Posted on 03/24/2014 6:23:17 AM PDT by kristinn
CNN BREAKING: Malaysian Prime Minister holding unexpected 10a ET news conference #MH370
Malaysian Defense Min says Malaysian Prime Minister Razak will hold a presser on what he called “new developments” at 10aET #MH370
Missing plane family members tell CNN they have been called to a 9:30a meeting, before the 10a ET news conference #MH370. Something is up.
You don’t know a thing yet and neither do I. Besides, he did say a 65% chance it is in Pakistan, not 100%.
It was a mind-numbingly stupid thing for him to do in the first place. Very low probability and zero evidence to back it up.
There always was speculation that the plane, if in Pakistan, was destroyed, evidence would be positioned in the ocean to keep the hijacking from being known
PM NAJIB RAZAK’S PRESS STATEMENT ON MH370 -- This evening I was briefed by representatives from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). They informed me that Inmarsat, the UK company that provided the satellite data which indicated the northern and southern corridors, has been performing further calculations on the data. Using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed more light on MH370’s flight path.
Can you show me the radar stations that would pick it up in the South Indian ocean?
In the case of MH370, more than two weeks of misinformation, conflicting reports, rumors and speculation have tortured the families of MH370. They didn't know whether their loved ones had perished, or were being held hostage in a remote location. At least they are closer to knowing the fate of the souls onboard the aircraft.
Also dropped GPS devices.
No — the difference here is the Malaysian PM has finally come to his senses.
Now will General Mac do the same??
Not too many radar sets in the Indian Ocean. It’s just about the perfect place to lose yourself if you had to pick one. As another poster mentioned, satellites had to be repositioned to conduct this search as this is not regular territory for them to be paying too much attention to.
Yes. iirc, he did begin hedging after the 24-48 hours promise.
Well, you have to admit. There is no proof yet. Maybe there will be, but if there is no real proof, the theories will abound for a very long time.
LOl,, smart thinkin’
You’re ignoring the fact that there is new data.
If the plane is in the water SW of Perth, then it must have flown on autopilot, with both pilots dead or disabled and the cockpit locked, until it ran out of fuel.
How they got dead without the aircraft being destroyed is difficult to imagine, but an electrical fire that disabled ACARS and the transponder, and generated CO or some other toxic substance before burning out could do it.
Notice I did say, “IF the plane is in the water”. We should know that soon.
Agreed. Something stinks.
Oh well, that settles it. Mail out the checks to the family members and lets get back to normal bidness.
The odds of finding any debris in the ocean down there is slim to none and the families and airlines and insurance companies all need to move on.
Debris from this wreckage will probably wash up thousands of miles away from there several years from now.
I was thinking about that...I am no conspiracy theorist, but I do really want to see how much aircraft debris they do pick up in the Indian Ocean. Also, will they locate the black box? If they end the investigation based on satellite data and never find any other evidence...call me suspicious.
I don’t know about that. It has been said that with the changes in altitude (noted before in the news), there had to be some manual control for some part of the flight. To get that far out, they had to get back to cruising altitude for the most efficient flight (to fuel) before possibly running out of fuel (or some purposeful “ditching”).
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The BBC’s Richard Westcott has spoken to British satellite company Inmarsat, which said the data was given to the Air Accident Investigation Branch on Sunday, and that the calculations were based on an entirely new way of modelling the movement of aircraft.
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