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Exclusive: Malaysia plane probe narrows on mid-air disintegration - source
Reuters ^ | 9 Mar 2014 | SIVA GOVINDASAMY

Posted on 03/09/2014 10:47:12 AM PDT by mandaladon

Reuters) - Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysian airliner with 239 people on board are narrowing the focus of their inquiries on the possibility that it disintegrated mid-flight, a senior source said on Sunday.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished after climbing to a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing in the early hours of Saturday. Search teams have not been able to make any confirmed discovery of wreckage in seas beneath the plane's flight path almost 48 hours after it took off.

"The fact that we are unable to find any debris so far appears to indicate that the aircraft is likely to have disintegrated at around 35,000 feet," said the source, who is involved in the preliminary investigations in Malaysia. If the plane had plunged intact from such a height, breaking up only on impact with the water, search teams would have expected to find a fairly concentrated pattern of debris, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the investigation.

The source was speaking shortly before Vietnamese authorities said a military plane had spotted an object at sea suspected to be part of the missing airliner.

Asked about the possibility of an explosion, such as a bomb, the source said there was no evidence yet of foul play and that the aircraft could have broken up due to mechanical issues.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aviation; crash; malaysia; mh370; planecrash
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To: mandaladon

Didn’t we have a space shuttle disintegrate and leave debris across the country?


21 posted on 03/09/2014 11:12:23 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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To: Tenacious 1
1) Bomb(s) aboard plane
2) Surface-to-air missile
3) Weather event / turbulence* 4) Pilot error* or suicide
5) Structural failure
6) Fuel loss* 7) Cabin pressure anomaly* / Contaminated air
8) Large meteorite strike, or other UFO

* Distress signal or pilot mayday likely

22 posted on 03/09/2014 11:13:20 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: mware

It would not surprise me, since our government has demonstrated repeatedly that they do not believe Americans in general can handle news which reflects poorly on “protected” minorities.


23 posted on 03/09/2014 11:13:23 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: skeeter

Those two and they are investigating at least two more. No coincidence


24 posted on 03/09/2014 11:13:29 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: Robe

what about a nuclear blast vaporizing it all


25 posted on 03/09/2014 11:13:30 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: skeeter
"The other aspect of this that confuses me is the fairly recent tendency of muslim terrorists to blow people up without taking credit (assuming that muslims are involved here).

What is the purpose of killing 240 people if no one knows who did it or why?

Maybe its enough for them to just kill infidels."

Maybe they have taken credit via direct communication to one or more governments but the auhorities are keeping quiet to avoid panic.

"Do what we want or next week there will be 10 like this."

26 posted on 03/09/2014 11:17:55 AM PDT by Neanderthal
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To: mandaladon

Results don’t compare with the Russian passenger jet shot down by the Ukrainians. There, in addition to the mid-air explosion, there was a secondary explosion and fire when it hit the Black Sea. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/539552/posts


27 posted on 03/09/2014 11:22:29 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: mandaladon
Mid-air disintegration without a debris field!

Did anyone ever see that sci-fi movie, "Millenium"?



28 posted on 03/09/2014 11:24:02 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: mandaladon

A door fails and creates drag. The airflow rips the rear of the plane up.


29 posted on 03/09/2014 11:27:17 AM PDT by Domangart (LBGT = NAMBLA)
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To: FAA

But wouldn’t there still have been time, either auto or manual for some sort of contact?


30 posted on 03/09/2014 11:27:18 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian. I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.)
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To: mandaladon
How does a plane disintegrate in mid air due to mechanical problems?

Molecular dislocation, perambulation and dissolution of every nut bolt and rivet? Oh and bad juju, definitely bad juju.

31 posted on 03/09/2014 11:27:29 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: reaganaut

You would think so.


32 posted on 03/09/2014 11:29:21 AM PDT by FAA
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To: mandaladon

If this aircraft had disintegrated at altitude, it would seem the debris trail would be long and broad. The fact that nothing can be found has me scratching my head.


33 posted on 03/09/2014 11:33:58 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Immigration Reform is job NONE. It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics. Enforce our laws.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Sadly, Chris Christopherson made it back...


34 posted on 03/09/2014 11:36:06 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Immigration Reform is job NONE. It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics. Enforce our laws.)
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To: mandaladon; All

Here is a playback of the route the plane took http://www.flightradar24.com/2014-03-07/16:54/12x/MAS370/2d81a27


35 posted on 03/09/2014 11:48:42 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: skeeter

Terrorists wouldn’t necessarily want US to know why, but the Chinese authorities (given most passengers were Chinese).


36 posted on 03/09/2014 11:54:01 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: mandaladon
How does a plane disintegrate in mid air due to mechanical problems?

Is a bomb considered to be mechanical?

37 posted on 03/09/2014 11:56:52 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: mandaladon
How does a plane disintegrate in mid air due to mechanical problems?

Someone bought a fraudulent engine part which failed causing the engine to become little more than a large proximity fuzed warehead.

38 posted on 03/09/2014 12:04:20 PM PDT by fso301
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To: skeeter
What is the purpose of killing 240 people if no one knows who did it or why?

Maybe its enough for them to just kill infidels.

You have to follow their twisted logic. They are only supposed to kill infidels after they have offered them a chance to "revert" to Islam. In the past Imams have harshly criticized those who have done these mass killings not for killing people (they're cool with that!) but for not giving them a chance to revert.

By not taking credit they avoid that criticism.

39 posted on 03/09/2014 12:04:31 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Spunky

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40 posted on 03/09/2014 12:06:12 PM PDT by Spunky (BIG GOVERNMENT MAKES SMALLER CITIZENS.)
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