It is quite unusual that there would be no distress call, especially when the plane was cruising at altitude. Because of this, I immediately thought terrorist act. A lot of muzzies in that part of the world.
A lot of muzzies everywhere and it only takes one.
—Because of this, I immediately thought terrorist act.
Yup
Catastrophic Failure, Abrupt Loss of Cabin Integrity
I thought the same thing. If it had been a mechanical malfunction, there would have been some time for the crew to react and send a distress signal.
“It is quite unusual that there would be no distress call, especially when the plane was cruising at altitude. Because of this, I immediately thought terrorist act.”
Me too. And I immediately thought about the knife attacks in the train station in China last week, reportedly perpetrated by Uyghurs.
“It is quite unusual that there would be no distress call, especially when the plane was cruising at altitude. Because of this, I immediately thought terrorist act. A lot of muzzies in that part of the world.”
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It’s not the best idea in the world to fly in a commercial flight where the pilot and copilot have MUSLIM names.
Not saying your suspicions are wrong, but there were no distress calls from that Air France flight that went down in the Atlantic and that was pilot error.
Here’s another angle that’s being ignored...last year, Boeing directed operators of its various jets to replace Honeywell Emergency Locator Transponders on their aircraft. The models involved included the 777-200. A Honeywell transponder on a 787 owned by Ethiopian Airlines caught fire on the ground in London and heavily damaged the aircraft.
Not sure if an ELT fire would be enough to produce a catastrophic failure in a 777, but it might explain why there have been no reports of an ELT signal from the crash site. Of course, most of the nit-wits in the media aren’t even aware that jetliners are outfitted with ELTs, but their various “experts” are. You’d also think they would mention the recent problem with the ELTs on Boeing jets.