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ShowtimeSBMVP · 09:02 AM

Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane with 239 aboard enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The airline said in a statement early Saturday it was attempting to locate the Boeing 777 after it lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control at 2:40 a.m. It was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m.

China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported the plane was lost in airspace controlled by Vietnam, and did not make contact with Chinese air traffic controllers.

The plane is carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members. The airline said it is working with authorities to locate the plane.

Boeing said on its Twitter account it is monitoring the situation, and "our thoughts are with everyone on board."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03...ing-23-people/

Malaysian jet probe sharpens focus on passengers, crew as new clues emerge

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03...-indian-ocean/

KCUnited · 03-13-2014, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

Something unprecedented happened here.

I'm going to take the odds on "pilot suicide". What have you guys got?

The culprit was Laotian.

DTLB58 · 03-13-2014, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcellus

If true, and that's a big IF, then no doubt it was not an accident.

But that doesn't lock in terrorist since no one has claimed responsibility for this. I mean isn't that the point, to be responsible?

I didn't think terrorist were very responsible

In all seriousness. Just ignore me tonight. I had back and knee surgery last weekend and I'm still flying high on pain killers.

-King- · 03-13-2014, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

I don't think it's terrorism. That's just the default answer for everything right now. My personal pet theory is that somebody shot it down.

Wouldn't shooting a plane down count as terrorism?

**mlyonsd** · 03-13-2014, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

Something unprecedented happened here.

I'm going to take the odds on "pilot suicide". What have you guys got?

This.

keg in kc · 03-13-2014, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by -King-

Wouldn't shooting a plane down count as terrorism?

Accidental downing was my thinking.

Pilot suicide sounds viable as well.

Cheater5 · 03-13-2014, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Accidental downing was my thinking.

Pilot suicide sounds viable as well.

Pilot was a pretty stable dude with 28k+ flying hours. However, I think the co-pilot may have secured the cabin door, killed or incapacitated him (pilot) and put the plane in the drink. Not a nose-dive while screaming "Allah-Akbar", but at 0100 in the morning many if not most passengers would be asleep so he gradually veers off course and augers that bitch in with no one bum-rushing the door. Somewhat similar to CPT Craig Button in 1997...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_D._Button

SLAG · 03-13-2014, 07:33 PM

Crazy stuff happens in the air

My Future Brother in Law is a Pilot and now an ATC for the FAA - this was the craziest story he told me he heard of in flight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Express_Flight_705

MH370 may have topped this story

Eleazar · 03-13-2014, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheater5

Pilot was a pretty stable dude with 28k+ flying hours. However, I think the co-pilot may have secured the cabin door, killed or incapacitated him (pilot) and put the plane in the drink. Not a nose-dive while screaming "Allah-Akbar", but at 0100 in the morning many if not most passengers would be asleep so he gradually veers off course and augers that bitch in with no one bum-rushing the door. Somewhat similar to CPT Craig Button in 1997...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_D._Button

Probably wouldn't even need to do that, if the other pilot was gone or whatever, I'm sure he could put the plane in a irrevocable dive pretty quickly

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 03-13-2014, 09:00 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...ian-air-scale/

Chief_For_Life58 · 03-13-2014, 09:15 PM

**Rain Man** · 03-13-2014, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SLAG

Crazy stuff happens in the air

My Future Brother in Law is a Pilot and now an ATC for the FAA - this was the craziest story he told me he heard of in flight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Express_Flight_705

MH370 may have topped this story

That's quite the story. It's amazing that those guys were still fighting with fractured skulls and flying half-paralyzed and stuff.

SLAG · 03-13-2014, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

That's quite the story. It's amazing that those guys were still fighting with fractured skulls and flying half-paralyzed and stuff.

Yes but think about this..

This dude's artery is severed - BLOOD is spilling out.. and the plane is flying upside down!

The entire cabin must have been painted red

Pushead2 · 03-14-2014, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SLAG

Yes but think about this..

This dude's artery is severed - BLOOD is spilling out.. and the plane is flying upside down!

The entire cabin must have been painted red

epic reenactment

Cheater5 · 03-14-2014, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

Probably wouldn't even need to do that, if the other pilot was gone or whatever, I'm sure he could put the plane in a irrevocable dive pretty quickly

From what little we know, it appears the plane flew for a few hours after last contact. Plus the transponder was manually cut off some 14-15 minutes after the final transmission I believe.

Leads most to conclude it wasn't put into an immediate, terminal dive.

Reerun_KC · 03-14-2014, 05:51 AM

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