re: Official Thread: Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

A fully loaded 777 I think can make a flight from Sydney to Dallas I don't know how that translate into range from India but it would be possible to make to the west coast I think

Ive always believed the hijaking angle once it was reported the transponders were turned off

I think his point is that you can legally acquire a much smaller plane for a lot less effort and money than this operation would presumably have taken and just made your doomsday mission over a couple of refueling stops.

I was just giving range because it was talked about, I don't think that plane could land and go unnoticed for 8 days when Everyone is looking for it. It crashed the question still remains where?

You could buy a used 737, fly it easily to within 3000 nautical miles of New York or any target within the United States without suspicion though. Heck, you could fly it to New York without suspicion. On the other hand, a 777 approaching the United States without a flight plan, or any aircraft for that matter, would immediately scramble jets for intercept.

It makes no sense to use a stolen 777 as a weapons system in the majority of the world.

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That doesn't make sense. You can fly a $500,000 737 within 3000 nautical miles of a target without raising any suspicion whatsoever.

Thousands are looking for the missing 777.

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If we look at all the hijacked planes on 911, what was the common theme of plot? Hijack the biggest planes possible while traveling a short distance to maximizes the explosiveness of high fuel levels.

Why would a undocumented 737 be unnoticed by us?

Every single plane even private planes are tracked by the FAA you can't sneak a plane into the United States unnoticed.

I think govt officials know where the plane is

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Pilot just said that the pilots have the ability to depressurize the cabin and kill everyone with the push of a button.

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Seeing as there is no "good" use for that feature, maybe future planes can have a different setup.

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If we look at all the hijacked planes on 911, what was the common theme of plot? Hijack the biggest planes possible while traveling a short distance to maximizes the explosiveness of high fuel levels.

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Well not only that but think of the threat of a common 737 loaded with nukes which doesn't raise suspicion as it flies over New York. Take off from London or Montreal or Mexico City (now there's a place to worry about with the cartels) and detonate the weapon without any suspicion whatsoever.

The point is, one doesn't need to hijack a 777 to do this. It would be relatively easy to do it with a number of old used airliners on the market today. Legally, so to speak.