more coming who were catching the plane after this one.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:00:32 AM PDT
by
MarMema
("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
To: Brandonmark
Twelve were from Malaysia eight were Chinese nationals. Yes sir, nothing to be concerned about having so many foreign nationals working on U.S. defense technology.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:00:47 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: McGruff
Freescale was the old Motorola semiconductor mfg division before it was divested. These folks were probably semiconductor operations/manufacturing types. Doubtful that they had much operational or technical expertise persaye with radar though.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:05:10 AM PDT
by
snoringbear
(E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
To: gunsequalfreedom
They weren’t senior staff but production engineers.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:14:32 AM PDT
by
Solson
(The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)
To: Brandonmark
Freescales shareholders include the Carlyle Group of private equity investors whose past advisers have included ex-US president George Bush SrYou just know the Bush's family will be blamed for the missing plane, yep I can see the conspiracy folks going nuts over this information.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:19:30 AM PDT
by
ReformedBeckite
(1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
To: Brandonmark
Press conference.
Referred to as a search and rescue op.
No left turn prior to “Good night”.
No waypoints entered beyond IGARI to Beijing, the ones for the scheduled flight.
Maldives sighting not true.
There were deletions from the Captain’s home flight simulator, they are working to retrieve them.
*****
I think the waypoints comment applies to before the diversion.
They would not know about waypoints after that, because of ACARS being disabled.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:26:42 AM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: Brandonmark
I knew it...Romulan cloaking device.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:35:39 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: MarMema
Yeah, I see they have a plant in Malaysia.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:40:59 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Brandonmark
Well, how about that. China.
To: gunsequalfreedom
Would 20 be needed to pull off something like this?
To: fivecatsandadog
I don't think anyone is saying that.
Apparently, there were more of them following on another flight. Earlier posts, days ago, said they were all Asian, and now I learn that they were attending a conference in Beijing. having attended conferences, this sounds like a bunch of plant and sales execs going to have some fun and a little work.
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posted on
03/19/2014 4:25:07 AM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: Brandonmark
Yeah this is just sensationalism. Freescale is not a defence firm, they make CPUs and so on that are use in a wide range of products including military. In this part of the world these would be operations/manufacturing people.
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posted on
03/19/2014 4:31:32 AM PDT
by
Mr. Dough
(Who was the greater military man, General Tso or Col. Sanders?)
To: Brandonmark
Maybe the plan was hacked. Is the control system of these kinds of planes remotely accessible?
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posted on
03/19/2014 4:55:21 AM PDT
by
fruser1
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