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Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Fragrag posted:

I bet the Malaysian Air Force accidentally shot down the plane.

Haha how good would this be? I mean, terrible, but amazing.

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Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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rocket_man38 posted:

American planes are too good to be shot down by a turd world air force :smug:

Seriously though, this will be another TWA flight 800 level of conspiracy. Has Boeing's stock been hit?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2014/03/10/boeing-stock-falling-as-malaysia-airlines-mystery-continues/

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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The plane flew to Crimea guys.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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TealShark posted:

Oh, let's just say "cabin depressurization" and call it a day. Because otherwise, the goon that suggested the plane would rise up from under the field at the Super Bowl Halftime Show is starting to look like the most rational choice.

Flew to Atlantis and landed on a submersible runway/airdock.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Stoic Commie posted:

how the gently caress are they "trying" to triangulate the signal if passengers' phones are still ringing?





wouldn't they INSTANTLY be able to track where it is via GPS?

Those are two completely different things.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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GPS and mobile phone signals are completely unrelated.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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The level of ridiculous speculation in this thread is amazing. Its almost better than the True Detective thread.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Haha I honestly hope its really some insane non-crash scenario.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

Makarov_ posted:

Wall Street Journal has an article up claiming "engine monitoring data", which I assume means ACARS messages, continued to be received for four hours after the plane's transponder signal was lost. That puts its possible location in a circle with a radius of 2200 nautical miles from its last known position.

https://twitter.com/jonostrower/status/443967767835062272

Full article is paywalled:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579434653903086282



FYI clicking the WSJ link in the tweet seems to bypass the paywall.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

BlueChocolate posted:

Why would they want to steal a stupid plane full Chinese citizens for? It's the US they hate.

You could go all Tom Clancy and speculate on what cargo the plane was carrying.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Do we have an Illuminati theory yet?

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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maxidious posted:

I am not okay with eating airplane food for a week, I'd rather starve to death so that's that.

Long ago (when they served you meals on domestic flights) I had a cheese omelet on a morning LA to Orlando flight.

Literally one of the worst things I have ever eaten to this day.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

windsor posted:

Right, but I mean while making altitude corrections when necessary.

At night I would highly doubt it.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

:catstare:

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Skipjack posted:

Zoom, enhance

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Simpsons did it.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

happyhippy posted:



Particle decay, or flight MH370?

If you framed this you could put it in a modern art museum.

(I actually like it.)

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

The Fuzzy Hulk posted:

The plane didn't disappear. We just don't know where it is, or the condition it's in.

When you put the cat outside for the night it doesn't disappear, you just don't know where it is. Even if the cat explodes over the ocean and never comes home it didn't disappear, if anything it was more visable while on fire. Even if the cat crashed into the ocean like this plane obviously did, you could still see it if you knew where to look.

makes u think

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
RIP In Peace, plane.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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DEAR RICHARD posted:

CNN.com seems to be recycling breaking news speculation stories.

CLICK HERE TO READ OPINIONS FROM EXPERTS, AMATEURS.

HLN literally just started reading peoples tweets yesterday.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Dude spilled his Code Red on the controls, plane changed course, crashed from lack of sugar/caffeine.

RIP in peace.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Its gone guys.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

Spacman posted:

Yeah, Go eat a giant cock you human being.

You should probably go check this with our PM. He'll tell you to go eat a cock. gently caress off arseholes from north america. He would likely call your president a friend of the family.

gently caress off, you human being.

Typical criminal behaviour. SMH

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Hahah this plane is loving GONE guys.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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bathroom sounds posted:

His exact words were "227 fewer people Australia needs to worry about."

That dude is cool.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
At least a 5000 foot (almost 1 mile) long runway.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Its gone guys.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Guys, its gone.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
From my basic understanding Malaysia and a few other countries got caught with their pants down logistically concerning air traffic. And from there they kinda bumbled their way through press conferences while trying to pull their pants up.

Malaysia is also not used to international press getting in their faces so there's a bunch of drama with the families that goes with that. IE: the US has laws requiring airlines to divulge information during disasters. Its not the same in other countries.

Chinatown fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Mar 24, 2014

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Its gone guys.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
literally everyone with some position of authority or technical expertise has basically attempted to show competency while actually just coming off looking like idiots

its supremely hilarious in a way.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Guys, its gone.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

redshirt posted:

Did they find the plane yet?

Its gone. Really.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Its gone, guys.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Its gone guys.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

Guys, really, its gone.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe

hahaha

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
Its gone guys.

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Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
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Its gone, guys.

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