* Still missing *Malaysian Airlines plane with 239 on board

[rowie343]

Will they eventually be able to pinpoint which corridor the plane was flying along and where exactly within the corridor? Or is this general info of the 2 corridors as good as it gets?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

sing me songs of no denying

seems to me too many trying

waiting for the next big thing

L. Ron Hubbard can't save your life....

Wait a minute! L. Ron Hubbard! Scientology! Xenu!! IT WAS ALIENS AFTER ALL!!!!!

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Quite possible. Who knows.

If I stole a plane and had it sitting it on the ground, I'd want the passengers alive and in the plane to make sure a cruise missile didn't land on my head.

That's just me though.

That's 250 people you have to feed, guard etc for who knows how long... An inconvenience you'd probably just get rid of. Only hope for those people really is that instead of killing them they just abandoned them into a jungle somewhere to fend for themselves.

 

[Sylvia Saint]

So do we assume that the stolen passport duo are the hijackers? Or the pilots have gone rogue? Or another option? This really is an amazing story, hope the passengers are still alive out there somewhere but I personally very much doubt it.

 

[Yidaki]

Wasn't everyone on here saying that it could definitely NOT be hijacked and that it DEFINITELY crashed into the ocean?

 

[2Knights]

It went something like this -

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Look for an expensive yacht cruising the Andaman islands, with evil genius and beautiful French brunette onboard. Motive unclear.

 

[BG32]

Wasn't everyone on here saying that it could definitely NOT be hijacked and that it DEFINITELY crashed into the ocean?

I didn't........ I said Malaysia blew it out of the sky

 

[Del35196]

Why dont they just keep searching before coming up with these assumptions? Surely its better to just keep looking instead of coming to conclusions without having any idea whatsoever of what happened.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

The 777 can't safely hit 45000 with the set oxygen levels. Hypoxia would have taken everyone out without extra oxygen.

Once neutralised, return to 23000ft and proceed with plan

The air would become very thin at 45000 but it would not kill everyone. Not sure how you came to that?

 

[JHF1870]

Wasn't everyone on here saying that it could definitely NOT be hijacked and that it DEFINITELY crashed into the ocean?

To be fair, within the first 3-5 days, anything but crashing into the ocean was merely a conspiracy theory. It would have been logical to suggest being crashed into the ocean. But after about 4 days, the situation changed. My initial thought was plane crashed into ocean. After 4-5 days I was thinking hijacking. Its all in here. Then I said I'd be worried about a future event, like at the MCG, I was laughed at.

 

[JHF1870]

Why dont they just keep searching before coming up with these assumptions? Surely its better to just keep looking instead of coming to conclusions without having any idea whatsoever of what happened.

The authorities know thats why. They know the real deal. We don't?

 

[WeetBixKid]

Flown to IRAN?!?! would make sense

Why? It wouldn't make sense at all, but then again nothing about this entire scenario really has.

 

[Moonwatcher]

If the plane was hijacked for a september 11 style attack you would think the attack would have already occurred. Waiting this long just gives anti terrorism agents time to thwart the operation. Motives are so unclear, but I suspect that the hijackers have been in contact with the US/China/Malaysia for some time now (if the plane is still intact)

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

The air would become very thin at 45000 but it would not kill everyone. Not sure how you came to that?

Umm yes it would.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

So do we assume that the stolen passport duo are the hijackers? Or the pilots have gone rogue? Or another option? This really is an amazing story, hope the passengers are still alive out there somewhere but I personally very much doubt it.

Disagree - gut feeling is that most passengers, if not all, are very much alive.

If you go to such an elaborate plan, I can't see why you would simply fly it into the ocean. They would've known how many miles it was to Beijing, how much fuel was spare etc -

This plane is down somewhere in the Kazakhstan Iraq region IMO and geez we need to be alert if this is the case. Unbelievable.

 

[ep2018]

Possibility that the plane went so high up was to suffocate the passengers and crew, then the plane dropped altitude and cruised to its final location.

 

[Yidaki]

If the plane was hijacked for a september 11 style attack you would think the attack would have already occurred. Waiting this long just gives anti terrorism agents time to thwart the operation. Motives are so unclear, but I suspect that the hijackers have been in contact with the US/China/Malaysia for some time now (if the plane is still intact)

It hasn't been hijacked for a mass murder type of situation. This thing goes deeper than terrorism; governments and various organisations are involved. I believe it has been hijacked for the important intellectual property on board.

 

[grizzlym]

The 777 can't safely hit 45000 with the set oxygen levels. Hypoxia would have taken everyone out without extra oxygen.

Once neutralised, return to 23000ft and proceed with plan

I thought that ceiling on the recommended cruising altitude was more based on the efficiency of the engines, not the oxygen levels.

 

[ep2018]

Disagree - gut feeling is that most passengers, if not all, are very much alive.

If you go to such an elaborate plan, I can't see why you would simply fly it into the ocean. They would've known how many miles it was to Beijing, how much fuel was spare etc -

This plane is down somewhere in the Kazakhstan Iraq region IMO and geez we need to be alert if this is the case. Unbelievable.

Yep, imagine if the plane has been loaded with explosives for a suicide mission. Shiiitttee

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Umm yes it would.

Are you saying that taking the plane to 45000 ft would instantly kill everyone on board?

 

[rowie343]

Anyone know enough about satellites to say if they will be able to narrow down the exact area within the corridors of last contact?

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Disagree - gut feeling is that most passengers, if not all, are very much alive.

If you go to such an elaborate plan, I can't see why you would simply fly it into the ocean. They would've known how many miles it was to Beijing, how much fuel was spare etc -

This plane is down somewhere in the Kazakhstan Iraq region IMO and geez we need to be alert if this is the case. Unbelievable.

I hope you're right - but it seems like a lot of (distressed) people to be feeding/looking after etc for over a week now.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Are you saying that taking the plane to 45000 ft would instantly kill everyone on board?

Not instantly, but after a period of time, absolutely.

Soon as they are out, descend back to safety

 

[Juddism]

Are you saying that taking the plane to 45000 ft would instantly kill everyone on board?

it would be at what's known as coffin corner where the wing stalls. it's ceiling is 43,100...it's not certified for 45,000...no chance of even getting it up that high at 70ton of fuel onboard.

 

[grizzlym]

Are you saying that taking the plane to 45000 ft would instantly kill everyone on board?

737-711 go to 41,000 feet. The Concorde used to regularly fly at 45,000+ feet.