Mar 16, 2014, 5:32 am
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This is ARCHIVE WEEK #1 (8 - 14 March UTC) of older posts from the original thread, MH 370 KUL-PEK Missing: now Search and Recovery [PLEASE SEE WIKI].
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MH 370 KUL-PEK Missing: 8 - 14 Mar 2014 UTC - ARCHIVE WEEK #1
Mar 12, 2014, 6:43 am
#2566
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"Malaysia's military has traced what could have been the jetliner missing for almost five days to an area near India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, hundreds of miles from its last known position, the country's air force chief said on Wednesday."
http://money.msn.com/business-news/a...12&id=17422467
http://money.msn.com/business-news/a...12&id=17422467
Mar 12, 2014, 6:44 am
#2567
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Oh wow.....
Already unhappy with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) over its handling of the crisis involving missing passenger jet MH370, the families of the Chinese passengers are now fuming after being sent to India instead of Kuala Lumpur.
The airline reportedly messed up in transit at the Hong Kong International Airport and flew the families, who are anxious to learn about what happened to their relatives onboard the plane, to India, according to Singapore online media site STOMP.
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They were sceptical of what they could achieve by traveling all the way to Malaysia when the press conferences in Beijing had given them no information about their missing loved ones.
For the 10% that decided to take up MAS' offer to go to Kuala Lumpur, they received a rude shock when they ended up in India.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...arriving-in-in
Already unhappy with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) over its handling of the crisis involving missing passenger jet MH370, the families of the Chinese passengers are now fuming after being sent to India instead of Kuala Lumpur.
The airline reportedly messed up in transit at the Hong Kong International Airport and flew the families, who are anxious to learn about what happened to their relatives onboard the plane, to India, according to Singapore online media site STOMP.
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They were sceptical of what they could achieve by traveling all the way to Malaysia when the press conferences in Beijing had given them no information about their missing loved ones.
For the 10% that decided to take up MAS' offer to go to Kuala Lumpur, they received a rude shock when they ended up in India.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/m...arriving-in-in
Mar 12, 2014, 6:45 am
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"Malaysia's military has traced what could have been the jetliner missing for almost five days to an area near India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, hundreds of miles from its last known position, the country's air force chief said on Wednesday."
http://money.msn.com/business-news/a...12&id=17422467
http://money.msn.com/business-news/a...12&id=17422467
Mar 12, 2014, 6:49 am
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Mar 12, 2014, 6:52 am
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I know we are getting into increasingly more bizarre theories at this point, but I find it much less likely that the plane flew all the way across the Malaysian peninsula without any trace than a scenario in which the plane crashed somewhere in the GoT and failed to deposit much debris for whatever reason.
Mar 12, 2014, 6:55 am
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The original Reuters article uses "has traced" - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A2701720140312 . I'm not technically proficient enough to know whether the distinction you call out calls for amendment.
... but I guess they mean traced as in "traced its route"
Last edited by MANman; Mar 12, 2014 at 7:00 am
Mar 12, 2014, 6:59 am
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With all the confusing and conflicting information surrounding the flight, subtleties of individual words mean even more than usual.The article does go on to say "Malaysian air force chief Rodzali Daud told a news conference that an aircraft was plotted on military radar at 2:15 a.m., 200 miles northwest of Penang Island off Malaysia's west coast."
Mar 12, 2014, 6:59 am
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Without knowing the quality of their radar installation and the software installed that screens radar contacts, it's really hard to say what we should make of the contact.
Mar 12, 2014, 7:04 am
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What do you guys make of the news posted earlier about a dead body wearing a life jacket found in the area of the Malacca Strait?
"The Beijing News has reported that a source claiming to be local volunteer assisting in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has found a dead body wearing a lifejacket in an area of the Malacca Strait. In a single-paragraph report, the website of the Chinese-language newspaper said that it was seeking to establish the reliability of the claim."
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-s...00154&cid=1103
"The Beijing News has reported that a source claiming to be local volunteer assisting in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has found a dead body wearing a lifejacket in an area of the Malacca Strait. In a single-paragraph report, the website of the Chinese-language newspaper said that it was seeking to establish the reliability of the claim."
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-s...00154&cid=1103
Mar 12, 2014, 7:10 am
#2575
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This might be overly optimistic but if they really are that far, it might be possible that the passengers are still alive. Maybe they did a water landing.
Mar 12, 2014, 7:10 am
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What do you guys make of the news posted earlier about a dead body wearing a life jacket found in the area of the Malacca Strait?
"The Beijing News has reported that a source claiming to be local volunteer assisting in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has found a dead body wearing a lifejacket in an area of the Malacca Strait. In a single-paragraph report, the website of the Chinese-language newspaper said that it was seeking to establish the reliability of the claim."
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-s...00154&cid=1103
"The Beijing News has reported that a source claiming to be local volunteer assisting in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has found a dead body wearing a lifejacket in an area of the Malacca Strait. In a single-paragraph report, the website of the Chinese-language newspaper said that it was seeking to establish the reliability of the claim."
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-s...00154&cid=1103
Mar 12, 2014, 7:10 am
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Meanwhile, a person from NZ says he spotted the plane crashing into the water: http://twitpic.com/dy1qmm
What do you expert flyers think?
What do you expert flyers think?
Mar 12, 2014, 7:16 am
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This might be far fetched, but searching anywhere within the maximum distance the a/c could have gone with the amount of fuel on board should be considered. That means from the Indian subcontinent to as far as Guam.
Mar 12, 2014, 7:19 am
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And it seems that Vietnamese ATC did not follow proper protocol. They didn't notify search till hours later. They should've notified SAR immediately once they declared the flight missing.