The Mystery of Missing Malaysia Airlines 370

[Tonitrus]

Saw that elsewhere...tis a fake.  Also, that's not a 777...hell, not even a Boeing.

[OttoVonBismarck]

I don't think it takes Sherlock Holmes to deduce those are fakes.

[alfred russel]

Saw that elsewhere...tis a fake.  Also, that's not a 777...hell, not even a Boeing.

Air tragedies are just naturally associated with AirBus.

[Sheilbh]

Latest Guardian article:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/16/flight-mh370-last-message-communications-disabled-malaysia

This stuck out:

Authorities have not yet disclosed whether the person who issued the last message to controllers was Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53, or co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid, 27, or an unknown third person. It is also unclear if such messages are recorded by air traffic control and are available for expert analysis to determine who the voice belongs to.

How is that still unclear?

[CountDeMoney]

You guys seem honestly astonished that somehow that side of the planet isn't run with the same level of proficiency, professionalism and technological confidence as our side of the planet.  I think that's adorable.

[Razgovory]

I'm not surprised.  I mean it took these people a week to figure out which ocean to look in.

[Monoriu]

You guys seem honestly astonished that somehow that side of the planet isn't run with the same level of proficiency, professionalism and technological confidence as our side of the planet.  I think that's adorable.

Huh,  I live on this side of the planet, and I am astonished about the sheer level of incompetence displayed. 

[Jaron]

The good news here is that if the plane is found the passengers stand to earn many more frequent flier miles than anticipated.

[katmai]

That is because you've been hanging out with us for last decade

[CountDeMoney]

You guys seem honestly astonished that somehow that side of the planet isn't run with the same level of proficiency, professionalism and technological confidence as our side of the planet.  I think that's adorable.

Huh,  I live on this side of the planet, and I am astonished about the sheer level of incompetence displayed.

You at least live in Hong Kong.  I'm talking about the rest of the neighborhood to the south, where everybody's wearing black pajamas and grass skirts.

[Neil]

You guys seem honestly astonished that somehow that side of the planet isn't run with the same level of proficiency, professionalism and technological confidence as our side of the planet.  I think that's adorable.

Huh,  I live on this side of the planet, and I am astonished about the sheer level of incompetence displayed.

True, but that's just because you're a nationalist.

[PRC]

[OttoVonBismarck]

Not sure why we're just now hearing about it, but apparently someone from the cockpit "signed off" with the phrase "alright, good night" *after* the transponder and ACARS were turned off. They are now doing voice analysis of the recording--obviously not how anyone would normally communicate with ATC. If it was the captain I imagine they will have some reasonably decent chance of determining it was him as he has apparently a bunch of "home improvement" and "how to" YouTube videos of himself showing people how to do various things. I basically feel pretty sure it was a member of crew committing suicide and they were willing to kill 200+ people in doing so.

[Monoriu]

Suicide is a possibility.  But a counter-argument is that, if suicide is the objective, the pilot can simply ditch the plane in the South China Sea.  What is the point of flying west for 7 hours more? 

[HVC]

Don't most people who commit suicide I a grandiose way want to be remembered? If so, the pilot (or whoever) got his wish.