So WTH really happened to this Malaysian aircraft??

[HaloMagic]

Is it possible an emergency on board was developing which caused the need to turn around and then sometime after making the turn pressure was lost and the plane descended? It doesn't say how much time passed in between the turn and the altitude drop. It's possible they were attempting to return due to an escalating situation when things got real escalated. If the rapid depressurization occurred after the turn then that theory still makes perfect sense.

Edited March 24, 2014 by HaloMagic

[arch stanton]

That's plausible but an emergency of that nature would probably prevent the plane from flying for several more hours. I just can't think of a malfunction that shuts off all your comm but lets you keep flying indefinitely.

[Blarg]

Aloha from Flight 243.

 

 

This is the most amazing cross pacific flight disaster that I remember where the plane looked like it was hit by a missile and they only lost one person, a flight attendant. Luckily this happened only 14 minutes after take off and everyone was still strapped in. It did not affect the avionics or communications and somehow passengers still stayed alive at 20,000 feet with the scant amount of oxygen at that altitude.

 

Anything can happen up there.

[Redondo]

BREAKING NEWS: Missing Malaysia

jet lost in Indian Ocean, officials say

[Redondo]

Malaysian flight crashed in south Indian Ocean

Malaysian PM Najib Razak says based on new data, officials have pinpointed the final flight path of MH370.  Details Â»

 

[Adam]

Some ex-CIA dude offered a "terrorist dry run" theory to gauge international response. 

[arch stanton]

There doesn't really seem to be a good reason to fly out into the middle of the Indian Ocean.

[Adam]

You would think there would be some phony credit takers at the least. The fact that all the terrorist orgs are quiet gives the theory plausibility 

[nando714]

I don't buy

The flight ended in the Indian ocean

[Blarg]

It fell into the ocean.

About time the Malaysian government read my post.

[fan_since79]

There doesn't really seem to be a good reason to fly out into the middle of the Indian Ocean.

 

"Sources close to the investigation" have told the UK Telegraph that it was a suicide mission and well-planned. The plane was flown "in a rational manner". No malfunction, no fire, etc.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10720237/Malaysia-Airlines-crash-Suicide-mission-theory-of-MH370-investigators.html

[Blarg]

So... why drag the suicide out for seven hours of flight time? The pilot or whoever could have nosed that big jet under the waves after the final sign off.

[Ray McKigney]

So... why drag the suicide out for seven hours of flight time? The pilot or whoever could have nosed that big jet under the waves after the final sign off.

 

Maybe the co-pilot wasn't a part of it and the pilot needed time for the sedatives that he slipped into his drink to take effect.

[Blarg]

Or to see if he ate the fish.

[Ray McKigney]

Luckily, the Dr. had lasagna.

[Sully151]

He had to make it to Macho Grande.

[gotbeer]

Maybe the co-pilot wasn't a part of it and the pilot needed time for the sedatives that he slipped into his drink to take effect.

 

I think after you take a left turn, the other pilot would have to think something was up.

[Ray McKigney]

I think after you take a left turn, the other pilot would have to think something was up.

 

Maybe the pilot knocked out the co-pilot with chloroform like Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

[Blarg]

So... then he could have nosedived the plane at that point. The suicide angle just doesn't work.

[mrwicked]

has anyone checked the 5?

maybe they got lost trying to escort matt clement to the big A.

[Tank]

Maybe if they can figure out why in thunder that flight to china was found off the western Australian coast then they can start to figure out why the transponders were turned off and there was no emergency distress call.

[arch stanton]

I agree that the path and the silence had to be intentional because no malfunction that completely eliminates all your communications and location systems would leave the jet airworthy for 7 more hours. Maybe somebody wanted to be the guy who actually made a 777 disappear without a trace. Maybe miscalculated how far the fuel could take them. Maybe he left his suicide note orally on the flight data recorder.

[Blarg]

You would have to have compliance by the copilot and navigator or take them out. Suicide or setting the record for biggest douchebag on the planet just doesn't work in this case because of flight time. It is looking more and more like gross incompetence by the entire flight crew that have the licenses and hours of flight time but no clue how to use celestial navigation to find China.

[Blarg]

There is a live broadcast of Malaysia airlines press conference on right now.

[Blarg]

Holy hell, Malaysian Airlines is offering $5,000 to each family for a member lost on flight 370. Do they have any clue how obnoxiously crass that is to say to those that lost a family member due to their incompetence? Your husband, wife or child is worth the price of a round trip ticket in first class. Malaysia Airlines is going to be sued out of existence.