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Missing MH370: India Scours Jungle Islands for Lost Plane
Malaysia Star ^ | Saturday March 15, 2014

Posted on 03/14/2014 9:50:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Indian aircraft on Friday combed Andaman and Nicobar, made up of more than 500 mostly uninhabited islands, for signs of missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 that evidence suggests was last headed towards the heavily forested archipelago.

Popular with tourists and anthropologists alike, the islands form India’s most isolated state. They are best known for dense rainforests, coral reefs and hunter-gatherer tribes who have long resisted contact with outsiders.

The search for MH370 has expanded dramatically in the past week but failed to locate the plane or any wreckage, making it one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com.my ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andamanislands; india; iran; malaysia; mh370; ocean; waronterror
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To: doc1019
I, for one, will wait for the final outcome.

You will wait, and you will tell everyone within earshot that you will wait, as often as possible.

And you'll use the word "conspiracy" a lot, too.

21 posted on 03/14/2014 10:38:19 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: nickcarraway


22 posted on 03/14/2014 10:38:34 PM PDT by garjog (Obama: making the world safe for Sharia.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

And your point?


23 posted on 03/14/2014 10:39:56 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: doc1019
There's going to be an official report?

Okay, I feel better now.

24 posted on 03/14/2014 10:40:04 PM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: Jack Hydrazine
MH370 was a 777-200ER (Extended Range), which has a fully fueled range of 7,725 nautical miles, not 5,240.

I wonder how likely is it that they took off with more fuel than reported.

25 posted on 03/14/2014 10:43:29 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Kennard

You doubt that at some time in the future there will be an official report? It will happen, whether it is true or not, there will be an official report. LOL!


26 posted on 03/14/2014 10:43:51 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: nickcarraway

27 posted on 03/14/2014 10:44:42 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

What would stop the debris from floating on the top when the plane broke up hitting the sea?

The Indian Ocean is mostly like glass, but that would not stop the plane from breaking up on impact.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/WMKK/2014/3/9/DailyHistory.html?


28 posted on 03/14/2014 10:49:25 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: doc1019
Or, a thousand feet down in the ocean.

That's where I think it is. Unfortunately.

29 posted on 03/14/2014 10:52:16 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: Dagnabitt

I would hope that all the conspiracy people are right, and all are alive ... however, my doubts and general pessimism makes me think otherwise.


30 posted on 03/14/2014 10:56:18 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: cynwoody
I wonder how likely is it that they took off with more fuel than reported.

That's what I've been thinking.

31 posted on 03/14/2014 10:58:00 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: doc1019
Or, a thousand feet down in the ocean.

More likely 8,000-12,000 feet down in that region.

32 posted on 03/14/2014 10:59:24 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

My bad. LOL!


33 posted on 03/14/2014 11:01:40 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: ElkGroveDan

Stuff still floats.


34 posted on 03/14/2014 11:01:55 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and is not afraid of the unlawful.)
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To: nickcarraway

What a joke.

Try a bigger piece of land or the bottom of the ocean.


35 posted on 03/14/2014 11:12:32 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Hey, they might have even beached on a heretofore unknown tropical island...


36 posted on 03/14/2014 11:14:10 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: nickcarraway

D. B. Cooper knows where it is....


37 posted on 03/14/2014 11:18:57 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: garjog

Zactly ....


38 posted on 03/14/2014 11:19:49 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: doc1019

The point is... You’re going to wait.


39 posted on 03/14/2014 11:24:35 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (If you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance.)
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To: Kennard

Also, there may well be no final outcome. A month from now, we could still not know anything.


40 posted on 03/15/2014 12:15:17 AM PDT by BeadCounter (morning glory evening grace)
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