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If the plane was hijacked, I don't think the hijackers successfully landed it, even somewhere remote. Someone would have noticed it, and the passengers would have starting calling on their cell phones.
Sources told the Reuters news agency on Friday, meanwhile, that the path Flight 370 appears to have taken after diverting from its intended route strongly suggests that a trained pilot was still in control of the aircraft.
The news agency said investigators believe the missing jet appeared to follow a known air navigational route, based on the radar blips seen by the Malaysian military.
That would have taken the plane into the Andaman Sea and toward the Indian Ocean, and according to Reuters, "could only have been set deliberately, either by flying the Boeing 777-200ER jet manually or by programming the auto-pilot."
Reuters cited another source as saying the official investigation was increasingly focused on the possibility that someone with training as a pilot deliberately diverted the flight.
I can't trace the answer to point 1, and I don't know where I've heard point 2 (probably some crime show on TLC). Anyway, here some support:Monique said:1) Phones do not need to be turned off with all airlines
2) Phones still ping when turned off, in a similar manner that the airplane still pinged with communication devices turned off
from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...3cf4-f0b1-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story_2.html
By September 2004, a new NSA technique enabled the agency to find cellphones even when they were turned off. JSOC troops called this “The Find,” and it gave them thousands of new targets, including members of a burgeoning al-Qaeda-sponsored insurgency in Iraq, according to members of the unit.
27. What about reports that passengers' cell phones continued operating after the flight's disappearance?
The answer to the question about meteors and conspiracy theories applies here, too. When phones are disabled or turned off -- which would presumably happen after a plane crash -- calls to those cell phones go directly to voice mail. Friends and loved ones of the missing passengers, however, reported ringing when they called. Technology industry analyst Jeff Kagan says a call would connect first to a network before trying to find the end user, and the ringing sound callers hear masks the silence they would otherwise hear while waiting for the connection to be made. "If it doesn't find the phone after a few minutes, after a few rings, then typically, it disconnects, and that's what's happening," he said.
Missing Malaysian Jetliner: Could Phone Tracking Help?
Locating the mobile phones of the 239 travelers on the Boeing 777 that vanished Saturday isn't as simple as activating a "Find My iPhone" app, given the speed the plane was traveling, its altitude and the fact it was probably flying over water. Many people assume smartphones to be all-powerful tracking devices. Often police, rescue units and others can use a person's phone to pinpoint the user's precise location. Even so, there are large portions of the planet that don't have the transmission towers that are necessary for mobile communications. In the case of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, smartphones are unlikely to lead investigators to the plane.
Borg said:It's pretty clear that someone was deliberately attempting to conceal the flight path and it looks like it was headed toward the Indian Ocean. What if one of the pilots decided to kill himself and didn't want to ever be found. What would be the best way? Could the plane have been soft landed in the middle of nowhere so that it floods quickly with little or no floating debris?
In the most comprehensive account to date of the plane’s fate, Najib drew an ominous picture of what happened aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, saying investigators had determined there was “deliberate action by someone on the plane.”
arildno said:Well, if the plane did go the northern route over India and Pakistan, say, there is no particular reason why we should expect either of these countries to be forthcoming with what they know and, also, what they DON'T know.
To publicize their own military surveillance capacities (or the limitations of it) would be tantamount to disclosing state secrets.
I saw something like that on the other forum thread that I've been reading. It started with one troll post at 6am today and it's been like candy to the conspiracy nuts on the thread. Not one link to a single source though - just a lot of ifs, ands and maybes about how the crew landed in a secret location to offload the gold. Even if there was any gold, the main problem is that the flight crew wouldn't know about the manifest until right before the flight. That doesn't give them any time to plan or coordinate something out of a Tom Clancey novel.Czcibor said:On Polish media (one of the main TV station) there is a rumour that in cargo of that plane there were a few tones of gold. (if it was true then many of already knowns pieces of info would suddenly have logic...)
I'm waiting whether this got confirmed or debunked.
Borg said:I saw something like that on the other forum thread that I've been reading. It started with one troll post at 6am today and it's been like candy to the conspiracy nuts on the thread. Not one link to a single source though - just a lot of ifs, ands and maybes about how the crew landed in a secret location to offload the gold. Even if there was any gold, the main problem is that the flight crew wouldn't know about the manifest until right before the flight. That doesn't give them any time to plan or coordinate something out of a Tom Clancey novel.
Borg said:I saw something like that on the other forum thread that I've been reading. It started with one troll post at 6am today and it's been like candy to the conspiracy nuts on the thread. Not one link to a single source though - just a lot of ifs, ands and maybes about how the crew landed in a secret location to offload the gold. Even if there was any gold, the main problem is that the flight crew wouldn't know about the manifest until right before the flight. That doesn't give them any time to plan or coordinate something out of a Tom Clancey novel.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11220613Someone deliberately diverted Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and shut down communications with the ground, and the jetliner continued flying for six hours, Malaysia's prime minister said Saturday.
Speaking to TOI, air traffic controllers' guild secretary Sugata Pramanik said that while flight MH370 could have avoided detection on the Secondary Surveillance Radar, the blip by the huge Boeing 777-200 ER aircraft would surely have been spotted by the Air Force that uses Primary Surveillance Radars to detect such intrusions. Any flight that moves in the north-western direction towards Kazakhstan from Malaysia, as suggested by Razak, is bound to pass through Kolkata Flight Information Region. (FIR).
"If an aircraft wants to avoid being seen, they can easily become invisible to a civilian radar by switching off the transponder that relays information about the plane. But it cannot avoid defence systems. The Indian Air Force has radars in multiple installations across the country and it is inconceivable that none of them spotted the odd blip with no flight clearance," he said.
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There are nine Air Defence Identification zones in the country that are manned 24x7 to prevent an enemy aircraft from violating Indian airspace.
Guild member Sushil Mondal concurred, explaining that all hell would break loose if Air Force detected an aircraft that did not have air defence clearance. Any plane flying through Indian airspace is first required to submit the flight plan and manifest to the air traffic controls in its flight path. This is then relayed to the Air Force for permission.
m k said:Any idea how many satellite pings there have been?
If only. Ernst would have long ago released a hand-on-the-cat video demanding fat stacks and we'd know what had happened.arildno said:Right now, I'm beginning to think Ernst Stavro isn't dead, after all.
There's a range limit with every radar. With the aircraft's transponder turned on range is about http://public-action.com/911/transpon/ Turn off the transponder and detection range used by commercial aviation ground radar falls greatly, and of course identification is gone.nsaspook said:An incoming object the size of a 777 simply can't be missed with active air search radar looking for targets.
mheslep said:If only. Ernst would have long ago released a hand-on-the-cat video demanding fat stacks and we'd know what had happened.
Copy cats.arildno said:Eeh, I think the cat is dead??
Lol!mheslep said:Copy cats.
mheslep said:There's a range limit with every radar. With the aircraft's transponder turned on range is about http://public-action.com/911/transpon/ Turn off the transponder and detection range used by commercial aviation ground radar falls greatly, and of course identification is gone.
Can we assume something from it?nsaspook said:You need extra timing data from separate points to use Multilateration/TDOA with fixed detectors in space.
Those types of long range radars are large, usually fixed location, and expensive. I'd expect those that India has are oriented towards Pakistan and not out over the vastness of the Indian ocean.nsaspook said:but I think the reports of paths near India air space are unlikely.
mheslep said:Those types of long range radars are large, usually fixed location, and expensive. I'd expect those that India has are oriented towards Pakistan and not out over the vastness of the Indian ocean.
“So far no sighting or detection has been reported by the units deployed for searches in various designated areas,” India’s Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday.
“The Malaysian authorities have now indicated that based on investigation, the search operations have entered a new phase and a strategy for further searches is being formulated. Accordingly, search operations have been suspended and all Indian assets earmarked for search operations have been placed on standby,” the statement said.
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Vinod Patney, a retired air force officer, said it was unlikely - but not impossible - for an aircraft to intrude a country’s airspace undetected.
Officials said there was effective radar coverage in the region, with a large number of flights between Europe and Southeast Asian using this route. Also, India has tightened security in the area, which is a strategic shipping lane for oil tankers.
m k said:Can we assume something from it?
Like no major distance changes.
How about a fake ID, like swap with something that never took off?
One thing we might be able to deduce from a single detector at that distance is if the plane seemed stationary (at the same measured distance) over several pings. It could mean the plane is circling at a point , landed or is following the arc path.
Dotini said:Focus has shifted to the pilot.
nsaspook said:This might be all true but I was reminded on another forum about how sometimes a sequence of currently unknown events could lead to a crash that was complete out of the hands of the pilot.
The movie "Fate of the Hunter" was about just that.
I'll see if I can find a copy.jim hardy said:One ought to read the book too...