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.
Remember this .
A Johor housewife has claimed that she saw the stricken Malaysia Airlines plane partly submerged in the waters off the Andaman islands when she was returning to Kuala Lumpur after a pilgrimage to Mecca on March 8.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/03/21/woman-reports-sighting-jet-raja-dalelah-im-convinced-i-saw-aircraft-near-andaman-islands/
Remember this .
A Johor housewife has claimed that she saw the stricken Malaysia Airlines plane partly submerged in the waters off the Andaman islands when she was returning to Kuala Lumpur after a pilgrimage to Mecca on March 8.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/03/21/woman-reports-sighting-jet-raja-dalelah-im-convinced-i-saw-aircraft-near-andaman-islands/
Debries highly likely from MH370
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/world/mh370-mozambique-debris-confirmed/index.html
Updated 0602 GMT (1402 HKT) March 24, 2016
How long? Maybe not much longer.
https://peoplestrustmalaysia.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/mh370-sos-distress-call-was-sent-from-the-plane-china-times/
I was impressed with Scott Warings video whether he is right or not .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=189O8FL0PiU&app=desktop
Did anyone run the numbers with only one operational engine ?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/951252171610482/permalink/968663086536057/
Not a subscriber so I do not know what it says perhaps someone can tell us .
Searchers ordered to leave ‘MH370 debris’
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article4721672.ece?CMP=Spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-thetimes-_-20160327-_-World-_-409770481-_-Imageandlink&linkId=22756912
@Pink: This is starting to sound like the TV episode of Wallander called “The Troubled Man”. Substitute submarines for MH370. In the show, the submarines stayed in the ocean to cover up what had really happened. Money was paid to a fisherman who had snagged his nets. The shadowy American (CIA?) Lurked in the background.
How much will it take to get fishermen to talk?
Not feeling the love out there for Mr Goodfellows idea, I quite like it nice and simple saves all the chasing around looking for baddies they will be easier to find .
Egyptair airliner is hijacked after leaving Alexandria and lands at Larnaca airport in Cyprus, reports say
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35915139
BBC Correspondent Rana Saveri (sp?) mentioned that this particular EgyptAir flight originated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, then dropped normally into Alexandria before heading towards Cairo. That’s possible extreme-wahabbism covered then. . . FlightRadar24 has a lot of info on twitter: https://twitter.com/flightradar24 but MS181 Radar track doesn’t show the Saudi arc. . .
Confusingly, Gulfnews mention Egyptian reports that the alleged hijacker is a professor of veterinary medicine at Alexandria university, who’s on a “domestic” to see an ex-wife who lives in Cyprus! Hopefully it can all be resolved with a nice cup of tea?
Sky news on hijack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg
If the man is wearing a suicide belt – how can it not be terror?
http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-airplane-hijacking-idUKKCN0WV0CP
An Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man apparently distressed over a family matter.
After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport, the hijacker released all the people onboard except four foreign passengers and the crew following negotiations, EgyptAir said.
About 60 people, including seven crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320, Egyptian and Cypriot officials said.
The pilot reported that the man was strapped with explosives, although this was not confirmed.
Citing security sources, Cypriot state media said that the motives of the hijacker appeared personal and he had asked to contact his ex-wife, who lives in Cyprus.
“It is not something which has to do with terrorism,” Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades told reporters.
Asked if a woman was involved he said “There is always a woman involved.”
If he is wearing a suicide belt, does that mean the Eygptian staff let him board a plane wearing a suicide belt,
that would be a bit off.
I wonder if he is a lone wolf?
FIVE EYES
NEW ZEALAND
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waihopai_Station
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/05/new-zealand-spying-on-pacific-allies-for-five-eyes-and-nsa-snowden-files-show
More debris from MH370, or so they say:
http://www.ibtimes.com/flight-mh370-update-malaysia-confirms-more-suspected-plane-debris-recovered-south-2344685
This will cause some chatter I suspect .
ASTONISHING claims the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 flew over a tiny island in the Maldives and crashed nearby have finally been ruled out by investigators.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/586508/MH370-It-s-not-here-Maldives-air-chief-denies-missing-plane-crashed-on-tiny-island
MH370 Operational Search Update—
30 March 2016
http://jacc.gov.au/families/operational_reports/opsearch-update-20160330.aspx
@Q watch the start of this video it seems PW bought himself a last minute ticket and then forgot when it was for very odd IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3GAYkJUzIE
It seems that Sara Bajc no luck longer grants interviews. Her Twitter account refers requests to Grace Nathan, featured here in an interview.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-22/broken-hearts-won-t-mend-as-malaysia-airline-hunt-nears-one-year
A final farewell to PW from Sara Bajc on the second anniversary of the downing of MH370, March 8, 2016.
https://m.facebook.com/findingphilipwood370/
Blaine Alan Gibson made a comment on FPW Facebook.
Throwing out lawsuits, like throwing out people:
http://m.voanews.com/a/court-dismisses-malaysia-airlines-bid-to-strike-out-mh370-suit/3260929.html
Why is this not surprising?
Meanwhile, some don’t find it reassuring that the search will continue where it has been, despite evidence that may suggest they’re wrong:
http://m.traveller24.news24.com/Traveller/News/Flights/mh370-call-to-search-africa-coastline-for-missing-plane-20160330
March 8: a significant date for this keel-laying ceremony, as Malaysia runs to Australia with threats of a “pushback” to China.
http://www.update.ph/2016/03/malaysia-threatens-pushback-against-china/3297
I have wondered over the past two years why Malaysia Airlines did not give the flight number MH88 to Beijing. Other airlines do this, with various “8” combinations for Beijing routes. As you can see, it’s assigned to Narita, Japan.
https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/mh88
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dawn_8:_Gulf_of_Aden
Operation Dawn 8: the number 8 is very significant for the Royal Malaysian Navy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PASKAL
See MT Orkim Harmony hijacking on 11 June 2015 for place names and those involved.
“On 11 June 2015, eight Indonesian pirates hijacked the MT Orkim Harmony, a Malaysian tanker at 8:54 p.m. MST (UTC+08:00) during its way from Malacca to Kuantan Port in the waters of Tanjung Sedili, Kota Tinggi, Johor at 2°8.90′N 104°27.30′E. During the hijack, a crew of 22 was on board the tanker including 16 Malaysians, five Indonesians and one Myanmar national. The tanker was loaded with 6,000 metric tonnes of petrol worth around 21 million ringgit (US$5.6 million). All the eight hijackers were armed with pistols and parangs. On 17 June, an Australian air force Lockheed AP-3C Orion reconnaissance plane, flying from its base in Malaysia’s northern Penang state, spotted the missing tanker in the Gulf of Thailand within the Cambodian-Vietnamese maritime border. According to them, the tanker had been repainted from blue to black and renamed Kim Harmon. Malaysian authorities co-operate with an authorities of Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand to track and intercept the tanker in Cambodian waters. In reaction to the Australian report, RMN and MMEA vessels, who were put on standby, and Navy counter-terrorism forces PASKAL were deployed to the area and, on 19 June, the tanker was spotted at 9°10′N 103°10′E. The pirates on board the tanker instructed them to retreat for about five nautical miles (9 kilometres) from the tanker located and threatened to kill the crew’s families if the tanker’s captain leaked the pirates plan to leave the tanker to the Malaysian authorities. Some hours later, eight Indonesians who were suspected as the pirates were seen near Thổ Chu Island and as they were approached by the Vietnam Border Defense Force (VBDF) and VCG, the Indonesians claimed they were from a fishing boat that sank.”
What did the pilgrim from Johor see from the air on the night MH370 vanished? Something that is not on any official public reord? Something no one wanted to admit to?
In six days, the hijackers repainted and renamed the oil tanker? And that’s not a “conspiracy theory” but fact?
Having your photograph taken with a hijacker
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35923820
Four Australian Air Force Lockheed AP-3C Orion reconnaissance planes were used in the search for Flight 370:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AP-3C_Orion
Wiki partially wrong, partially right. The pirates painted over three letters only:
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/hijacked-tanker-did-not-enter-cambodian-waters-officials-say-85891/
https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/68/689224_malaysia-mali-somalia-turkish-task-group-ends-antipiracy.html
Operation Fajar was a joint venture with Turkey et al. It was to have ended in 2014.
Then came this:
https://www.rt.com/news/331800-somalia-plane-bomber-turkish/
Had there already been retaliation against Malaysia at this point? The Horn of Africa is where wreckage from MH370 has washed ashore, after all. Is this what the Malaysian government is trying to hide, because they’re sure hiding something.
Correction: the date for Malaysia’s termination for OF was late 2013. In March of 2014, MH370 vanished.
Was MH370 a “Captain Phillips” scenario with a cargo of “fresh mangosteen”?
Potential wreckage found at Cape of Good Hope.
Sorry, had a moment.
Malaysia sent a message to the Somali pirates, as they were sent to jail in September 2013:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-02-11-malaysia-pirates_N.htm
http://www.safety4sea.com/somali-pirates-sentenced-in-malaysia/
The Russian approach is harsher:
http://www.theweek.co.uk/politics/14701/russian-navy-%E2%80%98sent-somali-pirates-their-death%E2%80%99
Russia was threatened with poor treatment from pirates in the future. How about Malaysia? MH370 vanished less than six months later.
A further glitch in the works between Turkey and Malaysia over Anwar Ibrahim, who sought refuge in the Turkish embassy:
http://www.turkishweekly.net/2014/01/20/comment/-a-new-page-in-turkey-malaysia-relations/
PM Erdogan visited Malaysia on January 10, 2014.
Turkish Airlines had several direct flights a week between Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur in 2013. This was a new development.
http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/corporate/announcements/announcement/kuala-lumpur-flights-has-changed
A Somali terrorist mistakenly placed a bomb on the wrong airline, a bomb meant for Turkish Airlines…
Flydubai to Somaliland:
http://www.anna.aero/2015/06/12/flydubai-debuts-somalias-second-city/
Ahoy, mateys. There be pirates in the deeps around Réunion Island, Mafagascar, the Comoros, etc.:
http://www.igpandi.org/article/eu-and-mauritius-sign-an-agreement-for-transfer-of-suspected-pirates
Searching for pirates on behalf of EU NAVFOR is the FS Floreal:
http://eunavfor.eu/eu-navfor-welcomes-french-frigate-fs-floreal-2/
Looks promising.
http://www.lexpress.mu/article/278815/rodrigues-decouverte-dun-debris-davion
Seems like a good time to bring this up again:
https://dissention.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/did-the-usa-accidentally-shoot-down-mh370-off-diego-garcia/
What do you know: the evicted Chagosdians are in Mauritius, too.
Chagossians.
https://next.ft.com/content/7ff172c4-4a76-11e5-9b5d-89a026fda5c9
New subtitle for CM: disappearing atolls?
It might be an idea for beachcombers to carry a Geiger counter and proceed with caution.
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-29-chagos-islands-britains-last-african-outpost-shows-why-independence-was-necessary/
The world was starting to take notice of the plight of the Chagossians when MH370 went down. Is it possible that the Chagos Islanders and their descendants were perceived as a threat to Diego Garcia by March 2014? Are there any Chagossian militant movements?
Thinking of it this way paves the way for the blogger’s theory of an errant, non-responsive passenger airliner being accidentally shot down near Diego Garcia, thus a coverup. Comments are interesting.
Debris drifting from Diego Garcia or coral atolls nearby to Mauritius and Reunion? Possible. If there was a coverup as alleged, there is no way every bit of debris could be recovered. Worth a read, including comments, IMO:
https://dissention.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/did-the-usa-accidentally-shoot-down-mh370-off-diego-garcia/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/david-miliband-rushed-in-chagos-islands-protection-order-9776069.html
http://www.wiomsa.org/marine-biodiversity-of-reunion-island-needs-your-help/
Are marine protected areas about politics and sovereignty, or protection of flora and fauna? Reunion Island has one, too, and it’s been bad for surf tourism and the local economy.
Blue areas north of DG are not visible on Google Earth why?
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Diego+Garcia/@-6.0517059,71.2011924,423363m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x249273fe6d69b0ad:0x3b3c07570eb0d1c5?hl=en
Other areas obscured by grid marks why?
Given that this is a constant over time, it is unlikely to be a single-event glitch.
http://thebulletin.org/diego-garcia-thorn-side-africas-nuclear-weapon-free-zone
“A recent editorial in the Mauritius Times called on the government to broaden its ongoing bilateral negotiations (which will resume in London in October) with the FCO on the Chagos Archipelago to include U.S. authorities (pointedly referring to President Barack Obama’s Prague speech), with a view toward making Diego Garcia nuclear-weapon-free. Until that time, in the eyes of Mauritius and the other African signatories to the Pelindaba Treaty, Mauritius will not be able to meet its treaty obligations.”
Is it really about nuclear weapons and nuclear waste dumping, and could that have made DG a target in March 2014? What if a non-responding passenger plane ventured too close?
Cameron: Terrorists Want Nuclear Materials & I will stop them
http://news.sky.com/story/1670713/cameron-terrorists-want-nuclear-materials
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35941675
United States of America are upset of airstrikes in Damascus
I wonder if they got upset over bombing Hiroshima?