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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHelpful image showing last known possible location of MH370
This was apparently approximately 6.5 hours(!) after last civilian radar contact. There wouldn't have been much fuel left at this point.
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Helpful image showing last known possible location of MH370 (Original Post)
morningfog
Mar 2014
OP
The purpose was not to hijack passengers. The purpose was to take the plane.
distantearlywarning
Mar 2014
#6
cloudbase
(5,513 posts)1. Looks to have been found
morningfog
(18,115 posts)2. Not funny.
catbyte
(34,362 posts)3. I still can't buy into hijacking completely. Why no passenger cell phone
communication with loved ones like on 9/11? Unless something incapacitated all passengers at once. Weird.
distantearlywarning
(4,475 posts)4. Cabin depressurization
All passengers just fall asleep, and if out long enough, expire.
One of the reports said the plane climbed to 45,000 feet during the flight - that combined with cabin depressurization would do the trick.
catbyte
(34,362 posts)5. That's why I still think it wasn't a hijack. I don't know
distantearlywarning
(4,475 posts)6. The purpose was not to hijack passengers. The purpose was to take the plane.
The passengers were just a minor inconvenience. There won't be any ransoming or demands. They just wanted the plane.
boston bean
(36,220 posts)7. Possibly, and that may be why no one has taken
responsibility for the act.
godai
(2,902 posts)10. Take the plane?
I understand but...land it somewhere, refuel etc.?
godai
(2,902 posts)8. Too high for cellphones.
Plane not equipped for plane initiated calls.
longship
(40,416 posts)15. No cell towers on the ocean. nt
B2G
(9,766 posts)11. And I was ridiculed to say
it could have been flown to Pakistan or Somalia. Uh huh.
godai
(2,902 posts)12. They were heading for Somalia after the course change.
Landed and into a hanger? A bit unbelievable.
B2G
(9,766 posts)13. I said either was reachable based on the fuel they had
Based on the latest information, Pakistan or one of the 'stans' looks increasingly likely.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)14. into the abyss - 12,000 ft deep, on average