Posted on 03/17/2014 3:01:29 PM PDT by robowombat
The Malaysian government reportedly is investigating the possibility that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 avoided radar detection and landed in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border inside Taliban-controlled territory, according to the UK Independent . . . investigators confiscated a homemade flight simulator from the pilot’s home to see if it reveals any useful information . . . the Malaysian foreign minister told reporters that Malaysia asked several Asian countries for assistance in its investigation, including Pakistan . . . Pakistan dismissed the idea that a Boeing 777 could land undetected inside the country but promised to work with the Malaysian government in its search for the missing plane . . . a LIGNET analyst received information from a source at Boeing that the company believes the plane did land in Pakistan . . . Israel is taking the possibility of a terrorist attack seriously by mobilizing air defenses and scrutinizing approaching civilian aircraft, according to the Times of Israel . . . a Boeing 777 requires a lengthy, 7,500-foot runway, and Pakistan has many of them, meaning Flight 370 could conceivably be hidden in a hangar inside the country . . . U.S. surveillance of the area may be able to shed light on the theory through satellite imagery or signals intelligence.
Seems hard to believe.
IIRC, General Thomas McInerney (Retired) said this it was in Pakiastan on the first or second day.
slit the throats of a few passengers and I’ll bet no one would dare try to hang onto their phone.
I’ve wondered if the ELINT surveillance planes have been listening for any signals on the frequencies used by mobile devices, just on the chance that a whole sackful of ‘em got thrown overboard. However the odds of surviving a landing on water or land and still having any battery power by now are zero.
Of interest.
Lack of Useful Radar Exposes Defense Weakness
Well, since they were harboring Bin Laden...with apparently the knowledge of many people in their military...I wouldn’t put anything beyond them.
I don’t know a thing about flying, but from what I have read here, the plane really doesn’t need that long a runway. If you’re concerned about the passengers’ comfort, yes; but these passengers were either dead or more worried about survival than comfort, and I doubt that the pilot (who I think was the co-pilot) cared about either one. It’s harder to take off from a short runway, but evidently that can be done too.
I have seen many writers (who have to know more than I do!) say that Pakistan is worth considering, as well as the many other ‘Stans.
Don’t forget that Pakistan is a nuclear state.
Hey, our ImPotus has good pals in Pock-ee-stahn, maybe he could just call ‘em up and ax ‘em?
LOL.
Thank you for the LOL.
“Different sources keep saying it landed, but there is a contingent of FReepers that insist it crashed into the ocean without a trace of debris or other evidence.”
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What goes MOST against an ocean crash or ditching is the fact that none of the robust (i.e., designed to survive the severest crash) “locator beacons” deployed and begin transmitting.
I’ve been saying for days that they should check Abbottabad - I hear there’s a big empty field near the military academy.
And if they are picking up a nuke, Pakistan is the place. The Norks and the Persians are just screwing around - Pakistan has real, big, hydrogen bombs.
Any chance that a country has developed stealth technology that could have hid it from radar?
Everybody on the plane had a cell phone?
later
“I am strongly in the camp that believes that I don’t know what happened with the plane.”
I got here about 4 days ago. You forgot to bring beer!
>> “ a Boeing 777 requires a lengthy, 7,500-foot runway,” <<
BS!
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they all know where that plane is....you can’t move a muscle anymore without somebody watching you....with the satelite coverage and the drone coverage a large plane just does not go “missing”....
"We all have cell phones, so come on, let's get real."
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