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Old 15th Mar 2014, 18:38
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Lanikai
 
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Following thread closely since first 50 pages, but haven't seen mention of what exactly the Malaysian military did when they were tracking this a/c on their radar, now we know they were tracking it?

I remember v early on an official during a presser said they don't scramble jets normally to civilian a/c because they are not normally deemed a threat. This was said, however, before they released the information that they had been tracking the a/c by military radar. Obviously people may be overstating the "on call" capabilities of Malay airforce in the middle of the night. But surely, 4 hours after lost contact, unidentified a/c spotted on military radar- they must have done something?

And how did they know from the radar that it was MH370, in the first place?
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