Originally Posted by
highland
Even if JORN doesn't operate 24/7, surely it must have occurred to someone it may be a good idea to switch it on with a large passenger jet "disappearing" within its range?? It could have been heading towards Oz, they must have been prepared for that scenario after 9/11.
Highland, first off if JORN was not scheduled to be on and there was no threat it follows that everyone would have been asleep with the weekend ahead of them.
Your second supposition didn't occur until many hours later. Recall it "crashed in the South China Sea" for several hours before they found it had "flown to the west north west" what, a day later? And a couple of days later that it might have been in the southern ocean or Kazakhstan? And days later that it might have been south west of Australia.