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They said that they also knew the flight path so that would narrow the initial search area down substantially, assuming it didn't make another U-turn just ahead of ditching.

Decompression goes out of the window.
 

If the latest reports of the aircraft following waypoints turbot to be true, and there appear to be radar tracks to verify this, all thought of a decompression event can now be discarded. Well at least until the next twist.

Not hard to believe at all. I think it's realistic to say the majority of military might out there is simply posturing first, followed by monitoring of known and active threats second. It's not exactly mid-60s Konfrontasi out there and these days it's more likely "tak apa." Same goes for Thailand and Vietnam.

It was thecrozier. With particular reference to Car Nicobar. VOCX, check it out on Google maps satellite. I'm not one for outlandish theories, but it does have a nice long runway. :)

Interception
 

Well, following waypoints would be a means of minimising the chances of military forces perceiving the aircraft as a threat and intercepting it.

There are four airports in Andaman and Nicobar Islands:

IXZ
CBD
VO94
IN-0053

Assuming the B777 reaches this nice long runway at Car Nicobar, how do the hijackers keep all those working at this well kept nice long runway quiet about their arrival? There will be people with access to radio/mobile phones etc who would surely have let the outside world know they have a visitor?

BTW
 

ELT stays for transmitter, not transponder. A small (but huge) difference.

Why would anybody think that the aircraft has landed in Andaman Islands (Indian territory) and that too in an airstrip controlled by the IAF and still remain unknown for 7 days ?

New Evidence Suggests That Plane Disappearance Was A Deliberate Act
 

"Two U.S. officials believe the shutdown of two separate communications systems from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 happened at different times, indicating the disappearance was less likely the result of a catastrophic failure and more the result of a "deliberate act," according to a new report from ABC News."

New Evidence Suggests That Plane Disappearance Was A Deliberate Act | Business Insider India


My apologies if already posted earlier.

Two hours ago Australia's Radio National Drive program interview featured live discussion of the latest evidence leaked from the US
RN Drive - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

For those who watched the horror of the 9/11 events unfold on live TV it illustrated that nothing is seemingly off the agenda as far as terrorist shock, audacity and surprise is concerned. Truly stranger than fiction.

However, if there was a plot to do something wicked with the MAS aircraft, and that MAY have been the case, the world will have known about this by now.:ugh:

So..... as a poster said many many posts back - the aircraft and its passengers have perished,the aircraft sank to the sea-bed somewhere and will eventually be discovered.

Thats ALL we know.

Press Briefing 14th March
 

0940 GMT. The Malaysian transport minister gave the latest situation, in summary there are no new developments. He wouldn't comment on statements made by un named officials regarding data received (e.g. Rolls Royce). He said circumstances had forced them to widen their search.
Briefing continues.

When I saw the FAA report I concluded the same. However I did not consider a slow decompression.

Effectively the aircraft could be anywhere within a large radius.


Stanford student's theory on disappearance of MH370 goes viral

Investigators from Rolls-Royce and the UK AAIB reportedly enroute to KL.

I was listening to LiveATC recordings (archive)

WMKK Control from 15:00Z to 17:30Z on March 7. I have not found any MH370 communication with Kuala Lumpur Control. Which is sort of strange.

Did anyone find traces in LiveATC archives?

Live from KL
 

Press conference going on at 0930 GMT
1 Turnback not 100% certified. primary military radar shows an unidentified aircraft flew across the peninsula.
2 US satelliet information cannot be revealed right now until verified and confirmed
3 we are now sharing info that is not normally shared because of national security
4 cannot confirm that there has been no hijacking
5 we are extending the search into the Indian Ocean and further into the South China Sea
6 two oil slicks found near area of last point of contact - one had jet fuel but say not from MH370. Other had no jet fuel.
7 Plane flew across the peninsula and on up to Andaman islands question - Transport minister will not confirm or verify.
8 Reports engine data continued not true.

Live from KL
 

Just at end of press conference, Transport Minister said:

FAA and NTSB have looked at the Malaysian data and have agreed that the search should continue in both East and West direction

(if) A Deliberate Act Requires Preparation
 

Elsewhere earlier in this thread it has been said that 9M-MRO underwent C-check a week or so prior to the MH-370 event ... the Provider of that Maintenance service to MAS should be asked by the relevant Authorities to list those individuals who boarded the aircraft on this occasion. Correlate ?

Malaysian officials still evasive
 

Hard job juggling 'National security' and full disclosure in such a bureaucratic country. I get the impression the authorities already know most of what has occurred but will not reveal it. Main issue is why....what is still at stake?