Malaysia Airlines jet w/239 missing. crash unconfirmed .- Page 2

[NYadgal]

Posted: 3/9/14 at 7:15pm

Tragic.

My only hope is that whatever happened was so fast that the passengers and crew never really knew, and death was instant.

May all of their souls rest in peace, and I extend my sympathies to the loved ones of all who were lost. I hope answers will be found, but know it won't lessen the pain.

Updated On: 3/9/14 at 07:15 PM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/10/14 at 12:41am

Search planes scour sea for missing Malaysian jetliner

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 3/10/14 at 4:45am

"How would they know about the two stolen passports so quickly?"

I would think because there was an immediate investigation about everyone reportedly on the plane, including - but by no means limited - to the Austrian and Italian who - as it was quickly learned, weren't on the plane, but were alive and had, according to Interpol, reported stolen passports.

The two passengers using these passports purchased tickets at the same time and those tickets were adjacent.

But while this is certainly important information that should be followed up on, it's hardly a smoking gun in terms of understanding what happened to the plane. It is not at all unlikely that a plane going anywhere from anywhere would have one or more people using stolen passports; nor does it seem strange that people using stolen passports might be traveling together.

How common is this? from the link below: "More than 1 billion times last year, travellers boarded planes without their passports being checked against Interpol's database of 40 million stolen or lost travel documents, the Lyon-based police body said: 1 BILLION TIMES! 40 MILLION STOLEN OR LOST DOCUMENTS!





http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/9810011/Stolen-passports-expose-hole-in-security Updated On: 3/10/14 at 04:45 AM

[NYadgal]

Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:41am

Look at the spam we see on this site on a regular basis advertising Passports and visas...

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:52am

How would they know about the two stolen passports so quickly?

I believe at least one of the passports was stolen last year.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:54am

Maybe someone who knows more than me can shed some light on this. I fully understand currents and such but how is it that they're not finding a scrap of evidence? Not a piece of metal, not a suitcase, not a body. If it had crashed there would have to be something, right?
'We have to find the aircraft': Days later, no sign of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/10/14 at 10:05am

I may have answered my own question:


Why so few clues about missing Malaysia flight?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 9:11am

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search widens; men carrying stolen passports ID'd as young Iranians

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 9:32am

Two Iranians traveling together, one seeking asylum. Looks much more likely that they had nothing to do with the plane's disappearance. But what an unexpected and fascinating turn of events.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 9:50am

Fascinating and suspicious for sure.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 1:16pm

Malaysia Airlines live: military says last tracked plane hundreds of miles off course

[NYadgal]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 1:26pm

My heart aches for the families of the passengers and crew on that plane.
What a nightmare.

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 3:00pm

I wonder if these reports are true. Their cellphones are still ringing.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/11/malaysia-airlines-370-passengers-cell-phones/6285325/

[Eris0303]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 3:05pm

From the article I posted most recently:

14.44 We have looked into reports that the mobile phones of those onboard are still ringing (according to some relatives). We couldn't get a definitive answer from anyone except that, well, sometimes they do. The authorities have been aware of it from day one, and have all the numbers, so presumably if it was possible to triangulate the location of the plane from mobile phone signals that were still alive, they would have done so?
Some of the relatives have said passenger QQ accounts (a Chinese web chat service like Gmail Chat) are still online. Tencent, the company that administers QQ, says if a user has not logged out of QQ, but merely turned their phone or computer off, they could still seem to be there, even if they are not.

13.18 Families in China waiting for news have been holed up in a hotel in Beijing. Understandably the situation is tense. In a conference earlier relatives can be seen crying and pleading with officials to carry on searching. Some are convinced their relatives are still alive and authorities are wasting time:
One distraught man shouts: "I just called my kid's cellphone. It was not turned off. My kid's phone is still on. Time is life. You just count how many days have past. How much oxygen are still left? What's the condition there? If you pass the right time, my kid will be dead no matter you find him or not."

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/11/14 at 3:22pm

I guess there is always a glimmer of optimism until you learn different.