Search intensifies for Malaysian airliner and 239 people, rescue ships head to sea

[SepiaAndDust]

I say the plane is in another dimension.

No, this is clearly the work of the Dharma Initiative.

 

[cow451]

I say the plane is in another dimension.

Wasn't there a Twight Zone episode like that?

 

[PreachersWife2004]

Wasn't there a Twight Zone episode like that?

and a Stephen King book as well!

 

[PsychoSarah]

Wasn't there a Twight Zone episode like that?

Well, i remember one where a plane went back in time.

 

[cow451]

Well, i remember one where a plane went back in time.

A few of our conservative posters are trying to book seats on that plane.

 

[OGM]

I wonder when they are going to give up on the search.

 

[cow451]

I wonder when they are going to give up on the search.

It will have to be scaled back at some point, but will never end completely until the plane is found.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Wasn't there a Twight Zone episode like that?

Had to look that one up.

I believe this is the episode you're referring to.

Twilight Zone Full Episode (The Odyssey of Flight 33) - IMDb

 

[bhsmte]

Wasn't there a Twight Zone episode like that?

Love that episode, it was in the movie as well. The dude saw a monster on the wing pulling parts out of the jet engine.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

No, this is clearly the work of the Dharma Initiative.

Hence my comment on the first page of this thread:

They should stop looking for the plane and start looking for the island from Lost.

 

[leftrightleftrightleft]

This whole thing is fodder for a host of conspiracy theories. This article from the BBC posits 10 possible theories for what happened to the plane:

BBC News - Missing Malaysia plane: 10 theories examined

Hidden in that list, amongst absolutely ridiculous theories, is the most plausible one (#5 on the list): there was a fire on board, the plane attempted to turn around and land at the nearest airport before going down.

Also, the main criticism of this theory is this: "But [the] theory has been disputed. If the course was changed during a major emergency, one might expect it to be done using manual control. But the left turn was the result of someone in the cockpit typing "seven or eight keystrokes into a computer on a knee-high pedestal between the captain and the first officer, according to officials"

Umm…how the heck could they know that the command had been issued using seven or eight keystrokes from a knee-high pedestal between the captain and the first officer? How can they know that amazing amount of detail, yet fail to know whether the plane is in Kazakhstan or the South Indian ocean?


I still maintain that there was no plot. No terrorism. The plane went down. I may be proven wrong when they find the plane, but I'm still sticking to that story because it seems the most plausible.

The main reason I don't see terrorism is that no one has claimed responsibility. What are the hijackers doing with the plane? What is their motive? Without a motive, I fail to see hijacking as a plausible solution.

 

[bhsmte]

This whole thing is fodder for a host of conspiracy theories. This article from the BBC posits 10 possible theories for what happened to the plane:

BBC News - Missing Malaysia plane: 10 theories examined

Hidden in that list, amongst absolutely ridiculous theories, is the most plausible one (#5 on the list): there was a fire on board, the plane attempted to turn around and land at the nearest airport before going down.

Also, the main criticism of this theory is this: "But [the] theory has been disputed. If the course was changed during a major emergency, one might expect it to be done using manual control. But the left turn was the result of someone in the cockpit typing "seven or eight keystrokes into a computer on a knee-high pedestal between the captain and the first officer, according to officials"

Umm…how the heck could they know that the command had been issued using seven or eight keystrokes from a knee-high pedestal between the captain and the first officer? How can they know that amazing amount of detail, yet fail to know whether the plane is in Kazakhstan or the South Indian ocean?


I still maintain that there was no plot. No terrorism. The plane went down. I may be proven wrong when they find the plane, but I'm still sticking to that story because it seems the most plausible.

The main reason I don't see terrorism is that no one has claimed responsibility. What are the hijackers doing with the plane? What is their motive? Without a motive, I fail to see hijacking as a plausible solution.

The problem with this whole thing, is whether the information we are getting is accurate or not. If it is, I find the fire scenario possible, but not as likely as human intervention to take the plane off course with no fire.

 

[OGM]

Who knows...the information we receive is constantly changing. I have stopped wondering because I don't trust all of these stories that sometimes change within a few hours.

 

[Sistrin]

Okay, I'll bite.

For what purpose?

Go to flight radar 24 dot com and look at how much traffic is in the air at any one time. The plane could be refitted, the transponders reprogramed and the thing could be flown into practically any metro area in the world.

 

[David Brider]

I think they know exactly where this plane is and it's getting annoying that they are not telling anything about it.

This reminds me of the sort of thing someone else I know comes out with a lot (albeit on a totally different subject) - "they know where it is, they're just not telling us!!!" What if "they", whoever "they" are genuinely know nothing of the 'plane's whereabouts? What if it genuinely is missing, most likely crashed somewhere?

 

[PreachersWife2004]

Go to flight radar 24 dot com and look at how much traffic is in the air at any one time. The plane could be refitted, the transponders reprogramed and the thing could be flown into practically any metro area in the world.

and?

9/11 showed us what we can do with one jet.

 

[cow451]

Who knows...the information we receive is constantly changing. I have stopped wondering because I don't trust all of these stories that sometimes change within a few hours.

Ever consider that updated information changes the story?????????

 

[OGM]

Ever consider that updated information changes the story?????????

The updates are too conflicted. Even the searchers have pulled back a couple of times because they were sent on wild goose chases.

 

[cow451]

The updates are too conflicted. Even the searchers have pulled back a couple of times because they were sent on wild goose chases.

Unlike some posters here, it is OK to change as new information comes in. This story will play out for months, even years.

 

[OGM]

Unlike some posters here, it is OK to change as new information comes in. This story will play out for months, even years.

It is okay to get hone a search as new information becomes available. The problem with this flight is the 180's that have been going back and forth. I can see why the searchers became frustrated and actually stopped operations a few times. Very uncoordinated.