“At present, India has put on hold the search operations for the missing airline at Andaman and Nicobar Islands upon a request by Malayasia.” That’s curious. Why did Malaysian authorities make this request? Anyway, this unnamed American diplomat’s tweet appears entirely reasonable in light of the fact that the pilot was a “fanatical” supporter of a pro-jihad, pro-Sharia politician with ties to jihad terror groups.
“‘Plane diverted to carry out terrorist activities in India,'” from The Week, March 16:
Kuala Lumpur/Washington: An American diplomat tweeted that the Malayasian airline was diverted to carry out terrorist activities in India. He supported his statement by referring to the fact stated earlier in the media about how the plane, while missing from the radar, was still seen flying around the area.
Media reports had earlier stated that the plane was hijacked. Prime Minister Najid Razak had said that the plane’s movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane.
At present, India has put on hold the search operations for the missing airline at Andaman and Nicobar Islands upon a request by Malayasia.
The airline Boeing 777-200ER has not been found since it had vanished on March 8, 2014. 239 passengers were aboard the flight which was scheduled to reach Beijing after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.
Investigators believe it was diverted by someone who knew how to switch off its communications and tracking systems.
Transmaster says
You don’t suppose the pilot intended to suicide on some important structure and some of the passagers did a flight 93
veggiedog says
Or maybe the plan is working and terror will happen soon using this plane.
jenn says
I think the biggest worry about this flight is that it disappeared from radar,turning off the transponder does not make the plane radar invisible,it can still be seen & tracked,the plane is just not transmitting its identification.
revg says
Over the middle of nowhere, everything is off the radar. Nothing disturbing about that. That is why they have a transponder to transmit location information.
Tayloch says
False. An aircraft transponder is wholly dependent and predicated on radar. When you fly out of radar range of any ATC sector, you are just simply “gone”, invisible.
What happens thus is:
1. Verbal position reports (UHF or VHF),
2. CPDLC reports via SATCOMM.
There are many parts of the world where an aircraft is, to simply say, on its own. The Indian Ocean is a very good example of this (for the context of this story).
It is far too easy to “lose” an airplane anywhere on the planet.
revg says
Yes, and no. When primary radar returns are too weak to show an aircraft on radar, the radar may still ping the transponder. Since the transponder has its own transmitted signal, it will have a much stronger return signal than the primary radar. Signal strength diminishes at the square of distance, so a transponder is effective much further than returns from primary radar.
DaveP says
The signal power does indeed decrease inversely to the square of the distance. This is also true of the reflected signal. Thus the received power at the radar is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the range. That is why a transponder is far better.
Brian C. Hoff says
They donot know where the plane is. One new site said it was head to the south pole.
mortimer says
Malaysia appears to be run by jihadists. Anything can happen in such an environment. Can Malaysia be trusted? Has the airplane been diverted for another 9-11 style attack.
Mazo says
Malaysia is not run by jhadists, Malaysia faced attacks by Jemaah Islamiyah.
And seeing as India decided to abide by the request, unless you believe Malaysian authorities have mind control powers over India, the Indians obviously saw no threat. India rejects the theory of terror attack.
http://www.firstpost.com/world/missing-malaysian-plane-why-a-911-type-india-centric-hijacking-is-not-plausible-1437021.html
http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/latest-news-missing-plane-mystery-indian-experts-reject-theory-34585.html
mortimer says
Malaysia appears to be run by jihadists. Anything can happen in such an environment. Can Malaysia be trusted? Has the airplane been diverted for another 9-11 style attack?