Malaysia Airlines Flight Goes Missing En Route to China

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

How many cell towers are there in the middle of the ocean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

How many cell towers are there in the middle of the ocean?

This is true. When I was in the Navy, I only had cell phone signal if we were within 1/2 mile of the shoreline. You'd need to have a satellite cell phone in order to make a call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

There are no cell towers in the ocean and if the plan lost communication, there is no way cell phones would have gotten a signal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

Yes golfer Payne Stewart was on the flight.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/oct99/crash26.htm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

What happened? Where did it crash? How many on board? Link??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

Was Payne Stewart on the flight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

What happened? Where did it crash? How many on board? Link??

Link is above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

Yes golfer Payne Stewart was on the flight.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/oct99/crash26.htm

Please tell me that being starved of oxygen in an depressurized cabin would be a quick, painless death ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

The Payne Stewart plane was being picked up by radar the whole time it was flying on autopilot and when they realized nobody was responding then they sent up the fighter jets. If the Malaysian plane was flying for hours after the last communication point it had to have crossed land at some point and it is hard to believe that it flew totally undetected by radar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous



the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

Seriously, how do you think cell phones work? It has to have a tower to receive to cell phone's signal. The normal range(depending on many factors) is like maybe 3-5 miles if you are lucky. If you are over the ocean or in a remote place where there are no towers, the cell phone will not work. Also, low enough over the ocean to avoid radar is like 17,000 ft or 3 miles high. If it dark out, the passenger would not how high they were flying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

Yes golfer Payne Stewart was on the flight.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/oct99/crash26.htm

Please tell me that being starved of oxygen in an depressurized cabin would be a quick, painless death ...

I believe it is. I read something that said it could take as little as 8 seconds to start to lose conciousness. There was a passenger jet that crashed in Greece in 2005 under this same scenario. One of the horrible things about this flight was that a flight attendant survived at least some time on the depressurized flight and tired to save the plane and was unable to do so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?

If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.

That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.

The Payne Stewart plane was being picked up by radar the whole time it was flying on autopilot and when they realized nobody was responding then they sent up the fighter jets. If the Malaysian plane was flying for hours after the last communication point it had to have crossed land at some point and it is hard to believe that it flew totally undetected by radar.

Do you understand how these countries work? It's not like US/EU where they just scramble flights. They probably shot it down.

[Anonymous]

I initially figured this was just an ocean crash. But now I am indeed worried that this plane has been taken for some nefarious purposes - to be used as a weapon ala 9/11.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
the plane crashed in the ocean. why is this such a big deal? the ocean if filled with all kinds of things that went down throughout history.

Yes, it could have flown low enough over the ocean to not be picked up by radar -- but how could all those passengers not have used a cell phone to say what was going on? Not a one?


If the cabin depressurized, they would have all been passed out or dead.


That exact scenario happened over the USA a few years back. The even scrambled the f16 fighter planes to fly next to it ( think it was a lear jet (sp?). Flew on autopilot until it ran out of gas; everyone on board was already dead for lack of O2 and freezing temps.


The Payne Stewart plane was being picked up by radar the whole time it was flying on autopilot and when they realized nobody was responding then they sent up the fighter jets. If the Malaysian plane was flying for hours after the last communication point it had to have crossed land at some point and it is hard to believe that it flew totally undetected by radar.

There are area with no radar. With autopilot engaged it would have just flown out into the ocean.