Malaysia Airlines plane gone AWOL

[rickastley]

Team Razor, people.

FREE STUART MENZIES!

NB. wonder if he's still banging his sister?

[JoeSeboksMicropenis]

The whole "claiming responsibility" thing is a terrorism tactic that's been out of style since Zubaz and Urkel.

If this was terrorism, the responsible parties have nothing to gain by claiming responsibility except to tip everyone off that it was indeed terrorism. If they STFU they can pull off another one (or probably a bunch of them in a short period of time) of these before it's even determined that the first one was terrorism.

You're forgetting that these guys are not exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. Their antenna may go up, but they are definitely not getting all of the stations. They eagerly blow themselves up to try and prove their "point" - whatever the fuck that is.

These days, frankly I think any terrorist act that leaves the perpetrators alive afterward is purely an accident on their part

If terrorism, the guys carrying out the attack are just a bunch of Mohammed Al Lacki's, they're not the ones coordinating and directing things. They are like what chimps are to NASA and the space program. They had a successful launch, now time to round up some more chimps for more launches. Again, assuming coordinated terrorism and not lone wolf style stuff.

[NaturalBornHustler]

Wow check this shit out.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bojinka_plot

Operation Bojinka

Operation Bojinka was a planned series of terrorist attack schedules for January of 1995. The plot involved three separate elements:

The assassination of Pope John Paul II during a visit to the Phillipines on January 15.
The bombing of eleven airliners on January 21 and 22.
The flying of a Cessna filled with explosives into CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

'Operation Bojinka' often refers only the most deadly element of the plot -- the plan to destroy jumbo jets in mid flight. All of the targeted flights were trans-oceanic routes between east Asia and the United States. All had two legs, and the plan involved placing bombs aboard the planes on the first legs, and then detonating them on their second legs.

Operation Bojinka was abandoned in the wake of an apartment fire in Manila on January 6, 1995, which led to the discovery by police of evidence of the plot.

[Dan Druff]

Malaysian Air Force traces last location of Flight 370 to Pulau Perak, a tiny island in Strait of Malacca, official says.

And to think people dismissed LOST as impossible fantasy.

[NaturalBornHustler]

The plane made a 180 degree turn and traveled for a LONG time before going off radar they are saying now. Looks like a cockpit takeover and terrorism. Holy fuck. Said transponder was turned off right after they made the U turn too.

This news just broke Twitter, literally.

I was saying all last night there is no way in only 240ft of crystal water (surrounded by land masses not wide open ocean) they couldn't see a fucking plane, made no sense.

[Baron Von Strucker]

The plane made a 180 degree turn and traveled for a LONG time before going off radar they are saying now. Looks like a cockpit takeover and terrorism. Holy fuck. Said transponder was turned off right after they made the U turn too.

This news just broke Twitter, literally.

I was saying all last night there is no way in only 240ft of crystal water (surrounded by land masses not wide open ocean) they couldn't see a fucking plane, made no sense.

wen you mentioned this yesterday i thought maybe there was some hope for the people on the plane. and it seems the only logical reason when there was no contact even if the plane was crashing the pilots would have likely had time to say something to indicate a problem. unfortunately it is improbable that huge plane could have landed on a desert runway in iran or some terrorist country. more they flew it off course and blasted into the deepest part of the sea never to be found. kinda weird cause mostly these terrorist groups like to brag about there activities when successful.

[NaturalBornHustler]

The plane made a 180 degree turn and traveled for a LONG time before going off radar they are saying now. Looks like a cockpit takeover and terrorism. Holy fuck. Said transponder was turned off right after they made the U turn too.

This news just broke Twitter, literally.

I was saying all last night there is no way in only 240ft of crystal water (surrounded by land masses not wide open ocean) they couldn't see a fucking plane, made no sense.

wen you mentioned this yesterday i thought maybe there was some hope for the people on the plane. and it seems the only logical reason when there was no contact even if the plane was crashing the pilots would have likely had time to say something to indicate a problem. unfortunately it is improbable that huge plane could have landed on a desert runway in iran or some terrorist country. more they flew it off course and blasted into the deepest part of the sea never to be found. kinda weird cause mostly these terrorist groups like to brag about there activities when successful.

They had some people on last night who said that these days it is not uncommon to not take credit afterwards. They said the heat goes up so much when a group takes credit it has started to scare them off from grandstanding anymore, so that part really isn't that odd.

Also they said the only way the transponder goes off is an electrical failure of epic proportions, or someone turning it off. And as far as the electrical failure, the plane is so advanced technology that would be virtually impossible.

Now that they are looking in the right place they will probably find this thing pretty soon. In about a million pieces.

[4Dragons]

wen you mentioned this yesterday i thought maybe there was some hope for the people on the plane. and it seems the only logical reason when there was no contact even if the plane was crashing the pilots would have likely had time to say something to indicate a problem. unfortunately it is improbable that huge plane could have landed on a desert runway in iran or some terrorist country. more they flew it off course and blasted into the deepest part of the sea never to be found. kinda weird cause mostly these terrorist groups like to brag about there activities when successful.

They had some people on last night who said that these days it is not uncommon to not take credit afterwards. They said the heat goes up so much when a group takes credit it has started to scare them off from grandstanding anymore, so that part really isn't that odd.

Also they said the only way the transponder goes off is an electrical failure of epic proportions, or someone turning it off. And as far as the electrical failure, the plane is so advanced technology that would be virtually impossible.

Now that they are looking in the right place they will probably find this thing pretty soon. In about a million pieces.

A hijacking where the autoresponder was turned off would signal government / military involvement, not a band of jihadists. Either the info is misguided or this plane is being prepped for use in a secondary purpose. :tinfoilhat

[NaturalBornHustler]

They had some people on last night who said that these days it is not uncommon to not take credit afterwards. They said the heat goes up so much when a group takes credit it has started to scare them off from grandstanding anymore, so that part really isn't that odd.

Also they said the only way the transponder goes off is an electrical failure of epic proportions, or someone turning it off. And as far as the electrical failure, the plane is so advanced technology that would be virtually impossible.

Now that they are looking in the right place they will probably find this thing pretty soon. In about a million pieces.

A hijacking where the autoresponder was turned off would signal government / military involvement, not a band of jihadists. Either the info is misguided or this plane is being prepped for use in a secondary purpose. :tinfoilhat

Why the hell would that be the case?

Yeah that is tinfoilhat fo real.

[4Dragons]

A hijacking where the autoresponder was turned off would signal government / military involvement, not a band of jihadists. Either the info is misguided or this plane is being prepped for use in a secondary purpose. :tinfoilhat

Why the hell would that be the case?

Yeah that is tinfoilhat fo real.

Explain how it happens otherwise.

[adamantium]

yea and bush did 9-11
pageing marty

[4Dragons]

Oh I admit it's complete bs speculation, but if next week, someone drives this plane into Tel Aviv with a nuke on it I just want to be the one who said I told you so.

[sonatine]

this thread is delightfully terrible.

[Gordman]

Im sure some have seen this already, but if you haven't

you too can take part in the search for the plane using satellite imagery

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014



this is more than likely fruitless and a huge waste of time, but its still an example of some of the pretty amazing shit we can do in this day and age

[Crowe Diddly]

As Patton Oswalt pointed out, this is some serious Langoliers shit.

[TheXFactor]

What are the odds that this whole thing is just an elaborate hoax to promote the new season of 24?

Only Jack Bauer can save us now.

[Dan Druff]

This is actually very good news for the families of the victims.

It gives them hope that perhaps their loved ones are still alive, but the plane was hijacked and is now sitting in some terrorist camp.

There isn't much chance that it got hijacked AND coincidentally developed mechanical issues that brought it down.

I suppose it's possible that terrorists took over the controls, couldn't handle it, and accidentally crashed it.

But now it appears that one of three things happened:

1) There was some kind of mechanical failure that perhaps depressurized the plane, set it off course, and eventually the transponder died, as well. In that case, everyone is dead.

2) Terrorists took over, turned the plane around (either themselves or forced the pilots to do so), but something happened after that, either accidental or the result of a fight/uprising that resulted in the plane crashing.

3) Terrorists took over, turned the plane around, turned off the transponders, and brought to plane to one of their camps.

Some have suggested that perhaps the pilot was just a nutcase, turned the plane the other way, shut off all communication, and eventually crashed it.

I don't think that's likely, as I don't see ALL of the pilots going along with this, and it's unlikely one man could have pulled this off and flown hundreds of miles without some attempt by either passengers or crew to alert someone.

[adamantium]

are you blind? they are doing Lost again

[sonatine]

jews did mh370.

[DirtyB]

This is actually very good news for the families of the victims.

It gives them hope that perhaps their loved ones are still alive, but the plane was hijacked and is now sitting in some terrorist camp.

There isn't much chance that it got hijacked AND coincidentally developed mechanical issues that brought it down.

I suppose it's possible that terrorists took over the controls, couldn't handle it, and accidentally crashed it.

But now it appears that one of three things happened:

1) There was some kind of mechanical failure that perhaps depressurized the plane, set it off course, and eventually the transponder died, as well. In that case, everyone is dead.

2) Terrorists took over, turned the plane around (either themselves or forced the pilots to do so), but something happened after that, either accidental or the result of a fight/uprising that resulted in the plane crashing.

3) Terrorists took over, turned the plane around, turned off the transponders, and brought to plane to one of their camps.

Some have suggested that perhaps the pilot was just a nutcase, turned the plane the other way, shut off all communication, and eventually crashed it.

I don't think that's likely, as I don't see ALL of the pilots going along with this, and it's unlikely one man could have pulled this off and flown hundreds of miles without some attempt by either passengers or crew to alert someone.

If the plane was intact anywhere, it would be sending out automated distress calls. The cockpit transponder that was possibly turned off is just one of several ways the plane communicates.

Where the hell are you going to secretly land a 777? That's a big ass plane that requires a very serious runway- the kind where people notice when you unexpectedly land a 777. If it's #2 or #3, why has nobody made any demands or claimed responsibility?