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ShowtimeSBMVP · 09:02 AM

Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane with 239 aboard enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The airline said in a statement early Saturday it was attempting to locate the Boeing 777 after it lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 2:40 a.m. It was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m.

China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported the plane was lost in airspace controlled by Vietnam, and did not make contact with Chinese air traffic controllers.

The plane is carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members. The airline said it is working with authorities to locate the plane.

Boeing said on its Twitter account it is monitoring the situation, and "our thoughts are with everyone on board."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03...ing-23-people/

Malaysian jet probe sharpens focus on passengers, crew as new clues emerge

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03...-indian-ocean/

tk13 · 03-15-2014, 12:48 AM

Other major thing he said was that last contact with the plane was at 8:11 AM. That means the plane was in the air at least 7.5 hours.

DenverChief · 03-15-2014, 12:49 AM

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He specifically said the Kazakhstan/Turkmenistan border to northern Thailand. Which is a huge area. That doesn't mean that's where it is... but it sounded like they need to examine a path from those points all the way to Malaysia.

He made a comment about attempting to get radar data from other countries to examine these potential flight paths. Sounded like they were abandoning the South China Sea search they've been harping on the last few days.

his geography must be off - Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are north of India - Myanmar is north of Thailand

tk13 · 03-15-2014, 12:51 AM

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his geography must be off - Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are north of India - Myanmar is north of Thailand

Yeah that's why I thought it wasn't reassuring. The only things he really confirmed was that this was a deliberate act, and the plane was in the air over 7 hours. Of course they haven't been the best source of information either. Good luck.

DenverChief · 03-15-2014, 12:52 AM

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his geography must be off - Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are north of India - Myanmar is north of Thailand

Plus - I just don't picture a plane that big going undetected over India/China airspace

**alnorth** · 03-15-2014, 12:52 AM

Can an unidentified plane really fly through all those 'stans unnoticed?

DenverChief · 03-15-2014, 12:53 AM

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Of course they haven't been the best source of information either. Good luck.

Yeah I don't get that either - why hide your information? What does the government have to hide from the rest of the world?

DenverChief · 03-15-2014, 12:54 AM

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Can an unidentified plane really fly through all those 'stans unnoticed?

No way - military Radar in AT LEAST China/India would set off alarms on an"unmarked" aircraft in their airspace

RINGLEADER · 03-15-2014, 12:55 AM

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Can an unidentified plane really fly through all those 'stans unnoticed?

What if someone shot it down and doesn't want to be blamed?

This is a rough one to figure out...

Jimmya · 03-15-2014, 03:07 AM

It may have been shot down..... But it will be figured out sooner or later.

AussieChiefsFan · 03-15-2014, 03:39 AM

Hijacked? Holy crap.

Odd how someone said that the plane was west of Perth. That's a long way south.

Eleazar · 03-15-2014, 09:00 AM

You aren't going to be able to get into the cabin anyway, unless someone lets you in. Ramming the door with the beverage cart isn't going to work anymore.

The question in my mind is why would you fly where they did, what possible aim could they have had? If you are going to crash the plane and take everyone with you, why wait so long?

**Rain Man** · 03-15-2014, 09:01 AM

if the hijackers are headed in 1 of 2 directions, either open ocean west of Perth or the central asia Stan countries, I think I would place my bet on the Stans.

**Rain Man** · 03-15-2014, 09:25 AM

There's still a chance that it is the Uyghur rebels in China. the odds are that it is the Muslims,but it may be worth putting a buck or two on the Uyghurs if you're in Vegas right now.

**alnorth** · 03-15-2014, 10:19 AM

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Hijacked? Holy crap.

Odd how someone said that the plane was west of Perth. That's a long way south.

Apparently, that was not confirmed, it was just a possible location if the plane had flown the southern corridor. Obviously there is no reason whatsoever to go there unless your goal was to make sure that your watery grave was never found. If we have terrorists on this plane, then they went the northern route.

Start Croyle · 03-15-2014, 10:22 AM

I have a theory about this plane that I have not seen anyone mention yet. I think it is not in the ocean, or on land! What if the plane never came back to ground? Instead, it kept climbing, to the point it left earth's atmosphere! A space shuttle has insane amounts of thrust/force/speed to get off the ground and into space, but so does a plane when traveling at 40,000 feet and over 500 mph!

What if the pilot pulled the nose up and just kept going? What if that plane was so high that it just left the gravitational pull of the earth?

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03-15-2014, 10:22 AM	#450
Start Croyle Starter Join Date: Dec 2010 Casino cash: $10016078	I have a theory about this plane that I have not seen anyone mention yet. I think it is not in the ocean, or on land! What if the plane never came back to ground? Instead, it kept climbing, to the point it left earth's atmosphere! A space shuttle has insane amounts of thrust/force/speed to get off the ground and into space, but so does a plane when traveling at 40,000 feet and over 500 mph! What if the pilot pulled the nose up and just kept going? What if that plane was so high that it just left the gravitational pull of the earth?
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