Luggage found floating at sea, possibly from Flight 370, by Elka Athina

BigBreakingNews.com ^ | March 16, 2014

[rdl6989]

Crew on a Greek flagged oil tanker are responding to radio reports of suit cases found floating in the Straits of Malacca, between Malaysia and Indonesia, Greek media reported.

The Oil and chemical tanker, the Elka Athina, reported to media that it was steaming toward a zone identified as a field of debris, including what appeared to be aircraft passenger's luggage.

The crew was responding to a report from an Indonesian source, according to the translation of the report.

[MtnClimber]

A squirrel in the Malucca Straights?

[Askwhy5times]

There really is something there if you go to the satellite photo. It could be a submerged airplane, but the picture isn’t clear enough to be 100% sure.

[NautiNurse]

8:51AM ET today

[TomGuy]

More misdirection?

I like the newest conjecture from Officials:

After it turned, it flew northerly or southerly.

[centurion316]

Not unless I’m sailing a 36 gun frigate with a 20mm Gatling mounted on the f’csle.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I completely agree.

I believe that is a huge lead.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Great mis-direction, eh? :)

[ReaganÜberAlles]

... then who sent the data to satellites for 8 hours radio contact was lost. . . . . .

[xeno]

According to this Twitter posting, that picture of the possible airplane wreckage from Tomnod is at coordinates 5 39'08.5 N 98 50'38.0 E:
https://twitter.com/ThisDigitalLtd/status/444985659594256385/photo/1

Those coordinates are only five miles from Pulau Perak, a small rocky island which constitutes the westernmost extremity of Malaysian territory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Perak

Back on Tuesday, March 11, the Malaysia Chronicle published this quote:
"The last time the plane was detected was near Pulau Perak, in the Straits of Malacca, at 2.40am"
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=241521

Here's another article from last Tuesday, March 11 about Pulau Perak and the flight path:
MH370: Did authorities visit crash site today (Tuesday)? http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2014/03/11/mh370-did-authorities-visit-crash-site-today/

So we have a published quote from five days ago that the airplane was last detected near Pulau Perak and now we have a satellite image only five miles from Pulau Perak that looks like it might be airplane debris. Hmmmm.

[bill1952]

Hey, that was a great racket for me!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

That’s a pretty big area to search.

[jetson]

Is it possible to throw luggage out of an aircraft this size while flying?

[ImProudToBeAnAmerican]

Is it possible to throw luggage out of an aircraft this size while flying?

Just pop the truck with the little thingy on the left side of the seat..

[cableguymn]

takes a bit to get it out of the cargo hold of the plane and in to a boat with no one seeing you ya know.

[cynwoody]

Is it possible to throw luggage out of an aircraft this size while flying?

Now that would be a diabolical trick!

[Jack Hydrazine]

From an economic and strategic perspective, the Strait of Malacca is one of the most important shipping lanes in the world.

The strait is the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, linking major Asian economies such as India, China, Japan and South Korea. Over 60,000 (94,000?)[2] vessels pass through the strait per year,[3] carrying about one-quarter of the world’s traded goods including oil, Chinese manufactures, and Indonesian coffee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Malacca

How could somebody not notice it crash into the straits?

[SeaHawkFan]

I had one of those. Jimmy Connors is the only person I knew of who could actually play at a high level with it.

[The Duke]

You can always tell the player who uses the T2000 - one forearm is twice the size of the other.

I loved my T2000 back "in the day", and have bought a couple off eBay to display on the wall in my office. :)

[Dartman]

How much stuff is still floating around from the Japanese tsunami?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Thats what I figured. Nobody has actually seen any debris.