Malaysia airlines plane may have crashed 239 people on board #9

[jmcgladr]

Regarding the cargo: Several days ago (don't remember how many and I'll never find it again) I read on an Asian news website that a large amount of a certain fruit was a large part of the cargo. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the fruit.

Here is what I remember about the fruit: It grows on a tree, it is native to Malaysia, Malaysia exports a lot of it, it is expensive to purchse

Well, that would certainly be a first! A hijacking for fruit! Though it is amazing how much people in some Asian countries will pay for fruit. A few years back, they were paying astronomical amounts for Washington Rainier cherries in Japan - like $1 per cherry!

 

[squeaky]

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/18/Missing-MH370-Capt-Zaharie-related-to-Anwar-inlaws/


I know this isn't MSM but has anyone seen this????? sorry if it was posted before....

I think this is very troubling news if it proves to be accurate

 

[Brightbird]

Are they orange?

Purple and delicious!!

 

[newone]

At 4 oz a fruit, 4 in a pound, that would be around 32,000 mangosteens! Has anyone on Tomnod found a bunch of fruit yet??

dear God roflmao -- I don't think they'll show up well - they are pretty small from a satellite LOL:tantrum:

 

[MLO]

dear God roflmao -- I don't think they'll show up well - they are pretty small from a satellite LOL:tantrum:

Flocks of seagulls eating them might.

 

[Plumeria5]

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$8 a piece? That's a quarter million $ worth of fruit!

 

[newone]

http://www.eantioxidantjuice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mangosteen.jpeg

Look kind of purple. Never ate one.

passion fruit similar -- yummy

lovely juice

 

[Brightbird]

Not sure if this has been posted?http://www.eutimes.net/2014/03/mala...r-top-disease-experts-rushed-to-indian-ocean/

Think I need to put my tin foil hat on before that makes any sense :floorlaugh:

 

[jmcgladr]

I think this is very troubling news if it proves to be accurate

What's troubling about it? The PKR is a pro-Democratic party, and doesn't seem extremist in their views. And most Westerners would probably agree that Ibrahim was falsely imprisoned. Imprisoned for being homosexual? How is that reasonable? Sounds like the party in power are the REAL extremists!

 

[revampz]

http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...anwar-admits-mh370-pilot-his-relative-2014031

looks like it is...now hit MSM....also he is a close friend of one of the other leaders of the party

 

[Soulmagent]

Ok I was watching Phil woods ,partner talk to the reporter on CNN BAJC is her last name.

I noticed in the back ground she has boxes stacked up like she is getting ready to move.

 

[newone]

:cake::cake:

What's troubling about it? The PKR is a pro-Democratic party, and doesn't seem extremist in their views. And most Westerners would probably agree that Ibrahim was falsely imprisoned. Imprisoned for being homosexual? How is that reasonable? Sounds like the party in power are the REAL extremists!

For all we know he could be the cousin of the cousin of an inlaw.....you know how that is when you have your kids marry you don't remember everyone at the wedding.

 

[fruity]

Unconfirmed reports in Malaysian media say investigators probing the homemade flight simulator of the MH370 captain have found five runways from Indian Ocean airports programmed into it.


The Berita Harian Malay language paper quotes unnamed sources close to the investigation as saying that the airport runways were Male International Airport in the Maldives, Diego Garcia and three runways in India and Sri Lanka.


The source is quoted as saying that all the runways programmed into the simulator are 1000 metres long.


http://mobile.news.com.au/travel/tr...nies-involvement/story-fnizu68q-1226857475351

I'm not sure if this is a smear campaign ...

 

[newone]

Unconfirmed reports in Malaysian media say investigators probing the homemade flight simulator of the MH370 captain have found five runways from Indian Ocean airports programmed into it.


The Berita Harian Malay language paper quotes unnamed sources close to the investigation as saying that the airport runways were Male International Airport in the Maldives, Diego Garcia and three runways in India and Sri Lanka.


The source is quoted as saying that all the runways programmed into the simulator are 1000 metres long.


http://mobile.news.com.au/travel/tr...nies-involvement/story-fnizu68q-1226857475351

I'm not sure if this is a smear campaign ...

Isn't it ironic that we expect pilots to be ''perfect'' ..... part of his ability to respond to an emergency would be to keep ''fit'' in terms of preparation for an emergency. I would suspect that to keep on top of his game he had to face medical exams and keep himself in good shape etc. It would seem to me (JMO) that I would keep myself updated on nearby small airstrips in case god forbid I had an emergency as a pilot....simplified view...but I am a simple mind I guess.

 

[newone]

Flocks of seagulls eating them might.

I believe you!

 

[redheadedgal]

OT: if anyone is interested, a few days ago tweets were posted from a twitter account which i cannot remember right now. one of his/her followers is heather poole. she is a flight attendant who wrote a hilarious book (and a NYT best seller!) about her experiences:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Cruising-Attitude-Tales-Crashpads-Passengers/dp/0061986461"]Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35, 000 Feet: Heather Poole: 9780061986468: Amazon.com: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412EJNvE%2B7L.@@AMEPARAM@@412EJNvE%2B7L[/ame]

 

[jmcgladr]

:cake::cake:

For all we know he could be the cousin of the cousin of an inlaw.....you know how that is when you have your kids marry you don't remember everyone at the wedding.

True. Especially with larger families.

 

[MsFacetious]

Ok I was watching Phil woods ,partner talk to the reporter on CNN BAJC is her last name.

I noticed in the back ground she has boxes stacked up like she is getting ready to move.

Philip's girlfriend, who was getting ready to move in with him in Malaysia, says she, too, hasn't given up hope.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20796532,00.html

 

[MLO]

Isn't it ironic that we expect pilots to be ''perfect'' ..... part of his ability to respond to an emergency would be to keep ''fit'' in terms of preparation for an emergency. I would suspect that to keep on top of his game he had to face medical exams and keep himself in good shape etc. It would seem to me (JMO) that I would keep myself updated on nearby small airstrips in case god forbid I had an emergency as a pilot....simplified view...but I am a simple mind I guess.

Completely agree.

 

[newone]

http://www.straitstimes.com/breakin...anwar-admits-mh370-pilot-his-relative-2014031

looks like it is...now hit MSM....also he is a close friend of one of the other leaders of the party

be assured this adding the headache of the Prime Minister now......