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Missing plane sent signals to satellite for hours
AP.org ^ | Mar 13, 7:57 PM EDT | By CHRIS BRUMMITT and JOAN LOWY

Posted on 03/13/2014 7:38:46 PM PDT by gooblah

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysia Airlines plane sent signals to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft went missing, an indication that it was still flying for hundreds of miles or more, a U.S. official briefed on the search said Thursday.

Six days after the plane with 239 people aboard disappeared, Malaysian authorities expanded their search westward toward India, saying the aircraft may have flown for several hours after its last contact with the ground shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; malaysia; mh370; waronterror
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1 posted on 03/13/2014 7:38:46 PM PDT by gooblah
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To: gooblah

Destination PAKISTAN? Iran?


2 posted on 03/13/2014 7:40:07 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gooblah

This is wild. I await the facts.


3 posted on 03/13/2014 7:41:20 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: gooblah

JMHO..look in NW China..Rebels there.


4 posted on 03/13/2014 7:42:49 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: gooblah

Could the Ethiopians have started pirating airplanes since the ships are defended now?


5 posted on 03/13/2014 7:44:48 PM PDT by mountainlion
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To: Don Corleone
JMHO..look in NW China..Rebels there.

and in Indonesia and Thailand and India and Pakistan and The Philippines...

6 posted on 03/13/2014 7:44:52 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: gaijin

Not enough fuel onboard to make it there.


7 posted on 03/13/2014 7:45:45 PM PDT by barmag25 (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? NO!!!)
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To: gooblah

If the Bad Actor was a gummint needing a delivery system then they’d simply BUY it —would arouse less suspicion.

So this MUST be some kind of insurgent group without access to a legit tax base.

So they stole it.


8 posted on 03/13/2014 7:47:27 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Destination: Davy Jones Locker


9 posted on 03/13/2014 7:48:03 PM PDT by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: gooblah

Not exactly breaking news.


10 posted on 03/13/2014 7:51:37 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: gooblah
  I suspect that more than pings were sent, but they don't want to release the details. In any case, the plane was flying undetected by radar and that means it must have been flying under the radar. If the cabin pressure suddenly dropped and the pilots became unconscious, then would the plane automatically fly under the radar for 4 hours? It makes me think that the low altitude flying must have been intentional.
11 posted on 03/13/2014 7:51:40 PM PDT by Maurice Tift (Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: gaijin

KL to Beijing = 2700 miles straight-line distance.

Round that distance to 3,000, then add 20% for headwinds and air-traffic delays at destination.

So she was prolly loaded with fuel permitting a range of 3,600 miles or so...? A pro pilot could say more.

So their destination or a landing/re-fuel location is within 3,600 miles of KL.

THIS IS SO WEIRD!


12 posted on 03/13/2014 7:52:15 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gooblah

twas the “weegers”.


13 posted on 03/13/2014 7:52:56 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Jesus came to Save not Entertain / Ground John Kerry Now!)
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To: gooblah

So it had four hours of fuel left and transmitted signals to the satellite for four hours - suggesting it flew until it ran out of fuel.

I am the first to admit I know nothing about nothin’. But in four hours would it not have entered into another nation’s airspace ‘unexpectedly’? What happened if that nation tried to contact it?

I have a feeling this plane landed somewhere.


14 posted on 03/13/2014 7:52:58 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: gaijin

Finally a real solution to the problem,

Malaysia recruits witch doctors to find missing Boeing passenger jet

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/malaysia-recruits-witch-doctors-find-missing-passenger-jet-article-1.1720770#ixzz2vtyW4DHj


15 posted on 03/13/2014 7:54:10 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: gaijin

Just an area 5X the size of the US.


16 posted on 03/13/2014 7:54:49 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (HELL, NO! BE UNGOVERNABLE! --- ISLAM DELENDA EST)
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To: gooblah

Somebody check “Kooba”.

That’s where they used to always go.


17 posted on 03/13/2014 7:59:30 PM PDT by logitech (It is time.)
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To: gooblah

Here is an Emerati 777 doing a rapid stop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m6j4Y-mxHw#t=67

Apparently it has an autobrake feature and the thrust reversers are known as being very robust.


18 posted on 03/13/2014 8:01:56 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gooblah

Fly it like you stole it!


19 posted on 03/13/2014 8:02:30 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: logitech

I doubt that the Weegers would want to go to Kooba.


20 posted on 03/13/2014 8:02:40 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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