Thread: Air Malaysia missing.

Originally Posted by Eevo

why come forward now after all these years?

Is there a reward? At the very least, a survey by a modern minesweeper should determine if there is anything down there. If only to discount it. Conspiracy theorists will have a ball with this.

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Why wait 5 years to come forward? It smells worse then a dead dogs donga!

I'm very reluctant to ask, but how do you know that?

Originally Posted by bob10

I'm very reluctant to ask, but how do you know that?

Logic dictates

Originally Posted by Eevo

why come forward now after all these years?

That is easily explained.

It was the same reason I was late for lunch a couple of days ago.

He was a fisherman. He was probably on his way to report to the authorities immediately after the event, but he came across a hungry school of fish. Like me, he couldn't leave while the fish were biting so well.

And he had an illegal catch on board?

Originally Posted by bob10

Is there a reward? At the very least, a survey by a modern minesweeper should determine if there is anything down there. If only to discount it. Conspiracy theorists will have a ball with this.

Not necessarily that simple - depending on the water depth, a large area would need to be scanned, taking a significant budget. Look at the time taken to find parts of the Lion Air plane in shallow water with impact location definitely and accurately known. And if the water is deep, think Air France.

Originally Posted by p38arover

And he had an illegal catch on board?

Pirate activity in the Malacca Straits is amongst the highest in the World, and it was common belief all fishermen carried out piracy if the situation presented itself. Part of our job on our Far East deployments was piracy patrol, which we carried out on Vampire in 1968/69.. It is also one of the busiest, if not the busiest, Straits in the World. It beggers belief that an aircraft of that size could splash down, and not be noticed by a multitude of people. Too many unanswered questions for this to be given much credibility. But, one must keep an open mind. One must also not fall for the trap of chasing shadows across the World looking for answers.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Not necessarily that simple - depending on the water depth, a large area would need to be scanned, taking a significant budget. Look at the time taken to find parts of the Lion Air plane in shallow water with impact location definitely and accurately known. And if the water is deep, think Air France.

I see your point. The depth of water in the Malacca Straits averages at about 25 metres. That is in the shipping channel, not sure of the depth where this fellow says the plane came down. Large ships have to divert to the Sunda Strait to find enough water. The Malacca Straits are like a funnel, about 300 km wide at the northern end [ where he says the incident occurred] to just a few km's at the southern end. It can make for a strong tidal run at different states of the tide. Depending on the tide, you would think any floating wreckage would be spread far and wide, up and down the Straits. I'm afraid I'm a sceptic . The GPS marks for this reported crash are 04.58.741N 098.41.741E. Might try to google Earth that.