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those of us in Asia have long been aware that it is the Next Big Terrorist Hotspot.
Malaysia has extreme Islamists. A lot of them.
this is exactly what one of my Malaysian based colleague was saying this morning. Apparently isis is making its presence big time there. For all you know, it could very well be a hijack. Though, usually these terrorists are loud mouths and would have claimed responsibility by now, if its indeed them.
On the CBS Morning Show it was reported that there are reports of debris and oil slicks in the general area where the plane disappeared but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Apparently, they didn't find anything. Just like MH370... An oil slick detected, but unrelated
It is probably at the bottom of the sea, and that sea is nothing similar to the one MH370 likely landed in.
The search didn't shift to the Indian Ocean until over a week had passed. The initial search area was the South China Sea and then expanded to the Andaman Sea.
Authorities can assume all they want about where it likely crashed but, like MH370, they don't have a shred of physical evidence to back it up. While the safe bet is to assume it went down quickly, we don't know for a fact that it didn't continue flying after contact was lost.
When comparing or contrasting to MH370, keep in mind the timeline of what we knew or thought we knew and how that progressively changed.
Even if both engines shut down, at 38ft they should have been able to fly for quite sometime. Certainly long enough for a mayday
I'm no pilot, but I imagine there isn't much point in calling for a mayday when there is no airport to land at. The pilots would more likely be focused on trying to fly the airplane. It's not like they can pull over and wait for someone to come rescue them.
I'm no pilot, but I imagine there isn't much point in calling for a mayday when there is no airport to land at. The pilots would more likely be focused on trying to fly the airplane. It's not like they can pull over and wait for someone to come rescue them.
I'm not a pilot either, but I believe that at a high altitude the plane should be able to stay in the air for a long time, somewhere around 100 miles. Obviously it will gradually descend and need to land, but either the pilot or Co Pilot should have time to call in a mayday and figure out the best course of action.
I'm no pilot, but I imagine there isn't much point in calling for a mayday when there is no airport to land at. The pilots would more likely be focused on trying to fly the airplane. It's not like they can pull over and wait for someone to come rescue them.
There is a point. Does it not help to find them later on? Perhaps someone survived the probable crash. At the rate it's going, there probably won't be any survivors.
There is a point. Does it not help to find them later on? Perhaps someone survived the probable crash. At the rate it's going, there probably won't be any survivors.
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