Two passengers may have been traveling on Stolen/lost passport on Malaysia jet

[itsrobert]

Foul play? Terrorist act?

Reported on CNN moments ago.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 top of page as breaking news.

"2 people listed as passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines plane were not on board, Austrian and Italian officials say. "

top of page as breaking news. No story other than headline on CNN as of now.

link: http://my.news.yahoo.com/conspiracy-theories-spiral-around-mh370-disappearance-145358298.html

[randome]

1. Link? Or just a wild guess?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]

[undeterred]

2. instant karma

[sufrommich]

3. Link? I haven't seen this reported. nt

[Mojo Electro]

4. Yep, I caught that too.

It was mentioned in the context of explaining that one person (and maybe another?) who was believed to be on the plane was not, but he had his passport stolen some time ago.

Edit: I take that to mean somebody else was traveling with their passport, causing them to be on the passenger list. Way to early to say it means anything.

[drm604]

5. The article in your link sources the information to godlikeproductions.com,

which is a wacky, unreliable conspiracy site.

[itsrobert]

6. well, my primary source is CNN

Not sure if they are using the wacky conspiracy site as a source. But wouldn't surprise me.

[drm604]

8. I'm not saying it's impossible.

Do you have a link to a CNN article or did you see it on TV? I guess I should turn on my TV.

[femmocrat]

12. I heard it a few minutes ago on MSNBC.

No link... their website is a waste of time.

[randome]

7. Which means, to CNN, it's probably a reliable source!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Sometimes it seems like the only purpose in life is to keep your car from touching another's.[/center][/font][hr]

[Beringia]

9. Link BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26496673


Separately, it has been reported that two passengers who were listed on the plane's manifest - an Italian and an Austrian - were not actually on the flight but had had their passports stolen in the past two years in Thailand.

[mainer]

10. I commented earlier that it was a strange time in flight cycle for a catastrophe

Reports say the plane was at 35,000 feet, so had already made a safe ascent. The fact there was no Mayday prior to its disappearance also points to a sudden catastrophe.

[stevenleser]

11. Yep, either a bomb/missile or explosive decompression or some other catastrophic explosion.

This was all over in an instant. I only hope all the people died instantly or were instantly knocked unconscious.

I fly a fair amount and my only real fear is something that essentially takes the plane out from under me and I have to endure a 30,000 ft plunge to earth fully conscious. Pretty darn unlikely, I know, but the mind has a way of picturing fearful things that are not necessarily rational.