Just because a caller dialing a number hears it “ringing” on his handset, does not mean that phone he is calling is actually ringing.
“Just because a caller dialing a number hears it “ringing” on his handset, does not mean that phone he is calling is actually ringing.”
Many times it means exactly that. That it is ringing. It seems that in most networks if the receiving phone can not be found then it goes right to voice mail where a message can be stored by the carrier. In fact on some networks you can even tell when the person you are calling is on the phone because there is sound at the end of the ring sound on the callers phone.
In this case I am sure that the caller is aware of exactly what happens when he calls this family member. Past history has proven to him that his relatives phone will go right to voice mail if not accessible. Instead however it is acting like it is accessible.
There is always the possibility that this plane was highjacked and flown somewhere and landed safely.