I had fairly well concluded that the most likely cause was a fire disrupting the electrical and control systems, when CNN now say the sharp left turn was pre-programmed 12 minutes before sign off from Malaysian Air Traffic control, which was followed fairly quickly by that left turn.
CNN claim to have this from an US official, from data sent back before the reporting systems went off. It is hard to know what to make of it: obviously there are large economic interests that much prefer blame to lie with the pilots rather than the aircraft. But if it is true then the move was not a response to an emergency. (CNN went on to say the pilot could have programmed in the course change as a contingency in case of an emergency. That made no sense to me at all – does it to anyone else?)
I still find it extremely unlikely that the plane landed or crashed on land I cannot believe it could evade military detection as it flew over a highly militarized region. Somewhere there is debris on the ocean. There have been previous pilot suicides that took the plane with them; but the long detour first seems very strange and I do not believe is precedented. However if the CNN information on pre-programming is correct, and given it was the co-pilot who signed off to air traffic control, it is hard to look beyond the pilots as those responsible for whatever did happen. In fact, on consideration, the most improbable thing is that information CNN are reporting from the US official.
Syria’s government on Sunday condemned Turkey for two days of shelling targeting mainly Kurdish forces in the northern province of Aleppo and urged the United Nations to act, state media said.
It also accused Turkey of allowing gunmen and weaponry to enter Syria from the Bab al-Salama crossing into Aleppo province, where government forces have recently launched a major campaign.
“The foreign ministry strongly condemns the repeated Turkish crimes and attacks against the Syrian people and Syria’s territorial integrity,” state news agency SANA reported.
The ministry called on the UN Security Council to
“put an end to the crimes of the TURKISH regime,”
SANA added.
http://www.france24.com/en/20160214-syria-condemns-turkey-air-strikes-urges-un-action-assad-kurdish
Special rendering perhaps American style?
Zimbabwe aviation authorities have impounded a US-registered cargo jet with a dead body and millions of South African rand reportedly on board.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/15/cargo-jet-impounded-zimbabwe-body-south-african-rand
The US embassy said it does not yet have a comment on the matter.
Several US embassy vehicles were seen at the airport Monday morning?
The clock is ticking on MH370 remaining a mystery forever.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-02-15/missing-malaysia-jet-mh370-weeks-away-from-keeping-secrets-forever
When all else fails, blame the pilot, again:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/article4691892.ece
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160216006782/en/Western-Global-Airlines-Issues-Update-Aircraft-Situation
That took the company a couple of days to come up with.
http://www.herald.co.zw/caaz-impounds-us-cargo-plane-bleeding-body-millions-of-rands-found-on-board/
Why would ( as they want us to believe), would somebody be stowing away from Germany to Africa?
@ Q I just came across a link to a keshe interview tomorrow .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2eBHPLfoN4&feature=youtu.be
THE INFO FIGARO- Relatives of passengers killed in the disaster of July 24, 2014 learned that the “remnants” of the victims were buried in secret in May in Mali. The accident had claimed the lives of 116 people.
a society is judged by how it buries its dead, said the anthropologist. While thinking of how were buried the “remnants” of the passengers of Air Algeria flight?
On 24 July 2014, the AH 5017 of Air Algeria flight between Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in Algiers crashed in Mali. On board 6 crew and 110 passengers, including 54 French. Immediately after the disaster, gendarmes of the Criminal Research Institute (IRCGN) had gone there to conduct DNA sampling. The “post-mortem remains” were then returned to their relatives during winter 2014. Then, very quickly, the French and foreign families have expressed their wish to …
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/02/16/01016-20160216ARTFIG00287-les-corps-disparus-du-crash-d-air-algerie.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Airline_System_Flight_653
“Good night.”
This one included a mass burial, MN.
@MN: This would be 100 too few.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/bodies-in-mass-grave-yet-to-be-identified-says-zahid
TURKEY
Ankara bombing: blaming Kurds suits Erdoğan’s political ends
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/18/ankara-bombing-blaming-kurds-suits-erdogans-political-ends
Remember when the SPANISH government claimed that ETA had been behind the train bombing,
after a while it was shown to be ISLAMISTS who killed all those innocent passengers
and the government of Spain were gone,
because they had lied/jumped the gun,
for political gain.
It is somewhat peculiar that sometimes government immediately know who is behind an atrocity,
yet other times, years later they do not have a clue,
as in
The Slaughter of the Horses.
Yet we suspect they have a very good clue.
RUSSIA deploys advanced aircraft to ARMENIA, 20km from the TURKISH border.
711
RUSSIA/ARMENIA/TURKEY/SYRIA
https://www.rt.com/news/333091-russia-aircraft-base-armenia/
that should P***S OFF the TURKISH Regime
If u go on Google Earth, they already have fourteen fighter / bombers lined up, ready for the off at Erebuni airfield is south of Yerevan and about 20km from the Turkish border.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erebuni_Airport
The base was designed by architects L. Sh. Khristaforyan and R. G. Asratyan and design engineers E. N. Tosunyan and I. G. Baghramyan.
In November 2013, the Armenian government announced its intention to expand the space allotted to the Russian Air Force to house new administrative buildings, fuel-storage facilities, and helicopter landing pads to host a squadron of 18 attack helicopters.
In January 2014, the press service of the Russian Southern Military District confirmed that a contingent of Mi-24P (Hind-F) attack helicopters, Mi-8MT and Mi-8SMV military transport helicopters would be deployed at Erebuni through the course of the year.
The first batch of attack and transport helicopters, however, did not arrive until December 2015.
This is a red flag being waived by RUSSIA towards TURKEY/NATO
Helicopter gunships
Mi-24P
(Hind-F) The gunship version, which replaced the 12.7mm machine-gun with a fixed side-mounted 30mm GSh-30K twin-barrel cannon.
armed with: The GSh-30K is a modified version with 2400 mm long water-cooled barrels, a variable rate of fire, and dimensions of 2944 × 222 × 195 mm. It is used on a fixed mounting on late model Mi-24 helicopters, e.g. the Mi-24P.
3,000 rounds per minute and can use plutonium casings.
A UTair Boeing 737, bound for Kogalym in Western Siberia, has made an emergency landing at Moscow Vnukovo Airport.
The 737 took off from Vnukovo at around 10am, but the flight deck officers reportedly detected cabin decompression and decided to return to the airport. The aircraft dumped fuel for about an hour and then landed safely. No injuries have been reported.
“The cause of the incident is being investigated,” a source in the airport’s emergency service told TASS.
And another declared emergency, this time over Britain
The Boeing 777-200 declared an emergency over Belfast, Ireland shortly before 11am.
Flight BA48 is still cruising at 39,000ft and is continuing to fly towards London.
New post at JW.
http://jeffwise.net/category/aviation/
The bomber behind a deadly blast in the Turkish capital Ankara was TURKISH-born,
security officials say, not from Syria as the government initially said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35644396
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has officially acknowledged for the first time that the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai peninsula last October was a result of “terrorism”.
He said the attack had been intended to damage Egypt’s tourism industry and relations with Russia.
Russia has already said a bomb caused the crash in which 224 people died.
Mr Sisi had previously dismissed as “propaganda” a claim by jihadists that they brought the plane down.
The Airbus 321 operated by Russian airline Metrojet broke up in mid-air over the Sinai peninsula on 31 October.
Nearly all those killed were Russian tourists flying to St Petersburg from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
“Has terrorism ended? No,” Mr Sisi said in a televised speech.
“Whoever downed that plane, what did he want? Just to hit tourism? No. To hit relations. To hit relations with Russia.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35654469
MN: So who would want to hurt relations between Malaysia and — China?
Who stopped the 40th anniversary panda diplomacy?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Malaysia_relations
Thinking now that it may not be good if the pandas are coming to a city near you.
The water runs red in Kuantan, from bauxite mining. Once again, produce is at the heart of a news story, but not seasonless mamgosteen:
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/durian-farmers-plan-protest-march-from-kuantan-to-kl
If someone met to harm Malaysia-China relations, it isn’t working. Chinese money continues to pour into Malaysia. China’s “Soft power” is building. Is control of the port at Kuantan the motive?
http://m.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1900064/china-becomes-malaysias-biggest-foreign-investor-thanks
Forgot link. 🙁
You have to wonder if it’s the economic axis Malaysia is seeking, or if the port of Kuantan is more of a politcal axis realignment with those who seek to rule the South China Sea. If it’s the latter, ordinary people on planes shouldn’t look to their government for answers. It’s a dangerous game Malaysia’s leaders are playing, but it’s the people who will pay. Was MH370 a “shot off the bow”?
http://www.ecerdc.com.my/en/media_releases/kuantan-port-expansion-a-game-changer/
P.S.: Please don’t send any pandas to my town, China. If you do, I won’t be taking any plane flights until they’re gone. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Q
What happened in May 2014 to reinstate the pandas?
http://www.thenational.ae/world/east-asia/chinese-pandas-arrive-in-malaysia-after-delay-over-mh370-disappearance
China had said the pandas would be delivered at an “appropriate time”. So what was it in May 2014 that made the delivery happen?
Speaking of deliveries, Malaysia is making a bonus payment of US$600,000 to China for the birth of a cub.
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1558346
Any other bonus payments for other reasons? Any theories?
How ridiculous of me to talk about pandas, when we all know this story is really about chickens:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6957081/Putin-masterminded-both-the-vanishing-of-MH370-AND-the-shooting-down-of-MH17-top-aviation-expert-sensationally-claims.html
I get your drift Q I cannot add anything as I have no concept of the shenanigans that go on and I am not seeing much new either just watching to see if anything comes along .