Originally Posted by hamster3null
It's time to summarize again
* All transponders were lost or shut down in the middle of Gulf of Thailand, at N6.92 E103.58, at 1:20 local time.
* No debris related to the plane were found anywhere near the spot.
* Shortly thereafter (~1:45), multiple witnesses saw a large plane flying at low altitude above Kota Bharu, 90 NM southwest of last known location.
* Shortly after that (~2:15), Malaysian air force reports tracking an unidentified radar target at FL295 in Malacca Strait off the coast of Phuket, 320 NM west-northwest of last known location.
* We know about a report by a Kiwi rig worker who saw a burning plane. He is unsure about the range, but his observation puts the plane roughly at N8.3 E107.5, or 250 NM east-northeast of last known location.
* Chinese satellites picked up large floating objects at N6.7 E105.63, or 120 NM east-southeast of last known location.
From your six points, 1 & 2 are verified.
3 is hearsay, based on unverified news reports which have been neither confirmed nor denied by any competent authority
4 was hinted, confirmed, denied and admitted in this order. Make of it what you like.
5 was pretty convincingly discredited by a number of posts on this forum
6 seems to be from a credible source, let's see...
So far aside 6, not much new if compared to my summary in post 997 (
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post8362282) on page 50.
(Original post quoted in full in case server mis-behaves again)
Along the same lines, an exceptionally good summary of what we know so far from the Straits Times:
http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/missing-mas-plane/story/possible-sighting-mh370-north-west-penang-mystery-and-confusion (They even explain the difference between primary and secondary radar, something 99% of the word press failed to comprehend. Only in Singapore...)