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US Investigators Think Missing Plane Might Have Been Stolen To Use Later For Another Purpose
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| 3-13-2014
| Michael Kelley
Posted on 03/13/2014 1:52:00 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:52:00 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:53:35 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:54:08 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: blam
Interesting about the engine communication links.
Perhaps it can’t be turned off from the cockpit?
Big data...it’s everywhere....
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:54:08 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: blam
If so, it was an inside job.
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:54:52 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
To: blam
WELL, DUH!...
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:55:22 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
To: blam
Yeah...there is absolutely no way this story can be spun to have a good ending.
At best the ending is horrible. At worst...I cannot think of a word to describe really, really, horrible.
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:55:25 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
To: blam
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:56:36 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: Vermont Lt
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:58:04 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Bingo
When that south American plane went down a few years ago, there was similar telemetry that was transmitted by the subsystems on the plane. I think the government officials that are in charge know a lot more than they let on.
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posted on
03/13/2014 1:58:33 PM PDT
by
bigtoona
To: MarMema
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:00:16 PM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
To: blam
I wouldn’t read a lot into this. The US employs people who are very, very good at coming up with hypothetical, outside thebox scenarios to make sure that all options are being considered and planned for. This is a good thing, especially after 9-11.
We’re probably just seeing one of these implausible but still possible scenarios leak out.
Sort of like if the US plan to go to war with and invade Canada were to be leaked.
To: bigtoona
“I think the government officials that are in charge know a lot more than they let on.”
I think you are right. Hopefully the plane landed somewhere else. If so there may be plans in the works.
To: nascarnation
It’s a system on the newer aircraft. It’s supposed to help the maintenance folks get ready before the plane lands. It speeds up the troubleshooting process and don’t have to rely on debriefing the crew. At least that is the idea behind it. I went to a Boeing class (more of an advertising deal) about it but never actually saw the system in operation.
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:03:19 PM PDT
by
USAF80
To: blam
Nonsense. Anyone with the ability to steal, store, fuel and control a 777 has many other ways to deliver a terrorist attack. People need to do some research on how big and complex this plane is. It's not like other planes - it's in the top 1% of complexity and size in the entire world. It has multiple levels of failsafe computerized monitoring systems that send signals to all sorts of stakeholders all over the world for ever second it's operational.
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:03:42 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: blam
Sure.
Someone landed a plane on a runway at least a mile long, dumped 230+ bodies and rebadged a jumbo jet?
No one noticed or will?
Some people get paid by the word.
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:03:44 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: blam
“counterterrorism officials are actively pursuing the notion that the plane was diverted “with the intention of using it later for another purpose.””
Charlie Castillo, pick up the white courtesy phone.
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:04:58 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
(the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))
To: nascarnation
Perhaps it cant be turned off from the cockpit? I'm pretty sure it can't be turned off from anywhere in the cabin. You're probably have to be inside the engine to turn it off. Why would they put a kill switch on a system like that?
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:05:31 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: USAF80
My SIL works on these (Trent engines) at RR.
So far he’s ignoring my subpoena, LOL.
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:06:37 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: blam
Land it, make the passengers hostages on the plane, refuel it, pack it with explosives, and take off for a pre-determined honker of a target (Israel?).
If the target is Israel and the passengers are still on the plane, that makes for one heck of a catch-22...
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posted on
03/13/2014 2:07:20 PM PDT
by
Dubh_Ghlase
(Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
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