[tcrlaf]

This keeps getting weirder and weirder. If true, they were heading for the radical muzzie area of Indinesia, most likely.

If it is terrorism, will China regard it as an act of war?

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

So the, based on a plane full of gas, it could’ve flown 8-10 hours off course and end up crashing at the Southern part of the Indian Ocean, near Antarctica....

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Red in Blue PA]

Someone here mentioned the theory that it was hijacked, taken to a lower altitude, and flown to a landing strip somewhere. Then it could be re-painted, re-fueled, and a nuclear bomb could be placed aboard.

Then on to America.

Sounds like something from Homeland, but then so does this story.

[GOPJ]

Getting stranger...

[Darksheare]

Nav systems these days tend not to allow that to be accidental.

[GOPJ]

Getting stranger... Too bad “homeland’ is busy turning the war on drugs into an excuse for a police state...

[grania]

Would it be possible to hide a large airplane at an airport, surrounded by lots of large airplanes? Is it possible that it is known what happened to the plane, but no one is showing their hand?

The longer this goes on, the more possible it becomes that something really crazy happened to that plane.

[Minutemen]

I am still smelling the “Religion of Peace”,regardles of Interpols’ assertion to the contrary.

[a fool in paradise]

But lets look ova here because the light’s better!

[Obadiah]

Not a pilot, but pretty sure either you cannot turn off the transponder, or at the very least, it requires a deliberate manual act. The fact that the transponder was off is most concerning.

[trisham]

Two muslims entered the cockpit and killed everyone there, then steered the plane into the ocean, imho.

[frnewsjunkie]

It’s a possibility someone hijacked the plane ... but how did they keep over 200 persons from using their phones?... surely someone could have notified a family member.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I started thinking that the public is being prepared for something.. I started thinking yesterday that the authorities pretty much know what happened.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

There can't be that many countries with the technology to spoof a transponder? Where does the tracking info put the plane and what was it's path?

This is all WAAY to confusing.

[albie]

I don’t believe a word CNN says. About anything.

[Servant of the Cross]

CNN didn't "break" this news ...

[WildHighlander57]

tcrlaf, many thanks for this info!

Hoosiermama, maggief, LucyT, null and void

Pinging all y’all to this post!

Also see comments!

[Mr. Jeeves]

Now I’m thinking the Malaysian Air Force shot it down, worried about a potential suicide hijacking attack on Kuala Lumpur. It would explain the silence so far.

[granite]

It is eerily similar to UA Flight 93. The plane was diverted, perhaps to crash into some skyscraper, and some passengers thwarted the terrorists plans, taking the aircraft down.

This would also account for the lack of anyone claiming responsibility because the attempt failed and they would want to try it again.

[Gen.Blather]

“If it is terrorism, will China regard it as an act of war? “

An act of war is only an act of war if you really want it to be. The Tonkin Gulf incident didn’t even happen and it inaugurated the Viet Nam war. Nazi Germany staged an attack and left dead prisoners wearing German uniforms.

China or Russia could attack a US city with impunity because Obama has already said that the US is big enough to absorb the damage without retaliating.

http://blog.heritage.org/2010/09/22/obama-tells-woodward-we-can-absorb-another-terrorist-attack/