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Malaysia military tracked missing plane to west coast: source
Reuters ^ | March 11, 2014 | BY NILUKSI KOSWANAGE AND EVELINE DANUBRATA

Posted on 03/11/2014 6:25:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Malaysia's military believes a jetliner missing for almost four days turned and flew hundreds of kilometers to the west after it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country's east coast, a senior officer told Reuters on Tuesday. --SNIP--

Malaysian authorities have previously said flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for the Chinese capital Beijing.

"It changed course after Kota Bharu and took a lower altitude. It made it into the Malacca Strait," the senior military officer, who has been briefed on investigations, told Reuters.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2014airlinercrash; autopilot; iran; malacca; malaysia; maldives; mh370; planecrash; radar; waronterror
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To: WildHighlander57

Very interesting! Thanks for the ping....


181 posted on 03/11/2014 2:28:48 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: txhurl
"Do you think Iran is ready to take on China, having 150 of her citizens on their soil, in that scenario?"

I think that "IF" the state of Iran or other rouge group is involved and "IF" this plane was hijacked for nefarious purposes, they will say nothing, (...crickets...), and all those on board with no further use to them, or who are a liability to their plans, will be disappeared.

They would likely just claim, like everyone else in the MSM, that the plane just disappeared and crashed into the sea without a trace.

SS1

182 posted on 03/11/2014 2:37:04 PM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Arrest and deport all illegal aliens. Americans demand those jobs back! Hoorah, Arizona!)
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To: Spitzensparkin1; MarMema; Army Air Corps

And they have the Freescale team’s avionics designs, free.

Maybe the plane IS in Tehran.


183 posted on 03/11/2014 2:45:22 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: cynwoody

ping


184 posted on 03/11/2014 2:46:53 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: SatinDoll; Old Sarge; shibumi; null and void; Velveeta; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; Myrddin; ...
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“...Some country is going to have to be involved with this.”

This is very serious. Banda Aceh sounds like a key to this event, and the 777 is long gone on its way to wherever.

"...it is beginning to look like that Malaysian flight that went missing has been highjacked, and it is possibly carrying Americans with defense information.

Details are in this discussion. Flight appears to have turned east and possibly gone over the Indian Ocean.

Thanks, Satin Doll.

185 posted on 03/11/2014 3:29:27 PM PDT by LucyT (If you're NOT paranoid, you don't know what's going on.)
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To: virgil

Hiding a 777 from overhead surveillance in a place like Somalia or on a small island in the Indian Ocean would be very difficult.


186 posted on 03/11/2014 3:50:01 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: TomGuy

Luigi and Hans sure woulda fooled me!


187 posted on 03/11/2014 3:53:02 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk ( The Republican Party is in Hospice Care. Hold all contributions.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

That’s what my husband thought too...


188 posted on 03/11/2014 3:55:11 PM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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To: Black Agnes

Sounds like a practise setup to me...


189 posted on 03/11/2014 3:57:48 PM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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To: MarMema

Or someone noted the possibility and developed a game plan accordingly.


190 posted on 03/11/2014 3:58:34 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: LucyT

Except they are not Americans, they are Chinese and Malaysians...even more scary.


191 posted on 03/11/2014 3:59:35 PM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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To: Jim Noble

If this plane has been stolen, I don’t think it’s in Somalia. That’s too far and to much risk of being intercepted. Someplace closer like Aceh. The pilot(s) and possibly some of the crew are in on it. No, they won’t be able to hide it for long.


192 posted on 03/11/2014 4:19:25 PM PDT by virgil
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To: Army Air Corps

http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/777family/pf/pf_rc_dubai.page?

Nice - so what’s your take on this...


193 posted on 03/11/2014 4:57:34 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: GOPJ

The aircraft can be just about anywhere in the far or near east.


194 posted on 03/11/2014 5:35:58 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: cynwoody

It seems he has either made or ‘Liked’ quite a few videos, and now after scanning his list, the hell if I would figure him to be involved. I also don’t think the Co-Pilot would’ve been involved either.

However, I admit the reason I don’t think either would be involved is because it seems to me they both had good lives, and I don’t understand why they would want to throw that away. Unless, like I said something catastrophic recently happened to them in their personal lives that hasn’t been made public yet, causing them to snap.

Having said that, the moment the plane stopped transponding and changed course(now allegedly?) seemed IMO like it was somewhat of a sophisticated planned action that would’ve required a pilot’s expertise or a well versed hijacker(maybe one/some of the crew). I don’t know.

Basically at this point, any of dozen different scenarios can be viable.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the obfuscation and intentionally misleading stories be Malaysian officials has actually been cover. And maybe they have tracked the plane, know where it’s landed, and are trying to deny the hijackers any publicity until teams get into place in order to attempt to take the plane back.

But like I said, there’s a dozen or more different stories that sound plausible, yet at the moment it’s all speculation. Hopefully we’ll find out what happened soon.


195 posted on 03/11/2014 9:41:26 PM PDT by fiftymegaton (God Bless and Protect America)
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To: Army Air Corps

If they are going west, add in the rotation of the earth...


196 posted on 03/11/2014 11:22:36 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: xone
Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Bandar Aceh

Runway: 17/35 9,843 ft. 3,000m Asphalt

197 posted on 03/11/2014 11:56:25 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

I think it landed on the ice strip at Station McMurdo in Antarctica.


198 posted on 03/11/2014 11:59:33 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: txhurl

Malaysian Air Force chief now going back on his story:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-11/malaysia-probes-hijack-to-sabotage-terror-not-ruled-out.html


199 posted on 03/12/2014 12:04:22 AM PDT by Drago
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To: steve86

In that case, I hope they dressed for the weather...


200 posted on 03/12/2014 12:12:17 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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