Malaysia Plane Disappears Yesterday with 239 on Board...

[Tsk Tsk]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

This is mind blowing..


Nobody knows exactly what happened to a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared Saturday, but families of the 239 people on board are waiting and expecting the worst.

There's even confusion about where the plane might have gone down.

This is some Bermuda Triangle stuff. It had plenty of fuel, they can't find wreckage, and it never arrived at it's destination. Where is it?!

[Gelston]

In the water. Probably right off the coast of Vietnam.

[caelric]

The LOST Island.

Duh.

[Warriorbird]

http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/i/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130212-kim-jong-un/ss-130213-kim-jong-un-tease.jpg

[Ker_Thwap]

I read that the plane may have turned back. A couple of the passports may have been bogus as well. I'm going with human trafficking as my guess.

[waywardgs]

https://fbcdn-photos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/75978_710787078965453_1113737896_n.jpg

[cwolff]

Heard about this on CNN today. The bomb described below was a test run for one piece of a multi-pronged terrorist attack called the Bojinka Plot. Without someone claiming responsibility, or some great police work, it could be a long time before we know if this was terrorism. Then again, if it is a trial run to practice for a larger event, they wouldn't want to take credit just yet.


On December 11, 1994, Yousef built another bomb, which had one tenth of the power that his final bombs were planned to have, in the lavatory of an aircraft. He left it inside the life jacket under his seat (26 K) and got off the plane when it arrived in Cebu. Yousef had boarded the flight under the assumed name of Arnaldo Forlani, using a false Italian passport. The aircraft was Philippine Airlines Flight 434 on a Manila to Narita route, stopping partway at Cebu. Yousef had set the timer for four hours after he got off the aircraft.

Aftermath of fatal airliner bombing

The bomb exploded while the aircraft was over Japan's Minamidaitō Island, part of Okinawa Prefecture. A Japanese businessman named Haruki Ikegami occupying the seat was killed and an additional 10 passengers were injured. The flight was carrying 273 passengers in total. The blast blew a hole in the floor and the cabin's rapid expansion severed several control cables in the ceiling, cutting off control of the plane's right aileron, as well as both the pilot and first officer's steering controls. Usually, 26K, the seat that he chose to plant the bomb was positioned directly over the centre fuel tank, and the detonation of the bomb would have caused a crippling explosion, but on this particular "SAS" model, the seat was two rows forward from normal. The flight crew kept control of the Boeing 747-200 and brought it into an emergency landing at Okinawa's Naha Airport. Satisfied with the deadly results of the attack, Yousef then planned which flights to attack for "Phase II" of the plot.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Things we know: An IBM executive was on board. 5 People missed the flight, on top of the 2 who had their passports stolen. There were 20 Employees on board from a company in Texas that's sole purpose in life is to develop missile defense tech and other things involving high frequency shit. The black box transponder simply turned off. The Pentagons neat little global explosion monitoring satellites didn't register any flashes in that area in the time frame the plane was presumed to have disappeared. And none of the wreckage found thus far belongs to the missing plane.

Fuckin Aliens, dude.

[cwolff]

Things we know: An IBM executive was on board. 5 People missed the flight, on top of the 2 who had their passports stolen. There were 20 Employees on board from a company in Texas that's sole purpose in life is to develop missile defense tech and other things involving high frequency shit. The black box transponder simply turned off. The Pentagons neat little global explosion monitoring satellites didn't register any flashes in that area in the time frame the plane was presumed to have disappeared. And none of the wreckage found thus far belongs to the missing plane.

Fuckin Aliens, dude.

Fuckin' Aliens. They got Amelia Earhardt and now this.

How small an explosion can those satellites see?

[waywardgs]

Fuckin' Aliens. They got Amelia Earhardt and now this.

How small an explosion can those satellites see?

Don't pop zits next to the white house.

[cwolff]

Don't pop zits next to the white house.

Good to know for when I [ redacted ].

[BigWorm]

http://jacobfoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Ancient-Aliens.jpg

[Archigeek]

Things we know: An IBM executive was on board. 5 People missed the flight, on top of the 2 who had their passports stolen. There were 20 Employees on board from a company in Texas that's sole purpose in life is to develop missile defense tech and other things involving high frequency shit. The black box transponder simply turned off. The Pentagons neat little global explosion monitoring satellites didn't register any flashes in that area in the time frame the plane was presumed to have disappeared. And none of the wreckage found thus far belongs to the missing plane.

Fuckin Aliens, dude.

The transponder is not part of the black box. The black box has a ping device that can only be detected locally. I'm sure they're searching for that now. But yeah, the transponder went dead. It does make you wonder.

Wasn't there a movie where an entire plane of people goes missing via aliens ? They took a plane load because we'd polluted the planet or something.

[cwolff]

Dead bodies begin to float in 1-2 days when the water temp. is about 27c. That's basically the water temp in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea so they should be on the surface about now. Wonder if they'll find any. They need to find them soon before they sink and are eaten or both.

[Candor]

Fuckin' Aliens. They got Amelia Earhardt and now this.

They have been here a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SASkqWyn40

[Roblar]

Wasn't there a movie where an entire plane of people goes missing via aliens ? They took a plane load because we'd polluted the planet or something.

The Forgotten

[Kembal]

The Langoliers is a possible alternate explanation. (though it was a terrible TV miniseries)

[Gelston]

They have seen they believe is a door. However if no one made it out of the plane, you'll see no floating bodies. One thing I did learn when I was on the 13th MEU and on a ship... A human body in the water is extremely small. Even if the person us in all reflective orange, they still may never be found.

[diethx]

The Langoliers is a possible alternate explanation. (though it was a terrible TV miniseries)

I actually liked the story. The made for tv shit didn't do it justice.

[Taernath]

Yeah, Stephen King books are always good, but the movies and TV series made from them are unfortunately hit and miss.

[cwolff]

They have seen they believe is a door. However if no one made it out of the plane, you'll see no floating bodies. One thing I did learn when I was on the 13th MEU and on a ship... A human body in the water is extremely small. Even if the person us in all reflective orange, they still may never be found.

Ya it'll be hard to find for sure. Man, one guy would be really hard to find.

I was thinking about flight 655. There were about 290 people on that flight and a couple days after we shot it down their bodies all floated up. From what I've heard we can assume that the plane came apart either in the air or when it hit the water so I don't think the bodies will be trapped inside and they may or may not be part of a debris field since they could drift at different speeds. Anyway, I was just thinking that a couple hundred bodies spread out would help the search.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

They already said the door wasn't part of that plane.

[Gelston]

Where'd you see that? All I've seen concerning the door is that it was seen, but then they couldn't find it with the seaborne assets.

Something weird, the flight crew's cell phones are still ringing.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Passengers using stolen passports were Iranian.

[Atlanteax]

Passengers using stolen passports were Iranian.

But terrorism was not likely involved..

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/11/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Tgo01]

"The two Iranians on board were not terrorists therefore we can safely conclude that terrorism was not involved."

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

"The two Iranians on board were not terrorists therefore we can safely conclude that terrorism was not involved."

Riiiight. Couple this with the passengers from Freescale Semiconductors and the nature of what they do for a living, this could get really interesting.

[Atlanteax]

Well, apparently one Iranian was trying to get to Germany to reunite with his mother.

[Gelston]

Riiiight. Couple this with the passengers from Freescale Semiconductors and the nature of what they do for a living, this could get really interesting.

Or it is just a plane wreck that is causing all of you conspiracy theory freaks to have orgasms.

[Atlanteax]

Well now... the hijacking speculation has gained a lot of traction

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/11/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140311134342-flight-course-00001224-story-top.jpg

The plane had turned around and was significantly 'off course' ...

[Gelston]

And there is another guy in the Malaysian Government saying it never went far off course. Wild theories and speculation are always tossed about this early in this sort of thing, and the news loves to post it as fact. The plane crashed. Everyone is, by now, probably dead. Either that or Liam Nesson is on board with shot glasses taped to his fists fighting wolves.

[waywardgs]

Once more into the fray...

[cwolff]

Well now... the hijacking speculation has gained a lot of traction

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/11/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/140311134342-flight-course-00001224-story-top.jpg

The plane had turned around and was significantly 'off course' ...

The big hijacking here is the Ukraine story.

[Gelston]

The Ukraine story is boring. There is no potential for anti-US terrorism or Government coverups or aliens.

[Keller]

Ukraine is exactly seventy-thousand two-hundred and thirty-eight times more important than a missing airplane.

If you doubt my math, you're more than welcome to disprove it.

[Gelston]

Ukraine is exactly seventy-thousand two-hundred and thirty-eight times more important than a missing airplane.

If you doubt my math, you're more than welcome to disprove it.

There were US Citizens on the plane. Ukraine is voided.

[Keller]

There were US Citizens on the plane. Ukraine is voided.

Can you explain how you void a country? Do you just circle it on the map, draw a line through it, and write "VOID"?

[Gelston]

Can you explain how you void a country? Do you just circle it on the map, draw a line through it, and write "VOID"?

No, you use a stamp.

[Allereli]

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[Latrinsorm]

Well, apparently one Iranian was trying to get to Germany to reunite with his mother.And who is from Germany? Nazis. And what did Nazis invent? The V2 rocket. It was only a matter of time before Muslims joined forces with the ghosts of Nazis and used their V2 ghost rockets to take down planes without being detected.

Also, I bet it really annoys Iran that they have produced as many terrorists in America as France but (to this point) Ninjas has felt no need to remark on the French heritage of any passengers.

[Tgo01]

The answer of course is universal surveillance.

[Latrinsorm]

Universal surveillance by definition can see ghosts. Can any other law so-called "enforcement" system make that claim? I thought not.

Universal surveillance faces ghosts when others will not.
Universal surveillance stays in the kitchen when the kitchen gets hot.

Universal. Universal surveillance.

[BigWorm]

Riiiight. Couple this with the passengers from Freescale Semiconductors and the nature of what they do for a living, this could get really interesting.

Wait, what? Why does working for Freescale make them a target?

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Wait, what? Why does working for Freescale make them a target?

High frequency Tech, Missile Defense, and IFF Technology.

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/taxonomy.jsp?code=RF_AEROSPACE_DEFENSE_POWER_TRANS

[Kembal]

Someone left a pos rep comment on the Langoliers theory:

"for non-time-shifted people, wouldn't the Langoliers' plot have resolved instantaneously? and even if they kept mum, investigation would have been prompt and they'd have found them."

well, if they randomly turned west and all their electronics shut off, maybe it did resolve instantaneously, but no one survived the shift back? (yeah, yeah, I know, how does the plane come back, etc. work with me here.)

[Atlanteax]

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579434653903086282?mod=WS J_hp_RightTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB1000 1424052702304914904579434653903086282.html%3Fmod%3 DWSJ_hp_RightTopStories&fpid=2,7,121,122,201,401,641,1009


U.S. Investigators Suspect Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane Flew On for Hours
Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of five hours, based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. BA -1.75% 777's engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.
That raises a host of new questions and possibilities about what happened aboard the widebody jet carrying 239 people, which vanished from civilian air-traffic control radar over the weekend, about one hour into a flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.
...
U.S. counterterrorism officials are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner's transponders to avoid radar detection, according to one person tracking the probe.

Well, presumably if it did not crash, it must had landed *somewhere*, as it obviously would had run out of fuel at some point. Of course, it could had kept going SW-ly and ran out of fuel over the Indian Ocean somewhere, which essentially puts the probability of finding the wreckage and figuring out what happened at null.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

I managed to locate the plane on my own. Fuckin noobs.

http://vietnam.craigslist.org/for/4372477162.html

[Tgo01]

I managed to locate the plane on my own. Fuckin noobs.

http://vietnam.craigslist.org/for/4372477162.html

(this includes all the snacks in the plane)

At first I thought that said "includes all snakes in the plane" and it was much funnier that way.

[waywardgs]

I managed to locate the plane on my own. Fuckin noobs.

http://vietnam.craigslist.org/for/4372477162.html

Hahaha

They were speculating an act of air piracy last I heard on the news.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Malaysian radar shows a 23K foot altitude to 45K altitude change after the transponders turned off separately. Hijacked. Duh.

[Gelston]

Malaysian radar shows a 23K foot altitude to 45K altitude change after the transponders turned off separately. Hijacked. Duh.

That is already fishy. The service ceiling is 43k, and they generally never fly that high up anyways, usually sticking to around 30ish. If someone did hijack it and bring it to 45k, it probably then stalled and plummeted to the ground.

[Tsk Tsk]

^ This guy doesn't believe in the possibility that the plane was hijacked.

[Gelston]

^ This guy doesn't believe in the possibility that the plane was hijacked.

I believe in the possibility. I just don't think it was. We will find out when it is found.

[Taernath]

I have no clue what happened, but everything is so off about it.

My real worry is that the plane is never found.

[Tgo01]

I'm surprised transponders can actually be turned off in such large, commercial planes. What would be the reason for wanting to turn off transponders?

[SHAFT]

I'm surprised transponders can actually be turned off in such large, commercial planes. What would be the reason for wanting to turn off transponders?

To signal a SOS of hijacking if the pilot has a gun on him.

[Tgo01]

To signal a SOS of hijacking if the pilot has a gun on him.

But like...wouldn't you want the transponders on so they know where to find the plane? :/

Unless I'm misunderstanding the function of a transponder.

[Tsk Tsk]

I thought they were there to manually be shut off so that when a plane is on the ground, they don't get picked up and added to the 'noise'. In flight? Different story.

Some info here..

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2014/03/missing_malaysia_airlines_flig_3.html

[SHAFT]

But like...wouldn't you want the transponders on so they know where to find the plane? :/

Unless I'm misunderstanding the function of a transponder.

It's entirely possible one of the pilots hijacked the plane. They could've turned it off. It's also possible that other hijackers forced someone to turn it off.

I'm leaning on a hijacking. Too many weird things for this to be a malfunction.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

That is already fishy. The service ceiling is 43k, and they generally never fly that high up anyways, usually sticking to around 30ish. If someone did hijack it and bring it to 45k, it probably then stalled and plummeted to the ground.

No debris, explosion, etc. Falling 45k feet, I am guessing there would be some. And everyone is being tightlipped about how much their radar shows so as to not give away their capabilities.

Except it went to 45K from 23K and then back down to a reasonable cruising altitude before disappearing in the vicinity of some random island near India.

[Tsk Tsk]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/03/16/Health-Environment-Science/Graphics/wSEARCH15-Gb.jpg

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

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[cwolff]

This theory makes a lot of sense.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

[Gelston]

This theory makes a lot of sense.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

That is pretty much what I believe. Some sort of major electrical failure/catastrophe.

[Vorlahk]

Australia may have found two objects from the missing plane.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/world_news&id=9472340

Edit: Image from another article.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/media/ALeqM5g8VwQvATM27dI-fCUSrHBxzW5tDg?size=l

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

They appear to have found the plane off the coast of Australia.

[Back]

I'm encouraged that there is good in the world when so many countries cooperate selflessly to find this missing flight.

[Parkbandit]

I'm encouraged that there is good in the world when so many countries cooperate selflessly to find this missing flight.

This is a case of the exact opposite happening in our reality.

[Atlanteax]

I'm encouraged that there is good in the world when so many countries cooperate selflessly to find this missing flight.

Heh, that was cute.

[Warriorbird]

Hah wtf. They pinged something on the plane close to Antarctica. This list of places this plane so far has been found is getting hilarious.

Like that Antarctic listening station in LOST.

[Atlanteax]

Multiple sources are stating that the Malaysian PM is "calling it" ... the plane crashed in the remote region of the southern Indian Ocean.

[SHAFT]

All the theories that the plane was hijacked and taken to Pakistan, or somewhere else, were humorous.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Multiple sources my ass. They've found nothing and no one. The Malaysian Prime Minister has done this like three times now. hahaha

[Taernath]

All the theories that the plane was hijacked and taken to Pakistan, or somewhere else, were humorous.

Yeah, some people are really anxious to ascribe this to a terrorist act.

[Latrinsorm]

Yeah, some people are really anxious to ascribe this to a terrorist act.Better to have a monster to fight than be powerless against chance.

[Tisket]

Yeah, some people are really anxious to ascribe this to a terrorist act.

I'd much rather believe that they are hostages somewhere than that they are most certainly dead in a plane crash.

[Methais]

http://mimg.ugo.com/201004/42531/lost-mmo.jpg

[Whirlin]

http://mimg.ugo.com/201004/42531/lost-mmo.jpg

http://www.imediaethics.org/newsImages/B_Image_4461.JPG

[SHAFT]

I'd much rather believe that they are hostages somewhere than that they are most certainly dead in a plane crash.

It's impossible. No way you hide a plane like that and the passengers aren't able to get off one email or one phone call.

The idea that the plane was crippled by malfunction and the passengers and crew were disabled by fumes or lack of oxygen is much more believable than someone landed this thing on a field in Pakistan.

Lithium ion batteries are more likely to be your villain than some scheming, diabolical madman.

[Taernath]

Better to have a monster to fight than be powerless against chance.

The next war will be about which country is concealing airliners of mass disappearance.


I'd much rather believe that they are hostages somewhere than that they are most certainly dead in a plane crash.

It makes a better story, at least.

[Candor]

It's impossible. No way you hide a plane like that and the passengers aren't able to get off one email or one phone call.

The idea that the plane was crippled by malfunction and the passengers and crew were disabled by fumes or lack of oxygen is much more believable than someone landed this thing on a field in Pakistan.

Lithium ion batteries are more likely to be your villain than some scheming, diabolical madman.

or...it could be aliens...

[SHAFT]

I hope it was aliens. Maybe they'll give the passengers back after they've probed them.

[Tisket]

I'm not sure I'd want to come back after that.

[SHAFT]

I'm not sure I'd want to come back after that.

I'm sure you can handle a little probing. You seem like a resilient woman.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

I find it incredibly odd that a plane with WiFi didn't have a single passenger update their Facebook or Twitter with something like, "Oh my god! Plane's going down! I love you mom!"

[SHAFT]

I find it incredibly odd that a plane with WiFi didn't have a single passenger update their Facebook or Twitter with something like, "Oh my god! Plane's going down! I love you mom!"

Makes you think it was a catastrophic event that happened very quickly and likely disabled the passengers so fast they didn't have a chance to do something like email.

If people start dropping like flies around you, the last thing you're going to consider is firing off an email. Scary shit man. I'm sure every time in the near future that I fly I'm going to consider the MH370 flight.

[Gelston]

Secret North Korean EMP device.

[zzentar]

Dont know if this is true but read its possible for pilots to lose cabin air pressure in the passenger area. Killing or at least knocking out the passengers

[Tgo01]

Dont know if this is true but read its possible for pilots to lose cabin air pressure in the passenger area. Killing or at least knocking out the passengers

That's kind of a scary thought :/

No wonder I've never been in a plane before.

[Tisket]

I'm sure you can handle a little probing. You seem like a resilient woman.

Whoosh.

[Latrinsorm]

Dont know if this is true but read its possible for pilots to lose cabin air pressure in the passenger area. Killing or at least knocking out the passengersIt was a major plot point in the Langoliers miniseries, so I believe it's true.

[SHAFT]

Whoosh.

What does that mean??? Why must you confound me woman???

[Taernath]

What does that mean??? Why must you confound me woman???

That's the sound the probe makes as it... nevermind.

[Methais]

That's kind of a scary thought :/

No wonder I've never been in a plane before.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2A194yTWoQ

[SHAFT]

Methais, do you like movies about gladiators?

[Tgo01]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2A194yTWoQ

That's another reason I've never been in a plane before. They let just anyone fly planes these days.

[Gelston]

I'm surprised no one posted this theory-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I16_8l0yS-g

[Latrinsorm]

It's called showing respect. Sharkophobia is an embarrassment in this modern day and age.

[SHAFT]

Obviously the shark swallows the plane right? So we'll have to wait for the sharks digestive system to run its course until we find the wreckage. A sharks digestive system works slow.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Hard hitting CNN journalism strikes again!

6348

[cwolff]

Hard hitting CNN journalism strikes again!

6348

That must be why my car loses acceleration when the fuel gauge hits E. This is some hard hitting journalism.

[Tgo01]

Hard hitting CNN journalism strikes again!

6348

In other news A is the first letter of the alphabet.

[Latrinsorm]

That must be why my car loses acceleration when the fuel gauge hits E. This is some hard hitting journalism.Oh, I’ve been in the slash many times. This is nothing. You’ll get used to it. Just put it out of your mind.

[RagingThrak]

Current status:

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/74065000/gif/_74065445_malaysian_airliner_search_624_06.04_sign al.gif

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26912071