Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course - sources
....Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course - sources said.
The last plot on the military radar's tracking suggested the plane was flying toward India's Andaman Islands, a chain of isles between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, they said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/us-malaysia-airlines-radar-exclusive-idUSBREA2D0DG20140314
#MH370 This is latest and most accurate flight path and the reason why the search is now where it is.
https://twitter.com/sgify/status/444421777280614400/photo/1
Quick question for any expert here. So the plane flew along a navigational way point where there is possibility that other aircraft is also using. But with its anti collision transponder off (we assume) how could it avoid running into other planes? Would it have some form of assistance? Ground radar perhaps?
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Anything happened??
Well I would assume if the plane was flying lower then normal altitude than the chance of a mid air collision would be pretty low. I'm of course just speculating, but it would stand to reason.
Right! This plane did not have wifi. But, if it did veer off over Kota Bharu at a lower altitude near that huge cell tower, there could be data from it. :twocents:
This is the correct airport-
http://skyvector.com/airport/VYCI/Coco-Island-Airport
http://goo.gl/maps/LTU60
Thanks for you r continued reporting of tweets, Popsicle! so informative!Sri Jegarajah ‏@cnbcSri 1m
7th Fleet: P-3C Orion completed search today of NW section of Malacca Strait, flew approx 1,000 miles west, nothing significant to report
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BREAKING: US 7th Fleet - "We do not have detailed information on her (USS Kidd's) assignment in the Strait of Malacca at this time" #MH370
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BREAKING: US 7th Fleet - USS Kidd arrived in the northwestern section of the Strait of Malacca late this afternoon #MH370
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BREAKING: US 7th Fleet - "We shift our focus from the Gulf of Thailand to the northwestern section of the Strait of Malacca" #MH370
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BREAKING: US 7th Fleet's Cmdr. William J. Marks - "No significant activity" to report in #MH370 search effort
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Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course - sources
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/us-malaysia-airlines-radar-exclusive-idUSBREA2D0DG20140314
Waypoints are geographic locations, worked out by calculating longitude and latitude, that help pilots navigate along established air corridors.
Malaysia's air force chief said on Wednesday an aircraft that could have been the missing plane was plotted on military radar at 2:15 a.m., 200 miles northwest of Penang Island off Malaysia's west coast.
This position marks the limit of Malaysia's military radar in that part of the country, a fourth source familiar with the investigation told Reuters.
When asked about the range of military radar at a news conference on Thursday, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said it was "a sensitive issue" that he was not going to reveal.
"Even if it doesn't extend beyond that, we can get the co-operation of the neighboring countries," he said.
The fact that the aircraft - if it was MH370 - had lost contact with air traffic control and was invisible to civilian radar suggested someone on board had turned off its communication systems, the first two sources said.
When asked about the range of military radar at a news conference on Thursday, Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said it was "a sensitive issue" that he was not going to reveal.
"Even if it doesn't extend beyond that, we can get the co-operation of the neighboring countries," he said.
much more at link.