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  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Plane beyond reasonable doubt that the plane crashed in Southern Indian Ocean
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    The following SMS message has been sent to relatives: "Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has been lost and that none of those on board survived. As you will hear in the next hour from Malaysia's Prime Minister, we must now accept all evidence suggests the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean."
  • Shag
    Shag Posts: 4,555
    MSE7 says its not lost and that it's still flying , fact .
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    I no as always he will be proved right.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    So Sad. R.I.P to the passengers and crew. Gutting for the families.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,446
    Families notified by text, classy.

    Thoughts are with them, RIP to the passengers.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    The plane was supposed to be flying to Beijing?
    They are saying it ended up totally in the opposite direction.
    Can't see it being pilot error.
    More to come but it looks like it was a hijack or pilot suicide mission.
    If the latter surely he would have dumped the plane earlier.
    Still a mystery and we might never find out the truth.
    Scary stuff.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    SELR_addicks said:

    Families notified by text, classy.

    Thoughts are with them, RIP to the passengers.

    Guess they knew it was about to break with the media how it is. Not ideal but better than finding out through TV/the internet when you see a story.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    And obviously an awful thing to have to hear either way.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Families informed face to face.
    Confirmation by text where they were not contactable directly and as a confirmation to those they had already seen as a precursor to the PM's announcement.
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  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    Wonder what CNN will report on now they have found the plane seeing as it was all they talked about.
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    Just arrived in Kuala Lumper from Bangkok. Flight starts with attendant announcing over com that the Malaysian flight wreckage had been found and can we have a minutes silence and pray for the victims and families. Fine, but unfortunately then followed by the most turbulent take off and also landing I've ever experienced. I don't like flying anyway so not a fun flight.

    Horrible time for the families. At least the plane has been confirmed, the families know for sure and things can move on to the next stage.
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    DRAddick said:

    Just arrived in Kuala Lumper from Bangkok. Flight starts with attendant announcing over com that the Malaysian flight wreckage had been found and can we have a minutes silence and pray for the victims and families. Fine, but unfortunately then followed by the most turbulent take off and also landing I've ever experienced. I don't like flying anyway so not a fun flight.

    Horrible time for the families. At least the plane has been confirmed, the families know for sure and things can move on to the next stage.

    Well, whilst they have officially concluded that the plane crashed into the southern portion of the Indian Ocean they certainly have not found the plane wreckage just yet.

    Could take quite some time too as apparently the weather is taking a turn for the worse out there.
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    Ormiston Addick said:

    DRAddick said:

    Just arrived in Kuala Lumper from Bangkok. Flight starts with attendant announcing over com that the Malaysian flight wreckage had been found and can we have a minutes silence and pray for the victims and families. Fine, but unfortunately then followed by the most turbulent take off and also landing I've ever experienced. I don't like flying anyway so not a fun flight.

    Horrible time for the families. At least the plane has been confirmed, the families know for sure and things can move on to the next stage.

    Well, whilst they have officially concluded that the plane crashed into the southern portion of the Indian Ocean they certainly have not found the plane wreckage just yet.

    Could take quite some time too as apparently the weather is taking a turn for the worse out there.
    Must have lost something in the translation. Still not really confirmed 100% then. Tough for the families, thoughts are with them.

  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,917
    Absurdistan said:

    The plane was supposed to be flying to Beijing?
    They are saying it ended up totally in the opposite direction.
    Can't see it being pilot error.
    More to come but it looks like it was a hijack or pilot suicide mission.
    If the latter surely he would have dumped the plane earlier.
    Still a mystery and we might never find out the truth.
    Scary stuff.

    The only thing certain is it was deliberate, you dont fly in the complete opposite direction if you have plane troubles.... thats pretty much been known for the last week or so. What they need to find out, is why.. so they can rule out more potential hijackings
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Possible debris washed up on the coast of a French island in the Indian Ocean?
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    It has got to be it. No other 777 has crashed in recent times
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    cafcnick1992 said:

    It has got to be it. No other 777 has crashed in recent times

    Certainly none ever in the southern hemisphere.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    The_President said:

    cafcnick1992 said:

    It has got to be it. No other 777 has crashed in recent times

    Certainly none ever in the southern hemisphere.
    None anywhere!
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    shine166 said:



    Absurdistan said:

    The plane was supposed to be flying to Beijing?
    They are saying it ended up totally in the opposite direction.
    Can't see it being pilot error.
    More to come but it looks like it was a hijack or pilot suicide mission.
    If the latter surely he would have dumped the plane earlier.
    Still a mystery and we might never find out the truth.
    Scary stuff.

    The only thing certain is it was deliberate, you dont fly in the complete opposite direction if you have plane troubles.... thats pretty much been known for the last week or so. What they need to find out, is why.. so they can rule out more potential hijackings
    Im sure if it was caused by hijackers/terrorists someone would have claimed responsibility.
    Im suspecting that it was one of the flight crew going bok like the German Wings plane a few months ago.
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  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    More wreckage including a door with the Malaysian logo on it has washed up onReunion island
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Australian final report delivered today with no conclusive answers...

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41479910
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    edited October 2017
    The_President said:

    Australian final report delivered today with no conclusive answers...

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41479910

    Will go down as one of the true great mysteries of our time.

    And spawned an interesting and yet totally pointless conspiracy theory from CNN Aviation Expert (or something like that) Jeff Wise that the plane was hijacked by the Russians flown to Kazakhstan. Why? Well, let me tell you....

    In Googling trying to find this I found a pull quote from another interview that said "Mr. Wise admitted he has no idea why Putin would want to hijack a plane."

    The whole thing reads like a kind of mediocre action movie. I might watch it on Netflix late one night while I was half asleep and fall asleep about midway through.
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    Agree that this will be one of those never to be solved mysteries that occur happily extremely infrequently. It does surprise me that this can happen in this day and age but I guess the oceans are big places and so not that hard to understand.

    I feel very sorry for the families who will never know what happened to their loved ones, how or where they died it must be dreadful. As for the Russian hijack theory.....give me a break!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited October 2017
    I think the best we will have is a pretty good idea the pilot was behind it! We will never have more than that! I feel for the families.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    daveaddick said:

    Agree that this will be one of those never to be solved mysteries that occur happily extremely infrequently. It does surprise me that this can happen in this day and age but I guess the oceans are big places and so not that hard to understand.

    I feel very sorry for the families who will never know what happened to their loved ones, how or where they died it must be dreadful. As for the Russian hijack theory.....give me a break!

    For the record I was not advocating the theory, more laughing at its silliness.

    It's got to be awful for the families not knowing.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    edited October 2017
    Two odd stories that came out of this though was that there were 4 people who checked -in (but never made it to the check-in desk), and also there were 2 Iranians travelling on false passports on the plane. But to this day, no-one, not even the British tabloids, have found out who they were who didn't make the flight.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Unlike the plane, this thread has floated back into view again.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    edited October 2017
    The_President said:

    Two odd stories that came out of this though was that there were 4 people who checked -in (but never made it to the check-in desk), and also there were 2 Iranians travelling on false passports on the plane. But to this day, no-one, not even the British tabloids, have found out who they were who didn't make the flight.

    People travel on stolen passports all the time - especially from countries where getting a stolen passport is often easier than getting a legitimate one. People also regularly check in for flights and don't board. It's understandable that people search for conspiracy theoriea at times like this encase the truth (a plane disappearing) just seems to difficult to comprehend. But the truth of the matter is, it just isn't that easy to effectively track aircraft when a malfunction or other incident occurs that renders the crew incommunicado, with current systems. Add a massive ocean into the mix and you begin to understand the enormity of the search task begins to make more sense. Add the fact that the plane may or may not have deviated from its course...
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    I understand that people can easily get stolen passports etc., and i also accept that regularly people check in and miss the flight - however, its the fact that those 4 people who missed the flight have not come forward or been 'discovered' - even if only for them to make a bit of money in the tabloids.

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