Have a couple of issues with that report...

"Relatives of the missing passengers are angry that Inmarsat worked out within 24 hours that MH370 was likely to have crashed where the search is now concentrated, but it took a further 10 days for rescue teams to act on the information."

"But a source involved in the police investigation told The Telegraph: “We are still clueless. We have not collected anything suspicious.”"

Can't believe that all the flight crew decided to commit suicide.

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expect more of these stories, until some wreckage is found.

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Well with that frontal system moving into that area it'll just push any floating debris that much closer to Perth and it could be sometime before the search can recommence (just remember that we're talking about the Roaring 40's here).

Cheers.

Can't believe that all the flight crew decided to commit suicide.

I dunno, it only has to be the pilot or co pilot, he just has to lock out the rest of the crew out and decide to crash the place. It does take a special kind of supreme selfishness to commit suicide and take everyone on the plane with you.

Live Update: Answers Demanded

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Can't believe that all the flight crew decided to commit suicide.

I dunno, it only has to be the pilot or co pilot, he just has to lock out the rest of the crew out and decide to crash the place. It does take a special kind of supreme selfishness to commit suicide and take everyone on the plane with you.

Or...

Was it against some passenger or passengers and everyone else were unfortunates on the 'wrong' plane?

Or...

Insurance payout?

Political/Religious act?


'Hijackers' would have been filling the news with their boasts by now so that looks an unlikely angle.

The key aspect is that the pilot/pilots went to great length to try to disappear quietly without trace. They very very nearly succeeded except for the (likely unknown/unexpected) operation of the Inmarsat system...


Or... Coincidence or any reason for tracking parallel to a sparse string of islands?

So... Why such an elaborate way to go? There are far easier ways...


Condolences for those lost,
Martin

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10 interesting questions....

10 questions remaining unresolved

122 new objects found

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More debris has been spotted by a Thai satellite floating 2700km/1678 miles SW of Perth.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/thai-satellite-spots-300-objects-in-search-for-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370/story-fnizu68q-1226867213460

A THAI satellite has spotted 300 floating objects, but hopes of a breakthrough in the search for MH370 are likely to be frustrated by another day of bad weather.

Last night, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority tweeted that bad weather was expected in the search zone for the next 24 hours.

“Ships staying in search area & will attempt to continue searching but all planes returning,” AMSA tweeted.

The objects detected by the satellite range from two to 16 metres in length....

Now if someone out in the zone can actually pick up some of these pieces so as to confirm that they are from that flight.

Cheers.

It is most likely that at this late date not much more evidence can be found on the surface and over two weeks that debris has most likely drifted a long way. Tracking back to the point where the plane actually hit the water to look for sunken evidence will be harder than finding that needle in a haystack. If they are convinced that the plane really crashed who is going to fund a further search? It's been over 70 years since Amelia Earhart was lost flying over the Pacific ocean and we still don't know what happened to her and I doubt that we will ever know much more than is known now about the Malaysian B777.

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My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Search moves 1000km/600miles NE of original search zone, 1850km/1150 miles east of Perth.

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/search-for-missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-shifts-to-new-area-west-of-perth/story-fnizu68q-1226867213460

NEW analysis of radar data from Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370’s initial hour in the air indicates the plane flew faster and crashed sooner than previously thought.

The search off Perth has today shifted dramatically, more than 1000km northeast and closer to the Australian coast, after Malaysian authorities shared a new “a new credible lead”.

On day 21 of the search John Young, manager of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s emergency response division, said this afternoon that four planes were in the area, and that six ships were on the way to the new zone, which was “now our best place to go”.

I'm starting to wonder if anyone really has a clue at all in this search. :-(

Cheers.

Over 1 billion spent in search for MH370.

The air crash investigation into the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is likely to be based in Australia, amid a push for the wreckage and the black box to be scrutinised here.

In a day of significant developments in the search for the lost flight, the Malaysian government announced it won't establish an inquiry until the black box - or flight recorder - is found, something that could take years, if it is even discovered at all.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/push-to-take-control-australia-to-lead-the-probe-into-mh370-20140328-35onf.html

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CNN, just reported the men with the stolen passports. I don't know if they found one item from the plane. Mentioned, passengers may be alive???

I hope something or someone is found.

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Chinese & Australian ships draws a blank

Think Wiggo said it best....

I'm starting to wonder if anyone really has a clue at all in this search. :-(

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Chinese & Australian ships draws a blank

Think Wiggo said it best....

I'm starting to wonder if anyone really has a clue at all in this search. :-(

+1

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CNN, just reported the men with the stolen passports. I don't know if they found one item from the plane. Mentioned, passengers may be alive???

I hope something or someone is found.

I can't find anything about this lead.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Probably hoping that it landed somewhere as there is no way there could be any survivors after 21 days in the roaring forties!

I am still amazed that in today's "small" world that such a thing can occur with NOBODY having any clue!

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Flotsam was being picked out of the sea late yesterday (my time), but nothing that could be confirmed as being from that flight as yet.

Cheers.

Missing Malaysia Airlines: What We Know Now

Video with link.

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Still no sign of missing jet.

Malaysian authorities have issued a new version of the last communication between air traffic control and the cockpit of the missing flight MH370.

The last words spoken were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero" - and not "all right, good night" as reported.


MH370: New account of cockpit last words

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With today's technological advances, what surprises me is that there is no emergency backup transmission capability. For example, we know that flight recorders are situated in the tail.

Why not have a small transmitter located there so when all electronic contact from the cockpit is lost it automatically transmit a signal, say once a minute to all radar sites within the area so that the signal can be triangulated.

While that is happening the ATC can continue to try to contact the aircraft, if/when no joy and it disappears off the radar scopes, it would enable any search to search within it's last known position.

With the transmitter inaccessible to flight crew it can continue broadcasting until it either hits the water or disintegrates in the air.

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