Vanished

[kopfjäger]

They started looking in the wrong area.

[ungeheuer]

They started looking in the wrong area.

If reports are true, the military knew that "they" started looking in the wrong area.... since the military apparently tracked the aircraft 500kms west of its intended flight path (after it disappeared from civil systems).

[edit] Military is now denying that they tracked plane hundreds of kilometers west of its intended flight path....

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/change-of-course-deepens-mystery-of-missing-malaysia-airlines-jet/story-e6frg95x-1226852147651

The thick plottens  

[Speeddog]

The list of facts seems to be shrinking. 

[the_Journeyman]

Wonder if this is legitimate?

http://www.boston.com/news/source/2014/03/report_oil_rig_worker_tells_employer_he_saw_malaysia_airline.html

JM

[Speeddog]

The lat/long coordinates he provided are about 400 miles east of the last known location.
Which is completely believable.

I've completely discounted any statements attributed to the Malaysian military, as they can't seem to keep the story straight on where they had the plane on radar.

[Drjones]

Pilot inappropriate behavior history:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/malaysia-airlines-co-pilot_n_4942754.html

[Scoober1103]

I've completely discounted any statements attributed to the Malaysian military, as they can't seem to keep the story straight on where they had the plane on radar.

^^This

We can't seem to be able to keep our own navy vessels in Australian waters!

[red baron]

Weird.

[Monsterlover]

Supposedly in the water near Vietnam according to Chinese satellites

[Speeddog]

Long/lat coordinates from Chinese satellite images put the suspected plane debris about 240 miles on ~240 deg compass heading from the oil platform coordinates that the guy e-mailed.

He estimated 50-70 km away at a heading of 265-275.
Considering he was estimating distance and heading of a burning object at unknown altitude in the middle of the night.... sounds like they've got a possible match.

[the_Journeyman]

Malaysia is now denying that the Chinese sat images are debris.

JM

[extra330]

Rolls-Royce data suggests missing Malaysia flight was in air for four hours after disappearing

www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Rolls-Royce-data-says-missing-Malaysia-flight-air/story-20804909-detail/story.html

ENGINE data from Rolls-Royce   in Derby shows that the missing Malaysia Airlines plane flew for four hours after it dropped off radar.

Flight 370 went missing one hour into its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

But new data transmitted from the two Trent 800 engines shows the plane flew for some five hours in total meaning it could have travelled more than 2,500 miles than thought.

In that time it could have reached as far north as the India/Pakistan border or as far south as North West Australia, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Journal spoke to a source that is familiar with the systems that sends back bursts of data to Rolls-Royce's Derby site to monitor engine health.

According to the Wall Street Journal the engine data is now being analysed to track the plane's flight path after the transponders stopped working.

"We continue to monitor the situation and to offer Malaysia Airlines our support," a Rolls-Royce representative said.

[Skybarney]

This just gets stranger and stranger.

(Edit) Reports are now coming in that the four hours of data pings from the engines is not true.  They are stating the last ping came at 1:07.

Starting to wonder if sudden decompression knocked everyone out and the planes systems keep it flying at a low altitude until it went fuel empty.  Lack of o2 can mess a pilot up pretty quickly and turning off the transponder may have been done by accident.

Sucks for all the families.   

[Speeddog]

This is making me believe in reincarnation.

Apparently the 3 stooges have been reincarnated and are leading the investigation in Malaysia.

[Skybarney]

+1