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| Pakistan dismisses reports of Malaysian jet in its territory |
| 2014-03-16 |
| [DAWN] Pakistain's top aviation official on Saturday dismissed Western media reports that missing Malaysian airliner might be hidden somewhere in the country. Have they checked in Dera Ismail Khan? "It's wrong, plane never came towards Pakistain," Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Aviation Shujaat Azeem told Dawn.com. Hijacking a plane full of people is pretty evil. When I think "evil" the word "Pakistain" pops right into my mind. Right after "North Korea" pops into my mind... His attention was drawn on the reports which said the disappeared plane could have potentially reached as far as Pakistain. "Pakistain's civil aviation radars never spotted this jet," he said. Azeem said the plane disappeared far away from Pak air space and was not visible on its radars, "so how it could be hidden somewhere in Pakistain." However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... he said that his division was on alert and following all developments related to the incident. "At present there are 95 ships of various countries are in the Indian Ocean on search mission," said Azeem. "No one among those who are on search mission has contacted us to seek information on this tragedy." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Please bury your links, ladies and gentlemen, so as not to break the 'Burg. Type a few words to describe the link, highlight them, then click on the little icon in the box below that looks like an Earth sitting on two chain links, and paste the URL into the box that appears. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-03-16 13:55 |
| #6 Someone should take a look at the overhead views of the Fergana Valley airfields. Someplace like this: International Airport of Kyrgyz might just be large enough, compromised, and unwatched to do the trick. http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/03/world/malaysia-flight-map/index.html?iid=article_sidebar http://www.airmilescalculator.com/distance/kul-to-oss/ |
| Posted by: rammer 2014-03-16 12:58 |
| #5 Stuff seems hideable in this area; somebody should check the runway length. Abbottabad (AAW) Pakistan Airport Code : AAW Airport Name : Abbottabad (?) Runway Length : Unknown (add) Runway Elevation : Unknown (add) City : Abbottabad (?) Country : Pakistan (?) Country Abbrev. : PK (?) Airport Guide : Unavailable Longitude : 73° 15’ 0” E (?) Latitude : 34° 12’ 0” N (?) GMT Offset : +5.0 (?) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-03-16 07:39 |
| #4 When we next see this aircraft it will be escorted by 5 friendlies. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-03-16 03:49 |
| #3 The 'who done it' on this one is a bit disconcerting when you consider we've had nuclear missiles pointed at each other for decades. How is we are to discover the source of a missile fired at a homeland? In an age when orbiting collection assets abound, something that large, with a Chinese mainland destination, flies around, changes course, gains altitude, loses altitude..... and no one takes much notice? No one concerned about discovery? No one rolls the imagery or signals backward? Perhaps someone knows more than they are telling. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-16 03:21 |
| #2 ..Cmdr. Zero's parting gift to Karzai.? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-03-16 01:54 |
| #1 there are many radar installations in Pakistan and one would have likely seen a blip if a 777 was transiting airspace of course, it maybe that somebody saw something and either didn't report it or was told not to report it |
| Posted by: lord garth 2014-03-16 01:04 |