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Authorities give yet another timeline for missing Malaysian jet
CBS ^ | March 17, 2014

Posted on 03/18/2014 9:02:41 AM PDT by don-o

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Officials revealed a new timeline Monday suggesting the final voice transmission from the cockpit of the missing Malaysian plane may have occurred before any of its communications systems were disabled, adding more uncertainty about who aboard might have been to blame.

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Malaysian officials said earlier that those words came after one of the jetliner's data communications systems - the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System - had been switched off, suggesting the voice from the cockpit may have been trying to deceive ground controllers.

However, Ahmad said that while the last data transmission from ACARS - which gives plane performance and maintenance information - came before that, it was still unclear at what point the system was switched off, making any implications of the timing murkier.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; malaysia; mh370; waronterror
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Heard an FBI guy on Hannity last night opine that the Malaysians are just incapable of dealing with this. Ya THINK?!
1 posted on 03/18/2014 9:02:41 AM PDT by don-o
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2 posted on 03/18/2014 9:04:31 AM PDT by Salamander (SNEK!!!)
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Hmmmm, kinda reads like muslims can have affairs.


3 posted on 03/18/2014 9:07:05 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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How bloody ironic.

(And, that’s an A380 not a 777)


4 posted on 03/18/2014 9:07:58 AM PDT by FAA
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"(And, that’s an A380 not a 777)" Ha ha... Few too many engines there and an extra tier of seating.
5 posted on 03/18/2014 9:11:16 AM PDT by SouthParkRepublican
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6 posted on 03/18/2014 9:15:34 AM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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“..that the Malaysians are just incapable of dealing with this.”

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Or, maybe they do not want to deal with it. Until the plane is found, we will never know.


7 posted on 03/18/2014 9:16:09 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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So if they can’t tell the difference between their airplanes how can they be expected to find one?


8 posted on 03/18/2014 9:17:00 AM PDT by Portcall24
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Ahmad and Hussein on the case. I can’t imagine what could go wrong.


9 posted on 03/18/2014 9:17:45 AM PDT by lodi90
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Does anyone know if this aircraft has first class, and if USB ports are available to passengers? Or in all seats? Could the flight software be hacked via a USB from a passenger seat? Or how about wirelessly by a passenger.

I recall there was that 'top secret' drone the U.S. was flying near Iran, then Iran hijacked the drone by commandeering the signals and flying it deep inside Iran.

What are the wireless vulnerabilities of this aircraft?

10 posted on 03/18/2014 9:19:20 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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“Heard an FBI guy on Hannity last night opine that the Malaysians are just incapable of dealing with this. Ya THINK?!”

A country that cannot deal wth this probably shouldn’t have an airline.


11 posted on 03/18/2014 9:25:37 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (John "Cupcake" Kerry. That's funny right thar, I tell you.)
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Malaysian clown show

12 posted on 03/18/2014 9:32:53 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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That could be the objective of the hijackers ... to destabilize the Malaysisan government by forcing them to deal publicly with an impossible situation.


13 posted on 03/18/2014 9:33:08 AM PDT by edwinland
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That could be the objective of the hijackers ... to destabilize the Malaysisan government by forcing them to deal publicly with an impossible situation.


14 posted on 03/18/2014 9:33:33 AM PDT by edwinland
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I suspect it’s some of both. They’re not really equipped or organized to handle such an investigation and Lord knows they wish they weren’t going this one right now.


15 posted on 03/18/2014 9:35:48 AM PDT by FAA
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Aircraft systems aren’t designed by idiots. Everyone is free to speculate but this wasn’t caused by some mad hacker who commandeered the plane from seat 36F.


16 posted on 03/18/2014 9:36:28 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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I wouldn’t put it past Malaysian Airlines to steal their own airplane for insurance money.

My only question - what did they do with the passengers?


17 posted on 03/18/2014 9:38:12 AM PDT by PGR88
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The Malaysians have created a new equivalency.

"If the Malay government says it, it's probably a lie."

18 posted on 03/18/2014 9:38:53 AM 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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IIRC, the 200ER version was not listed as having the computer vulnerability.

It also does not have the corrosion problem listed in that other Airworthiness Directive. It uses a different type of SATCOM antenna system.


19 posted on 03/18/2014 9:39:04 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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Unbelievable. Even more ambiguity added to the story...

I wonder how many tens of billions($) have been spent so far in search of this damn plane.

Apparently there was a ‘possible’ sighting in the Maldives.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10704769/Malaysian-Airlines-MH370-live.html

So the official and unofficial latest updated news is: No one has any clue where the plane is. Or at least if they know, they aren’t saying, for whatever reason.


20 posted on 03/18/2014 9:40:14 AM PDT by fiftymegaton (God Bless and Protect America)
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