I still can't believe that, not our Rolf....
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Malaysia Airlines crash
Discussion started on 19 Mar 2014
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Yorkieabroad
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Yorkieabroad
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:36
I'll assume that was a catchphrase moment, rather than anything to do with schoolgirls
I still can't believe that, not our Rolf....
I still can't believe that, not our Rolf....
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moneypenny20
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moneypenny20
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:37
Definitely catchphrase!
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Yorkieabroad
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Yorkieabroad
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:37
I used to use that one on my kids, unfortunately they usually couldn't, even when I was finished....
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markonline1
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markonline1
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:38
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Siouxie
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Siouxie
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:38
http://online.wsj.com/news/article_e...MDEwMzExNDMyWj
Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of five hours, based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. BA 777's engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.
Aviation investigators and national security officials believe the plane flew for a total of five hours, based on data automatically downloaded and sent to the ground from the Boeing Co. BA 777's engines as part of a routine maintenance and monitoring program.
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Pulaski
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Pulaski
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:39
This information did not come from Malaysian Airlines or the Malaysian authorities..... therefore it is probably the most reliable information to be released so far. Everything the Malaysians have said so far has either been proved wrong, contradicted by another Malaysian source, or subsequently denied by the person/organization that said it. 
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LordPercy
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Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:39
Now the Malaysians say those Chinese satellite images were 'released by mistake' while at the same time denying that they're hiding information.
Surely it's for China to say if it was a mistake? This is beyond embarrassing for Malaysia now, rank incompetence and a complete inability to keep a story straight.
If the plane did turn around (no one seems sure anymore) - why aren't the Thai authorities involved? The straits of Malacca would be jut as much under their eyes as Malaysian I would have assumed.
Surely it's for China to say if it was a mistake? This is beyond embarrassing for Malaysia now, rank incompetence and a complete inability to keep a story straight.
If the plane did turn around (no one seems sure anymore) - why aren't the Thai authorities involved? The straits of Malacca would be jut as much under their eyes as Malaysian I would have assumed.
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Pulaski
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Pulaski
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:40
Well I'm not the only one to say/ think that the objects in the pictures are too big to be aircraft parts, being bigger than a wing is wide AND in any case large aircraft parts don't float for more than a short time:
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Yorkieabroad
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Yorkieabroad
Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:41
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Originally Posted by LordPercy  If the plane did turn around (no one seems sure anymore) - why aren't the Thai authorities involved? The straits of Malacca would be jut as much under their eyes as Malaysian I would have assumed. |
Malacca straits "proper" are mainly split between Malaysia and Indonesia, and more southerly, Singapore. Haven't heard anything from Indonesia, and precious little from Singapore. It's a very busy waterway, which has had it's problems with piracy, both of which combine to ensure maximum vigilance for vessels transiting. Compounding that, there are a huge number of fishing vessels in the area. If it had come down there, I am sure someone ... ship, shore based would have either seen a sign of it, something on radar, or something in the water.
Further north, into the Andaman Sea proper, and you hit Myanmar coast...can't imagine a whole lot of help from there. And you are entering a much more open, less densely travelled body of water.
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LordPercy
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Posted on 13 Mar 2014, 17:42
The Indian Ocean? Why not?
If the report about RR engines reporting back for 4 hours after last contact, the plane could have made it to Pakistan by then - if indeed it did turn around.
If the report about RR engines reporting back for 4 hours after last contact, the plane could have made it to Pakistan by then - if indeed it did turn around.