Missing Malaysia Air plane MH370 - Part 3

[KenAdams]

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If it was pilot suicide, is there some cultural reason for trying to hide all evidence of that?

Huh. Well, we've learnt something about different kinds of phones at least :-)

I'm not convinced it's crashed. Has it landed somewhere and is currently being loaded with dirty bombs or similar, only to take off later and continue to it's target. Whatever has happened, I can barely imagine the pain and loss that the families are suffering...

"Could a 777 be landed on visuals only?"

Yes, heavies can be landed under VFR (Visual Flight Rules). It's not the recommended procedure - it should be done on instruments - but it can be done.

I'm going to add a caveat to that. Yes, in the daylight.

In the dark, with no runway lighting - erm, no.

If the plane was loaded with bombs or biological weapons, I wonder what would be the likelihood of it reaching its eventual target without being shot down?

Why would you do a test run? Surely all that would achieve is to close any gaps in security they have exploited. I would imagine Malaysian ATC would be unlikely to ignore/misd any unidentified aircraft on their radar screen ever again.

*miss

If it was pilot suicide, is there some cultural reason for trying to hide all evidence of that?

Surely not, if you want to hide your suicide, you don't do it with a 777 and nearly 300 other folk!

Trixy, I agree...seems like an odd theory to me. Surely, after this incident, systems will be put in place to ensure that planes can be properly tracked.

Santana, you do hide it if you ditch your plane in a super deep ocean where evidence of what happened is virtually impossible to find.

What is your current theory Goldie, or maybe the current theory amongst knowledgable aviation types?

Goldie is there any way for data monitoring by the black box to be blocked by the pilot?

Etain, yes if the circuit breaker is pulled it can stop data recording, I think Goldie explained it to me upthread.

By 8am Malaysian time it was daylight in a lot of the search areas surely?

I suppose when you put it like that Etain.

first tip for disguising a suicide is definitely don't turn it into an international event sorry!

In answer to the question miles back, my (iphone) doesn't retry, like doctrine i have to hit try again

"What is your current theory Goldie, or maybe the current theory amongst knowledgable aviation types?"

No consensus. There's too much new info that keeps coming to light that changes things. A nuance here, abit more data there. I think we'd generally believe it's inthe water somewhere. But that's the engineers in us. We're none of us psychologists so second guessing what was going through a hijacker's mind, or a suicidal pilot, is kind of beyond us.

"Etain, yes if the circuit breaker is pulled it can stop data recording, I think Goldie explained it to me upthread."

Yep.

Is it not strange how there would be NO life from any mobile phone, if they plane had landed, or even if it had crashed on land. If you one phone was on, undamaged, and started transmitting messages.....

Thanks. Sad to think if it was a suicidal pilot he never even thought enough of his passengers to give them a chance to say goodbye.

Not unless it crashed near a cell tower.

Phew, finally caught up after daring to not check MN all day.

I also think someone mainly a 'Stan country is holding out on info as it will expose either how crap their systems are or how incredibly advancefor they are. Either way, I feel incredibly sorry for the relatives left wondering where their loved ones are.

Quint that has been answered so many times that people will be yelling RTFT (read the fucking thread) at you!

What is a 'Stan country Willow?