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Old 15th March 2014, 09:16   #31
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I personally think that it has landed on a disused airstrip somewhere.
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Old 15th March 2014, 09:37   #32
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I personally think that it has landed on a disused airstrip somewhere.
I'm beginning to think this too.

What a lift it would give to a troubled world if this story turned out to have a happy ending.
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Old 15th March 2014, 09:44   #33
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I'm surprised there hasn't been a picture of it on the moon yet!
(No doubt the Photoshop lads will come up with one now!)

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Old 15th March 2014, 10:00   #34
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I'm surprised there hasn't been a picture of it on the moon yet!
The terminal building is still under construction!
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Old 15th March 2014, 10:03   #35
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One things for sure there will probably be changes to all aircraft in future to make sure the tracking systems cannot be turned off , seems unbelievable in this day and age that all contact can just be lost like this, terrible for the families who are now given some hope, but maybe false, if it has landed somewhere
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Old 15th March 2014, 10:16   #36
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Now it's being reported it could be anywhere from Turkmenistan to Indonesia

Personally I think it's one the pilots gone 'wibble'
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Old 16th March 2014, 14:50   #37
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Saw one of the Sunday paper headlines today - apparently someone from the Home Office has been quoted that this may be Cyber Hijack where control has been activated through a mobile phone or a similar device
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Old 16th March 2014, 15:19   #38
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Saw one of the Sunday paper headlines today - apparently someone from the Home Office has been quoted that this may be Cyber Hijack where control has been activated through a mobile phone or a similar device
Find that hard to believe, if planes now have 2 way telemetry as in F1, when contact lost why wasn't an attempt made to reactivate it from base?

And how many will want to fly now if true, and control can be taken by any terrorist organisation with an ipad, at will, flying you to a destination of his/their choosing!
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If it has landed at some remote outpost surely satellite's would be capable of spotting it.It's unlikely that anywhere other than a large modern airport would have hangers capable of housing it
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Find that hard to believe, if planes now have 2 way telemetry as in F1, when contact lost why wasn't an attempt made to reactivate it from base?

And how many will want to fly now if true, and control can be taken by any terrorist organisation with an ipad, at will, flying you to a destination of his/their choosing!
Hello Chips, how are keeping?

Next Saturday night I am flying to London on BA. They use the 777-200 for the route of 9 hrs. Security is tight in Nairobi, with the passengers and crew having to be scanned 4 times, plus the cabin bags are checked by hand 4 times prior to boarding. Kidnappings and terrorism is a problem in KE, but people still have to fly.

No doubt the Malaysian authorities will be having a forensic examination of the aircrews private lives in order to exclude them from the investigations.
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