Malaysia Airlines Flight Goes Missing En Route to China

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone posted this comment on the Washington post--can someone please tell me there is no way this could happen, pretty please?

"It is within the realm of possibility that al Qaeda has acquired a nuclear device, considering that scores of warheads that are unaccounted for among nuclear powers: Pakistan, former Soviet bloc countries, NK. It might not even be theft, as many foreign agencies with nuclear warhead access are rife with corruption.

Given this to be a plausible scenario, the one thing lacking in order to detonate a device in an American or European urban center is a foolproof delivery system – effectively slipping it through the dragnet of nuclear detection devices and border security. And the best way to accomplish this would be to exploit the humanitarian urge to aid innocents: a hijacked airline full of passengers requesting permission to land.

Flight 370 had 7.5 hours of fuel remaining when it turned west. That would translate into 4,200 miles at standard cruising speed, which would place it as far as central Somalia (3,800 miles) The vector reported by the Malaysia military radar over Malaysia/Thailand puts the aircraft on a direct path to Somalia.

Scenario: Al Qaeda in Somalia coordinated the hijacking (or pilot complicity) of Flight 370, to have it go "dark" and turn to Somalia at the point where it leaves Malaysia air traffic control. It turns due west and crosses the peninsula at low altitude: once over the Andaman Sea, it resumes a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet with sufficient fuel to reach central Somalia at standard cruising speed of 490 knots (560 mph).

The plane lands while it is still night in Somalia. There, it is refueled and al Qaeda secures its nuclear device in the cargo hold. At some point the 777 takes off for its intended target, which could be as far as the U.S. It once again flies “dark”: as it approaches the target, it contacts the country, stating that it has been hijacked, has passengers on board, is running out of fuel and must land. It is permitted to enter airspace, heads for the target city and detonates the bomb low over the city. "

Holy. Shit. Batman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone posted this comment on the Washington post--can someone please tell me there is no way this could happen, pretty please?

"It is within the realm of possibility that al Qaeda has acquired a nuclear device, considering that scores of warheads that are unaccounted for among nuclear powers: Pakistan, former Soviet bloc countries, NK. It might not even be theft, as many foreign agencies with nuclear warhead access are rife with corruption.

Given this to be a plausible scenario, the one thing lacking in order to detonate a device in an American or European urban center is a foolproof delivery system – effectively slipping it through the dragnet of nuclear detection devices and border security. And the best way to accomplish this would be to exploit the humanitarian urge to aid innocents: a hijacked airline full of passengers requesting permission to land.

Flight 370 had 7.5 hours of fuel remaining when it turned west. That would translate into 4,200 miles at standard cruising speed, which would place it as far as central Somalia (3,800 miles) The vector reported by the Malaysia military radar over Malaysia/Thailand puts the aircraft on a direct path to Somalia.

Scenario: Al Qaeda in Somalia coordinated the hijacking (or pilot complicity) of Flight 370, to have it go "dark" and turn to Somalia at the point where it leaves Malaysia air traffic control. It turns due west and crosses the peninsula at low altitude: once over the Andaman Sea, it resumes a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet with sufficient fuel to reach central Somalia at standard cruising speed of 490 knots (560 mph).

The plane lands while it is still night in Somalia. There, it is refueled and al Qaeda secures its nuclear device in the cargo hold. At some point the 777 takes off for its intended target, which could be as far as the U.S. It once again flies “dark”: as it approaches the target, it contacts the country, stating that it has been hijacked, has passengers on board, is running out of fuel and must land. It is permitted to enter airspace, heads for the target city and detonates the bomb low over the city. "

Holy. Shit. Batman.

It's been a week. If that was going to happen, it would have happened.

Also, how does one get the nuclear device to Malaysia?

[Anonymous]

"Reuters, citing unidentified sources familiar with the investigation, reported that whoever was piloting the vanished jet was following navigational waypoints that would have taken the plane over the Andaman Islands."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/14/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Reuters, citing unidentified sources familiar with the investigation, reported that whoever was piloting the vanished jet was following navigational waypoints that would have taken the plane over the Andaman Islands."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/14/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

"This indicates that it was either being flown by the pilots or someone with knowledge of those waypoints, the sources said.

The last plot on the military radar's tracking suggested the plane was flying toward India's Andaman Islands, a chain of isles between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, they said.

Waypoints are geographic locations, worked out by calculating longitude and latitude, that help pilots navigate along established air corridors.

A third source familiar with the investigation said inquiries were focusing increasingly on the theory that someone who knew how to fly a plane deliberately diverted the flight."

[Anonymous]

Have we all forgotten Occum's Razor?

[Anonymous]

There is a runway on Coco Island (Burma), that is allegedly used as a Chinese military airbase. Does not mean that it's related in any way to 370.

[Anonymous]

BREAKING: US officials investigate whether lithium batteries in the cargo hold could have brought the plane down. At this point, no terrorism suspected, and the batters were not believed to be there illegally or maliciously.

[Anonymous]

*batteries, not "batters" !

[Anonymous]

Maybe they were just tired of the grind and hustle of working 9-5 in Beijing, wondering which Beijing version of JKLMM schools to live in, tired of smog and local party politics and wanted to go to these beautiful Andaman islands.

[Anonymous]

Dang, I need to go there.

[Anonymous]

Many nations are sending or have sent their highest technological means to assist in the search for MH370.

USA - sends ships and planes
China - send ships
Singapore - sends submarine

Malaysia - Uses this

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/257069

[Anonymous]

link!! link please

[Anonymous]

^^link to the breaking news please

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BREAKING: US officials investigate whether lithium batteries in the cargo hold could have brought the plane down. At this point, no terrorism suspected, and the batters were not believed to be there illegally or maliciously.

This is being discussed on CNN. Seems cargo related, but accidental (no ill intent)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BREAKING: US officials investigate whether lithium batteries in the cargo hold could have brought the plane down. At this point, no terrorism suspected, and the batters were not believed to be there illegally or maliciously.

Great, but WHERE?