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Search for lost Malaysian jet shifts significantly after new lead
Reuters ^ | March 28, 2014 3:53am EDT | JANE WARDELL AND MICHAEL MARTINA

Posted on 03/28/2014 1:39:20 AM PDT by blueplum

(Additional reporting by Suilee Wee in Beijing, Niluksi Koswanage in Kuala Lumpur, Stanley White in Tokyo, Amy Sawitta Lefevre in Bangkok and Lincoln Feast in Sydney; Editing by Dean Yates and Alex Richardson)

Sydney/Perth (Reuters) - An international air and sea taskforce hunting for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was re-directed on Friday to an area 1,100 km (685 miles) north of where they have been searching for more than a week, after Australian authorities received new radar information from Malaysia.

The new search area is larger, but closer to the Australian west coast city of Perth, allowing aircraft to spend longer on site by shortening travel times. It is also vastly more favorable in terms of the weather ... :snip:

Ten aircraft searching on Friday were immediately re-directed to the new area of 319,000 sq km (123,000 sq miles), roughly the size of Poland, around 1,850 km (1,150 miles) west of Perth. The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation was also redirecting satellites there, AMSA said.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2014airlinercrash; autopilot; maldives; mh370; missingplane; piracy; radar
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no map of the new search area, just a description
1 posted on 03/28/2014 1:39:21 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: Star Traveler

ping for your list


2 posted on 03/28/2014 1:40:02 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Shell game ?


3 posted on 03/28/2014 1:41:30 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: blueplum

The “powers that be” don’t have any idea where this plane is but want this news story to end quickly.......

OR....

they DO know exactly where it is (not in the ocean) and are trying to do a Jedi mind trick on the masses.


4 posted on 03/28/2014 1:50:43 AM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: blueplum

If you recall the map with the dual possible flight tracks, it’s right at the end of the eastern one. Almost due west of Perth.


5 posted on 03/28/2014 1:54:56 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: blueplum

who benefits from this useless
shell game of... look over there...
oops... over there ...etc


6 posted on 03/28/2014 1:56:16 AM PDT by RockyTx
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To: ArmstedFragg

the Guardian has a map up now. Looks like there’s legend symbols tied to 3 different airspeeds:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/28/flight-mh370-search-zone-moved-based-on-planes-fuel-consumption


7 posted on 03/28/2014 2:05:23 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: RockyTx

who benefits from this useless
shell game of... look over there...
oops... over there ...etc

There is an election coming up in the fall. We’ll be watching jets flying over the oceans just like we saw the OJ car. Keep the low.informed occupied.


8 posted on 03/28/2014 2:30:58 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: gusopol3

Pock-E-Stan, me thinks.


9 posted on 03/28/2014 2:39:26 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: RockyTx
who benefits from this useless
shell game of... look over there...
oops... over there ...etc

Meanwhile, in Ukraine...


10 posted on 03/28/2014 2:47:15 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: stars & stripes forever

I don’t know how any terror organization benefits from stealing an airplane and then waiting weeks, months, years to use it for nefarious purposes while the international world searches for it in earnest. That’s not in their best interest. You hijack an airplane and use it immediately for your purposes before anyone has time to react. The more time you add the better the world is at preparing to defend itself against your intentions.

So, in short, no one benefits from some weird drawn out plane heist that would require significant infrastructure and involve hundreds of on board witnesses. It’s the thing of fantasy, Hollywood, and, wild imaginations...........but not reality.

It’s a crying shame but this airplane went into the water two-plus weeks ago and it’s doubtful that anyone survived the initial impact. Why? Who? How? Can’t say. Can’t rationalize it like most everyone else. I can say that the only verifiable data says that it went deep into the south Indian Ocean and disappeared. It’s no conspiracy. A weird act that doesn’t make sense? Yes. A grand international cabal? No evidence at all of that in any way whatsoever.

And anyone looking for them to locate the plane this week is going to be disappointed. It may be a good while before they can do that.


11 posted on 03/28/2014 2:48:16 AM PDT by FAA
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To: blueplum

I think it was highjacked by B.D. Cooper.


12 posted on 03/28/2014 3:11:07 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: FAA

When their timing is right, fly the plane with the passengers to their target and dare anyone to shoot it down. That is the only scenario that makes any sense to counter your argument on the first point.

The fact that any of what we do know making any sense just fuels all the other stuff. The fact that the Malaysian authorities continually making all sorts of flip-flops on what they know just adds fuel to the fire.

If it is in fact the new search area, wonderful for all of us and terrible news for the families and victims. It will also be the first step for the bankruptcy of CNN, unless they can hire terrorists to keep hijacking airliners on a monthly basis.


13 posted on 03/28/2014 3:17:01 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: mazda77

“When their timing is right, fly the plane with the passengers to their target and dare anyone to shoot it down. That is the only scenario that makes any sense to counter your argument on the first point.”

And the authorities in charge shoot it down. Period. End of sentence. No one can fault a nation defending it’s airspace against a terrorist act.

“The fact that the Malaysian authorities continually making all sorts of flip-flops on what they know just adds fuel to the fire.”

Malaysia is not exactly experienced in investigations of this kind. Name me the last international headline grabbing “whodunnit” that they were involved in. Ever. It’s not something they’re particularly good at or equipped for. The U.S., China, India, Australia have not been able to swoop in with definable new info to make things suddenly clear either. The initial Malaysian efforts were disjointed, uncoordinated, and, scattered. Various agencies investigated, commented, and, reported independently of one another and often contradicted themselves in the process. This is not evidence of conspiracy but rather a poorly organized reaction to an event extraordinary to them.


14 posted on 03/28/2014 3:33:06 AM PDT by FAA
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To: gusopol3

“Shell game ?”
Certainly seems so….why is anyone still listening to information from the Malaysians?


15 posted on 03/28/2014 3:40:21 AM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: gusopol3

Shell game ?

Probably. Dr. Evil Soros probably kidnapped some of Freescale Semiconductor to improve their Kinetis ARM chip which is basically a computer small enough to be put into a capsule that can be swallowed. They are probably busy working in his lab right now. I would guess he wanted to add GPS capabilites to it then have all the Obamacare enrollees take it when they receive their mandated Preventative Care checkup. The enrolles will probably wonder why each tablet has a coded SIM number assigned to it when they take it. Got to do it to get ready for the NWO and all you know....

Just kidding but this is the progressive wet dream and they would do it if they knew they could get away with it...


16 posted on 03/28/2014 3:41:19 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: blueplum

MH370: Families Called to Urgent Meeting; Malaysia Press Conference 10 a.m. EDT 3/24/14
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3136667/posts

MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES: The Plane Crashed With No Survivors
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3136697/posts

Malaysia Grand Prix pushes grieving families of jet passengers from hotel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3136731/posts

Officials Say Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane “Ended in the Southern Indian Ocean”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3136711/posts

WORLD NEWS Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Ended in Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3136787/posts

How British satellite company Inmarsat tracked down MH370
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3136789/posts

Aussie Flight Disaster Film ‘Deep Water’ Shelved Over Eerie Resemblance to Missing Malaysia Flight
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3136793/posts

Malaysia Airlines crash: Suicide mission theory of MH370 investigators
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3136904/posts

Flight 370: Storm of emotions over lives “lost” as storm at sea delays search
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137006/posts

How a UK firm ... used a nineteenth century mathematical model to track missing flight MH370
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3137015/posts

Why locating MH370 in the Southern Ocean is so difficult
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3137062/posts

Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane: What We Know Now
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137157/posts

Tracking down MH370 black boxes a Herculean challenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137374/posts

MH370 pilot upset over wife’s decision to move out and in ‘no state of mind to be flying’ ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3137360/posts

MH370: Satellite Images Show Up to 122 ‘Potential Objects’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137462/posts

‘It was his last joyride’: MH370 pilot was upset over wife moving
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137489/posts

Watch Video: 122 objects discovered in Flight 370 search area
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137501/posts

Satellite Detects About 300 Objects ... ‘Highly Likely That It Is Trash’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137879/posts

‘No one would ever find it’: MH370’s erratic final moments ... a terrifying suicide mission....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3137884/posts

Son of Malaysian Airlines captain breaks silence about father
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3138066/posts

Malaysia says there’s sealed evidence on MH370 that cannot be made public
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3138106/posts

Why did somebody doctor photo of men who took Flight MH370? (Shortened Title)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3138114/posts

“Alright, Goodnight” – Does Malaysia Want To Know What Happened To Flight MH-370?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3138129/posts

Scientists believe they know where MH370 crashed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3138166/posts


17 posted on 03/28/2014 4:29:18 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: gusopol3

Shell game ?


Perhaps they do not want to find the plane but would instead prefer that it find us?


18 posted on 03/28/2014 4:29:45 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: blueplum

Thanks ... :-) ...


19 posted on 03/28/2014 4:30:01 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: FAA
-----I don’t know how any terror organization benefits from stealing an airplane and then waiting weeks, months, years to use it for nefarious purposes while the international world searches for it in earnest.------

Well you just haven't read the book....... check it out


20 posted on 03/28/2014 4:38:23 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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