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Old 9th Mar 2014, 07:40
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Originally Posted by rodondo4
2. Time of 0240 is confusing me, as time of last radar contact, surely there would be ATC SOP for missing flights over 10 mins in this area?

Anyone with an explanation, thanks.
2.40 is Vietnam time - 1 hour behind KL & Beijing time.
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The two etickets can't be verified. That's the problem, too many people these days like to manufacture stories for their own sick pleasure.
You can easily check the mentioned E-Ticket numbers.
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Post 721 with a link to the tickets.

Some ominous things here....

- Tickets numbers sequential
- Issued by same agency on 3/6 (per airliners.net)
- Exact same fare
- Different destinations but both via KUL-PEK-AMS-(final)
Also is the red stamp part of the original ticket, or is it stamped on later...
It is in the exact same place on both 'tickets'. bogus?
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Old 9th Mar 2014, 07:46
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Surely that time should read 12.40 not 2.40 if Vietnam is one hour behind KL?
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You can easily check the mentioned E-Ticket numbers
Agreed. Not a problem for authorities. Just a problem for the masses of home detectives and places like this and the media where photoshops propagate over time into truth.
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That would make it 0040 not 0240. Surely.

Vietnam +7UTC

Malaysia +8UTC
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2.40 is Vietnam time - 1 hour behind KL
2.40 is KL time, 1 hour ahead of Vietnam time (1:40)
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news conference said :

last radar contact was around 1.30 am

this was reported to the airline around 2.40 am
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Originally Posted by Espada III
Surely that time should read 12.40 not 2.40 if Vietnam is one hour behind KL?

oops yes you are correct.
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According to this report no explosion has been detected which would rule out at least the bomb theory if the source is correct

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/wo...t.html?hp&_r=0

And for the guys who believe in a sinister hijacking plot flying below radar to Dr No island or another movie plot.... How do you escape from PSR detection between FL350 and near surface? I don't think there is a stealth version of 772 and getting from FL350 to a height where PSR does not detect you should take quite some time if you want to keep. Airframe intact.
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Family of Chinese passenger missing on flight MH370 makes contact with his phone - News - World - The Voice of Russia: News, Breaking news, Politics, Economics, Business, Russia, International current events, Expert opinion, podcasts, Video

The family of a Chinese passenger missing on flight MH370 have made contact with his mobile phone and Malaysian authorities are trying to use the signal to locate the plane, Chinese state television reported on Sunday.
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Old 9th Mar 2014, 08:06
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If I turn off my phone and am international, it sounds like you are connecting to it when you dial the number so it still rings to the caller.
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Some more news...
07:59 GMT - Another passport - Chinese state media is reporting that a Chinese person whose passport number is among those listed for passengers aboard the missing flight did not in fact board the plane.
According to the Xinhua news agency the person, a resident of Fujian province in eastern China, has no departure record and is still in Fujian.
Although the passport number is the same, the name listed by Malaysia Airlines for the passenger is, it says, adding the owner says he has never lost his passport.

07:47 GMT - Expanded search - Malaysian authorities have expanded their search for wreckage to the country's west coast, and asked for help from Indonesia. Searches so far had concentrated on waters to the country's east, in the South China Sea.
Malaysia Airlines investigation: Live Report
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Old 9th Mar 2014, 08:10
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One 777 has been lost to a cockpit fire on the ground.
Remember the Swissair MD-11 near Halifax?
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Originally Posted by 500N
If I turn off my phone and am international, it sounds like you are connecting to it when you dial the number so it still rings to the caller.
The article may be poorly worded, but if indeed the family made contact with their son (via his mobile) and Malaysian authorities are investigating the signals location its a breakthrough!
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Originally Posted by 500N
Pjm
If I turn off my phone and am international, it sounds like you are connecting to it when you dial the number so it still rings to the caller.
Probably the same reason there is (or was) a dial tone so the person dialling doesn't just get "nothing" until they become connected which would make them think that they have been disconnected whilst waiting for the international exchanges to actually find the phone & then make the connection.
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Old 9th Mar 2014, 08:17
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Paddy, can you please fill us in on the 777 that was lost to a cockpit fire? I don't recall that happening.
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My post above (#733) was possibly too cryptic - does MH lock their MEC access hatch or could someone have gained entry?
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On our 777s at least, you can't lock it. That is actually a good thought.
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Cockpit fire details here:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=20110729-0
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