Take a close look at
this graphic.
In the world of Air Traffic Contgrol,
"Attention To Detail" is everything.
Being accurate FIRST is everything.
Being safe is everything.
Speed comes later, but accuracy is a must.
Now for other career fields, accuracy isn't stressed as much.
Now let's ASSUME that, in the speed of getting out the information, that graphic is built on the WRONG degree off of that satellite.
Look what that would do to the search area.
What if a Muslim sympathizer was in the chain of people that disseminated that information.
And take a look at the fuel capacity of the different models of
Boeing 777-200,
Maximum Fuel Capacitycan be from 31,000 U.S. gal (117,340 L) to 45,220 U.S. gal (171,170 L) to 47,890 US gal (181,283 L), depending on the configuration,
and that can give it a Maximum range (
at maximum payload {because MH370 might have weighed less, giving it a LONGER range} ) of from
5,240 nautical miles (9,700 km, 6,027 miles) to 7,725 nmi (14,310 km, 8,892 mi) to 9,380 nmi (17,370 km, 10,793 mi), depending on its configuration.
So the search area may change,
but since we don't know the exact configuration of that particular aircraft,
and we don't know if the Malaysia Officials are revealing ALL of the facts to us, or being honest with us,
we must assume the worst.
So, ...
YOU do the MATH. I’ve been wondering something since the first days into this.
Suppose the Capt. & First Officer are innocent for a moment. And since very little suspicion is cast over the passenger list, who could have taken over the control of that a/c?
I’ve been wondering if someone was able to enter that plane before the crew and passengers - likely via the companies servicing it before the next flight — catering, cleaning, etc. This flight was a red eye. It was dark outside. The majority of airport workers have gone home for the evening. How easy would it be for a sympathizer of a nefarious fanatic group to lay low inside a truck whose driver supported your cause? Once delivered onto the plane, the perfect compartmental place to stowaway awaited your arrival and you laid low until reaching cruising altitude. What if you had advanced knowledge of the 777, and you knew how to disable tracking devices? I’m just saying.
Has Malaysia Airlines checked all of its 777 pilots? Has everyone been accounted for? Everyone on leave, recently retired, someone who maybe changed a/c and now flies something else?
I just haven’t heard anyone speculate about the possibility of there having been a stowaway. Maybe that’s why there are no leads and this is so confusing. Everyone known to be aboard #MH370 is checking out as clean.
Have all of the ancillary people who were on the flight line that evening been checked out?
What I’m theorizing is - someone on the inside of that plane made a surprise appearance about 40 minutes into the flight. Many of the passengers would have already nodded off given the time. It was likely to have been a darkened cabin. Flight attendants would have been milling about the galley and making small talk. Maybe even delivering some coffee or a light snack to the cockpit.
I’ve had too much time to think about this.
