Flight 370

[ArcadiaGP]

Apparently it flew low to avoid radar

MH370 flew as low as 1,500m to avoid detection, says paper

 

[Max Volume]

It could have flown in the shadow of another 777 in the area without that plane even knowing. Keith Ledgerwood

 

[Denny347]

Someone has a planeload of hostages. There was too much work to just ditch it in the ocean. No one claiming responsibility yet. This is all very interesting.

 

[88GT]

So it is possible to hide a plane that big, I guess.

 

[Lebowski]

What about the people on board? They'd have to know something was up. Even on 9/11 passengers on those planes made phonecalls or text messages home. I've also not been on a flight in the last 5 years or so that didn't have internet access/wifi available to passengers. Even if it was an overnight flight surely someone would be on board awake and alert, available to attempt a call or use the net.

Makes me wonder if the lack of communication and the apparent shutdown of all signals was a result of them being 'jammed' somehow.

 

[indykid]

What about the people on board? They'd have to know something was up. Even on 9/11 passengers on those planes made phonecalls or text messages home. I've also not been on a flight in the last 5 years or so that didn't have internet access/wifi available to passengers. Even if it was an overnight flight surely someone would be on board awake and alert, available to attempt a call or use the net.

Makes me wonder if the lack of communication and the apparent shutdown of all signals was a result of them being 'jammed' somehow.

The calls made from the ill-fated 9/11 plane were at low altitude over an area with very good cell reception. Assuming Flight 370 was hijacked, the first thing they would do it make the passengers turn in their cell phones. Anyone who didn't and was caught trying to use it would be stood up and shot as a warning to others. The plane would then turn north over Myanmar which has virtually no cell towers, then continue north into China and another area with little to no cell towers.

Most people in the USA are spoiled by the number of towers we have to the point of not realizing that cell reception requires a tower within a few miles. Just for grins, look up the AT&T coverage in the Myanmar/China area and you will see a perfect flight path into China, a country that would not surprise me if it turns out they are looking the other way as the 777 landed in a remote airport.

By the way, a 777 flown by a good pilot would require a runway less than 5000 feet to land safely.

 

[Thegeek]

Pretty logical theory, but the plane was stolen so it could be reverse engineered......

 

[HoughMade]

Pretty logical theory, but the plane was stolen so it could be reverse engineered......

Why would someone want to reverse engineer a 777? It's more expensive to build one from scratch than to buy one. The technology, though impressive, is not so advanced to not be available to the public, generally, or through corporate espionage.

 

[Dead Duck]

Pretty logical theory, but the plane was stolen so it could be reverse engineered......

Damn Tweekers!

 

[Mark 1911]

Latest story on the news is that the FBI and NTSB suspect the plane may have been stolen to load up with explosives for future use as another 9/11 style bomb. No explanation offered for all the people on board.

 

[Lebowski]

Latest story on the news is that the FBI and NTSB suspect the plane may have been stolen to load up with explosives for future use as another 9/11 style bomb. No explanation offered for all the people on board.

That's just a scare mongering way of saying "We don't know what the **** happened"

 

[Mark 1911]

That's just a scare mongering way of saying "We don't know what the **** happened"

Hopefully you're right, because the alternatives are too scary. Those guys get paid to look into postulated scenarios like that. Somebody should. Personally I'll be happy when they find the plane.

 

[hoosierdoc]

It it's to be filled with explosives, I doubt it's a nuke given the size of the plane. So I Guess there's that silver lining.

 

[88GT]

Still, it seems a bit overkill, pardon the pun, to use a plane that large for anything. The simple act of stealing it seems to shed light on its possible use for nefarious purposes. I would think that those who would use it for that purpose would have wanted to avoid drawing any attention to themselves. Its size alone can't really make it a superior delivery system, can it?

 

[gunsisgood]

Latest story on the news is that the FBI and NTSB suspect the plane may have been stolen to load up with explosives for future use as another 9/11 style bomb.

FBI and the NTSB must be checkin out INGO

 

[atvdave]

 

[HoughMade]

It it's to be filled with explosives, I doubt it's a nuke given the size of the plane. So I Guess there's that silver lining.

silver tarnishes. I believe that with the seats out (only a few rows), a crude nuke would fit in there. Now, getting a hold of fissionable material is no easy task....that'll shine the silver a bit.

 

[Dead Duck]

Its size alone can't really make it a superior delivery system, can it?

And I thought you were a girl.

 

[88GT]

All of my retorts are family unfriendly.

 

[Bennettjh]

And I thought you were a girl.

That's a good one!