It does seem far fetched but I suppose if the data sent back from the engines is comprehensive enough they could work out the maximum range and extrapolate potential landing/crash sites from that. They could certainly determine a range of landing sites from which the plane could take off again. Onr thing that puzzles me from the wall st journal quote...."its transponders were intentionally turned off to avoid radar detection". Radar is in no way dependant on the planes transponder so switchin it off would not prevent detection. The transponder is used in a GPS tracking system I think. I ubderstand that a plane can fly under the radar but I would have thought that this would be limited to small aircraft and not a blooduy big passenger jet. Lastly I wonder if it is possible to hack into the planes transponder system and call it something else ?
The hoax alien invasion conspiracy theories I have read they have been planning this for 2013 but something happen maybe they're now pushing it forward. Black flag
Having been abducted several times I can tell you that our extra terrestial friends would not be interested in a planeful of random experimental subjects. They are much more selective than that
If the "hijack" theory was true the potential range of the plane would be just short of 7000 miles or if it is the extended range variant of aircraft over 9000miles. Radar tends to pick up targets over land, or at least as land is approached so it could be possible to negotiate a flight path over sea to the east coast of africa. All this is pure conjecture of course, and any plane not transmitting transponder codes could be sighted by other air traffic.
Racist Why not choose the coast of Ireland or The Orkneys..... (I'll get me coat)!! (Dan this is a simple joke not serious mind!)
I have a theory And i waant joking in the thead Its been abducted, its now in outer space somewhere and they are all being tested and infected etc They will all be returned as confused dla claimers as being mentaly unsound The plane will never be found or its final whereabouts known An alien abduction though a space/time continuem Nothing else makes any sense to me Got to be the act of another world Flight of the navagator on a grander scale
They will return to earth after having their brains removed, and all end up being spokespersons for the toon army..
tag and help search for the missing plane http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014?source=malaysia
we have had another helicopter crash here in norfolk last night killing all on board ,this follows only a few weeks ago an american pav came down only two miles away killing all on board. sad times
Just seen this on the news, I know Beccles very well, have relations there. Could have been so much worse if it landed on the town - understand it was pretty close
The US has sent surveillance teams to the Indian Ocean to help search for the missing Malaysian plane, after claims emerged that it may have flown for longer than investigators had thought. Unnamed officials said the plane sent signals to satellites for up to five hours after its apparent disappearance. However, investigators said the data were not conclusive and Malaysia refused to comment on the claims. Flight MH370 vanished last Saturday with 239 people on board. The plane, which was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, last made contact with air-traffic control over the South China Sea to the east of Malaysia. The US, which is one of a number of countries helping in the search for the plane, has sent a navy destroyer and a sophisticated surveillance aircraft to the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles west of Malaysia. The Indian navy, air force and coast guard are also now assisting after a request for help from the Malaysian government. The BBC's Jonathan Head in Kuala Lumpur says there have already been a number of false leads in the search for the missing plane. However, he says the latest claims are being taken seriously by the US. Several US media reports on Thursday cited unnamed officials as saying that the Boeing 777 was "pinging" satellites for hours after its last contact with air-traffic controllers. That led searchers to believe the plane could have flown more than 1,600 km (1,000 miles) beyond its last confirmed radar sighting. White House spokesman Jay Carney confirmed that US teams were shifting their focus to the Indian Ocean because of "new information", but he gave no further details. Malaysia's acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in a news conference that he was aware of the claims about satellite data. However, he said he would not comment on any claims until the information had been "corroborated by the relevant authorities". India has military radar installations in the Andaman Islands with a range stretching well beyond the area where some believe the jet may have come down. It is thought that they would have picked up anything the size of a commercial jet. Some 153 of the passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines plane were Chinese, and Beijing has been putting pressure on Malaysia to intensify its search. Earlier this week, Chinese officials released satellite pictures of debris in the South China Sea. Mr Hussein said the images were not connected to Flight MH370's disappearance. He said the Chinese embassy in Kuala Lumpur had told Malaysian authorities that the release of the pictures was a "mistake". But Chinese state TV said a warship was continuing to search for the debris and suggested that Malaysia had been unable to analyse the pictures properly. Meanwhile, a Chinese research institute on Friday said it had found evidence of a "sea floor event" some 90 minutes after the plane disappeared. The seismology research group at the University of Science and Technology of China said it happened 116 km north-east of the last point of contact of the plane, in an area not known for seismic activity, according to state media. The research group said the vibrations could have been caused by the plane plunging into the sea. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26572172
needle in a haystack scale of search http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/malaysian-air-scale/
