My thoughts and prayers go out to the people and family members of flight MH370, but with that said anybody got any half-baked theories as to what the heck happened to that plane?

Alien abduction, Bermuda Triangle-type thing or maybe terrorists...?

Er no.

I see enough bullshit speculation on the news.

R

Quoted from rendevous Er no. I see enough bullshit speculation on the news. R

How do you know it's B.S?  Were you there?   Please enlighten us.

You read this?

https://plus.google.com/106271056358366282907/posts/GoeVjHJaGBz

Hard to believe a plane load of people can just vanish into the ether without a trace.

And, very sad for the friends and rels on that flight. If they don't find anything it may haunt them forever.  I hope they eventually find some peace with it and that the mystery is resolved although the longer it goes on with no concrete evidence of what happened the harder that will be.

I hear it has landed on "Gilligan's Island"

Quoted Text How do you know it's B.S?  Were you there?   Please enlighten us.

Oh I see. I have to be there to comment? Yeah. Alright then, you're in charge, sweetie. I'll get back in me box.

R

Quoted from LC Hard to believe a plane load of people can just vanish into the ether without a trace. And, very sad for the friends and rels on that flight. If they don't find anything it may haunt them forever.  I hope they eventually find some peace with it and that the mystery is resolved although the longer it goes on with no concrete evidence of what happened the harder that will be.

Ditto.

Quoted from rendevous Oh I see. I have to be there to comment? Yeah. Alright then, you're in charge, sweetie. I'll get back in me box. R

Can we kiss and make up first?   :K)

Quoted from Toby_E You read this? https://plus.google.com/106271056358366282907/posts/GoeVjHJaGBz

Yep  Technical difficulties would be probably be the most obvious speculation.  

Quoted from Alex_212 I hear it has landed on "Gilligan's Island"

Not really a laughing matter, but I'm thinking a government/supernatural conspiracy-thing which will be the subject for my next script "A Cabin in the Plane".     Or maybe not.

All kidding aside it'd be an interesting topic for a OWC.

I think it has crashed into the sea and sunk. I imagine it should be possible for a plane to hit the sea at such an angle and speed it simply sinks rather than smashes to pieces.

I think Rende's point is that we do not the knowledge to make anything more than a guess regarding what happened.  Saying, "I think it was the flight crew," because we can't guess anything else is bullshit.

We might as well try and guess what happened to Atlantis or the Roanoke Colony.


Phil

Not gonna fire up any conspiracy theories, I just find it hard to believe that Boeing would build such a sophisticated airplane and still leave the ability of th pilots to manually turn off the transponders. Just about every new car you could buy today either has GPS or Lojack and could be found instantly... And they don't cost $265 million...

James

Quoted from dogglebe I think Rende's point is that we do not the knowledge to make anything more than a guess regarding what happened.

Never thought I'd see a insightful sock puppet speaking for me. Goes to show you never know. Spot on.

Yeah, but jwent sure brought up an interesting point.

What's really going on?

I don't see what's wrong with speculating, it's just a writing website for crying out loud, not the New York Times. And if someone is not interested in the thread, why on God's green earth bother posting to say that?

Guessing is NOT the same as speculating based on available evidence.

We know the flight was in the air(or on the ground and powered up) for at least 7.5 hours after it turned the transponder off. That makes pilot suicide unlikely...wouldn't they just take it down quickly if they were committing suicide like the Egypt Airlines did?

What about an accident or malfunction such as a fire? It can't be ruled out, but circumstances are somewhat against that. Evidence suggests the new course was entered into the computer before the last pilot transmission, which gave no hint of trouble. And the plane seems to have taken a very deliberate new course.

Also, if the plane malfunctioned, how likely was it that it remained airborne for 7.5 hours after that, with no communication to the ground?

People say it could not have flown over any of the northern countries because radar would have picked it up. However, we KNOW for a fact it flew back over Malaysia and no one noticed at the time. Does Burma have a more diligent radar detection response than Malaysia? It seems to me that the military tends to ignore commercial flights as being normal.

So there are problems with every theory. Which makes it interesting. I see no reason not to speculate a little.

Quoted from rendevous Never thought I'd see a insightful sock puppet speaking for me. Goes to show you never know. Spot on.

I'm not speaking for you.  I'm speaking around you.


Phil

Maybe the airline knows and is just paying all the news agencies to not show it.....wait that's the plot for Anchorman 2

Quoted from jwent6688 Not gonna fire up any conspiracy theories, I just find it hard to believe that Boeing would build such a sophisticated airplane and still leave the ability of th pilots to manually turn off the transponders. Just about every new car you could buy today either has GPS or Lojack and could be found instantly... And they don't cost $265 million...

You turn the transponder on right before take-off and off again right after or before you land. They don't want a bunch of planes squawking while sitting on the ground. Husband told me. He's a pilot. Also, sometimes atmospheric pressure, blah blah something, can mess-up the transponder so it gives out the wrong altitude and stuff like that. I think. I don't remember everything. :)  

My uncle hunts up in no mans land Canada every year. We got him a SAT phone for $600. Doesn't use cell towers. Signal straight to satellites. Why doesn't this plane have the same technology?

I'm sure I'm ignorant as to why. Just wish someone could explain it to me so I could understand.

James

Seems like just the case for Spooky Mulder.

Quoted from jwent6688 My uncle hunts up in no mans land Canada every year. We got him a SAT phone for $600. Doesn't use cell towers. Signal straight to satellites. Why doesn't this plane have the same technology? I'm sure I'm ignorant as to why. Just wish someone could explain it to me so I could understand. James

Has your uncle ever been deep sea diving with his sat phone?

Well... it looks like the Aussies have found it in the water.... surprise, surprise.

Quoted from DustinBowcot Has your uncle ever been deep sea diving with his sat phone?

Flight data recorders are designed to survive crashes as well as being at the bottom of the ocean. Can't understand why transponders wouldn't be made with same ideas in mind. Not trying to start an argument, I just like to understand technology.

James

My half-baked theory; a clap of lightning may have knocked out everything like an EMP.  

Whatever happened, again, thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.

Planes get hit by lightning a lot more than people think.




Phil

  


^WHOA!

Direct hit.

Quoted from dogglebe Planes get hit by lightning a lot more than people think. Phil

Hasn't been a confirmed crash on a commercial airliner since 1967 due to lightning. They say almost all commercial airplanes get struck by lightning once per year. Doubt that would take out an advanced 777, but what do I know?

James

Quoted from jwent6688 Flight data recorders are designed to survive crashes as well as being at the bottom of the ocean. Can't understand why transponders wouldn't be made with same ideas in mind.

Maybe it is designed to survive crashes, but no signal can be picked up from the bottom of the ocean. I don't know, and I can't be arsed to google. I just rather go with the accident premise over being kidnapped by aliens.

Maybe it's behind  a giant couch cushion, I'm always losing shit there

Mark

Quoted from irish eyes Maybe it's behind  a giant couch cushion, I'm always losing shit there Mark

;D

I'm in Perth and waiting for the currents to wash it up onto our beaches !!!!!!

Alex