The Mystery of The Malaysia Airlines Flight 370...

[SuperJediHero]

Two listed on missing jet had passports stolen, were not on plane. Otherwise, you would think they would found the wreckage by now.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/mi...et-had-passports-stolen-were-not-plane-n47806

 

[Teelie]

At this point it's a little much to start speculating on that. Both were in Thailand when their passports were stolen so that's the main connection. It doesn't mean terrorists! were involved or that the plane was hijacked.

There was also a report of "rubbish" seen in the ocean and an oil slick so there's the possiblity it went down in the ocean where it will not be easily identifable like a land wreckage.

The biggest clue so far is traces of oil that a Vietnamese plane spotted while flying over the search area. The oil slicks are between 6 and 9 miles long and are suspected to be from the missing plane, the Vietnam government's official news agency reported. The traces of oil were found about 90 miles south of Tho Chu Island, the report said.

The area of focus has been in the South China Sea, where the Malaysian airspace and Vietnamese airspace meet.

[...]

For instance, after the airline released a manifest, Austria denied that one of its citizens was onboard the flight as the list stated. The Austrian citizen was safe and sound, and his passport had been stolen two years ago, Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Weiss told CNN.

Similarly, Italy's foreign ministry confirmed that no Italians were onboard MH370, even though an Italian was listed on the manifest. Malaysian officials said they were aware of reports that the Italian's passport was also stolen, but had not confirmed it.

CNN

 

[smashmode]

Stolen passports + no distress signal means either catastrophic mechanical failure or terrorism

 

[SuperJediHero]

Pretty much no news of this other than still missing right now.

 

[craigdbfan]

This whole situation is spooky as all fudge.

 

[terry78]

You don't lose a plane in this day and age, especially in that stretch of air they were flying. Somebody did something.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Every aviation expert that's commented has said the accident happened during the safest part of the flight. Planes aren't supposed to crash during the cruise phase. Combine this with no distress signal, it means there was either a catastrophic mechanical failure that resulted in an explosion like TWA 800, or it was a bomb brought on board. With the info coming out about the stolen passports, I'm leaning towards the latter.

 

[craigdbfan]

They haven't found any traces of debris or anything in the area where the last "blip" was spotted on radar. The whole thing is weird as heck.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Wormhole?

 

[craigdbfan]

The terrorism aspect of it all wouldn't be too strange either. What is weird is as to why 2 men posing as an Austrian and Italian would want to do this to a majorly Chinese inhabited flight?

The lack of debris or even the lack of tracking the black box which should emit an ultrasonic sound that should "ping" their location. Once again weird.

 

[terry78]

That's the eerie thing, there being no debris or traces.

 

[terry78]

The terrorism aspect of it all wouldn't be too strange either. What is weird is as to why 2 men posing as an Austrian and Italian would want to do this to a majorly Chinese inhabited flight.

Everybody's reasons are valid to no one but themselves.

 

[SuperJediHero]

There is also a train station attack in China too. I wonder if it's related.

 

[Marvolo]

Someone shot it down on purpose or by mistake.

777's are very reliable planes and don't just go down or disappear. This has foul play written all over it.

 

[enterthemadness]

This is just weird. As everybody says.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I thought the black box was indestructible.

Shouldn't it give away the plane or plane crash location even if there was a bomb involved?

 

[Marvolo]

I thought the black box was indestructible.

Shouldn't it give away the plane or plane crash location even if there was a bomb involved?

I'm not sure how the ping works or how far away it can be picked up. If it went down over an extremely deep part of the ocean then maybe it can't be pinged from that depth. Or maybe the Chinese air force directed the plane to a secret airfield and the plane isn't destroyed at all. Who knows. But I'm pretty sure black boxes are hard as hell to destroy.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Well there was that French airliner that went missing over the Atlantic a few years back. It took them two years before they found the black box (on the ocean floor).

 

[Marvolo]

Well there was that French airliner that went missing over the Atlantic a few years back. It took them two years before they found the black box (on the ocean floor).

I hope the family's don't have to wait that long, but it could be longer considering we are dealing with the Chinese government. I wonder how much our Navy can really do?

Has this been posted?

The closest things to clues in the search for the missing jetliner are oil slicks in the Gulf of Thailand, about 90 miles south of Vietnam's Tho Chu Island -- the same area where the flight disappeared from radar early Saturday morning.

The reported oil discovery has only added to a growing list of questions about the fate of the plane carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members: What happened to the plane, why was no distress signal issued, and who exactly was aboard?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/

I don't trust CNN's reporting after their awful coverage of the Boston Bombing, but was wondering if this has been reported by others?

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

This whole thing reeks of sabotage. Either by the pilot or passengers with those stolen passports. Something went seriously wrong, and I don't think it was the plane itself.

 

[Thundercrack85]

The problem with these accidents over the ocean – besides obviously the horrific accident – is that the debris drifts, so it can take months, or even years before they find the exact impact point. It's not unheard of for debris to wash up a thousand miles away. The black box is designed so it sinks like a brick for that reason. Or so I've been told anyway.

 

[Thundercrack85]

The terrorism aspect of it all wouldn't be too strange either. What is weird is as to why 2 men posing as an Austrian and Italian would want to do this to a majorly Chinese inhabited flight?

The lack of debris or even the lack of tracking the black box which should emit an ultrasonic sound that should "ping" their location. Once again weird.

China has its share of enemies. Uighur (a Muslim minority in China) separatists have carried out a number of suicide bombings. They don't get covered much in Western news though.

Most recently, there was a suicide car bombing in Tianamen Square last year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_China#Chronology_of_major_events

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

China has its share of enemies. Uighur (a Muslim minority in China) separatists have carried out a number of suicide bombings. They don't get covered much in Western news though.

There was a suicide car bombing in Tianamen Square last year.

Hmm... Wasn't there an attack of knife wielding maniacs in China recently? Could that be connected?

 

[Thundercrack85]

Oh I should mention – it's in the link – a Uyghur terrorist cell also tried to hijack a plane in 2012 with explosives, but the passengers subdued them.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Hmm... Wasn't there an attack of knife wielding maniacs in China recently? Could that be connected?

Those attacks were allegedly carried out by Uyghur separatists.

It's possible there's a connection, but there are apparently a lot of these radical separatist groups running around.