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Renew Deal

(81,844 posts) Sat Mar 15, 2014, 02:34 AM Mar 2014

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Malaysian presser: Plane either went to N. Kazakhstan/Turkmenistan or Southern Indian Ocean

Last communication with satellite 8:11AM Malaysian time. That's 7 hours after transponders were turned off. Could they keep passengers calm that long?

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Malaysian presser: Plane either went to N. Kazakhstan/Turkmenistan or Southern Indian Ocean (Original Post) Renew Deal Mar 2014 OP

If they knew what they were doing they could lower the cabin pressure and put 'em all to sleep... MADem Mar 2014 #1

So, the Asia version of saying "Could be the Yukon, could be Guatemala"? Scootaloo Mar 2014 #2

They would have turned off the oxygen. Ava Gadro Mar 2014 #3

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. If they knew what they were doing they could lower the cabin pressure and put 'em all to sleep...

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Sat Mar 15, 2014, 02:37 AM

Mar 2014

They'd wear oxygen masks to stay awake....?

Where is this plane?

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

2. So, the Asia version of saying "Could be the Yukon, could be Guatemala"?

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Sat Mar 15, 2014, 03:19 AM

Mar 2014

Ava Gadro

(36 posts)

3. They would have turned off the oxygen.

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Sat Mar 15, 2014, 06:47 AM

Mar 2014

The passengers would have gone to sleep and then died of hypoxia fairly quickly.

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