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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

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To: GOPJ

Failed Somali piracy.


241 posted on 03/11/2014 1:07:10 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

I don’t know exactly what they did. Corporate isn’t telling us a lot. I assumed, possibly incorrectly, they were managers for the manufacturing groups we have in KLM and Tianjin. Specialists like the ones you’re referring to would be in design centers, stateside like in Austin or Tempe, AZ.


242 posted on 03/11/2014 1:07:57 PM 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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To: cynwoody

That is outside the harbor, which would be bad.

But over a US city would be devastation both physically and psychologically.


243 posted on 03/11/2014 1:09:09 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: bigdaddy45

All have warning signs attached for each buyer.


244 posted on 03/11/2014 1:09:36 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
If they were going to land on Car Nicobar wouldn't they head in that direction once they had gained control of the plane and disabled the transponder? If the CNN report is correct, the new flight path has them headed southwest, away from Car Nicobar.

The new path would appear to take them over the northern part of Sumatra and straight in the direction of Diego Garcia.

245 posted on 03/11/2014 1:09:41 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Heck, I don’t even know for sure if we have folks like that. We’re mostly car guys these days.


246 posted on 03/11/2014 1:09:42 PM 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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To: Cyber Liberty

There’s been some speculation on a couple threads that Freescale is building super secret stuff, which is pretty cool because that means I can order it from Digi-Key. ;)


247 posted on 03/11/2014 1:11:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Theoria

Do you know if THE cell phone company investigated the ‘ping’, if there was one?


248 posted on 03/11/2014 1:11:38 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: God luvs America
After gaining control of the cockpit, the hijackers depressurized the cabin and rendered all unconscious or dead. This would have given them free control to steer the plane into the towers in Kuala Lumpur. I Believe the Malaysian AF was forced to down the plane and they don't know how to break the news.
249 posted on 03/11/2014 1:11:49 PM PDT by 7thOF7th (Righteousness is our cause and justice will prevail!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Not a far fetched theory


250 posted on 03/11/2014 1:11:54 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Meet the New Boss

Check out the commercial aircraft runway on ‘Car Nicobar’. On that tiny little Island, even.


251 posted on 03/11/2014 1:13:27 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: plain talk
There are a lot of things that will float on a plane. The seat cushions, for instance, are designed to float.

Not to mention insulation, coffee cups, oil, etc.

This isn't out in the middle of the ocean, it is in place with some of the highest ship traffic in the world. Not saying it didn't splash down, but if it did, there will be stuff floating.

252 posted on 03/11/2014 1:13:43 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Karl Spooner

Not sure. But, SE Asia does have very good cell service. Even in places where one wouldn’t think.


253 posted on 03/11/2014 1:13:54 PM PDT by Theoria (End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
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To: Meet the New Boss

With the DG theory, the plane is shot down. With mostly Chinese on board.


254 posted on 03/11/2014 1:14:02 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: cynwoody

If it landed in Somalia, satellites would have spotted it right away and Navy Seals have already taken it back. But if it went somewhere with less US military attention, maybe...


255 posted on 03/11/2014 1:16:18 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: MHGinTN

CIA head John Brennan mentioned pilot suicide. Oh wait. HE’S A CONVERT TO ISLAM AND IS MORE THAN EAGER TO COVER FOR TERRORISTS. When a pilot with over 200 on board downs the plane, it’s not suicide, IT’S MURDER FOR ALLAH.


256 posted on 03/11/2014 1:16:31 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: CivilWarBrewing

FYI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Nicobar_Air_Force_Base


257 posted on 03/11/2014 1:16:48 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: txhurl

Maybe not. The hijackers would have tried to fly as low as possible toward the target, a very risky maneuver with a large commercial aircraft, and might well have hit the water. Also, the passengers might have stormed the cockpit once it was clear they had been hijacked.


258 posted on 03/11/2014 1:18:16 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: txhurl
So, this may just be a publicity score for the Somali pirates? Marmema and I were talking about those two Seals who didn’t do drugs dying on that ship in Seychelles two weeks ago of heroin overdoses.

Maybe their destination was the Seychelles. Would knock off over 500 miles vs Mogadishu and be over lonelier water. But then, they'd have to deal with the Seychellians. The Seychelles are apparently a tourist trap. Piracy would be bad for that. Of course, either route passes within radar range of Diego Garcia, where the Great Satan maintains a base.

As far as the SEALS go, who knows? This might be another gig for them.

259 posted on 03/11/2014 1:18:46 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: frnewsjunkie

there is no cell phone signal in the middle of the ocean


260 posted on 03/11/2014 1:18:57 PM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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