It has been acknowledged since the beginning, and repeatedly, that the plane took a "sharp Westward turn" and proceeded "between waypoints" used for travel to the Middle East/Indian Ocean.
That is the exact opposite direction from Australia.
The plane is not in the waters off the coast of Australia. I can almost guarantee you that.
Look at the map.
From Forbes:
ReplyDelete...At the time MH370 passed westward over the Malay Peninsula, another Boeing 777 was in the same vicinity....From that point, he said, it would be a simple matter for the pilot of MH370 to plug in the same flight plan used by SIA68 – a Malaysia Airlines pilot would have access to it – and switch to autopilot to maintain consistent speed, altitude, and direction.
By the time they neared the reach of Indian radar, MH370 would be flying ‘dark’, in the ‘shadow’ of SIA68. That would make it possible to hug the legitimate flight’s radar signature, stamped as that of SIA68, across the Indian subcontinent. Once free of these volatile airspaces and their watchful radar operators, it would be able to veer off to land in China’s Xingjian province, Kyrgyzstan, or Turkmenistan....
CNN is now stating as breaking news:
Australian searchers find no evidence of debris from MH370, the commander of the first plane to return Saturday says.
The never-ending changes to the story: "China has new images showing object in southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia says."
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese have a vested interest in projecting intensified effort on behalf of their own who represented the majority of passengers on that flight. Satellites, regardless of which country owns the controls , have limitations -windows of opportunity- to zone in on suspected debris. Reports suggest the latest satellite imagery may be of the same debris reported earlier, only 60 miles (km? /nautical miles?) away. With rough seas, natural currents and about 4-5 days between images, is it possible the debris drifts afloat such a distance?
ReplyDeleteThe area is known for heavy cross currents, and the are is known for collecting debris, such as shipping containers which fell off ships, which then proceed to just bob around in the ocean until they sink.
ReplyDeleteLET’S TRY TO SUMMARIZE ALL WHAT IS KNOWN TO DATE ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS MH370 FLIGHT. via The Aviationist (h/t comment @ barenakedislam)
ReplyDeleteUK express , mar. 22: Flight MH370: Aviation world was on RED ALERT over lithium mobile phone battery FIRE RISK
ReplyDeleteAIRLINES were placed on red alert over potentially catastrophic fire risks from lithium mobile phone batteries just 11 days before Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 took off carrying a cargo of them, the Sunday Express can reveal.
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The warning was issued by French authorities last month after a fire on board an Air France Boeing 777 in 2010 was found to be caused by a phone’s lithium battery.
They had discovered that the battery had slipped into the moving mechanism of a business class seat, crushing it and sparking a fire.
As a result of that incident and a series of other fires over the past few years, they told the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to investigate the risks of people taking mobile devices into aircraft cabins.
Their main concern centred on an Air France flight from Atlanta to Paris, which experienced a fire over the Atlantic near Ireland in December 2010 at 38,000ft.
UK Daily Mail, Mar. 22, 2014:
ReplyDeleteProbe into mystery call to captain of doomed jet: Unknown woman used a fake ID when buying phone to bypass security checks
Call was made to Captain Shah just hours before he took off in MH370
Pay-as-you-go phone which made the call was bought with fake ID
Fake ID was used to get around security measures put in place after 9/11
Increases fears Captain Shah may have links to terrorism
Investigators will soon question the captain's estranged wife in detail
The captain of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 received a two-minute call shortly before take-off from a mystery woman using a mobile phone number obtained under a false identity.
It was one of the last calls made to or from the mobile of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah in the hours before his Boeing 777 left Kuala Lumpur 16 days ago.
Investigators are treating it as potentially significant because anyone buying a pay-as-you-go SIM card in Malaysia has to fill out a form giving their identity card or passport number.
Introduced as an anti-terrorism measure following 9/11, this ensures that every number is registered to a traceable person.
But in this case police traced the number to a shop selling SIM cards in Kuala Lumpur. They found that it had been bought ‘very recently’ by someone who gave a woman’s name – but was using a false identity.
The discovery raises fears of a possible link between Captain Zaharie, 53, and terror groups whose members routinely use untraceable SIM cards. Everyone else who spoke to the pilot on his phone in the hours before the flight took off has already been interviewed.
In a separate development, The Mail on Sunday has learned that investigators are now poised to question Captain Shah’s estranged wife in detail.
They have waited two weeks out of respect, but will now begin formally interviewing Faizah Khan following pressure from FBI agents assisting the inquiry.
Although the couple – who have three children – were separated, they had been living under the same roof. A source said: ‘Faizah has been spoken to gently by officers but she has not been questioned in detail to establish her husband’s behaviour and state of mind in the days leading to the incident.
DESERT ISLAND PLANE CRASH COMPUTER GAME IS SHELVED
The latest release of a war-themed computer game – centred on a passenger plane that crashes on to a desert island in the South China Sea – has been delayed as the search for missing flight MH370 continues. Battlefield 4 Naval Strike, an update for the Battlefield 4 game which has sold millions of copies worldwide, was due for release last week – but has now been put back until Tuesday.
.‘This is partly for cultural reasons. It is not considered appropriate in Malaysia to subject people in situations of terrible bereavement to the stress of intensive questioning.’
The softly-softly approach has been challenged by the team of FBI agents working with Malaysian police.