Posted on 03/13/2014 8:59:02 PM PDT by Trueblackman
I have a possible theory on why no one has found flight 370. Several years ago before enlisting in the NAVY, I remember talking to a A-6 Navigator about one of the pilots in his squadron crashing into the Med after losing his awareness at night. Now come word that 4 hours after losing radar contact that the engines on Flight 370 were still transmitting data to satellites, so my theory is that the flight was in fact hijacked and the transmitters turned off as the terrorists flew the jet at very low attitude until the terrorists lost their awareness and crashed into the sea at low speed, which would mean the aircraft is mostly intact and sank slowly. I believe that the aircraft is not in the Gulf of Thailand, but in fact somewhere in the Indian Ocean. As a former Aviation Boatswain Mate Handler, I saw several nuggets over the years lost their awareness at the last minute on final approach to the deck and have to take a waveoff from paddles and go back around, just a possible theory on why the plane has not been found yet.
“Also I would think to pull off something like this the pilots would have to be involved. Landing a fully loaded 777 at a remote location in secret and at night without transmitting landing aides would be far to difficult for some one not a fully qualified 777 pilot.”
Exactly. This isn’t going to land on some small dirt airstrip in the jungle. And why choose a 777 to steal, when a smaller plane, even a 737, would do the trick and be a lot easier to handle.
> A) A distress signal is very easy to send out (two buttons in the cockpit). Those terrorists would have had to break in very quickly
This assumes that the flight crew wasn’t in on it.
“I am skeptical that this aircraft could be landed on a flat area in the desert. Her empty weight is ~145 tonnes, or over ten tonnes per wheel.”
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It would have to be an area that was scouted out in advance and found acceptable, possibly after some preparation of the landing area(s), for landing. It’s possible that there could have been more than one site—the first for partial refueling with stolen/diverted jet fuel and the 2nd/”final” where it is currently located/camouflaged for later use.
Remember, this could be something that was in the planning/preparation stages for some time and not a spur-of-the-moment impulsive thing. Sometimes we should expand our minds as we consider the possibilities.
Muzzies are a little slow but they are playing catch up.
I’m am going to go out on a limb again and say the following.
This aircraft is going to be used in a major terrorist op against the US before the November 2014 elections in order to save the Dems’ butts.
I’m am going to go out on a limb again and say the following.
This aircraft is going to be used in a major terrorist op against the US before the November 2014 elections in order to save the Dems’ butts.
Why did the asylum seekers fly to China?
“lost their awareness”
GOS based moving maps give them their exact location on a map.
“You don’t even need a hanger as canmo does not show up well on downward looking satellite”
Actually, it shows up like a spotlight. In fact, using various wavelengths cammo is he worst thing to use as it highlights itself.
3 days ago, after the westward flight radar tracking appeared, I posted the following in the comments section of an MSM (i.e. left-biased) paper:
“My theory now is that a crew member (pilot, co-pilot or other with cockpit access and 777 knowledge) turned off the transponder and “hijacked” or diverted the plane to the west. Perhaps for “Islamic” motive, as most Malays are Muslim. He quickly disables others at the controls, locks the cockpit door, disables communication and brings 777 to low altitude. Destination? Sumatra? Bangladesh? Could it reach India or Pakistan? Petronas Towers or another mass casualty suicide target like 9/11?
Perhaps his plans were interrupted by others, resulting in crash west of Malaysia, like 9/11 crash in Pennsylvania. Would Indonesia radar pick up aircraft over Sumatra? Does this scenario fit what is known so far?”
It was removed by the editors for violating their terms. I then reposted it, simply removing the reference to “Islamic”, and it remained for comments. The scenario remains more viable than before.
It also reveals that some media will censor any mention of a connection between the “Religion of Peace” and anti-Western violence, lest they get their head chopped off for such an implication.
Good thought. I further suspect that the powers that be know exactly where that aircraft is and are trying to figure out what to do about it. All this racing around from one ocean to another sounds bogus to me. More like stall tactics. Or maybe they don’t want the perps to know they know.
I’m thinking the same thing.
“Good thought. I further suspect that the powers that be know exactly where that aircraft is and are trying to figure out what to do about it. All this racing around from one ocean to another sounds bogus to me. More like stall tactics. Or maybe they don’t want the perps to know they know.”
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Ahh.............BINGO!!
Hard to say. They were kind of at the mercy of the Iranian man who made the arrangements for them. Who knows what he told them?
“They could have slowly depressurized the aircraft and suffocated all the passengers”
Please explain how to slowly depressurize the aircraft to suffocate the passengers when oxygen masks deploy automatically at a cabin altitude of 14,000 feet.
That’s for explosive, sudden decompression. It might be possible to override that system.
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