Interpol released photos of the 2 Iranians.
Had valid passports when they entered Malaysia. Traded, apparently, passports for 2 European passports.
[Obligatory?] No sign of terrorism or terrorist ties.
In a line with Sri Lanka and Somalia.
And yet, the Malaysian authorities let/directed 10+ countries with hundreds of ships and aircraft to search a completely different area of the sea on the opposite side of the country.
So... what else don’t we know?
Interpol released photos of the 2 Iranians.
Had valid passports when they entered Malaysia. Traded, apparently, passports for 2 European passports.
[Obligatory?] No sign of terrorism or terrorist ties.
Why are we just finding this out now? The Malaysians know more than they are telling. I wonder what really happened? It sounds like the course and altitude change are deliberate, meaning part of a plan. If we were still in search and rescue mode, why wasn’t this info given out initially? Time to come with with a ransom? A cover story?
Ping.
Do we know the pilots names?
Lax security at the boarding gate.
Two Muslims travelling on stolen passports.
A rule breaking copilot known for lax cockpit security.
What could possily go wrong?
Dumb question:
Why can a pilot turn off the transponder on a large passenger jet?
In what circumstance would it be necessary to do that?
Why not make them stay on all the time, with no way to turn them off?
Have they tried calling this guy to help?um.... so why did they let the search continue in the wrong place?
The Malaysians are lying
They need to come clean with what they know
I think, if the plane was diverted and if it landed intact (two HUGE ifs), the only purpose it can possibly have is as a cruise missile.
Like the plot in Debt of Honor, approaching aircraft from out of CONUS are not “already in the system”, like AA 11 was on 9/11. They have to be accepted, and if they replace a real, expected flight and can spoof the electronic ID, they can get quite close to LAX, JFK, or IAD without causing a scramble.
I do not know if measures have been put in place after 9/11 to prevent a Debt of Honor attack.
Hopefully, there’s wreckage and they find it soon.
Well, Bammy and company are in desperate need of a “false flag” operation just about now.....
....and headed for a new destination.....
But this isn't a hijacking.
It’s looking like it was hijacked. Now did it crash, or did it land in some obscure place?
Be good to hear speculation from commercial pilots. It looks like the transponder stopped sending around the time the plane changed course. However, the flight didn’t lose much altitude over the few hundred kilometers that it travelled after turning around.
Is a complete electrical failure plausible? No transponder, no radio, no navigation, but still engine power. Could the pilots have been left with trying to visually navigate back to Kuala Lumpur and missed their destination?
The most logical solution is Malaysia is embarrassed, they lost it on radar, or weren’t doing their jobs, and they haven’t a clue where it crashed.