heres a conspiracy theory

lets say MH370 was carrying gold bullion

the pilots being in on it switch off the transponder and other things they could access then fly the aircraft way off course to land somewhere where the gold can be shifted

the aircraft needs to remain hidden as long as possible so that the gang can abscond with the loot

if they find the aircraft quickly they find the gang quickly so every day that goes by leaves the trail colder and colder

What happens to the passengers in this scenario?

Loading it up with bullion at Kuala Lumpur International Airport might have attracted some attention.

Witty Rejoinder said:

What happens to the passengers in this scenario?

if they kill the passengers it will be worse for the gang , they’ll have every man and his dog after them – when they catch them it won’t be pretty.

if I were gang I would leave passenger alone, remover the gold and try to leave it as long as possible before calling off the guards and let them make their escape in pairs with sat phones in case they get into trouble.

lets say it would take a week or so to escape properly leaving no trace they could ultimately follow, the pirates then radio their fellow crew and tell them to escape, leave the passengers food and water and shoot off on a speed boat to some other location where they could blend into.

the pirates then tell the media where to find the plane

(or they could ransom them I suppose by on selling them to professional kidnappers)

Bubblecar said:

Loading it up with bullion at Kuala Lumpur International Airport might have attracted some attention.

or not

in this situation less attention would be vital

there could be some important/ valuable cargo the pirates needed

I have my own theory about the disappearance of Flight MH370.

I believe that the producers of Aircrash Investigations have run out of air crashes to document so they sabotaged this flight so they can make a start on series 14 of ACI.

Skeptic Pete said:

I have my own theory about the disappearance of Flight MH370.

I believe that the producers of Aircrash Investigations have run out of air crashes to document so they sabotaged this flight so they can make a start on series 14 of ACI.

aircrash investigations mafia

Don’t you understand yet? There was no plane…

cough cough BULLSHIT cough cough

Obviousman said:

cough cough BULLSHIT cough cough

You been smoking cow dung?

furious said:

Don’t you understand yet? There was no plane…

Malaysian airlines is a figment of the imagination

Bubblecar said:

Obviousman said:

cough cough BULLSHIT cough cough

You been smoking cow dung?

if you dry it, flavour it, roll it

it still smells like cow dung

wookiemeister said:

heres a conspiracy theory

lets say MH370 was carrying gold bullion

the pilots being in on it switch off the transponder and other things they could access then fly the aircraft way off course to land somewhere where the gold can be shifted

the aircraft needs to remain hidden as long as possible so that the gang can abscond with the loot

if they find the aircraft quickly they find the gang quickly so every day that goes by leaves the trail colder and colder

Here is another theory

The plane was hijacked

they want lots of money for each passenger

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

heres a conspiracy theory

lets say MH370 was carrying gold bullion

the pilots being in on it switch off the transponder and other things they could access then fly the aircraft way off course to land somewhere where the gold can be shifted

the aircraft needs to remain hidden as long as possible so that the gang can abscond with the loot

if they find the aircraft quickly they find the gang quickly so every day that goes by leaves the trail colder and colder

Here is another theory

The plane was hijacked

they want lots of money for each passenger

yeah I mentioned that

unless………..

someone wants a 777 for spares

or an aircraft (like north korea). you are nicking the aircraft

wookiemeister said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

heres a conspiracy theory

lets say MH370 was carrying gold bullion

the pilots being in on it switch off the transponder and other things they could access then fly the aircraft way off course to land somewhere where the gold can be shifted

the aircraft needs to remain hidden as long as possible so that the gang can abscond with the loot

if they find the aircraft quickly they find the gang quickly so every day that goes by leaves the trail colder and colder

Here is another theory

The plane was hijacked

they want lots of money for each passenger

yeah I mentioned that

ok, I have another one

the plane was carrying “secret cargo”

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Here is another theory

The plane was hijacked

they want lots of money for each passenger

yeah I mentioned that

ok, I have another one

the plane was carrying “secret cargo”

that’s a given

wookiemeister said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

wookiemeister said:

yeah I mentioned that

ok, I have another one

the plane was carrying “secret cargo”

that’s a given

An Alien?

/Maxwell Smart

Ok, how about two illegal aliens.

/Maxwell Smart

Tricking that oil rig worker, tens of Kms away into thinking your plane was on fire was a stroke of genius

• Malaysian airlines is a figment of the imagination

Well think about it, who says the plane is missing? The same people giving out contradictory and unhelpful information…

Classic sleight of hand. Wonder what they are really up to?

The old secret hidden bullion plane trick….

any gold bullion would have to be boogie board sized..

Skeptic Pete said:

I believe that the producers of Aircrash Investigations have run out of air crashes to document so they sabotaged this flight so they can make a start on series 14 of ACI.

I find it really horrifying that the haven’t run out of air crashes to document. The last one I saw was where the pilots had forgotten to pressurise the plane so everyone died from lack of oxygen – except for a steward who didn’t know how to fly.

If the pilots had had a backwards view of the cabin from closed circuit TV, they would have seen the oxygen masks drop down in the cabin and nobody would have died. So simple.

wookiemeister said:

heres a conspiracy theory

lets say MH370 was carrying gold bullion

the pilots being in on it switch off the transponder and other things they could access then fly the aircraft way off course to land somewhere where the gold can be shifted

the aircraft needs to remain hidden as long as possible so that the gang can abscond with the loot

if they find the aircraft quickly they find the gang quickly so every day that goes by leaves the trail colder and colder

My Dad kinda thought about doing something like that in the 70’s when he was flying Fokker Friendships. He had to carry thirty million dollars of silver from somewhere to somewhere in Australia. The only passengers were a couple of armed guards down the back.
It’d be possible to turn the cabin air source off so the guards would flake out, the crew have portable oxygen cylinders so it’d be easy to pop a mask on to go back and tie them up securely.
The trick is getting the other crew member to join you in your adventurous deed.

What is the flashing message on that?

Michael V said:

What is the flashing message on that?

Ocean is big, plane is small = hard to find. Just realised I landed in the wrong thread.

poikilotherm said:

Michael V said:

What is the flashing message on that?

Ocean is big, plane is small = hard to find. Just realised I landed in the wrong thread.

Actually, it says; Start again.

Oh, didn’t see that earlier.

poikilotherm said:

Oh, didn’t see that earlier.

took me a bit of concentration to spot it.

so.. if this plane is hijacked… when will we hear demands? surely a hijacking means someone wants something

Arts said:

so.. if this plane is hijacked… when will we hear demands? surely a hijacking means someone wants something

ahhh welcome back to wookie world

not so crazy after all

was I?

• so.. if this plane is hijacked… when will we hear demands? surely a hijacking means someone wants something

Maybe those that need to hear the demands have already heard them?

Arts said:

so.. if this plane is hijacked… when will we hear demands? surely a hijacking means someone wants something

I think it still crashed. Ran out of fuel trying to get wherever.

wookiemeister said:

Arts said:

so.. if this plane is hijacked… when will we hear demands? surely a hijacking means someone wants something

ahhh welcome back to wookie world

not so crazy after all

was I?

no.. you are still crazy :P

furious said:

• so.. if this plane is hijacked… when will we hear demands? surely a hijacking means someone wants something

Maybe those that need to hear the demands have already heard them?

I’d like to know what they are.

Old fashioned hijackings had almost immediate contact with control.. permissions to land.. hours on the runway.. etc…

July 23, 1968: To date, the only successful El Al hijacking attempt, as three members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked El Al Flight 426 from Rome to Tel Aviv. Diverting to Algiers, the negotiations extended over forty days. Both the hijackers and the hostages went free.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings

• I’d like to know what they are.

As would we all but it might be unnecessary to anyone’s goals for the populace to know…

Arts said:

wookiemeister said:

Arts said:

so.. if this plane is hijacked… when will we hear demands? surely a hijacking means someone wants something

ahhh welcome back to wookie world

not so crazy after all

was I?

no.. you are still crazy :P

whaaaaaa?

as I’ve mentioned before in chat

they should return to the scene of the crime – the airport and see if the engineering crew knew anything about all of this

Were you ever on board that plane Wookie?

Looks as if I was right all along

wookiemeister said:

Looks as if I was right all along

about what?

4chan on MH370 …..

So someone hi-jacked this plane and set course for Australia?

Who’s going to stop the planes?

Lassiter…

The new #error, if it’s that, will be stealthy silent (re cause and association) I am guessing, and the events will reflect this.

At this point I don’t think gone-loopy-pilot has been ruled out. What does appear to be the case is slack pilot security, which would invite trouble. Personally I think it time to step up security on airlines, minimum of two armed security persons on all flights with special forces training.

I suspected something amiss early on

the plane has been stolen

pirates

the aircraft might have followed some existing flight corridor so not to arouse suspicion and then used a different call sign as it flew into another country

the other ATC might not know that it had rebadged itself as another airline

they’ll have to trawl through all the flight records of elsewhere now

someone knew the engines would only ping not communicate

not so long ago I also raised the problem about how passports could be used illegally to pass through airports

my solution was PIN numbers to stop the wrong people using the stolen passport

no PIN number and the passport can’t be accepted so it won’t matter if its reported missing or not

the other possibility is that flight mh370 changed one more time beyond the notice of the military and flew somewhere else like Vietnam or some smaller country with less airborne security and rebadged itself as another airline

wookiemeister said:

the other possibility is that flight mh370 changed one more time beyond the notice of the military and flew somewhere else like Vietnam or some smaller country with less airborne security and rebadged itself as another airline

Not sure that one can just make up a new call sign.

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

the other possibility is that flight mh370 changed one more time beyond the notice of the military and flew somewhere else like Vietnam or some smaller country with less airborne security and rebadged itself as another airline

Not sure that one can just make up a new call sign.

I don’t think they track the flight internationally in some locations

my hopes are that the flight headed back to land and is sat on a runway somewhere and all the passengers are fine (in a positive spin of what the possible outcome could be – I hope all of those passengers are fine I really do).

this scenario would be better than a crash where there are NO hopes for survival

if a gang hijacked the aircraft they should call a newspaper now to announce the location of the aircraft

Gees you dribble some shit at times. You should get a job on the Ch 10 commentary team filling in before the grand prix starts.

party_pants said:

Gees you dribble some shit at times. You should get a job on the Ch 10 commentary team filling in before the grand prix starts.

thanks for all your support party pants

wookiemeister said:

party_pants said:

Gees you dribble some shit at times. You should get a job on the Ch 10 commentary team filling in before the grand prix starts.

thanks for all your support party pants

My name is Kevin, and I’m here to help.

I think airlines should develop new passports

like those bank cards with inbuilt chips

and fingerprint id’s

and obviously now they need tamperproof communications systems

I think they should make the transponders and comms boxes so they can’t be turned off in mid-flight.

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

the other possibility is that flight mh370 changed one more time beyond the notice of the military and flew somewhere else like Vietnam or some smaller country with less airborne security and rebadged itself as another airline

Not sure that one can just make up a new call sign.

I do know that, on some occasions when they crossed the Atlantic, B-52s would set themselves up to respond as commercial aircraft, usually 747s – it let the controllers manage them, but kept down the ‘leaked’ info about their movements. To the radars, one Boeing product looked much like the other.

party_pants said:

I think they should make the transponders and comms boxes so they can’t be turned off in mid-flight.

you’d wonder why the pilot would have so much control over this device

perhaps if they want to turn it off for whatever reason they need a PIN number that ATC would/could give them

transition said:

….. minimum of two armed security persons on all flights with special forces training.

….and what’s to stop one or both of the air marshalls being crooked and how would they protect against a batty pilot?

Jing Joh said:

transition said:

….. minimum of two armed security persons on all flights with special forces training.

….and what’s to stop one or both of the air marshalls being crooked and how would they protect against a batty pilot?

Maybe just psych test your pilots once a year.

Dropbear said:

Maybe just psych test your pilots once a year.

Well, if you won’t let nutcases fly, that’d be the end of modern commercial aviation right there.

How the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet Could Have Been Hijacked

In the hours after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, the notion that hijackers were responsible seemed far-fetched. Since the 9/11 attacks, commercial pilots have been trained to prevent the weaponization of their planes by never unlocking their cockpit doors for hijackers–even if the lives of passengers are being threatened. Even if the MH370 captain or first officer broke with official policy and opened the door, why wouldn’t one of them first use the jet’s transponder to squawk “7500,” the universal code for a hijacking in progress?

more…

Cue James Bond Music

SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)

I really think its time for airlines to rethink the security of their aircraft communications

an interesting article here

Malaysia 370 Update: Landing Strips, Cell Phones, and More

captain_spalding said:

Dropbear said:

Maybe just psych test your pilots once a year.

Well, if you won’t let nutcases fly, that’d be the end of modern commercial aviation right there.

Well they let Bill fl……. Um good point

What happened to the missing plane’s transponder?

As the search continues for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, a key unanswered question is what happened to the Boeing 777’s transponder.

Transponders emit electronic signals containing information that shows up on air traffic controllers’ screens. The information includes the plane’s unique identifying code and its direction, speed and altitude

more…

Hey Alex, if you are on the advisory board for a company and you recommend their product to your patients, you should disclose. And in a way they understand. I’ve got that right, haven’t I? I had a look at the code of ethics and the medical board guidelines.

Sorry, I’ll just move that.

Nothing so far has convinced me that the plane didn’t suffer a catastrophic failure near the point where it originally lost contact. All of the signals after that point have possible alternate explanations.

A look at the types of signals a plane gives off

and apart from transponders, ACARS and Boeing’s OPERATING DATA SENT VIA SATELLITE, It looks like Rolls Royce also sends its data as well

if the air maintenance industry is looking for new contracts

why not look at redesigning tamper proof communication systems here in Australia say for the southern hemisphere

they might what to fit in additional tamper proof GPS trackers as well

CrazyNeutrino said:

A look at the types of signals a plane gives off

and apart from transponders, ACARS and Boeing’s OPERATING DATA SENT VIA SATELLITE, It looks like Rolls Royce also sends its data as well

if the air maintenance industry is looking for new contracts

why not look at redesigning tamper proof communication systems here in Australia say for the southern hemisphere

they might what to fit in additional tamper proof GPS trackers as well

It doesn’t give me much confidence flying knowing that hijackers can just turn a knob in the cockpit to turn off transponders and other stuff

Dropbear said:

captain_spalding said:

Dropbear said:

Maybe just psych test your pilots once a year.

Well, if you won’t let nutcases fly, that’d be the end of modern commercial aviation right there.

Well they let Bill fl……. Um good point

Yeah I was always worried they bring in testing!

I could come up with more ideas,

but Im only on a disability pension

Im not just a pretty face

looks in mirror, forget that last bit

CrazyNeutrino said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

A look at the types of signals a plane gives off

and apart from transponders, ACARS and Boeing’s OPERATING DATA SENT VIA SATELLITE, It looks like Rolls Royce also sends its data as well

if the air maintenance industry is looking for new contracts

why not look at redesigning tamper proof communication systems here in Australia say for the southern hemisphere

they might what to fit in additional tamper proof GPS trackers as well

It doesn’t give me much confidence flying knowing that hijackers can just turn a knob in the cockpit to turn off transponders and other stuff

Yes, I wonder why this would need to be at the pilot’s discretion.

The chaps who do these sort of things deserve to be punished, I mean it’s deliberate, in cold blood, not as if they have done it in a fit of hot blooded rage or the like.
These chaps are a menace.

Soso said:

Yes, I wonder why this would need to be at the pilot’s discretion.

Because of Murphy’s Law, which, in this case would be ‘that the one piece of electronic equipment to which you can’t sever the power is the one that catches fire’.

Lord_Lucan said:

The chaps who do these sort of things deserve to be punished, I mean it’s deliberate, in cold blood, not as if they have done it in a fit of hot blooded rage or the like.
These chaps are a menace.

Probably working -class.

captain_spalding said:

Lord_Lucan said:

The chaps who do these sort of things deserve to be punished, I mean it’s deliberate, in cold blood, not as if they have done it in a fit of hot blooded rage or the like.
These chaps are a menace.

Probably working -class.

Chuckle

Jing Joh said:

Nothing so far has convinced me that the plane didn’t suffer a catastrophic failure near the point where it originally lost contact. All of the signals after that point have possible alternate explanations.

No wreckage

captain_spalding said:

Lord_Lucan said:

The chaps who do these sort of things deserve to be punished, I mean it’s deliberate, in cold blood, not as if they have done it in a fit of hot blooded rage or the like.
These chaps are a menace.

Probably working -class.

Indubitably.

someone knows where it is

maybe Osama bin laden is being held hostage on a desert island somewhere and they mounted a rescue mission ?

that’s funny I can hear the sound of helicopters outside

my goodness they are black helicopters

and , wait a minute fjk.fkgsdfklhhjyj

it might be that the pilots might be involved as much as we might think

if hijackers have their own GPS they would be able to know if the pilots are following their instructions

captain_spalding said:

Soso said:

Yes, I wonder why this would need to be at the pilot’s discretion.

Because of Murphy’s Law, which, in this case would be ‘that the one piece of electronic equipment to which you can’t sever the power is the one that catches fire’.

Well fair enough… I suppose.

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captain_spalding said:

Soso said:

Yes, I wonder why this would need to be at the pilot’s discretion.

Because of Murphy’s Law, which, in this case would be ‘that the one piece of electronic equipment to which you can’t sever the power is the one that catches fire’.

This.

Lord_Lucan said:

The chaps who do these sort of things deserve to be punished, I mean it’s deliberate, in cold blood, not as if they have done it in a fit of hot blooded rage or the like.
These chaps are a menace.

Well there was at least one WA fly in/fly out guy on that plane, and we all know how pissed they can get and then the trouble they can cause…

Well this mystery is certainly kicking along. And I think the conspiracy pages have reached a peak mass whereby any official finding will be shot down by truthers.

>MH370 shot down by truthers

Hmm, that’s a new twist.

I heard a new one today.

It was carrying a cargo so “special” that the co-pilot thought that it was better to kill everyone on it, and for it to be lost at sea forever.

I gotta admit, if he didn’t realise that the engines were pinging the satellite, he would have done a damn good job of it.

The SOFIA aircraftSOFIA

SOFIA during flight
Other name(s) Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
Type B747SP-21
Manufacturer NASA/DLR
Construction number 21441/306
Registration N747NA
Owners and operators NASA

The SOFIA aircraft is a modified Boeing 747SP widebody (serial number 21441, line number 306; registration N747NA; callsign NASA747) with a distinguished history.

Boeing developed the SP or “Special Performance” version of the 747 for ultra long range flights, modifying the design of the 747-100 by removing sections of the fuselage and heavily modifying others to reduce weight, thus allowing the 747SP to fly higher, faster and farther non-stop than any other 747 model of the time…

higher would be the reason. SOFIA is an infrared telescope so the less atmosphere the better.

I was surprised to see the families of the Chinese passengers waving a big banner that said ‘You must return relatives’ and ‘Hand us the murderer’.

Like they think the Malaysians jus t have them hidden away in a shed out the back somewhere.

Here’s my idea for a banner:

‘Just because you’re Chinese and have a few dollars doesn’t mean you’re not both arrogant and stupid”.

captain_spalding said:

I was surprised to see the families of the Chinese passengers waving a big banner that said ‘You must return relatives’ and ‘Hand us the murderer’.

Like they think the Malaysians jus t have them hidden away in a shed out the back somewhere.

Here’s my idea for a banner:

‘Just because you’re Chinese and have a few dollars doesn’t mean you’re not both arrogant and stupid”.

I don’t understand the anger directed at Malaysia. WTF else are they supposed to have done. The Chinese families and relatives must be getting fed a whole heap of bullshit from their own government and media.

captain_spalding said:

I was surprised to see the families of the Chinese passengers waving a big banner that said ‘You must return relatives’ and ‘Hand us the murderer’.

Like they think the Malaysians jus t have them hidden away in a shed out the back somewhere.

Here’s my idea for a banner:

‘Just because you’re Chinese and have a few dollars doesn’t mean you’re not both arrogant and stupid”.

It comes from not being able to trust those in government. The Chinese family members know their government would lie to them if it saw fit so they are chasing after the Malaysians for the same reason.

Kingy said:

I heard a new one today.

It was carrying a cargo so “special” that the co-pilot thought that it was better to kill everyone on it, and for it to be lost at sea forever.

I gotta admit, if he didn’t realise that the engines were pinging the satellite, he would have done a damn good job of it.

I have been reading the stuff in Above Top Secret. The conspironauts are having a field day. Anything they say may be true in an infinite universe but many appear to be indulging in straight fantasy and getting into arguments why their fantasy is more correct than others.

Its great.

>Like they think the Malaysians jus t have them hidden away in a shed out the back somewhere.

I think what you’re saying, sort of from a flipside perspective, is that the relatives have some legitimate business with the airline etc, but media and its audience don’t.

party_pants said:

I don’t understand the anger directed at Malaysia. WTF else are they supposed to have done. The Chinese families and relatives must be getting fed a whole heap of bullshit from their own government and media.

Yeah, let’s see ‘em get snouty like that with their own govt back in Beijing. It’d be T-54 time all over again.

party_pants said:

I don’t understand the anger directed at Malaysia. WTF else are they supposed to have done. The Chinese families and relatives must be getting fed a whole heap of bullshit from their own government and media.

Yeah, let’s see ‘em get snouty like that with their own govt back in Beijing. It’d be T-54 time all over again.

Kingy said:

I heard a new one today.

It was carrying a cargo so “special” that the co-pilot thought that it was better to kill everyone on it, and for it to be lost at sea forever.

I gotta admit, if he didn’t realise that the engines were pinging the satellite, he would have done a damn good job of it.

hard to imagine what that could have been.

transition said:

>Like they think the Malaysians jus t have them hidden away in a shed out the back somewhere.

I think what you’re saying, sort of from a flipside perspective, is that the relatives have some legitimate business with the airline etc, but media and its audience don’t.

I really don’t know what it is about my remarks (snide, sarcastic, offensive and puerile as they may be) which prompts you to both read so very much into them, and to misinterpret them to such an extent.

What i was saying was that anyone who thinks waving a banner like that around wil somehow magically undo the crash of an aircraft into the ocean, and thus return to them their relatives (dead or alive) is a complete imbecile.

Did anyone spot this?

Meanwhile, the Malaysian opposition leader has revealed he has previously met the pilot of flight MH370, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, as he was a member of his party.

Anwar Ibrahim told the ABC he met Captain Zaharie on a number of occasions and discussed democratic transparency and reform with him.

There are unconfirmed reports the pilot was in the court when Mr Anwar was sentenced to five years in jail for sodomy, just six hours before the plane departed.

But the opposition leader says that is no reason for him to hijack a plane, and he believes the pilot is innocent of any wrongdoing.

from

Malaysia Airlines MH370 search: Australian Orion aircraft spots four orange objects, described as ‘most promising lead’

captain_spalding said:

transition said:

>Like they think the Malaysians jus t have them hidden away in a shed out the back somewhere.

I think what you’re saying, sort of from a flipside perspective, is that the relatives have some legitimate business with the airline etc, but media and its audience don’t.

I really don’t know what it is about my remarks (snide, sarcastic, offensive and puerile as they may be) which prompts you to both read so very much into them, and to misinterpret them to such an extent.

What i was saying was that anyone who thinks waving a banner like that around wil somehow magically undo the crash of an aircraft into the ocean, and thus return to them their relatives (dead or alive) is a complete imbecile.

I’d go along with that…

>I really don’t know what it is about my remarks (snide, sarcastic, offensive and puerile as they may be) which prompts you to both read so very much into them, and to misinterpret them to such an extent.
What i was saying was that anyone who thinks waving a banner like that around wil somehow magically undo the crash of an aircraft into the ocean, and thus return to them their relatives (dead or alive) is a complete imbecile”

I think what you’re saying, sort of from a flipside perspective, is that the relatives have some legitimate business with the airline etc, but media and its audience don’t.

CrazyNeutrino said:

Did anyone spot this?

Meanwhile, the Malaysian opposition leader has revealed he has previously met the pilot of flight MH370, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, as he was a member of his party.

Anwar Ibrahim told the ABC he met Captain Zaharie on a number of occasions and discussed democratic transparency and reform with him.

There are unconfirmed reports the pilot was in the court when Mr Anwar was sentenced to five years in jail for sodomy, just six hours before the plane departed.

But the opposition leader says that is no reason for him to hijack a plane, and he believes the pilot is innocent of any wrongdoing.

from

Malaysia Airlines MH370 search: Australian Orion aircraft spots four orange objects, described as ‘most promising lead’

I heard it on ABC radio this morning. Doesn’t seem like someone who is motivated towards democracy, openness and less corruption would resort to acts of terrorism to further such an agenda. Seems the opposite.

transition said:

I think what you’re saying, sort of from a flipside perspective, is that the relatives have some legitimate business with the airline etc, but media and its audience don’t.

It doesn’t make any more sense the second time round.

>It doesn’t make any more sense the second time round

I put it to you, does the media and its audience have a more legitimate interest in the possible crash of that plane than those variously affiliated with those onboard presumed deceased.

transition said:

>It doesn’t make any more sense the second time round

I put it to you, does the media and its audience have a more legitimate interest in the possible crash of that plane than those variously affiliated with those onboard presumed deceased.

I would say no. The whereabouts of the plane is of more import to the family members than to the interested outsiders reading or watching various media.

>I would say no. The whereabouts of the plane is of more import to the family members than to the interested outsiders reading or watching various media.

Yes that’s fairly much my point.

Media feed of death and misfortune, make it everyones or anyones business, distort things.

A mystery surrounding the cargo being carried by the missing Malaysian Airlines plane emerged on Friday when it was discovered that it had been loaded with items not specified on the manifest.

The aircraft was carrying 4.566 tonnes of mangosteens – an exotic fruit – and a shipment of lithium batteries, which were part of a separate consignment.

The batteries weighed 200kg, but that separate consignment totalled 2.453 tonnes. So what was being carried to make up the 2.253 tonnes in that separate shipment?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2619388/What-havent-told-cargo-MH370-Mystery-deepens-missing-flight-claims-loaded-2-3tonnes-items-not-listed-manifest.html#ixzz30kEoD2WE
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wookiemeister said:

A mystery surrounding the cargo being carried by the missing Malaysian Airlines plane emerged on Friday when it was discovered that it had been loaded with items not specified on the manifest.

The aircraft was carrying 4.566 tonnes of mangosteens – an exotic fruit – and a shipment of lithium batteries, which were part of a separate consignment.

The batteries weighed 200kg, but that separate consignment totalled 2.453 tonnes. So what was being carried to make up the 2.253 tonnes in that separate shipment?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2619388/What-havent-told-cargo-MH370-Mystery-deepens-missing-flight-claims-loaded-2-3tonnes-items-not-listed-manifest.html#ixzz30kEoD2WE
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Never mind the gold … mangosteens and lithium? This thing was worth billions.

dv said:

wookiemeister said:

A mystery surrounding the cargo being carried by the missing Malaysian Airlines plane emerged on Friday when it was discovered that it had been loaded with items not specified on the manifest.

The aircraft was carrying 4.566 tonnes of mangosteens – an exotic fruit – and a shipment of lithium batteries, which were part of a separate consignment.

The batteries weighed 200kg, but that separate consignment totalled 2.453 tonnes. So what was being carried to make up the 2.253 tonnes in that separate shipment?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2619388/What-havent-told-cargo-MH370-Mystery-deepens-missing-flight-claims-loaded-2-3tonnes-items-not-listed-manifest.html#ixzz30kEoD2WE
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Never mind the gold … mangosteens and lithium? This thing was worth billions.

If the Li batteries were a bulk pack of the Ryobi One+ system, I would have hijacked a plane to get my hands on them.