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2014-03-11 Southeast Asia

An airliner enroute to Hong Kong has reported a large debris field off Ho Chi Minh City

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Posted by rammer 2014-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Potential that exit 1 airplane was a media attention diversion in Putin's hat?

Posted by 3dc 2014-03-11 00:12|| 2014-03-11 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I doubt it. I don't think China or Russia proper are vulnerable to "let's you and him fight" strategies. China's too focused on the conflicts it wants to mess around with the conflicts it doesn't.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-11 00:27|| 2014-03-11 00:27|| Front Page Top

#3 For example: look at how little they'ce reacted towards the killings of Chinese citizens in Pakistan. And compare it to how they reacted when some Chinese tourists were killed in Manila a couple years back.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-11 00:30|| 2014-03-11 00:30|| Front Page Top

#4 With what is slowly coming out now, my fear is that it was a suicide bomber test run by Iran. The USN should locate the wreckage very soon.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-11 00:31|| 2014-03-11 00:31|| Front Page Top

#5 BBC now reports 'Iranian terrorist link unlikely.'

Contains interesting maps, no source ref.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-11 07:45|| 2014-03-11 07:45|| Front Page Top

#6 1. Based on ocean currents - eddies actually - in that region there's always debris in that area (also from experience.)

2. Also, this time of year, the currents in the China Sea are heading south; the currents are also swift (like debris moving 40-50 miles/day.)

3. I'm not surprised that Malaysia's being circumspect.

4. It's also too early for anything but conjecture.

Posted by Pappy 2014-03-11 14:56|| 2014-03-11 14:56|| Front Page Top

#7 There are some oddities and no debris found within the flight plan supposedly taken. Another possibility should be considered--the U-turn that was made & transponders turned off with a light passenger load and lots of fuel. Going low under radar, the flight may have landed somewhere as cell phones are still ringing but not answered. If a highjacking like 9-11 took place, there is no high-profile target to crash into...but who were the passengers on board? Could they be held hostage for their expertise and so no claim of responsibility or ransom would be made.

Posted by Flaiger Uneamp8181 2014-03-11 15:30|| 2014-03-11 15:30|| Front Page Top

#8 I just tried to post to p. 1... CNN is reporting that the plane's transponder stopped and then it flew in the other direction, to the other side of the Malay Penninsula, before military radar (real radar, not transponder) lost contact over the Straits of Malacca.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-11 15:46|| 2014-03-11 15:46|| Front Page Top

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