Posted on 03/20/2014 3:47:11 AM PDT by lbryce
Surveillance aircraft patrolled a remote area in the southern Indian Ocean looking for a missing Malaysian airliner after Australia released satellite images of the region showing possible floating debris.
Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the photos represented a "credible lead" in the massive, multinational search for the plane, which disappeared on March 8 with 239 people on board.
The debris was found 2,500 kilometers southwest of the western Australian city of Perth. John Young with Australia's maritime authority said several Australian planes were headed to the area, but that search efforts could be complicated by poor visibility.
A large number of ships and planes from several countries are also being diverted to the area to help in the search.
Grainy photos released by Australian authorities showed the indistinct objects floating among the waves, partially submerged in the water. Officials estimate that one of the objects was 24 meters long and the other was five meters long.
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Bttt
Just recently FOX reports P8 has left the area after finding nothing and is returning to Perth.
A large number of ships and planes from several countries are also being diverted to the area to help in the search.
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The next big story will be about planes and ships colliding with each other in the massive search. /s
Y'can't get to it except by BOAT ?
It’s in Pakistan or Iran. Why do you think Israel is beefing up its defenses right now in dealing with airliners?
I’m looking at the graphic up at Reuters.com and the current hotspot appears to be the same area Aussies already searched - or at least on the edge of the same area.
3 million square miles and counting...
I just did a quick path measurement on Google Earth to the coordinates and with combining of what we know about the path before it disappeared, it would have had to fly 5000 miles. Being that the extended range version can do more than that, it was only on a planned flight of about 3000 miles. They typically will not overload it with fuel. Not almost twice of what it needs to get the next drink because extra weight causes higher fuel burn.
I agree, all this bit aboutit west of Oz is diversionary, odds are too great to be true. I am waiting for an enraged Pakistan complaining about some incident real soon.
US Navy says P-8 Poseidon aircraft completed 10-hour search mission over Indian Ocean and found nothing http://fxn.ws/1oxgzyJ #MH370
Military planes from Australia and the U.S. searched unsuccessfully Thursday for two objects spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean that could be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
A Navy spokesman told Fox News that a P-8 Poseidon aircraft returned to base in the western Australian city of Perth with “nothing to report” after flying a 10-hour search mission in the Indian Ocean. Earlier Thursday, a statement on the Australian Maritime Safety Agency’s (AMSA) official Twitter account said that the crew of a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 aircraft had been unable to locate the debris due to limited visibility as a result of clouds and rain. The tweet added that other aircraft would continue the search.
US Navy says P-8 Poseidon aircraft completed 10-hour search mission over Indian Ocean and found nothing http://fxn.ws/1oxgzyJ #MH370
Military planes from Australia and the U.S. searched unsuccessfully Thursday for two objects spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean that could be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
A Navy spokesman told Fox News that a P-8 Poseidon aircraft returned to base in the western Australian city of Perth with “nothing to report” after flying a 10-hour search mission in the Indian Ocean. Earlier Thursday, a statement on the Australian Maritime Safety Agency’s (AMSA) official Twitter account said that the crew of a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 aircraft had been unable to locate the debris due to limited visibility as a result of clouds and rain. The tweet added that other aircraft would continue the search.
If I were Italy, I’d be beefing up right along with Israel.
Makes most sense. If it was muzzie jahad why not just crash it as soon as it was over water. Why bother with all the procedures they apparently went through?
Looks like they just enlarged the circle to about 3500 miles and said "there she is."
Wish I could get some of that "expanding" fuel for my truck.
That circle was created using the maximum range of the aircraft if it were full. From all indications, it was not full but for some reason, the Malaysian folks are not telling us what the manifest fuel loading was. There is a record of just how much fuel was loaded onto the aircraft before it left the gate.
Perhaps the searching down in the southern Indian Ocean is to give the impression that the powers that be are not aware that the plane is in Iran.
It’s being repaired along w all electronic signals being disabled. I believe it can strike anywhere fully fueled w just a couple of nukes.
I was pondering if it was linked to terrorism, the act has yet to be enacted. Saw Brad Thor, who was a spook analyst at one time, use the word “yet” when considering terrorism. His logic seemed plausible that once the aircraft was fitted with whatever device to create mass destruction, the passengers would be used for human shields daring anyone to shoot it down for fear of the negative connotations.
Israel is on high alert for this aircraft and we have yet to hear anything of a credit being taken by any terrorist group which usually one of them will even if they didn’t.
More than likely there was a “special” press briefing to harp on this debris event just so attention is centered there.
I doubt Pakistan would allow an identical incursion like Zero Dark Thirty to happen again.
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