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 8, 2014, 6:27 am
#571
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unless they find the pilot, this investigation may take years to conclude as can be seen with other similar incidents
This is everyones nightmare. Especially seeing as in this modern day with technology, and and excellent airline like malaysian airlines, that something like this could even possibly happen
This is everyones nightmare. Especially seeing as in this modern day with technology, and and excellent airline like malaysian airlines, that something like this could even possibly happen
Mar 8, 2014, 6:28 am
#572
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All I am saying is that it is unsettling that someone used the stolen passport of another person to get on the plane and that and the fact that the plane abruptly ended comms is unsettling. I make no other implications or conclusions.
Mar 8, 2014, 6:29 am
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It will be years before we know what happened, and we may never know definitively what happened. See, e.g., the AF447 investigation and the more than 3 year span between the date of the accident and the issuance of the final report. http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2009/f-cp...p090601.en.pdf
I would also be unsurprised to see the U.S. Navy involved in the investigation. There are only a handful of countries who have the technical resources and experience necessary to do the necessary search for black boxes and other debris at significant depth, and it is likely that the US has some of those resources either prepositioned relatively close to the South China Sea or can be flown to the area within a day.
Greg
It will be years before we know what happened, and we may never know definitively what happened. See, e.g., the AF447 investigation and the more than 3 year span between the date of the accident and the issuance of the final report. http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2009/f-cp...p090601.en.pdf
Greg
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Mar 8, 2014, 6:29 am
#574
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Well, they'll need the black box.
Mar 8, 2014, 6:30 am
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Considering the shallow depths of the GoT I anticipate recovery of the wreckage won't be too tedious once located.
You left out a digit. 19 is clearly what you intended.
I've probably had more flights and miles on the 777 than any other a/c.
I've probably had more flights and miles on the 777 than any other a/c.
Mar 8, 2014, 6:33 am
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I would also be unsurprised to see the U.S. Navy involved in the investigation. There are only a handful of countries who have the technical resources and experience necessary to do the necessary search for black boxes and other debris at significant depth, and it is likely that the US has some of those resources either prepositioned relatively close to the South China Sea or can be flown to the area within a day.
Greg
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Mar 8, 2014, 6:34 am
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I would also be unsurprised to see the U.S. Navy involved in the investigation. There are only a handful of countries who have the technical resources and experience necessary to do the necessary search for black boxes and other debris at significant depth, and it is likely that the US has some of those resources either prepositioned relatively close to the South China Sea or can be flown to the area within a day.
Greg
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Mar 8, 2014, 6:40 am
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Sky News just reported that an Italian individual, Luigi Maraldi, who was supposed to be on this flight, is alive and well in Thailand on account of a false passport. Implying someone else on board may have used his passport. Sounds like silly sensationalist media to me.
Mar 8, 2014, 6:40 am
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Most of us have flown on the 777s and have future plans to fly. I think this is hitting close to home for a lot of us. Let's try not to jump to conclusions until we have a few facts. I unfortunately am assuming the worse, but am holding out for survivors. Please let it be so!
Mar 8, 2014, 6:41 am
#580
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No, this has been confirmed. He had his passport stolen last year. Obviously someone was on the plane using his identity. Doesn't automatically mean terrorism, though. While morally wrong and technically illegal, I guess people use fake documents all the time for simply peaceful reasons, like wanting to visit friends and family in another country while their government refuses to give them a passport because of a previous conviction, for example.
Mar 8, 2014, 6:42 am
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Just got word that 2 close colleagues of my brother in law have been on that plane.
Mar 8, 2014, 6:44 am
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Stolen passports is one of the business of criminal organizations, hence the person onboard might have been not the direct thief.
Mar 8, 2014, 6:46 am
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Plus, being crass, although the Vietnam and Malaysian governments will undoubtedly do everything they can to facilitate the investigation, if they can figure out a way for the US government to help carry some of the significant costs and other burdens of the recovery efforts, I suspect they would welcome it.
Most important, I think is that Boeing is going to want the Navy's help, just like they want the NTSB to be in the process as deep as possible to drive a prompt and fair investigation.
Greg