Malaysia airlines plane may have crashed 239 people on board #20

[Trino]

http://kickerdaily.com/fbi-finds-little-on-mh370-captains-simulator-hard-drive/

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found virtually nothing on Flight MH370 captain’s seized simulator and hard drive after days of trying to investigate and recover the deleted data, according to a source who has access to information on the probe."

Now what?

 

[JerseyGirl]

China and Malaysia are trying to patch things up, but an armed kidnapping at a dive resort won’t help

http://qz.com/194997/china-and-malaysia-are-trying-to-patch-things-up-but-an-armed-kidnapping-at-a-dive-resort-wont-help/

Wow

Suspected Filipino rebels seized a Chinese female tourist and a Filipino hotel receptionist from a resort in eastern Malaysia, then fled on the speed boat they arrived in, Malaysian and Philippine officials have said.

The attackers were believed to be from the Abu Sayyaf, a Filipino rebel group that has been implicated in seaborne kidnappings for ransom in the region before, a Philippine intelligence official told the Associated Press.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-...m-malaysia-dive-resort-20144352719223578.html

 

[SouthAussie]

March 14 2014

How secure is the cockpit?

The idea of a passenger gaining access to the cockpit should be near impossible right? After 9/11 stringent new rules were brought in by the FAA that announced all cockpit doors were to be strengthened and fitted with an internal locking device. But what about reports by Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association that cockpit locks could be opened with an ice-cream stick or rolled-up boarding pass?

And when you consider that pilots, like all humans, need toilet breaks, meals and bouts of sleep, it’s inevitable that the cockpit door opens mid-flight. One aviation analyst estimates that the cockpit door is opened approximately eight times during an average flight. While flight attendants are supposed to stand guard whenever someone enters or exits the cockpit the reality is that they are often too busy.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...want-you-to-know/story-e6frfq80-1226854151194

 

[JerseyGirl]

Malaysia Airlines said one of its flights heading to London from Kuala Lumpur on Thursday was delayed to allow repair works on the plane. "... this retiming is necessary to facilitate rectification work on the aircraft," the airline said without elaborating.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles...0001424052702303532704579478904217270122.html

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A local media report in the Malay Mail said it had been forced to abort take-off.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=48509&icid=a&d_str=

 

[JerseyGirl]

Hishammuddin Hussein is under fire for this tweet. Photo: Twitter

Alan Cook tweeted: “@HishammuddinH2O @IsmailAmsyar hmmmm not sure the families will be happy to hear that translate it so they can read your statment #mh370”.

Hj Azman HMZ also quickly responded: “@HishammuddinH2O @IsmailAmsyar Sorry. I beg to differ with max consideratn & respect to the families. MH370 can’t be a blessing!”. “but u shud see how united we are defending our country from being accused, how strong the local media dispelling -ve reports,” he wrote.

“@hjazman got what u mean..but m not being insensitive or anything. I look at them as my family and i want them back. My apology,” he tweeted.

“@hjazman I’ve been covering this issue since day 1. they are all my family, my Malaysian family. if they hurt, so do i,” he followed up with shortly later.



http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/22325983/sub-joins-mh370-hunt-as-malaysia-police-probe-draws-blank/

 

[JerseyGirl]

The U.S. military has spent more than $3.3 million on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and has put in place plans that nearly double the original $4 million available for the hunt, a Pentagon spokesman said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/02/us-malaysia-airlines-usa-costs-idUSBREA311MV20140402

 

[JerseyGirl]

Malaysia Airlines safety instruction found in Australia - the safety instruction was spotted in one of rubbish recycling plants, which gets the stock from southern and western Australia.

Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_...s-safety-instruction-found-in-Australia-1074/

 

[Momoffourboys]

Malaysia plane: 100 search flights and still nothing

1 hour ago

Malaysia will not give up on the search for missing flight MH370, its prime minister said as he visited the search hub in Perth.

Prime Minister Najib Razak's comments came, as one aviation expert warned the cost of the operation could be "ten times" larger than the one that followed the Air France disaster.

The BBC's Jon Donnison added: "Over the past two weeks there have been almost 100 search flights and still nothing. The costs are massive."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-26869668

 

[JerseyGirl]

Malaysia's bumbling ruling elite - the world is coming to recognize what the country has known for decades -- that Malaysia’s leaders are accustomed to getting away with murder.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20140403/OPINION/304030017/Malaysia-s-bumbling-ruling-elite

 

[Steely Dan]

Malaysia Airlines safety instruction found in Australia - the safety instruction was spotted in one of rubbish recycling plants, which gets the stock from southern and western Australia.

Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_...s-safety-instruction-found-in-Australia-1074/

I have a problem taking Reddit seriously. I think this is a hoax and a sick hoax. Anybody who would do something like that is very disturbed.

I just don't understand how something that wouldn't float long, I'd think, could be found before anything else. Also, they seem vague on how and where it was found exactly. JMO

 

[Supernovae]

How about thinking about possibly putting too much weight and using a passenger plane as a cargo run. With tons of mangosteens + batteries + all the people and their luggage ithey may have overloaded that plane to unsafe levels.

But that wouldn't explain how it (ostensibly) ended up near Australia, would it?

Regarding the suicide theory I remain unconvinced, as it seems like an extremely elaborate and meticulously planned suicide. I'm still suspicious that, if it was intentionally diverted, and lots of qualified people seem to be of that opinion, it was part of something much bigger.

 

[21merc7]

The reddit find could be from any other plane. People do stick those things in their bag and toss them when they realize they have accidentally taken them. For all I know, some take them as souvenirs.

The only find of interest so far is the Maldives find, but if it is from a plane, the numbers should identify it, and many planes have crashed in the ocean before, so it could be from any number of other planes. I'm sure that someone is examining it, at least I would think it has to be examined, unless those that know about these things, know it is not a plane part.

 

[Steely Dan]

Malaysia's bumbling ruling elite - the world is coming to recognize what the country has known for decades -- that Malaysia’s leaders are accustomed to getting away with murder.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20140403/OPINION/304030017/Malaysia-s-bumbling-ruling-elite

Wow! That was a good read. Thanks.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The reddit find could be from any other plane. People do stick those things in their bag and toss them when they realize they have accidentally taken them. For all I know, some take them as souvenirs.

The only find of interest so far is the Maldives find, but if it is from a plane, the numbers should identify it, and many planes have crashed in the ocean before, so it could be from any number of other planes. I'm sure that someone is examining it, at least I would think it has to be examined, unless those that know about these things, know it is not a plane part.

I don't know how true this is:

"The instruction could have come from another Malaysia Airlines plane, though those interested made an inquiry and came to believe Boeing 777-200 was used by the airliner for the flights Kuala-Lumpur–Beijing only."

Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_...s-safety-instruction-found-in-Australia-1074/

coincidence?

I still want to know why Australia didn't have any radar on that plane since the search area is so close to their border and again, I'll bring up Pine Gap and lack of any radar info coming from there.

 

[21merc7]

I still want to know why Australia didn't have any radar on that plane since the search area is so close to their border and again, I'll bring up Pine Gap and lack of any radar info coming from there.

respectfully snipped

I've been wondering about all the radar and satellite confusion. I have no clear understanding of it all and the territories. Is some of it classified info? In other words, the Countries and Agencies involved in the search have the info, but the general public is not allowed to know?

(Not that most of us comprehend it anyway, meaning me, lol.)

 

[marlywings]

China calls families of passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines flight ‘radical and extreme’

April 03, 2014 10:11PM

WEEKS of vitriol, conspiracy theories and an informal travel boycott directed at Malaysia by Chinese people upset over the lost jetliner have prompted Beijing to move into damage control to protect the countries’ normally friendly relations

Now Beijing is distancing itself from the shriller criticisms, highlighting the delicate line it must walk in supporting the families without inflicting lasting damage to relations with an important neighbour.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...ical-and-extreme/story-fnihsmjt-1226874053775

 

[LambChop]

I don't know how true this is:

"The instruction could have come from another Malaysia Airlines plane, though those interested made an inquiry and came to believe Boeing 777-200 was used by the airliner for the flights Kuala-Lumpur–Beijing only."

Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_...s-safety-instruction-found-in-Australia-1074/

coincidence?

I still want to know why Australia didn't have any radar on that plane since the search area is so close to their border and again, I'll bring up Pine Gap and lack of any radar info coming from there.

Not sure it has been confirmed as to how close the aircraft came to Australia. They are assuming locations but no proof. jmo

 

[Steely Dan]

:waiting:

 

[JerseyGirl]

Not sure it has been confirmed as to how close the aircraft came to Australia. They are assuming locations but no proof. jmo

Jindalee Operational Radar Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The JORN network is operated by No. 1 Radar Surveillance Unit RAAF (1RSU). Data from the JORN sites is fed to the JORN Coordination Centre at RAAF Base Edinburgh where it is passed on to other agencies and military units. Officially the system allows the Australian Defence Force to observe all air and sea activity north of Australia to distances of 3000 km. This encompasses all of Java, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and halfway across the Indian Ocean. Other sources put the range at 4000 km from the Australian coastline,[23] as far away as Singapore.[24]

bbm

 

[Elley Mae]

July 3, 2011

http://www.smh.com.au/national/border-radar-fiasco-20110702-1gwio.html

The Sun-Herald can reveal that the $1.8 billion Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) has not picked up any of the boats that have carried thousands of people to Christmas Island and Ashmore Reef.