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| 'Malaysia plane deliberately diverted towards Andaman' |
| 2014-03-15 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Military radar-tracking evidence suggests the Malaysia Airlines jetliner, which has been missing for nearly a week, was deliberately flown across the Malay peninsula towards the Andaman Islands, sources familiar with the investigation have said. Two sources told Rooters yesterday that an unidentified aircraft, which Sherlocks believe was Flight MH370, was following a route between navigational waypoints - indicating it was being flown by someone with aviation training - when it was last plotted on military radar off the country's northwest coast. The last plot on the military radar's tracking suggested the plane was flying toward India's Andaman Islands, a chain of isles between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, they said. Waypoints are geographic locations, worked out by calculating longitude and latitude, that help pilots navigate along established air corridors. A third source familiar with the investigation said inquiries were focusing increasingly on the theory that someone who knew how to fly a plane deliberately diverted the flight, with 239 people on board, hundreds of miles off its intended course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. "What we can say is we are looking at sabotage, with hijack still on the cards," said that source, a senior Malaysian police official. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 the route taken and wild altitude deviations indicated a less than fully 777 familiar pilot fighting with the auto-pilot Couldn't get a seat at one of those "landing optional" flight schools? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2014-03-15 09:34 |
| #5 ..re route and altitude excursions: Route: "Red Herring" attempt to disguise true destination? Altitude: Climb while depressurizing a/c? Somebody controlling the a/c demonstrated familiarity to the extent that O2 system could have been disabled to pax only. Hypoxia->sleep->death = "clean" removal of potential pax resistance. The "PIC" was familiar w/systems, but my experience is that, although MS FlightSim has some conceptual use, limitations exist..who knows.. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-15 09:05 |
| #4 Pilot 'Hank; and his expert comments sort of shoots holes in the continuing chirp of...'evil pilots' workplace violence or suicide theory. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-15 05:35 |
| #3 the route taken and wild altitude deviations indicated a less than fully 777 familiar pilot fighting with the auto-pilot. Or extremely gusty winds caused by global warming. Kinda wondering if I should feel bad about all those burning truck tires... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-03-15 05:27 |
| #2 A former 777 pilot on the news last night [Hank somebody], opined that...paraphrasing here, the route taken and wild altitude deviations indicated a less than fully 777 familiar pilot fighting with the auto-pilot. Looks like we may be back to box cutters and hijacking. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-15 05:05 |
| #1 China just used the word "HIJACKING"! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-03-15 02:09 |