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re: Why stealing the Malaysian airplane makes no sense...
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:07 pm to son of arlo
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:07 pm to son of arlo
If they landed in Pakistan then they could on-load a few nukes and head for Tel- Aviv.
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Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:07 pm to Michael T. Tiger
quote:Don't you think people would have noticed a plane flying that low?
Flying under 5,000 feet, radar appears useless. There are multiple locations that bird could have landed and multiple people who would want it.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:07 pm to Homesick Tiger
Depending on how long it was flew, it would likely have to be refueled before it could reach europe or the US.
I doubt that would go unnoticed.
I doubt that would go unnoticed.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:10 pm to BobBoucher
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I doubt that would go unnoticed.
Of course not. You just file a ICAO flightplan and say you're a Gulfstream, not a 777. No one could tell the difference on a ATC radar.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:12 pm to son of arlo
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I doubt that would go unnoticed.
Of course not. You just file a ICAO flightplan and say you're a Gulfstream, not a 777. No one could tell the difference on a ATC radar.
Im talking about the refeuling part. you dont think a Malaysian airlines 777 sitting on a tarmac somewhere its probably not supposed to be getting refeuled wouldnt raise a few eywbrows?
This post was edited on 3/17/14 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:12 pm to TOKEN
quote:Another thing... they said the plane only had enough fuel on board to last for about 7 hours.
The plane flew for over 7 hours. This is one of the only facts we actually know.
ETA: if the plane flew in the northern corridor then there are about 10 countries this plane could be in.
And flying below 5,000 feet burns a lot more fuel than normal.
So if the plane was in the air for 7 hours, and there was only enough fuel to last for 7 hours for a normal flight, there is no way the plane could have been travelling below 5,000 feet for very long because they would have ran out of fuel well before 7 hours in the air.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:13 pm to son of arlo
My guess is that it made a safe landing. In what is now dense jungle. In the year 1772.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:13 pm to son of arlo
There was a guy on Fox the other day who specialize in this type of thing and said it wouldn't be hard at all land the place without people knowing.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:14 pm to PrimeTime Money
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The plane flew for over 7 hours
do we know it was flying for all 7 hours? or just sending data for 7 hours? could it not have been on the ground somewhere transmitting?
recent headlines have mentioned that theory.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:18 pm to BobBoucher
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or just sending data for 7 hours?
I thought it wasn't sending any data, just being picked up by satellite as a ufo for those seven hours.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:19 pm to Homesick Tiger
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I thought it wasn't sending any data, just being picked up by satellite as a ufo for those seven hours.
yeah i think youre right. I was thinking of the engines sending data which is apparently separate from the satellite thing.
so we dont know if it was on the ground on in the air.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:24 pm to BobBoucher
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so we dont know if it was on the ground on in the air.
I'm wondering why if they knew the last satellite was seven hours after the transponder was turned off, how come they can't home in to where the ping was and go from there?
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:26 pm to PrimeTime Money
The popularity of Miley Cyrus makes no sense. She's ugly and she can't sing. I think the pilot was doing something big to attract her attention. Just like when John Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan to show his love for Jodie Foster.
Although Foster is not quite as ugly as Miley.
Although Foster is not quite as ugly as Miley.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:24 pm to PrimeTime Money
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2. What happens now? What could they possibly do with that airplane? If they tried to use it for terrorism, it would be picked up by radar. So how would they get away with it?
If I recall correctly, the transponder can be set so the plane "looks" like another scheduled flight. If they set their squak for a scheduled international flight who knows when they would be spotted as the fake.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 4:38 pm to S.E.C. Crazy
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head for Tel- Aviv.
Some speculate this ship was going to blow up just upwind of Israel.
Kinda funny how quickly a cargo ship of radioactive waste just fell off the media's radar.
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