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Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
...Pilots on this thread or the other one have said that flying in the dark, without radio support, close enough to be a single radar target would be extraordinarily difficult....
In addition, given that the aircraft seems to have crossed Malaysia without anyone batting an eye I think there was no need for shadowing another aircraft while flying up the Malacca Strait to evade detection. Besides, radar info from before any such shadowing would give away the ruse.
Last edited by cblaisd; Apr 2, 2014 at 7:55 am