re: Official Thread: Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

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FWIW, there are many airports where the tower is not manned 24/7, they will shut down at midnight or whatever, very common in third world areas and even smaller controlled airports in the U.S.. Air traffic can still come into the airport after the tower shuts down, many of them could handle a 777, you could land a 777 in the middle of the night put it in a hanger and few people would notice.

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According to the CIA's website, there are 37 over 8,000' and 16 over 10,000' in just Indonesia and Malaysia alone. What are the odds they are manned between 2200 and 0600 local? Also, wasn't this a redeye flight? Interdasting.

Not sure if anyone posted this, but this is everyone looking for the plane:

FYI: This is the 3rd installment of the USS Kidd, its based in San Diego, CA.

Malaysia: CASA/IPTN CN-235, Beechcraft B200T King Air, Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Bombardier Global Express fixed-wing aircraft; AgustaWestland AW109 and Eurocopter EC725 helicopters. Vessels from the navy and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.
Co-ordination centre at the National Disaster Control Centre (NDCC) in Pulau Meranti, Cyberjaya.

Australia: air force Lockheed AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft.

Brunei: Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel.

China: Type 071 amphibious transport docks Kunlun Shan and Jinggang Shan, with helicopters, medical personnel, divers, and marines, life-saving and underwater detection equipment; Type 052C destroyer and helicopter; a Chinese Coast Guard vessel and two rescue vessels carrying divers and salvagers assembled by the Chinese Ministry of Transportation. China has also retasked ten orbiting defence satellites over the area.

India: air and sea assets of the Andaman and Nicobar Command. Navy ships INS Saryu and INS Kumbhir; coast guard ship ICGS Kanaklata Baruah; air force Dornier Do 228 fixed-wing and Mil Mi-17 rotary-wing aircraft; and navy Boeing P-8I and Tupolev Tu-142 maritime surveillance aircraft. Rukmini naval satellite. INS Saryu of Indian Navy deployed in the search

Indonesia: corvette and rapid patrol vessels; PC-40 fast patrol vessels; IPTN NC-212 maritime patrol aircraft.

Japan: a disaster relief team, comprising eight Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, coast guard and International Cooperation Agency officials.

New Zealand: air force Lockheed P-3K2 Orion.

Philippines: BRP Gregorio del Pilar, BRP Emilio Jacinto, BRP Apolinario Mabini; an air force Fokker F27 and a navy Britten-Norman Defender aircraft; and a navy AgustaWestland AW109 helicopter. A Hamilton-class cutter vessel and a C-130 Hercules placed on standby.

Singapore: air force C-130 Hercules; navy Formidable-class frigate with Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk helicopter; and a submarine rescue ship with divers; Victory-class corvette.

Taiwan: air force C-130 Hercules, the frigate ROCS Tian Dan, and coast guard vessels.

Thailand: Westland Super Lynx helicopter and a patrol ship. Two other ships on standby.

United States: P-3C Orion aircraft; a P-8A Poseidon, USS Kidd (DDG-100), USS Pinckney with Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters; logistical vessel USNS John Ericsson; a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) team.

Vietnam: Antonov An-26, CASA C-212 Aviocar, de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Mil Mi-171, and ships from the navy, coast guard, fisheries control, and Maritime Search & Rescue Coordination Centre.

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To me it means, we have searched everywhere else so we have a big hunch it could be there

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they are playing pin the tail on malaysia

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That is a long way from BR

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the BR one is docked permanently

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there are two USS Kidd's

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There are three:

USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher class destroyer, serving from 1943 to 1964 ---in BRLA

USS Kidd (DDG-993), the first ship of the Kidd class of destroyers, serving from 1981 to 1998----sold to Taiwan

USS Kidd (DDG-100), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer commissioned in 2007 and currently in service

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There are three:

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you are kidding

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you are kidding

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Nope, and on top of that there is a Kidd class, which means various ships fall into the Kidd category but they are named something else.

They're name after Isaac Kidd who was killed on the bridge on the USS Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attacks.

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Isaac Kidd has 3 ships named after him

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And four in the Kidd class

TMYK

While I did not know that JAX and it is interesting I was KIDDing ever since my first post about this

true...now where is that plane