Thread: Malaysian Flight

I watch some of the coverage on the disappearance of this flight and I find a lot of it disturbing. I saw one show where they had a bunch of experts explaining all the different things a terrorist could do to a plane ... I'm thinking to myself, "I know these terrorists aren't the brightest bulbs, but is it a smart thing to be telling them exactly how to hijack/take down a plane?"

It is the hottest news right now. It is the story that keeps people hanging around long enough to get some commercial revenue going. Watching or listening to talking heads speculate pays the bills.

I will be shocked if that plane is ever found.

I understand the interest and attention. I just wince when I hear them talk about how to shut off transponders and kill everyone on flight except the pilot. I will not get into the details here. I just wish the reporters and broadcast companies would should a little wisdom/restraint. Report what you know. Don't give our enemy information they can use to hurt us. Perhaps they are exposing weaknesses with the hopes that they don't remain as such ... I inclined to think that gives our media a bit too much credit.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

I will be shocked it ever really disappeared. No way they can tell where every damn person with a cell phone is and not be able to tell where 4 transponders and over 200 cells phones are. Somebodies hiding some shit.

It's easy if you add fire. Melted shit doesn't transpond.

My personal theory is that there was a fire on-board the plane. One by one they lost electronics, including their navigation systems. Most likely, we will never know for sure. The Ocean is a big.....BIG place.

Originally Posted by Amador +JP2+

I understand the interest and attention. I just wince when I hear them talk about how to shut off transponders and kill everyone on flight except the pilot. I will not get into the details here. I just wish the reporters and broadcast companies would should a little wisdom/restraint. Report what you know. Don't give our enemy information they can use to hurt us. Perhaps they are exposing weaknesses with the hopes that they don't remain as such ... I inclined to think that gives our media a bit too much credit.

If it bleeds, it leads. The talking heads don't know anything other than a plane is missing. They are just making their hay while the sun shines. Soon enough, people will lose interest and move on.

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^ That makes the most sense to me. Satellites have orbits...if they aren't in orbit over the place of the crash before it goes under the water, then they wouldn't be there to see it as the water distorts the signals. And they(US,China, Russian govts) may know the general area that it went down...that doesn't mean it's easy to find.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

If fire was the case they would have found it already. Planes immersed in flames dont fly very far.

Doesn't take an "immersion" of flames to take down electronics. One small short-circuit could potentially take quite a bit with it. I've been in many houses that were struck by lightning that had very little structural damage, but everything electronic was toast. You also don't need to fly much more than out of sight to never be found in the ocean.

As for Barry paying for the silence.....lol. The biggest difference is that EVERYONE knew what was going to happen in Ukraine on day 1. No mystery there. I guess the 49 fleets of ships we had in the area weren't scary enough to scare Vlad. Maybe we should paint shark teeth on all of our ships. Shocker.....he isn't giving up Crimea.....who would have possibly called that one?