Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people

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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."



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[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

AFTER their investigation.

Right.

And AFTER their investigations, people in the US government are still saying that it could be terrorism.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Apparently civilian radar wouldn't, military radar would, and this new direction is from some country's military radar intel.

True civilian radar only goes so far. Even out over the Gulf of Mexico you fly into areas that do not have civilian radar or radio.

You spend your time watching the clock and position reporting on the radio.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Right.

And AFTER their investigations, people in the US government are still saying that it could be terrorism.

Is that really a big insistent clamor now today?

Right now, it's a MYSTERY

COULD be aliens.

What's the jag to criticize some ephemeral 'Americans' all the sudden?

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Cochise

I suppose that the plane running out of fuel might explain why it could have crashed on land and been unnoticed. A very remote location, no fuel so less fire than there might otherwise have been, etc etc

See your point. It could happen on a random remote island, but not anything civilized with an airport on it, otherwise radar would of picked them up.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

True civilian radar only goes so far. Even out over the Gulf of Mexico you fly into areas that do not have civilian radar or radio.

You spend your time watching the clock and position reporting on the radio.

Again, apparently it's also the type of radar. They key to the transponder not the physical signature, and if the transponder goes off, they're blind to it.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Cochise

You wonder if Cambodia or these other countries have much in the way of detection capability anyway

Yes if they have a commercial or international airport, there is a chance they have approach radar monitoring their shorelines.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Is that really a big insistent clamor now today?

Right now, it's a MYSTERY

COULD be aliens.

What's the jag to criticize some ephemeral 'Americans' all the sudden?

Because the jump to "terrorism" seems to have become some kind of rallying cry with the government.

Hey, we need to slip in some really sleazy legislation, let's create a terrorism whirlwind so nobody notices.

EDIT: We, as a country really, have just become so sensationalistic and emotionally reactive. It gets old.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Because the jump to "terrorism" seems to have become some kind of rallying cry with the government.

Hey, we need to slip in some really sleazy legislation, let's create a terrorism whirlwind so nobody notices.

Again, WHO is in a terrorism whirlwind right now?

And why create a whirlwind if you don't want anyone to notice your legislation?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Again, WHO is in a terrorism whirlwind right now?

And why create a whirlwind if you don't want anyone to notice your legislation?

Nevermind.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Again, apparently it's also the type of radar. They key to the transponder not the physical signature, and if the transponder goes off, they're blind to it.

That is true from a reporting aspect, but most radars would at least report back an unidentified object. It should of be able to give them altitude, direction and speed. They wouldn't have the signature of the plane in that returned radar ping without the transponder working.

[Baby Lee]

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/malaysia-air/

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

That is true from a reporting aspect, but most radars would at least report back an unidentified object. It should of be able to give them altitude, direction and speed. They wouldn't have the signature of the plane in that returned radar ping without the transponder working.

Aliens?

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Dayze

Aliens?

Exactly

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Remember a few years ago a distraught Gay Air National Guard pilot broke from formation and flew his A10 out of gas into the Rockies. It was several days before they found the debris and they had a much better idea of the search area. The 777's debris field would be much larger, but the jungle and the size of the search area could keep the crash concealed a while.

* Only mentioned the Gayness because the Gay Lobby wants history text books rewritten to include sexual orientation of historical figures. Just complying with their wishes.