Thread: Air Malaysia missing.

MH 370: New Theory Is Pure Genius. Almost.

a rebuttal to the Keith Ledgerwood theory

S

Maldives island residents report sighting of 'low flying jet'

Whilst the disappearance of the Boeing 777 jet, carrying 239 passengers has left the whole world in bewilderment, several residents of Kuda Huvadhoo told Haveeru on Tuesday that they saw a "low flying jumbo jet" at around 6:15am on March 8.

They said that it was a white aircraft, with red stripes across it – which is what the Malaysia Airlines flights typically look like.

Eyewitnesses from the Kuda Huvadhoo concurred that the aeroplane was travelling North to South-East, towards the Southern tip of the Maldives – Addu. They also noted the incredibly loud noise that the flight made when it flew over the island.

"I've never seen a jet flying so low over our island before. We've seen seaplanes, but I'm sure that this was not one of those. I could even make out the doors on the plane clearly," said an eyewitness.

"It's not just me either, several other residents have reported seeing the exact same thing. Some people got out of their houses to see what was causing the tremendous noise too."

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Maldives island residents report sighting of 'low flying jet'

Whilst the disappearance of the Boeing 777 jet, carrying 239 passengers has left the whole world in bewilderment, several residents of Kuda Huvadhoo told Haveeru on Tuesday that they saw a "low flying jumbo jet" at around 6:15am on March 8.

They said that it was a white aircraft, with red stripes across it – which is what the Malaysia Airlines flights typically look like.

Eyewitnesses from the Kuda Huvadhoo concurred that the aeroplane was travelling North to South-East, towards the Southern tip of the Maldives – Addu. They also noted the incredibly loud noise that the flight made when it flew over the island.

"I've never seen a jet flying so low over our island before. We've seen seaplanes, but I'm sure that this was not one of those. I could even make out the doors on the plane clearly," said an eyewitness.

"It's not just me either, several other residents have reported seeing the exact same thing. Some people got out of their houses to see what was causing the tremendous noise too."

A look at the maps says that this sighting is incompatible with the Marisat data. I suggest that looking at the (local) time of the reported sighting may well be outside the fuel endurance. But if that is possible, it may be a clue - if the sighting is really confirmed. The history of searches for missing aircraft is littered with reports of the aircraft being sighted in places that are impossible when the crash site is eventually found.

John

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Maldives island residents report sighting of 'low flying jet'

Whilst the disappearance of the Boeing 777 jet, carrying 239 passengers has left the whole world in bewilderment, several residents of Kuda Huvadhoo told Haveeru on Tuesday that they saw a "low flying jumbo jet" at around 6:15am on March 8.

They said that it was a white aircraft, with red stripes across it – which is what the Malaysia Airlines flights typically look like.

Eyewitnesses from the Kuda Huvadhoo concurred that the aeroplane was travelling North to South-East, towards the Southern tip of the Maldives – Addu. They also noted the incredibly loud noise that the flight made when it flew over the island.

"I've never seen a jet flying so low over our island before. We've seen seaplanes, but I'm sure that this was not one of those. I could even make out the doors on the plane clearly," said an eyewitness.

"It's not just me either, several other residents have reported seeing the exact same thing. Some people got out of their houses to see what was causing the tremendous noise too."

hi chucaro, this possibly was a regular B767 flight into the Maldives

PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

posts #5835 and #5804 in the pprubne thread reference the Maldives also

quite a mystery huh ?

Interesting insight regarding the use of Bayes' Theorem: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...nd-flight-370/

I'm thinking however, that AMSA and the RAAF wouldn't be pouring the amount of resources in to their current search if they didn't have a high degree of confidence that it was the correct locality.

Ref; This Is The Most Plausible Theory For The Plane's Disappearance We've Heard Yet... | Business Insider

A few days ago, a former pilot named Chris Goodfellow articulated an entirely different theory on Google+.

The left turn is the key here. This was a very experienced senior Captain with 18,000 hours. Maybe some of the younger pilots interviewed on CNN didn’t pick up on this left turn. We old pilots were always drilled to always know the closest airport of safe harbor while in cruise. Airports behind us, airports abeam us and airports ahead of us. Always in our head. Always. Because if something happens you don’t want to be thinking what are you going to do – you already know what you are going to do. Instinctively when I saw that left turn with a direct heading I knew he was heading for an airport. Actually he was taking a direct route to Palau Langkawi a 13,000 foot strip with an approach over water at night with no obstacles. He did not turn back to Kuala Lampur because he knew he had 8,000 foot ridges to cross. He knew the terrain was friendlier towards Langkawi and also a shorter distance.

Take a look on Google Earth at this airport. This pilot did all the right things. He was confronted by some major event onboard that made him make that immediate turn back to the closest safe airport.
For me the loss of transponders and communications makes perfect sense if a fire. There was most likely a fire or electrical fire. In the case of fire the first response if to pull all the main busses and restore circuits one by one until you have isolated the bad one.

What we have here is a plausible explanation by a retired Pilot.
.

That's very interesting from an experienced pilot.

Here's a couple of theories, one is a possible meteor strike over the south china sea,the other is piracy/hi-jack, for the the cargo in the hold,money ,gold, electronics,or a very high value passenger.

just a theory

Occam's Razor is still lurking around... (the simplest explanation is usually the correct one)

One of the benefits of being born a Century ago, I can remember it being drummed into me :- "where do you put it down when the fan stops?" Not'if', but 'when'...

A pilot I knew would always fly his vintage plane like that, climb rapidly, stay high(er) and track from suitable paddock to suitable field, landing short & steep. Never incurred any damage because the landings were planned, even if the stoppages were'nt.

Whatever the technology, fundementals don't change. Forgotten, ignored, but they're still there...
It's wonderful to have Electronic Stability Control, but even better if all your tyres are correctly inflated...could make the differance between saving a skidding car 'now' or a fifth of a second too late.

When did you check yours?

Edit: Guilty..just went out and did mine....