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Malaysia military tracked missing plane to west coast: source
Reuters ^ | March 11, 2014 | BY NILUKSI KOSWANAGE AND EVELINE DANUBRATA

Posted on 03/11/2014 6:25:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Malaysia's military believes a jetliner missing for almost four days turned and flew hundreds of kilometers to the west after it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country's east coast, a senior officer told Reuters on Tuesday. --SNIP--

Malaysian authorities have previously said flight MH370 disappeared about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for the Chinese capital Beijing.

"It changed course after Kota Bharu and took a lower altitude. It made it into the Malacca Strait," the senior military officer, who has been briefed on investigations, told Reuters.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2014airlinercrash; autopilot; iran; malacca; malaysia; maldives; mh370; planecrash; radar; waronterror
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To: fiftymegaton

And you have to subtract the original flight plan and the turn around.


81 posted on 03/11/2014 9:58:12 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: MarMema

...Plus, knew how to fly & navigate the plane.

Or, threatened the Pilots to fly it where they wanted. No storming the cockpit, either.


82 posted on 03/11/2014 9:58:21 AM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (Elections have consequences - NOW LOOK what we have to deal with...)
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To: Prospero

Sunday night there was mention made or searching in the Malacca Strait but no explanation why. I’m sure that piece of “news” was removed quickly.


83 posted on 03/11/2014 9:59:33 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: Army Air Corps

I wouldn’t know a nautical mile if it bit me in the ___.

And, I’m a landlubber. Can’t imagine why a nautical mile should be any different or vice versa. :>)


84 posted on 03/11/2014 9:59:43 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s looking like it was hijacked. Now did it crash, or did it land in some obscure place?


85 posted on 03/11/2014 10:00:23 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: MarMema

Anything is possible. Well, that is what the ole school teachings say till proved anything is not possible.


86 posted on 03/11/2014 10:01:47 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Moonman62

If it landed somewhere they planned for it to land, why and what can those Freescale employees do for the hijackers?


87 posted on 03/11/2014 10:02:31 AM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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88 posted on 03/11/2014 10:05:06 AM PDT by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: MarMema

And Judge Jeanine has been quite insistent on a grid-down for a month now.


89 posted on 03/11/2014 10:06:53 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: lacrew
Why can a pilot turn off the transponder on a large passenger jet?

Turning it off doesn't make its radar track disappear.

90 posted on 03/11/2014 10:07:36 AM PDT by xone
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To: MarMema

Stealth?!? Am guessing.


91 posted on 03/11/2014 10:08:12 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: xone

If you are outside radar range...


92 posted on 03/11/2014 10:08:36 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

or electronic signal absorption?


93 posted on 03/11/2014 10:09:48 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: txhurl
interesting!
94 posted on 03/11/2014 10:12:12 AM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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To: xone

I understand...but now here we are with the search on BOTH sides of Malaysia. The transponder stopped on the east side...and now the military thinks their radar tracked a large plane go across the entire country, to the west side...but they don’t know for sure, since radar can’t ID the plane like a transponder.

So, in this modern day, a plane is lost an hour after taking off from a major urban area...and the search area is 800 miles wide. Crazy.


95 posted on 03/11/2014 10:12:52 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: MarMema

Think they intercepted the plan?


96 posted on 03/11/2014 10:16:17 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: txhurl

It’s a great thought! And it looks like they could be a place the plane would definitely make it to as well....a lot of islands there.


97 posted on 03/11/2014 10:17:04 AM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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To: txhurl

The Seychelles I mean...


98 posted on 03/11/2014 10:18:35 AM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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To: MarMema

So now two Iranians just seeking political asylum in Germany - by way of Beijing - have the chokepoints of the US power grid? Like, which ones to shoot apart and sever fiber optic that coincidentally happened in CA a year ago?

Do I have all this about right?


99 posted on 03/11/2014 10:25:15 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: txhurl
met two women in the hall as they were leaving a casino

Friends and family don't believe they were using drugs, looks like Trident does employee drug testing. Described as an ongoing criminal investigation and an isolated incident.

Good find. Wonder if they were replaced on the ship and where it is now..because basically what this is is removing the security on the ship in the very area where perhaps the plane could have made it to..not sure what their job descriptions were other than security.

100 posted on 03/11/2014 10:27:29 AM PDT by MarMema ("If Americans really wanted Obamacare, you wouldn't need a law to make them buy it." Ted Cruz)
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