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Mystery Malaysia flight may have been hundreds of miles off course (CNN Breaking)
CNN ^ | 3-11-2014 | Michael Pearson and Jethro Mullen

Posted on 03/11/2014 11:13:53 AM PDT by tcrlaf

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was hundreds of miles off course, traveling in the opposite direction from its original destination and had stopped sending identifying transponder codes before it disappeared, a senior Malaysian Air Force official told CNN Tuesday.

If correct, these are ominous signs that could call into question whether someone in the cockpit might have deliberately steered the plane away from its intended destination, a former U.S. aviation investigator said.

"This kind of deviation in course is simply inexplicable," said Paul Goelz, former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board.

(snip) The Malaysian Air Force lost track of the plane over Pulau Perak, a tiny island in the Straits of Malacca -- many hundreds of miles from the usual flight path for aircraft traveling between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing, the official said.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; iran; jet; malaysia; mh370; terrorism; waronterror
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To: tcrlaf

From where it reportedly last seen the plane could have gone down in Indonesia.


141 posted on 03/11/2014 11:59:53 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Gen.Blather

China or Russia could attack a US city with impunity because Obama has already said that the US is big enough to absorb the damage without retaliating.

http://blog.heritage.org/2010/09/22/obama-tells-woodward-we-can-absorb-another-terrorist-attack/


The MAIN, primary reason for the existence of our federal government (as opposed to 50 independent states) is to protect us from foreign enemies.

If the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief of our armed forces, has publicly stated that a foreign power can attack us with impunity, he should have immediately been dragged out of his office, court martialed, and put on trial for treason. (I know there are hundreds of other things impeachment worthy, but that one right there absolutely takes the cake.)

I do NOT understand how he was able to say that publicly without senior military taking steps. That is the most treasonous thing any president has ever said!! He practically invited a foreign power to attack us!

Arggg. 3 more years...... I hope we all survive.


142 posted on 03/11/2014 12:00:15 PM PDT by boxlunch (Psalm 2)
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To: AppyPappy
I couldn’t make it to the US from there. Air traffic is too tightly controlled. If there was a breach in the fuselage causing everyone to die, that could explain it (ala Payne Stewart)

That doesn't explain the sharp left-hand turn.

143 posted on 03/11/2014 12:00:28 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: RayChuang88

There are multiple eye-witnesses who saw a contrail going up towards flight TWA800.


144 posted on 03/11/2014 12:00:38 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: tcrlaf

It’s still loud in the woods at the end of any runway.

It would have been very much out of the ordinary in a rural jungle area. Particularly one far off any flight path.

It’s notable that this particular account doesn’t mention a big ‘kaboom’.


145 posted on 03/11/2014 12:01:24 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Any large airfield would have too many witnesses


146 posted on 03/11/2014 12:02:48 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: freedomlover
Why did you say Burma?

I panicked.

CC

147 posted on 03/11/2014 12:02:53 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: tcrlaf
these are ominous signs that could call into question whether someone in the cockpit might have deliberately steered the plane away from its intended destination,

No kidding

148 posted on 03/11/2014 12:03:07 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: tcrlaf
lost track of the plane over Pulau Perak, a tiny island in the Straits of Malacca

If this is true, the target may have been India, perhaps Mumbai. The ROP hates India as much as the US. They turned off the transponder and then headed west toward the Indian Ocean in the direction of their target. For whatever reason they never made it, perhaps an uprising by passengers or screw-up by terrorist pilots. They should look for a debris field in the ocean short of Sri Lanka or India.

149 posted on 03/11/2014 12:03:22 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: tcrlaf

Then it IS a hijacking, either by a passenger or the pilots themselves. What were they up to.
?


150 posted on 03/11/2014 12:03:26 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Doesn’t take into account that there was contact after “initial disappearance” between the missing flight and another aircraft.
That wouldn’t have been possible.


151 posted on 03/11/2014 12:04:10 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Lazamataz
One imaginative fellow had them land the plane somewhere remote, repaint it, get a new transponder, then load it with an Iranian nuke, and send it to LAX.

It's not a bad theory, but wouldn't air traffic control need to know about the plane and help it land?

152 posted on 03/11/2014 12:04:20 PM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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To: frnewsjunkie

Jammer?


153 posted on 03/11/2014 12:04:39 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Celtic Conservative

Thanks. You don’t get an posting opportunity like that every day.


154 posted on 03/11/2014 12:05:18 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: plain talk

“I personally think the remnants of that plane is at the bottom of the ocean.”

But the lack of a debris field is puzzling. There should be luggage, clothing, insulation, shoes, maybe even the life rafts or emergency slides and bodies floating around somewhere.


155 posted on 03/11/2014 12:05:33 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: WildHighlander57

Thanks for the ping ... just tuning in.


156 posted on 03/11/2014 12:06:33 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Meet the New Boss

A target in India might explain the disappearance this way: the terrorist pilots were trying to fly as low as possible to avoid detection by the Indian air force, but weren’t skilled enough to pull it off without crashing into the waves.


157 posted on 03/11/2014 12:06:44 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: MarMema

wouldn’t have to land. Just get into LA airspace and press the red button.


158 posted on 03/11/2014 12:06:48 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: AppyPappy

I agree you couldn’t hide it, this is a weird event.


159 posted on 03/11/2014 12:06:54 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Viennacon

Yes. Exactly. That’s the question that I know freepers can answer.


160 posted on 03/11/2014 12:07:13 PM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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