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Old 03-11-2014, 01:44 PM
 
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Okay, more on the news:

There allegedly was a witness to this plane. A fisherman said that the plane was low. In fact, according to the news, the fisherman said it was so low, the lights looked like "giant coconuts". That's pretty stinkin' low.

I'm still wondering about that report that is no longer viewable that was linked several days ago about an emergency call, and "disintegration" in the cabin, and "forced landing". No one else is talking about it, and that information has been pulled down, but it still makes me wonder.
Now, this is news! A fisherman saw it flying extremely low. He didn't report an explosion, so one wonders if it somehow landed safely somewhere, and where that would be.
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Old 03-11-2014, 01:49 PM
 
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How does a fisherman at night identify a particular aircraft? For that matter, how does the Malaysian Air Force, if the transponders are turned off and the plane is not responding to radio?
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Old 03-11-2014, 01:50 PM
 
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Okay, more on the news:

There allegedly was a witness to this plane. A fisherman said that the plane was low. In fact, according to the news, the fisherman said it was so low, the lights looked like "giant coconuts". That's pretty stinkin' low.
How the heck could the news have already interviewed this so called witness so quickly? I'm still trying to place Pulau Perak (translation: Silver Island - the small island's name) on the map!
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Old 03-11-2014, 01:53 PM
 
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How does a fisherman at night identify a particular aircraft? For that matter, how does the Malaysian Air Force, if the transponders are turned off and the plane is not responding to radio?
Probably just said he saw a low flying plane and that's it.
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Old 03-11-2014, 01:54 PM
 
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How the heck could the news have already interviewed this so called witness so quickly? I'm still trying to place Pulau Perak (translation: Silver Island - the small island's name) on the map!
It is possible that the fisherman could have sought them out, you know. It's not saying that the media interviewed a fisherman, by the way, it said only that a fisherman REPORTED that the plane was low. He could have gone to officials.
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Old 03-11-2014, 01:58 PM
 
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How does a fisherman at night identify a particular aircraft? For that matter, how does the Malaysian Air Force, if the transponders are turned off and the plane is not responding to radio?
You guys are reading WAY too much in to that. If you see a plane flying low, low enough to make you take notice, and then you hear about a missing plane, you give that information to officials, or whomever he gave that information to, especially if the plane is taking a route that you don't normally see planes take! Add that in with the fact that the plane was seen on radar, by a military base on some island, BEFORE any transponder was turned off, they can put two and two together and say, "Gee, that must be the same damn plane since NO OTHER PLANE was in that area."
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Old 03-11-2014, 01:59 PM
 
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It is possible that the fisherman could have sought them out, you know. It's not saying that the media interviewed a fisherman, by the way, it said only that a fisherman REPORTED that the plane was low. He could have gone to officials.
Yeah, it's possible. Especially if the officials already knew this information since days ago.
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Old 03-11-2014, 02:15 PM
 
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Add that in with the fact that the plane was seen on radar, by a military base on some island, BEFORE any transponder was turned off, they can put two and two together and say, "Gee, that must be the same damn plane since NO OTHER PLANE was in that area."
Not true. Review the timeline. The plane took off at 12:20AM, disappeared from radar and transponders ceased at 12:40AM, and the Malaysian Air Force says they picked it up on radar hundreds of miles away at 2:40AM.

Maybe it's the same plane, maybe not. I've seen no reports that Malaysian AF scrambled jets or made any kind of visual id.
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Old 03-11-2014, 02:19 PM
 
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There allegedly was a witness to this plane. A fisherman said that the plane was low. In fact, according to the news, the fisherman said it was so low, the lights looked like "giant coconuts". That's pretty stinkin' low.

I'm still wondering about that report that is no longer viewable that was linked several days ago about an emergency call, and "disintegration" in the cabin, and "forced landing". No one else is talking about it, and that information has been pulled down, but it still makes me wonder. Edited to add: The military did say it was picked up on radar, (whatever it's called), but no one paid attention or did not believe them, now, when the military says it again, people are listening. I can't seem to step away from that linked information that was provided a few days ago.

Update: Apparently the officials knew all of this the whole time, and did not tell anyone, (reporters), nor did they start a search in the area they say that they knew the plane was flying in. Now you've got the media asking, "Why didn't the military, (the ones on that tiny island) tell anyone, and why wait several days to reveal that a search will be started way over here (complete opposite direction of where they are now searching), instead of wasting time searching in the wrong area?"
All very intriguing. What's your source for this info?

If it's true that the military knew about it but was keeping it quiet (bizarre), and that the island they were flying low over (with no explosion reported) was a military base, it means the plane could have landed safely, and everyone survived.
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Old 03-11-2014, 02:21 PM
 
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How does a fisherman at night identify a particular aircraft? For that matter, how does the Malaysian Air Force, if the transponders are turned off and the plane is not responding to radio?
the 777 is a pretty large aircraft. It's not hard to identify that a large aircraft was flying really low. How often do 777s, or other large aircraft, fly low where this fisherman says he saw it? If it almost never happens, it increases the odds that it is the missing one.
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