BREAKING NEWS: Malaysia Airlines says it has 'lost contact' with flight carrying 239 people. More ...

[Enfuego]

It's not like I was thinking it was arocket-propelled grenade ... more like a fighter jet

If a fighter shot down a commercial airliner with that many people on board, it would create a giant geopolitical mess like we haven't seen in some time.

It most likely just had mechanical issues and went down in a remote area. They'll find the wreckage late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

 

[shane-o-mac]

Reporting now that they are receiving a signal from the aircraft in the middle of the ocean.

 

[loomis41973]

Reporting now that they are receiving a signal from the aircraft in the middle of the ocean.

How's that when they dont fly over an ocean?

 

[shane-o-mac]

How's that when they dont fly over an ocean?

They did. BAS posted the intended flightpath above.

 

[Enfuego]

How's that when they dont fly over an ocean?

Flight path was over the Gulf of Thailand in the South China Sea.

 

[loomis41973]

Which is not an ocean

 

[loomis41973]

They did. BAS posted the intended flightpath above.

That is not the flight path...just a straight line between the two points

 

[Enfuego]

Which is not an ocean

"The sea is the interconnected system of all the Earth's oceanic waters, including the five named "oceans", the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic Oceans. The word "sea" is used in the names of specific, smaller bodies of seawater, such as the North Sea or the Red Sea."

 

[loomis41973]

Route map posted on FOX said it was not to fly over water until they were past Vietnam.

 

[shane-o-mac]

That is not the flight path...just a straight line between the two points

Here is the flightpath then.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kua...25620af0fa98a!2m2!1d116.407526!2d39.90403!3e4

This shows the aircraft intended to fly over the Gulf of Thailand, which is part of the South China Sea, which is part of the Pacific Ocean. Thanks for your intelligent contributions to this thread loomis.

 

[loomis41973]

Here is the flightpath then.

This shows the aircraft intended to fly over the Gulf of Thailand, which is part of the South China Sea, which is part of the Pacific Ocean. Thanks for your intelligent contributions to this thread loomis.

???? Thats 2 points on a map...not a flight path.

FOx showed the intended flight path....was not to fly over water until PAST Vietnam.

Thanks for giving us a worthless google map.

 

[Betallsports]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media says Vietnamese authorities have detected signals from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
The Xinhua News Agency, citing a local Vietnamese media report, says a Vietnamese search and rescue official reported that the signals have been detected from the plane from about 220 kilometers (120 miles) southwest of Vietnam’s southernmost coastal province of Ca Mau.
Malaysia Airlines says its Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact over the South China Sea early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact over the South China Sea early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and international aviation authorities still hadn’t located the jetliner several hours later.

 

[Betallsports]

???? Thats 2 points on a map...not a flight path.

FOx showed the intended flight path....was not to fly over water until PAST Vietnam.

Thanks for giving us a worthless google map.

It is a Flight path of ANY Plane going that route.

On the Google map you will see it is By Plane

 

[shane-o-mac]

???? Thats 2 points on a map...not a flight path.

FOx showed the intended flight path....was not to fly over water until PAST Vietnam.

Thanks for giving us a worthless google map.

Look at a map and tell me how this makes any sense.

 

[loomis41973]

Out of hundreds upon hundreds of flights i have taken....i have never flown in a straight line.hno:

Guess they flight path released to FOX by the airline was some kind of cover up then

 

[slapshot]

Out of hundreds upon hundreds of flights i have taken....i have never flown in a straight line.hno:

Guess they flight path released to FOX by the airline was some kind of cover up then

What airline do you fly Checker


Sad news

 

[Willie99]

sad

 

[Willie99]

sometimes I think people come here just to argue, making something out of nothing

PS: and I'm not talking about what appears to be a real tragedy at this point

 

[Betallsports]

Out of hundreds upon hundreds of flights i have taken....i have never flown in a straight line.hno:

Guess they flight path released to FOX by the airline was some kind of cover up then

I understand that Most Flights do not go in a Straight line, but looking at the First map that I posted. Wouldn't it make sense on Fuel that, that would be the path ??

What possible reason other than a possible wrong report would they turn left to fly above Ground, when they can save fuel going straight ?

Also they had to fly over at Least one body of water ( since Malaysia looks to be almost 100% surrounded by water )

AP: The airline said it was working with authorities who activated their search and rescue teams to locate the aircraft. The route would take the aircraft from Malaysia across to Vietnam and China.

 

[Betallsports]

Here's another Flight path that NBC is using, not a Straight line... but it does show them going over two bodies of water

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