Malaysia Airlines loses contact with jet carrying 239 people

[mota bhai 2,675]

Might not be black. Depending on where they're from, their nationality might be something else. Black people for me are born here in America.

That is a hilarious definition of black people.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Beijing - The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has thickened somewhat as family members of passengers have reported mobile phones ringing, but nobody answering.

International Business Times reports that 19 families have signed a joint statement saying that passengers' cell phones connected after the flight had been reported missing. In each case, the phone would ring, but the call would be hung up.

The sister of one of the Chinese passengers among the 239 people on board the missing flight rang his phone live on TV twice at 11:40 on Sunday morning and heard it ringing. She called again later that afternoon and heard it ring once more.

http://www.news24.com/Travel/Flights/Bizarre-Flight-MH370-passengers-phones-ring-but-no-one-answers-20140310

[mota bhai 2,675]

Cell phones? Check with the carrier. They can tell you if it's on or off.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Cell phones? Check with the carrier. They can tell you if it's on or off.

Phones would be OFF now if someone removed all the batteries or destroyed the phones. However, if the phones did in fact ring that would mean it pinged a cell tower somewhere. That can be traced; unless officials already know.

Edited March 10, 2014 by ExExpat

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

That is a hilarious definition of black people.

Why is it? We're called African Americans, yet my parents and their parents are from here. Born and raised here. Just like their parents. We don't call white people European American. We're all Americans.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Why is it? We're called African Americans, yet my parents and their parents are from here. Born and raised here. Just like their parents. We don't call white people European American. We're all Americans.

Your POV is too Americacentric.

[Darnell 8,479]

Your POV is too Americacentric.

It was a great thread, Arajit-free, for the weekend. Welcome to Monday !

[Eric-Pris 1,607]

At this point I think we are moving past the possibility of a plane crash as not even the smallest piece has been recovered over a relatively small area of open sea. Unless someone finds and reports a piece of debris soon, then it's more likely the plane was landed under control of hijackers.

I don't think it was a plane crash either. I think it was an powerful explosion that basically disintegrated the plane to the point where the debris is broken up into very small pieces that then sank in the water. Could have been mechanical (ie. spark in fuel tank), but more likely terrorist.

I can't see any way that a radar would not have picked up a 777 landing. Even if they knew what they were doing and turned off the transponder that sends flight data, a target would still be picked up on primary radar.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

I don't think it was a plane crash either. I think it was an powerful explosion that basically disintegrated the plane to the point where the debris is broken up into very small pieces that then sank in the water. Could have been mechanical (ie. spark in fuel tank), but more likely terrorist.

I can't see any way that a radar would not have picked up a 777 landing. Even if they knew what they were doing and turned off the transponder that sends flight data, a target would still be picked up on primary radar.

Even a massive explosion cannot make things that float to sink. If there was a large explosion there will be debris floating on the surface of the water. I know it seems far-fetched to suggest that the plane may have landed, but if they are unable to find something soon, then other alternatives need to be investigated. We will find out in the coming days

[mota bhai 2,675]

Could be an interstellar tractor beam at work.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Unconfirmed reports of a new debris field.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Oh darn, I was rooting for the Klinton tractor beam solution.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

How about Alien abduction?

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Malaysia Airlines MH370 searchers scramble ships after commercial flight reports debris field off Vietnam

Vietnam’s Maritime Search and Rescue Services was scrambling ships to a debris field after a commercial Cathay Pacific airliner Monday en route to Hong Kong reported a “large amount of metal debris”.

A vessel in the area confirmed material was floating in the ocean about 92 kilometres off the southeastern coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea. The debris is located about 520 kilometres northeast of a missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370′s last known radar position.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/10/nine-countries-in-massive-three-day-search-for-malaysia-airlines-jet-have-only-ocean-debris-to-show-for-efforts/

Edited March 10, 2014 by ExExpat

[one...two...tree 2,762]

black boxes.