Investigators say that the flight was indeed hijacked and the evidence is "conclusive."
In sum, the article says the combination if several factors is conclusive that the flight was hijacked. They mention the fact that different communication systems were cut off at different times, the ability of the pilot to fly in a deliberate manner to avoid radar, and that one or more of the people on board had significant flying experience.
http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-investigators-conclude-flight-hijacked-035744022.html
In sum, the article says the combination if several factors is conclusive that the flight was hijacked. They mention the fact that different communication systems were cut off at different times, the ability of the pilot to fly in a deliberate manner to avoid radar, and that one or more of the people on board had significant flying experience.
http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-investigators-conclude-flight-hijacked-035744022.html
Hijacked
Why anyone would want to do this is unclear. Malaysian authorities and others will be urgently investigating the backgrounds of the two pilots and 10 crew members, as well the 227 passengers on board!
The plane had enough fuel to fly for at least five hours after its last know location, meaning a vast swath of South and Southeast Asia would be within its reach. Investigators are analyzing radar and satellite data from around the region to try and pinpoint its final location, something that will be vital to hopes of finding the plane, and answering the mystery of what happened to it.
Can't imagine anything else but being hijacked with no signs of anything "floating" around?? This is latest.......
http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-investigators-conclude-flight-hijacked-035744022.html
Why anyone would want to do this is unclear. Malaysian authorities and others will be urgently investigating the backgrounds of the two pilots and 10 crew members, as well the 227 passengers on board!
The plane had enough fuel to fly for at least five hours after its last know location, meaning a vast swath of South and Southeast Asia would be within its reach. Investigators are analyzing radar and satellite data from around the region to try and pinpoint its final location, something that will be vital to hopes of finding the plane, and answering the mystery of what happened to it.
Can't imagine anything else but being hijacked with no signs of anything "floating" around?? This is latest.......
http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-investigators-conclude-flight-hijacked-035744022.html
Weird...but what isn't at this point.
I'm kind of doubting hijack with all of the Chinese nationals on board, with military service pretty much being compulsory for all Chinese males. Seems like that would make it very difficult for one person, or even three or four people to hijack it. But it is possible that the passengers didn't know they were being hijacked. Which means pretty much the entire the crew had to be in on it.
I can't imagine this would be the case due to the extreme altitude changes that have been reported. But I agree, very strange. They are now reporting that the aircraft flew for over 7 hours after contact was lost. I can't imagine out of the 200+ passengers on board, they didn't at some point take a stand given most hijacking dears go hand in hand with suicide missions. In the 70's and 80's when hijackings were more "common", at least passengers had hope because most times there was a ransom demand. Now, at least I would assume anytime a hijacking attempt has been made it equals a suicide mission. If it were a pure suicide mission, doesn't make much sense to go to such lengths to disable all communication if you just wanted to fly it into the ocean. All in all, extremely strange.
I believe we are on Day 11 now and information has slowed to a crawl. I'm guessing that's at least in part because they have had to contradict themselves so often that they are now trying to withhold info until they are certain of it's accuracy.
Yahoo article today states that the computer in the cockpit was programmed to turn off course. But it states that either the pilot, copilot, or anyone with significant airplane knowledge could've done that while in the cockpit. So that really doesn't tell us much.
Yahoo article today states that the computer in the cockpit was programmed to turn off course. But it states that either the pilot, copilot, or anyone with significant airplane knowledge could've done that while in the cockpit. So that really doesn't tell us much.
Good, I need a ride home.
I read it's very unlikely at 35000 there is a signal with most cell towers pointing down. I also read oxygen masks are needed at this height and tanks supplied have a life span of 15 minutes..... dumb da dumb done
Who the hell said this?!?!?!?!
-This is the normal cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner. It can cruise at this the entire flight if needed with no worries (well). No oxygen mask, no nothing.
Surely you have flown before? You will get to almost 30k feet just in a 30 minute flight to jump cities.
Now outside of the plane at 30k feet without oxygen, you will suffer hypoxia and die.
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<header>A Problem With The Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Fire Theory
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Paul Thompson
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On Saturday, professional pilot Chris Goodfellow posted a very interesting theory on Google Plus on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, saying there may have been a fire on board the plane. The theory has gained some massive traction as we all look for the most hopeful solution — but many have failed to notice that Goodfellow later admitted he may be wrong, after hijacking evidence was presented by the Malaysian Government.
Many have wondered why in the world an innocent pilot would turn off the plane's transponder in flight without any communication to the circumstance. Goodfellow offered a great explanation for that, saying:
Here's the part of Goodfellow's post that I am in disagreement with:
Goodfellow's theory is very well-written, and provides a lot of insight from someone with professional experience. It makes sense, and paints the pilots as heroes rather than villains (they may be, we don't know). But here's the kicker — in the comments of his post, he admits that after Sunday's revelation of the hijacking theory from the Malaysia government, the fire theory may be wrong, saying:
Goodfellow also said that the reports of the altitude fluctuations may have simply been an error caused by atmospheric anomalies, but said in the event of a fire, maybe they took the plane to the dangerous altitude of 45,000 feet where hopefully the lack of oxygen would extinguish the fire. He said it wouldn't make sense to take the plane to 45,000 feet in a hijacking situation.
But it would have also been an easy way to kill everyone on board.
Finally, Goodfellow proposes that the pilots were overcome by toxic smoke and the plane continued on the same path for six hours after the initial left turn, running on auto pilot and finally exhausting its fuel over the south Indian Ocean.
I initially hesitated to address this theory, for the fact that Chris Goodfellow had revised his theory after the Malaysian government had presented the statement supporting the hijacking theory on Sunday and acknowledges he could be wrong. But because the fire theory had become so popular, I thought it necessary to provide a counter point that correlates with what the satellite data and government agencies are telling us at this time. Some may question the factual legitimacy of the Malaysian authorities, but Flight Club will continue to present plausible theories until the facts are fully known.
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<header>A Problem With The Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Fire Theory
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Paul Thompson
On Saturday, professional pilot Chris Goodfellow posted a very interesting theory on Google Plus on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, saying there may have been a fire on board the plane. The theory has gained some massive traction as we all look for the most hopeful solution — but many have failed to notice that Goodfellow later admitted he may be wrong, after hijacking evidence was presented by the Malaysian Government.
Many have wondered why in the world an innocent pilot would turn off the plane's transponder in flight without any communication to the circumstance. Goodfellow offered a great explanation for that, saying:
"For me the loss of transponders and communications makes perfect sense if a fire. There was most likely a fire or electrical fire. In the case of fire the first response if to pull all the main busses and restore circuits one by one until you have isolated the bad one. If they pulled the busses the plane indeed would go silent. It was probably a serious event and they simply were occupied with controlling the plane and trying to fight the fire. Aviate, Navigate and lastly communicate."
Goodfellow proposed that a tire on the nose gear may have over heated on takeoff, and then smoldered once stored in the wheel well below the flight deck. This is plausible if the tire had any undetected damage or was improperly inflated. He explained the Flight 370 pilots may have made the left turn after communications were cut off, because they were going to divert the flight to Palau Langkawi, with a 13,000 foot runway and an obstacle-free approach over water.
Here's the part of Goodfellow's post that I am in disagreement with:
"What I think happened is that they were overcome by smoke and the plane just continued on the heading probably on George (autopilot) until either fuel exhaustion or fire destroyed the control surfaces and it crashed. I said four days ago you will find it along that route - looking elsewhere was pointless. This pilot, as I say, was a hero struggling with an impossible situation trying to get that plane to Langkawi. No doubt in my mind. That's the reason for the turn and direct route. A hijack would not have made that deliberate left turn with a direct heading for Langkawi. It would probably have weaved around a bit until the hijackers decided on where they were taking it."
That last sentence. Would hijackers really seize control of a massive jet with over 200 people on board with no planned destination? Absolutely not. They would immediately demand to be flown somewhere very specific.
Goodfellow's theory is very well-written, and provides a lot of insight from someone with professional experience. It makes sense, and paints the pilots as heroes rather than villains (they may be, we don't know). But here's the kicker — in the comments of his post, he admits that after Sunday's revelation of the hijacking theory from the Malaysia government, the fire theory may be wrong, saying:
"I wrote this post before the information regarding the engines continuing to run for approximately six hours and the fact it seems acars was shut down before the transponder."
In the post's comments, Goodfellow went on to revise his fire theory, adding more detail:
"We know there was a last voice transmission that from a pilot's point of view (POV) was entirely normal. The 'good night' is customary on a hand-off to a new ATC control. The good night also indicates STRONGLY to me all was OK on the flight deck."
But there was no further ATC contact. If you view this from the perspective of the hijacking theory, that's exactly what the pilots would want ATC to think if they had ulterior plans for the flight — "Everything's great. Nothing to see here..."
Goodfellow also said that the reports of the altitude fluctuations may have simply been an error caused by atmospheric anomalies, but said in the event of a fire, maybe they took the plane to the dangerous altitude of 45,000 feet where hopefully the lack of oxygen would extinguish the fire. He said it wouldn't make sense to take the plane to 45,000 feet in a hijacking situation.
But it would have also been an easy way to kill everyone on board.
Finally, Goodfellow proposes that the pilots were overcome by toxic smoke and the plane continued on the same path for six hours after the initial left turn, running on auto pilot and finally exhausting its fuel over the south Indian Ocean.
I initially hesitated to address this theory, for the fact that Chris Goodfellow had revised his theory after the Malaysian government had presented the statement supporting the hijacking theory on Sunday and acknowledges he could be wrong. But because the fire theory had become so popular, I thought it necessary to provide a counter point that correlates with what the satellite data and government agencies are telling us at this time. Some may question the factual legitimacy of the Malaysian authorities, but Flight Club will continue to present plausible theories until the facts are fully known.
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