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What is everyone's opinions on this issue? What does it say about the technology we use in aviation? Do you think that the Malaysian Government Officials are withholding information that we could use to help find this airplane?
I believe that there is WAY more to this story than what we the people, and what our (the U.S.) Government is being told.
I believe that there is WAY more to this story than what we the people, and what our (the U.S.) Government is being told.
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Posted 10 y ago
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From what little I can garner. It sounds like it had a catastrophic electrical failure. It did a 180 dropped down to better spot land flew back over the island and flew until it ran out of gas since they missed seeing the island due to weather. I was the N2 Operations Watch Chief in Diego Garcia a Long Time Ago. There would be no reason to be heavily monitoring that area. Sounds like just bad luck all the way around. I will say that it will give plenty of exercise and practice for ASW and Sub Rescue folks for those with the money and capability.
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This is my theory and I'm so serious. The plane is in space. Does that not explain everything???
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When I first saw this, and the stories about stolen passports, etc. came out, I really thought it was a terrorist act. As this unfolds, there's so many incongruent things being reported I have no idea what to think. I don't think it was a terrorist act at this point, but...?
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I for one don't believe it ditched in the ocean. I feel it landed somewhere on land. I may be wrong, but I just don't think it's in the ocean.
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Personally, I believe that if a plane crashed into the ocean, anywhere in on the globe, some satellite would be tracking that debris from space. If there are satellites in space that can map out locations for us on our phones and other electronics, they'd be more than capable of spotting wreckage. We, the people, aren't being told enough about what actually happened. There are numerous countries involved in "finding the wreckage", but not one of them has spotted much of anything at all. I think there's a bigger story that we can't/don't know.
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Originally, I thought that maybe it had been hijacked and secretly flown somewhere else... now, I think I have to revise my position based on something that just occurred to me: Terrorists COULD have turned off the plane's beacons and transmitters - too easy. I think the problem with that theory is the prevalence of smart phones - even in third world countries. Yes, a lot of people turn their phones off in flight or put them in airplane mode - but many don't. Those phones that are not off would still be sending out beacons looking for cell towers which should have been picked up somewhere once the plane got close enough to the ground again. Unless the terrorists managed to find all of the phones and turn them off, even dead passenger phones would show up on cell tower records. Now it is possible that no one has really scanned cell tower records for reports that are cross-referenced against the passenger manifest, so that may be information we don't have yet.
Right now, I have to think that the plane crashed - probably as a reaction to an attempted hijacking.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
Agree that jammers are cheap - however, jammers work be overloading the nearby radios with random signal. Although the overly strong signal from a jammer wouldn't connect to a cell tower, it would be received by the tower. That data could be used to still triangulate the position of the plane.
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Sir, respectfully, the range of jammers can have a diameter as small as 12 feet. They wouldn't need very strong signals since they'd only need to blackout a diameter of a couple hundred feet (the length of the plane), and at that range they wouldn't be pinging cell towers.
It seems we will have differing opinions based on our varied experiences, Sir, but this was an interesting discussion nonetheless.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
SPC Thundercloud, I agree that the jamming range would be limited - (usually between 100' and 200') - but that is only the range where the jamming signal would be stronger than the cell phone signals themselves (I think). The jammer would need to be transmitting a more powerful signal that the cell phones in order to disrupt their transmission - and that signal should, in theory, be detectable by the cell towers. However, I am absolutely no expert in the jamming arena, and would happily defer to someone who is. Or, I suppose I can go learn up on jammers and how they work! I always enjoy a good conversation and learning new things. Thanks!
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the jamming would jam the phones from receiving not sending, that signal would still be sent out. they just wouldn't receive a response.
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I think, they are mystified and lost in the sauce, now that the US is involved well get to the bottom of this awful flight. God Bless all of them.
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