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MH370 detected above Malacca Straits at 2.40am
Malaysiakini via Yahoo ^ | 3/11/2014 | Malaysiakini

Posted on 03/11/2014 1:58:23 AM PDT by Wayne07

The search for Malaysian Airlines MH307 plane has been expanded to Sumatran waters, north of Straits of Malacca, as military radar may have detected the missing plane in the vicinity of Pulau Perak.

A Berita Harian report today quoted the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) as saying the plane may have reversed course further than expected while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Air Force chief Rodzali Daud ( left ) is quoted as saying that based on military radar readings from its station in Butterworth, MH370 may have turned west after Kota Bahru and flew past the east coast and Kedah.

"The last time the plane was detected was near Pulau Perak, in the Straits of Malacca, at 2.40am," Berita Harian quotes Rodzali as saying.

This contradicts with earlier reports that the aircraft had disappeared from radar screens 120 nautical miles off Kota Bharu and over the South China Sea, at 1.30am on March 8.

The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) had previously said the search for the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, which is missing for the fourth day, had previously been focused around the waters between East Malaysia and Vietnam.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aviation; malaysia; mh370; planecrash
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Interesting twist on the potential location.
1 posted on 03/11/2014 1:58:23 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: MrShoop

There is an article tonight that they found a debris field in the water closer to Hong Kong. Will find it again.


2 posted on 03/11/2014 2:00:31 AM PDT by stlnative
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Last known location versus where the article says they are now looking


3 posted on 03/11/2014 2:02:53 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: MrShoop

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1445698/10-chinese-satellites-deployed-search-missing-plane


4 posted on 03/11/2014 2:10:43 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: MrShoop

Malaysia Sending Ships to Check Debris Near Hong Kong
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-10/plane-debris-hunters-seek-suspected-aircraft-window-part.html


5 posted on 03/11/2014 2:13:37 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: MrShoop

In that area are some of the most busy shipping lanes in the world.


6 posted on 03/11/2014 2:14:28 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: MrShoop

Looks like your update is newer than the one I found.


7 posted on 03/11/2014 2:19:50 AM PDT by stlnative
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In that area are some of the most busy shipping lanes in the world.

And somebody was watching that area closely. Probably several somebodies...
8 posted on 03/11/2014 2:21:46 AM PDT by Nepeta
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To: MrShoop

Weird. For the terrorist conspiracy folks, that puts it on a direct course to the most radical province in Indonesia. However, the idea it could secretly land there is nutz.


9 posted on 03/11/2014 2:25:42 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: MrShoop

BBC map seems helpful: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26525281

Hong Kong seems a way away. We will see, busier shipping lanes would mean a higher likelihood to see something.


10 posted on 03/11/2014 2:27:07 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory and evening grace)
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Interesting link... pictures of the 2 who used the stolen passports. 2 Iranians.


11 posted on 03/11/2014 2:32:08 AM PDT by stlnative
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I’m thinking that we are now past the time that even the most remote villages and smallest fishing vessels could have relayed a message about seeing a plane crash by now.


12 posted on 03/11/2014 2:32:45 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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Chinese media reports several of the passengers’ mobile phones were connecting when called by relatives, but the calls were not picked up.

“This morning, around 11:40 [am], I called my older brother’s number twice, and I got the ringing tone,” said Bian Liangwei, sister of one of the passengers. At 2:00 pm, Bian called again and heard it ringing again.

“If I could get through, the police could locate the position, and there’s a chance he could still be alive.”

She has passed on the number to Malaysia Airlines and the Chinese police.


13 posted on 03/11/2014 2:39:25 AM PDT by Therapsid
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Unfortunately, these days the widespread mentality often exists that someone else knows about and is doing something about something like this - you know, the liberal mindset.

So it’s possible that in that remote village or on that small fishing vessel, someone may have seen it, but won’t relay any message until word gets back to them that no one knows where the plane crashed.


14 posted on 03/11/2014 2:41:45 AM PDT by zencycler
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To: stlnative

Iranian asylum-seeker used stolen passport on Malaysia Airlines flight, police say
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/11/iranians-reportedly-used-stolen-passports-on-malaysia-airlines-flight-were/


15 posted on 03/11/2014 2:51:39 AM PDT by stlnative
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There was a whole thread on the calling up the mobile phone phenomenon. Here it is: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3131568/posts?q=1&;page=1#1


16 posted on 03/11/2014 3:07:14 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory and evening grace)
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Also interesting, the Iranian on the far right: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73496000/jpg/_73496501_iranianstillrotated_blur_2.jpg wears something that kind of looks like a cross.


17 posted on 03/11/2014 3:10:50 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory and evening grace)
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I think they’ve determined that the Iranians actually were asylum seekers with no other objective and that the Iranian man who bought their tickets was sort of a professional in arranging such escapes for Iranians. They don’t seem to have been involved in terrorism and it looks like it was just an unfortunate coincidence that they were on that plane.

There were a couple of other stolen passports on the flight, and then there were the five people who checked in at the airport but never showed up for the flight, so there are still mysteries relating to the passengers.


18 posted on 03/11/2014 3:47:05 AM PDT by livius
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“Hong Kong seems a way away. “
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Yes...I do not see how it could have been airborne anywhere near long enough to be that far north.


19 posted on 03/11/2014 3:52:12 AM PDT by AlexW
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So the authorities knew of this when exactly?


20 posted on 03/11/2014 4:20:26 AM PDT by cardinal4
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