Posted on 03/16/2014 6:58:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Fellow pilots in Malaysia Airlines have come out in defence of Capt Zaharie Ahmad Shah as the probe into the disappearance of MH370 refocuses on the crew and passengers.
The pilots who had worked with the veteran colleague over the years said they did not believe that he was capable of sabotaging his own flight.
“He is such a kind-hearted person and would not have been able to think of anything like this,” said a close friend of Zaharie.
“Zaharie is always smiling and ready with a joke,” said another pilot who has flown alongside Zaharie previously. “He won’t do something like this.”
On reports in several blogs and Facebook pages that Zaharie had been introduced by a fellow pilot to a religious teacher named Syeikhul Hadith Maulana Abd Hamid at Madrasah Miftahul Ulum, a former colleague said this was not true.
According to one of the blogs, the pilot had taken part in tabligh (Islamic missionary) activities and had expressed his wish to contribute to the development of Islamic schools.
Zaharie’s Facebook page, which he last updated on Jan 3, gave no indication of him harbouring any extremist views. Many of his postings reflected his political beliefs, which are in support of Pakatan Rakyat and critical of Barisan Nasional, while others highlighted his hobbies, including flying and upgrading his flight simulator, cooking, and home improvement projects.
Another case of SJS.
Authorities are following up on reports that the 777 may have refueled in-flight thereby extending the range of the aircraft. A witness on the ground swears he saw an odd looking aircraft extending a hose to a 777. The aircraft fueling the jet liner had a tail number that read NCC-1701.
Another lead suggests the crew may have run short on pretzels and made a quick stop at Wal-Mart...actually landing in the parking lot... to stock up on the crunchy snack.
Sources close to the investigation are not commenting but did say they are interviewing Shaniqua, the Wal-Mart cashier working the Express Lane (20 items or less) where the 777 crew member supposedly checked out.
“It is all so very strange. I don’t know what to think.”
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Neither do most of the “experts” that have been interviewed ad nauseam for the past week.
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I am wondering if it is possible that someone could have been hiding in that bay without the pilots knowing about it. Assuming the pilots weren't involved, of course.
Or between the crew and the jihadist(s) that just breached the door.
I agree, 45k is just stupid -- 1900 feet above the service ceiling. The speed window between mach buffet and stall is -- approximately -- ZERO. And it wouldn't raise the cabin much at all. You'd have to depressurize to do that, and you could do that at the altitude they were cruising.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/12/malaysia-is-using-witch-doctors-to-find-missing-plane/
Malaysia is using witch doctors to find missing plane
And they said "Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang"
“I agree, 45k is just stupid — 1900 feet above the service ceiling.”
Yeah, I remember reading that someone involved in analyzing that radar info didn’t put too much into it citing the radar system it was taken from being older and less accurate than others.
The reason I believe that there was no terrorist breaching the door is that the airplane was flown precisely as an airline pilot familiar with the area and the route would have flown it.
At least, that is according to the reports I have read which I confess may be as misinformed as some of the other stuff.
A wild gun slinger would have been all over the place and crashed within some distance that would have resulted in the aircraft being found by now.
There may be a jehadist with an ATR, current in the 777 and familiar with that area, but for some reason I doubt it.
If the flight were highjacked by someone with a basic knowledge of the aircraft, like the 911 terrorists, I suspect they would have put their destination in the GPS or whatever navigation system available, and flown a direct route to the destination.
Also don’t forget that the person who ended up in control knew how to disable systems, and I doubt that would be known by anyone other than a real pro who took his job seriously. Certainly not by anyone who had spent only a few hours in a simulator.
I have heard nothing about the cargo other than the Malaysians have said it was not explosive.
I wonder if it contained a gold shipment enroute to China.
Classic.
I have seen this before and it confuses me.
When I flew, our aircraft had emergency locater beacons that were activated by G forces. Water or not had nothing to do with it.
Am I to assume that unless an airline class aircraft crashes in water that its crash location is irrelevant?
My point is that there must also be a beacon that will activate from G forces in a crash other than one that ditched.
I know, I can dig through the part 121 regs and find out, but that would glaze my eyes over and put me into a hypnotic sleep.
Plus changing altitude so much doesn't make fuel sense -- all the range numbers would go way down. If they had a plan they'd stay at a constant altitude, up high, to save fuel. Even climbing higher as they burned it off. And go direct, as you said, unless the waypoints were to avoid known areas of military (primary) radar, or, as I mentioned, to more readily appear as normal traffic
Whoever did it had at least some expertise, not necessarily with 777s, or had the cooperation of one or more of the pilots, whether they were in cahoots or under duress.
Mr. & Mrs. Wong were expecting a baby. It was born with blond hair & blue eyes.
Mr. Wong said, “Two Wongs don’t make a white.”
Mrs. Wong replied, “It was purely Occidental.”
Anyway, nothing beats Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Bang Ding Au, etc.
Yes, the ELT is activated in a high-g crash. Water or not. It's a different emergency beacon.
I think he made Barbara Mikulski disappear.
LOL.
“When I flew, our aircraft had emergency locater beacons that were activated by G forces”
I think that would be ELT. These are beacons that are triggered by sudden G-Force changes fitted on aircraft. As I understand it, no signals have been received so far and it’s a satellite system, so, go figure.
As with so many things with this flight, it ain’t right.
I'm wondering if a ULB signal can be detected by specially equipped aircraft flying over the crash site. I imagine it can be, by a P-3. Or alternatively by a towed sonar array.
All of everything said, the Indian Ocean is one great big hole in the ground in terms of electronic surveillance. Not many landmasses that can sustain operations and air/sea traffic is spread way out. Flights from Perth to Africa, and vice versa, are thin. Shipping the same.
A traveled and wired part of the world it is not. A great part of the world to “lose yourself” it would be.
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