Missing Flight Mh370

[Eve]

Just unimaginable thinking about the loss of life in this tragedy.

There are thoughts, obviously just that at this stage, that terrorism may be a possible cause, especially now they have identified four stolen passports having been used by passengers on the flight.

I will be honest in that I don't have much knowledge of politics in that part of the world. I know that there have been terrorist incidents but who could be behind this kind of a tragedy, if it does turn out to be an act of terrorism?

[chrissa1]

What about satellite photos of the area? One of the many may have been overhead to take a picture.

[EDDIE51]

Search now widened to include Malaysian mainland area which is jungle and mountain. If it flew into the side of a mountain that would explain the sudden disappeance.

[emmie]

is it possible to take the plane over, as in hijack, disable a tracking system, i only ask as have no idea if that is possible, and fly it to some place they wanted to go to seek asylum, the news reader said one is an Iranian, two men had stolen passports. If it's crashed then why can't debris be spotted.

[EDDIE51]

Cockpit doors are locked with a security system in place, no one can get in to hijack a plane. if an attempt is made to get into the cockpit with out permission it activtes an alarm and sends an automatic Mayday call.

[emmie]

it has been done, we know that hijackers can take over the plane, one is as i mentioned an Iranian asylum seeker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_attacks

[DrFilth]

emmie think you will find after that they changed the rules about the cockpit doors being locked

[jno]

you can't be a suicide bomber and an asylum seeker.

[tamborine]

Malaysia hasn't got the mountains, there is the Cameron Highlands but that's tea plantations and fully habited as is all Malaysia. impenetrable jungles are in Burma but a plane would be spotted in there.

Odd that no one saw a plane fall out of the sky in the early hours of Saturday morning. The weather is 35c and most life is lived outdoors.

[emmie]

However we have seen that hijackers take the plane to a destination, disembark then claim asylum, didn't that happen here a while ago.

[emmie]

who said anything about being a suicide bomber, i merely pointed out that planes can be hijacked. Perhaps they have changed the rules, it doesn't mean that they still can't, if the pilot knows that the passengers might be killed he will likely not want that to happen, so unlock the doors.
if it's ditched, or crashed into a mountain and disintegrated, one would have expected them to find some debris

[emmie]

it did indeed

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/04/stansted.immigration

[DrFilth]

cockpit doors

http://kcubbin.tripod.com/id34.html

[emmie]

thank you, and as i said, if the pilot thought his passengers were at risk would he still sit there with locked doors. If it's crashed i hope they find some evidence, it must be awful for the families.

[Eve]

I've just seen this which is a bit eerie but maybe some hope that the aircraft may not be in deep water?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2578020/Why-cellphones-missing-Malaysian-Airlines-passengers-ringing-Family-members-claim-loved-ones-smartphones-active.html

[emmie]

the last news i read was that the plane had veered off its course, so they are having to cover a much wider area.

[Eve]

It has been thought for a while now that the plane may have turned back/taken a difference course.

[Peter Pedant]

The chinese have gone v quiet about not beinng told anything
Now perhaps they are

as in all good conspiracies - we arent being told evrything

The blip originally went "bloop" on radar
and then the Malaysian armed forces were told it is not possible for something to cross land and you not notice
and lo and behold the Malays said - oh yes we did actually - it turned around and flew v low.....

[237SJ]

The fact that the plane turned back (if it did) without communication does look a lot like hijack. It`s not unknown for a pilot to commit suicide by crashing his own plane as well. Rare but not unknown.

[237SJ]

There`s a huge "saving face" culture in that part of the world as well. They just don`t like admitting that they don`t know.

[237SJ]

@Eddie - "If an attempt is made to get into the cockpit without permission it activates an alarm and sends an automatic Mayday call". I would love to see the cockpit door locking mechanism that is connected to the radio. That is not true.