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.
The alps murder is being mentioned oh Jeff Wise now .
http://jeffwise.net/2016/02/24/mh370-suicide-or-spoof-part-2-motive/#comments
I went back to 2014 articles trying to sort out the South China Sea alliances. It’s as clear as mud now.
http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/why-doesnt-russia-support-china-in-the-south-china-sea/
http://www.cfr.org/asia-and-pacific/chinas-maritime-disputes/p31345#!/
If this dispute is related to the downing of MH370, China’s determination to expand and improve the port at Kuantan must be part of it, IMO. Who among the parties mentioned here would target a plane full of Malaysians and Chinese citizens, assuming that anyone did?
Putin did it, not US, Israelis or aliens? CNN ‘expert’ solves MH370 mystery with hint from chickens
https://www.rt.com/news/333908-mh370-blame-putin-conspiracy/
How quickly they want this thing forgotten:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/02/29/liow-no-official-memorial-for-mh370/
“Get over it” seems to be the message. Why?
https://www.rt.com/news/334279-quake-strikes-off-indonesia/
Deaths reported after 7.8 quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
might more the wreck of MH370
@Q Blaine has found a piece of debris, pics are copyrighted you can see them on Victors twitter though.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-jet/missing-mh370-possible-boeing-777-part-found-mozambique-sources-say-n530066
Malaysia’s transport minister has said there is a “high possibility” that debris found in Mozambique came from a Boeing 777, the same model as missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35709867
I expect it’s nonsense
MH370 : un nouveau débris au Mozambique ?
http://www.society-magazine.fr/mh370-un-nouveau-debris-au-mozambique/
AUSTRALIA to analyse possible debris from flight MH370
http://www.france24.com/en/20160303-malaysia-airlines-mh370-debris-found-mozambique-coast
Interview with Blaine ,Q it does not look like it has spent a lot of time in the water what do you think ?
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/03/03/mh370-possible-debris-found-watson-lklv-nr.cnn/video/playlists/malaysia-flight-mh370/
It looks kind of antiseptic, Pink. The shells seem small for having been in the water for so long. After all we heard the last time around, this will surely set off controversy.
If I am interpreting this correctly, we have not seen the under side of the airplane piece found on a sandbar in Mozambique. The only shells visible seem to be very young, forming on the honeycomb material inside the found part.
Chalk it all up to an adventurer of means, who set out with a local fisherman, looking for MH370. This may possibly extend the timeline for the search, which should please aficionados.
UFO investigator finds mystery plane off the Cape if Good Hope.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/649479/MH370-FOUND-GOOGLE-EARTH-ex-US-Air-Force-man-claims-THIS-missing-plane
Welcome to the three-ring circus.
Blaine has gone to Malaysia for the second anniversary of MH370’s disappearance.
The “sandblasted” theory:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/03/mh370-debris-finder-says-he-thought-it-was-from-a-smaller-plane
Find plane part, “solve” worldwide mystery, get on a plane to Malaysia without skipping a beat. Just another day.
Yes I saw the sandblasted theory just waiting to see what the experts say can never tell with these stories there does seem to be a move in favour on certain tweetings.
I thought UFO mans pic was quite convincing perhaps Blaine should go check while he is in the area I wonder if anyone told him .
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/families-of-12-passengers-on-mh370-file-lawsuits-1.2803396
Families are suing, days ahead of the second anniversary of the disappearance of MH370.
I thought the Georesonance image looked convincing, too, Pink, whether it was another plane or not. However, no authority wanted to investigate or consider the possibility of MH370 being findable. They do not want this plane found, certainly not before the two-year deadline.
Some blue on this bit .
http://www.clicanoo.re/513601-johny-begue-fait-une-nouvelle-decouverte.html
Better pic
http://www.domtomnews.com/Johny-Begue-fait-une-nouvelle.html#.VtsU-H2LTMr
Open FB page for MH370
https://www.facebook.com/groups/951252171610482/
Malaysia Airlines blue for Johnny Bègue?
With all the bits washing up in various places, eventually there might be enough for a reconstruction of something or other.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3191836/Is-MH370-debris-Maldives-just-broken-SURFBOARD-Pictures-reveal-remarkable-similarities-aluminium-surfboard-objects-thought-belong-missing-Malaysia-Airlines-flight.html
I don’t know if various adhesives and coatings used in the making of airplane composites would inhibit the formation of sea life. It seems the stratae are full of them:
http://engineer1772.rssing.com/chan-15245498/all_p2.html
Why did Boeing take the 777 nacelle assembly back to in-house after many years of contracting out?
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-takes-back-nacelle-work-to-north-charleston-408965/
http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/everything-we-know-about-the-british-airways-777-fire-i-1729549921
Another question, in light of engine fires.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_101
Air India Flight 101 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London that accidentally flew into Mont Blanc in FRANCE on the morning of 24 January 1966. The accident was caused by a misunderstood verbal instruction from the radar controller to the pilot in lieu of VOR data, one of the receivers being out of service. All 106 passengers and 11 crew were killed. Among the 106 passengers were the chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha and Amrit Prasad Pradhan, founder of the Amrit Science College in Nepal.[citation needed] G. Bertoli, Air India’s regional director for Europe (and brother-in-law of founder J.R.D Tata), died. G. V. Sivaswami, the airline’s superintendent of technical operations, perished. Two Americans and a French woman on the airline’s United States staff also died.
Recent finds
Wreckage of the crashed Boeing still remains at the crash site. In 2008, a climber found some Indian newspapers dated 23 January 1966.
An engine from Air India Flight 245 was also discovered.
On 21 August 2012, a 9 kilograms (20 lb) jute bag of diplomatic mail, stamped “On Indian Government Service, Diplomatic Mail, Ministry of External Affairs”, was recovered by a mountain rescue worker and turned over to local police in Chamonix. An official with the Indian Embassy in Paris took custody of the mailbag, which was found to be a “Type C” diplomatic pouch meant for newspapers, periodicals, and personal letters. Indian diplomatic pouches “Type A” (classified information) and “Type B” (official communications) are still in use today; “Type C” mailbags were made obsolete with the advent of the internet.
The mailbag was found to contain, among other items, still-white and legible copies of The Hindu and The Statesman from mid-January 1966, Air India calendars, and a personal letter to the Indian consul-general in New York, C.G.K. Menon. The bag was flown back to New Delhi on a regular Air India flight, in the charge of C. R. Barooah, the flight purser. His father, R.C. Barooah, was the flight engineer on Air India Flight 101.
In September 2013 a French alpinist found a metal box containing the Air India logo at the site of the plane crash on Mont Blanc containing rubies, sapphires, and emeralds worth more than $300,000, which he handed in to the police to be returned to the rightful owners.
In her book Crash au mont Blanc, which tells the story of the two Air India crashes on Mont-Blanc (1950 and 1966), Françoise Rey writes about a box of emeralds sent to M. Issacharov, London, described by Lloyd’s.
On 22 June 2014 a camera belonging to one of the passengers was found in the Glacier des Bossons by another French alpinist. The film though present was too damaged to hope to retrieve pictures.
THONON-LES-BAINS Un plongeur découvre des bijoux dans le lac Léman
Dans l’après-midi du 26 février, un plongeur a découvert dans le lac à hauteur du restaurant “Plus belle la vue”, un sac en velours noir contenant des bijoux en métal doré et argenté. À l’intérieur d’un des bijoux en forme de plaque représentant un oiseau, figurent des numéros de téléphone fantaisistes de chefs d’État étrangers. Les policiers de la circonscription du Léman lancent un appel dans le cas où le propriétaire reconnaîtrait ses objets. Commissariat, tél. 04 50 71 04 61.
http://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2016/03/04/un-plongeur-decouvre-des-bijoux-dans-le-lac-leman
New aircraft debris finds
http://www.duncansteel.com/archives/2251
Also on March 8, 2016:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4888
An asteroid is due to make a close pass.