Bharat Rakshak

CRamS wrote:

SwamyG wrote:Watching Maasa news after a long time. CNN has been covering this for the last 2 hours now. They are ruling out catastrophic events.

Ditto. I have long given up on maasa news propaganda, except browsing through NYT headlines and business/technology section over coffee. CNN is usually at its best during times like this where they have reporters all over the place, and give the latest details. Anyway, I am no expert, but I do know maasa in and out (AmberJi doesn't think so though ), and to this end, its in maasa's supreme national interests to have this be anything but some catastrophic mechanical/electrical/structural failure. Simply because Boeing's reputation is at stake, and with large number of emerging economy countries as potential buyers of jets, Boeing could take a hit if this turns out to be some catastrophic on-board failure, and Airbus could gain. So while I am learning a lot from the experts on CNN, I keep this at the back of mind. Plus, if this was sabotage, or that would be the conclusion reached persuasive or not to us passive observers, more $s for homeland security, defense industry etc.

Nijalingappa wrote:So Plane Spolit is evil twin brother (who is out of closet) of Stunext what next?

The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory. "It is conclusive."

ramana wrote:Have the Malayasians determined who did it? Or still making up stuff.

JE Menon wrote:Pakisatans wanting to go to Australia most probably

If hijack is true

The official, who is involved in the investigation, told the Associated Press no motive has been established and no demands have been made known, and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media.

"What we can say is we are looking at sabotage, with hijack still on the cards," a senior Malaysian police official told Reuters.

The New York Times, quoting American officials and others familiar with the investigation, reported on Friday that the flight altered its course more than once after it lost contact with ground control and that it made significant changes in altitude. The Times said radar signals appear to show the airplane climbing to 45,000 feet and making a sharp turn to the west. That altitude is above the approved limit for a Boeing 777-200.

Then, the Times reported, the plane descended unevenly to an altitude of 23,000 feet, below normal cruising levels, as it approached the island of Penang, where it climbed again and flew northwest toward the Indian Ocean.

Rupert Murdoch has weighed in on the plane's disappearance World seems transfixed by 777 disappearance. Maybe no crash but stolen, effectively hidden, perhaps in Northern Pakistan, like Bin Laden.

shiv wrote:

JE Menon wrote:Pakisatans wanting to go to Australia most probably
Don't blame Pakistanis. Pakistanis have suffered from being high and being jacked more than anyone else on earth. The world is to blame for this.

partha wrote:Did Malay PM just say something about Kazakhstan? It seemed like he was referring to the range..my livestream got interrupted. Did anyone catch that?

partha wrote:Did Malay PM just say something about Kazakhstan? It seemed like he was referring to the range..my livestream got interrupted. Did anyone catch that?

Malaysian PM Razak on MH370: Based on new data, location of last communication was at possibly at border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

partha wrote:This is what ToI says -

Malaysian PM Razak on MH370: Based on new data, location of last communication was at possibly at border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

Or that's how ToI interpreted.

Shreeman wrote: 2 - ukrainians. this is crimea related?

LokeshC wrote:How the hell did it reach there without being detected by Indian radars and unkil radar in Afg.

What could be the flight path that goes completely undetected all the way to Kazakhstan.

nawabs wrote:I am doing this scenario analysis and I have a related question to ask: Is there any other way apart from plane comm system for the flight deck to contact people not on board which cannot be intercepted by satellites or regional atc or anyone else competent enough?

Shreeman wrote:

LokeshC wrote:How the hell did it reach there without being detected by Indian radars and unkil radar in Afg.

if we get a demand to stop the referendum tomorrow, then we will know.

LokeshC wrote:Too much Doppler shift.... they will camp, but signal fading would cause your call to be dropped in a millisec.