Malaysia Airlines Flight Goes Missing En Route to China

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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.

Maybe the Chinese shot it down and are trying to cover it up with that satellite image of debris.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I wondered, too, but this article by a pilot made me think again that it's a series of mechanical and/or electrical failures - these things take time to determine.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/12/opinion/abend-malaysia-370/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

If it makes you feel any better larger planes have been stolen (and unrecovered) before and there was no terrorist plot (or at least non came to fruition) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N844AA

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Anonymous wrote:It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

With China's population 150 Chinese citizens are like 31 American citizens.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

With China's population 150 Chinese citizens are like 31 American citizens.

Doesn't make it any less stupid and unrealistic. What would they gain by shooting it down? It would serve no purpose.

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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.

Yes b/c terrorist can only use a plane as a weapon. What are they going to do? Refuel it, do the maintenance, get a pilot who want to kill himself, try to fly in to US air space with no id, out fly 15s, and crash it a building. I am more worried about a terrorist derailing a train with a cargo of chlorine in a major city.

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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.

Yes b/c terrorist can only use a plane as a weapon. What are they going to do? Refuel it, do the maintenance, get a pilot who want to kill himself, try to fly in to US air space with no id, out fly 15s, and crash it a building. I am more worried about a terrorist derailing a train with a cargo of chlorine in a major city.

Well then don't live on Capitol Hill.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

With China's population 150 Chinese citizens are like 31 American citizens.

Doesn't make it any less stupid and unrealistic. What would they gain by shooting it down? It would serve no purpose.

You know OUR military has done it on accident before right?

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It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

An unidentified aircraft not responding to the radio enters Chinese air space will be shot down....just like the US would shoot it down

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It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

An unidentified aircraft not responding to the radio enters Chinese air space will be shot down....just like the US would shoot it down

Except that it wasn't anywhere near Chinese airspace when it lost contact -- it was SW of Vietnam and south of Cambodia.

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It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

An unidentified aircraft not responding to the radio enters Chinese air space will be shot down....just like the US would shoot it down

The US would deploy the military aircraft to investigate and guide/tail the plane. We do not shoot first and ask later, despite what you might believe.

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Anonymous wrote:It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

With China's population 150 Chinese citizens are like 31 American citizens.

Doesn't make it any less stupid and unrealistic. What would they gain by shooting it down? It would serve no purpose.

Agreed. If there was someone on board that the Chinese gov't wanted to kill, they wouldn't shoot down a massive passenger airliner. The plane was en route to their own country - they could have easily detained that person of interest and "taken care of them."

Way too high profile, to shoot down such a plane. It makes absolutely zero sense.

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It would be really stupid of the Chinese government to shoot down an aircraft that's mostly occupied by their own citizens.

An unidentified aircraft not responding to the radio enters Chinese air space will be shot down....just like the US would shoot it down

Except that it wasn't anywhere near Chinese airspace when it lost contact -- it was SW of Vietnam and south of Cambodia.

But not if it flew for another 4 + hours after that and shifted course over China.

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Wouldn't China fess up if that's what they did? They're within rights to shoot it down if it flies unresponsive into airspace? If they did shoot it down, that fact will become known at some point. Why cover it up?