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MH370: New account of cockpit last words
BBC ^ | 3/31/14 | BBC

Posted on 03/31/2014 11:21:47 AM PDT by jimbo123

Malaysian authorities have issued a new version of the last communication between air traffic control and the cockpit of the missing flight MH370.

The last words spoken were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero" - and not "all right, good night" as reported.

The transport ministry said forensic investigations would determine whether the pilot or co-pilot spoke the words.

The plane, carrying 239 people, was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared on 8 March.

The plane's last contact took place at 01:19 Malaysian time.

The BBC's transport correspondent Richard Westcott says the new version of the last words is more formal and more in keeping with the way a pilot might usually speak to air traffic control than the wording previously reported.

It is not clear why it has changed or why it has taken the authorities this long to determine this, he says.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2014airlinercrash; autopilot; malaysia; malaysian; maldives; mh370; radar
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To: jimbo123

Good night Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.....


21 posted on 03/31/2014 11:45:08 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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To: jimbo123

“Hey, what’s a mountain goat doing on a cloud bank?”


22 posted on 03/31/2014 11:45:42 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

It’s probably still sitting on the runway, with delayed or incomplete paperwork....

/sarc


23 posted on 03/31/2014 11:45:51 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: dfwgator

You are too funny!!!!!


24 posted on 03/31/2014 11:46:25 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: jimbo123

This story is almost done. And in a few days, so will this “list” be done. I don’t think we’ll hear much more since the Chinese have come out so strongly that they’re all dead! This will join DB Cooper in the mystery hall of fame.

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25 posted on 03/31/2014 11:46:52 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: jimbo123; BenLurkin

Actual words are:

Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you
are!


26 posted on 03/31/2014 11:49:51 AM PDT by GreyFriar ( Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: exit82
Morphing the MH370 narrative keeps going and going and...
27 posted on 03/31/2014 11:54:08 AM PDT by wtd
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To: SkyDancer
Let the conspiracies start.

I am beginning to think the plane was hijacked by CNN operatives.

28 posted on 03/31/2014 11:55:29 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: jimbo123
Does anyone really believe that the USA does not keep track of anything and everything that flies in that part of the world?

I'm wondering where they found a big enough hanger to hide this plane. I'm betting on a triad of North Korea, Pakistan, and Iran as the ones behind this obduction.

29 posted on 03/31/2014 12:00:27 PM PDT by oldenuff2no
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To: jimbo123

Stop the presses...Malaysia lied about something.


30 posted on 03/31/2014 12:04:47 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: jimbo123
If the plane crashed in the ocean, two sonic events were involved -- the crash itself and pings from the black box. Shouldn't US, Russian, or Chinese submarine detection systems have picked up both events, from fixed underwater detectors, or detectors on submarines, or both? (All this is noisier than Ramius and that book was a long time ago!)

Speculation. At least one of the countries knows where the plane is, and is managing information so that other countries don't find out more about the capabilities of the submarine detection system.

31 posted on 03/31/2014 12:06:19 PM PDT by omega4412
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To: jimbo123

At this point, who the heck cares?

They’ve lost credibility and therefore sympathy.

Either they are incompetent or dishonest.

At stake for us is the safety record of the Boeing 777. We have no reason to believe equipment failure as cause. Not as long as competency and honesty are in question.


33 posted on 03/31/2014 12:12:03 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: jimbo123

Today’s version. This whole thing is getting ridiculous.


34 posted on 03/31/2014 12:16:30 PM PDT by livius
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To: ElkGroveDan

They’re getting tired of goat.


35 posted on 03/31/2014 12:18:01 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: jimbo123

Wreckage can be examined. No wreckage means no evidence.


36 posted on 03/31/2014 12:21:26 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 (R"A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Next the will announce that Fligtt 730 is missing, not 370!


37 posted on 03/31/2014 12:21:52 PM PDT by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: oldenuff2no
Does anyone really believe that the USA does not keep track of anything and everything that flies in that part of the world?

I believe US intelligence and the NRO in particular know exactly where the plant went in but the information is highly classified due to its acquisition source and simply won't be released. The only time info like that might be released is if there potentially are lives to be saved but there are none.

38 posted on 03/31/2014 12:23:13 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: omega4412
Shouldn't US, Russian, or Chinese submarine detection systems have picked up both events, from fixed underwater detectors, or detectors on submarines, or both?

Yes, Naval Intelligence.

39 posted on 03/31/2014 12:24:23 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: exit82
There is no way that the US, China and assorted other governments do not know what happened to this plane.

Agree. They know, but they are not telling us because?

If it were anything ordinary, like a crash, they would not hide it. But hijacking, or flying to someplace like Somalia or Pakistan would be reasons to obfuscate. Also, if MH370 were shot down by Malaysia or China or…they would not want us to know.

And so we wait.

40 posted on 03/31/2014 12:28:57 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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