Terrorists generally would have claimed this by now. I'm also leaning toward some very unlucky drug smugglers. Thousands of stolen passports are used every year. We just don't know about them because this level of public scrutiny on the passenger manifest doesn't happen unless the plane goes down.
I remember watching a Lifetime movie based on a true story of a plane's roof ripping off mid-air and people getting sucked out into the sky. I had nightmares for weeks after that.
You don't need a visa for China if you are connecting under a certain amount of time an never leave the airport.
I can't think of a group that would benefit from attacking a plane filled primarily with Chinese and Malaysian nationals though. I've routed through China a few times from KL to Europe and H used to take that flight for work--by far the vast majority of the people on flights between the two countries are citizens of one or another. Although you can route through China it's not really a common thing for non-Asians to be doing.
I don't know. I was also thinking Southern Thai separatists, but why they would care to blow up a plane primarily full of Chinese people I don't really know.
Wouldn't it make a lot more sense for them to go after something domestically--and probably something into or out of KB? Security for domestic flights in Makaysia is a lot more lax than international ones. Why involve the Chinese over a Malaysian border issue?
I've only ever flown within Canada, and my passport was glanced at (it never even left my hand). All they did was verify my picture and name and then they waved me through. I remember thinking that it wasn't very secure. Is that not how it typically goes down? Is there normally some cross referencing?
I've only ever flown within Canada, and my passport was glanced at (it never even left my hand). All they did was verify my picture and name and then they waved me through. I remember thinking that it wasn't very secure. Is that not how it typically goes down? Is there normally some cross referencing?
I guess there really isn't if you fly domestically. I mean when we fly within the US they look at your driver's license to make sure it is not a fake and they check it against your ticket, but that is it. When you fly internationally out of the US they scan your passport, so I imagine there would be an alert if it was stolen. I have never flown in Asia though.
I remember watching a Lifetime movie based on a true story of a plane's roof ripping off mid-air and people getting sucked out into the sky. I had nightmares for weeks after that.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
I remember watching a Lifetime movie based on a true story of a plane's roof ripping off mid-air and people getting sucked out into the sky. I had nightmares for weeks after that.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
Which also makes sense that they never had the chance to make a distress call at all.
I remember watching a Lifetime movie based on a true story of a plane's roof ripping off mid-air and people getting sucked out into the sky. I had nightmares for weeks after that.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:Â
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.Â
"Six pairs of seats, in Rows 8-10, were also missing. All had been occupied."
If it makes you feel any better, I know three people who were killed when they were hit by cars crossing the road (all separate incidents), two people with homes that were hit by lighting, and one person who was actually hit by lightning. I know nobody who has been in a commercial plane crash.
Post by wanderlustfoodie on Mar 9, 2014 16:54:50 GMT -5
My gut instinct is that this was a hijacking. It seems much more plausible that people could invade the cockpit than board a plane with a bomb. But then I keep going to back to the fact that there was no mayday over the radio. I feel like if people invaded the cockpit the air traffic control would still hear. Which then makes me wonder if this was an intentional act by the pilot. Seems so far fetched but so does getting a bomb on a plane.
To me it doesn't seem like the plane exploded midair given that the oil slicks were relatively close to one another and I feel like if the plane exploded midair the debris field would be wider.
I am anything but an expert. This is purely my conjecture.
I fly all the time but stories like this really rattle me. There's nothing like a plane crash to get people panicking.
I can't get too scared about it because the fact is there are thousands of flights daily, and so rarely are there occurences ending in death. Two weeks ago there was a 104 car pile up on the freeway with 30 injuries and 1 death. There's a hit and run (involving death) epidemic here in Denver, another one happened last night.
Is the thought of a crash while flying terrifying? Absolutely. But the chances of it happening are far more slim than other random accidents traveling by other methods.
I can't get too scared about it because the fact is there are thousands of flights daily, and so rarely are there occurences ending in death. Two weeks ago there was a 104 car pile up on the freeway with 30 injuries and 1 death. There's a hit and run (involving death) epidemic here in Denver, another one happened last night.
Is the thought of a crash while flying terrifying? Absolutely. But the chances of it happening are far more slim than other random accidents traveling by other methods.
We took a taxi on our way to the airport, so I was able to look around more closely at the cars around us than I do when I'm driving. Oh my gosh. It was terrifying. EVERYONE is texting while driving. It's a miracle I haven't been in a terrible wreck yet.
I remember watching a Lifetime movie based on a true story of a plane's roof ripping off mid-air and people getting sucked out into the sky. I had nightmares for weeks after that.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
You mean a Lifetime movie was a sensational over-exaggeration of reality? Surely you jest.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
You mean a Lifetime movie was a sensational over-exaggeration of reality? Surely you jest.
What I want to know is whether there was a bulimic beauty queen who had been abused by her husband but was getting a fresh start with the help of her entrepreneur best friend.
You mean a Lifetime movie was a sensational over-exaggeration of reality? Surely you jest.
What I want to know is whether there was a bulimic beauty queen who had been abused by her husband but was getting a fresh start with the help of her entrepreneur best friend.Â
there was a doctor, a paraplegic, a musician, a fugitive, a pregnant lady, a con artist, a torturer, 2 Koreans, and some other people who don't matter.
I remember watching a Lifetime movie based on a true story of a plane's roof ripping off mid-air and people getting sucked out into the sky. I had nightmares for weeks after that.
Miracle Landing.
Watched that movie over and over when I was a kid. Not sure why, though. Only one person died...a flight attendant.
It was one of those movies that, while I know was exaggerated, scared the crap out of me and stuck in my head. Much like how watching Jaws at a sleepover in 2nd grade made me fear the ocean.
I have to take Xanax when flying now.
I hope the families of the victims get some answers soon.
A friend with a weird fascination of olane crashes assured me that when a plane loses altitude quickly that those on board pass out really quickly.
Am hoping that is true and people basically fell asleep before the plane's demise.
That's what I thought but then weren't the pilots of the Air France flight talking to each other until the plane hit the water (not realizing they were free-falling)?
A friend with a weird fascination of olane crashes assured me that when a plane loses altitude quickly that those on board pass out really quickly.
Am hoping that is true and people basically fell asleep before the plane's demise.
That's what I thought but then weren't the pilots of the Air France flight talking to each other until the plane hit the water (not realizing they were free-falling)?
Maybe it's different for the pressure in the cockpit?
From the wiki article I read there was a good bit of time between the autopilot malfunctioning and the pilots to make a series of errors leading to stall. I hope the passengers weren't fully aware of what was going on.
I hope whatever it was was instantaneous and none of them suffered/were aware of what was happening. I cannot even imagine what I would feel/think if we were going down and I was 100% aware of what was happening. That is one of the most terrifying things I can think about.
And I can't imagine the parents of the little kids trying to comfort their kids while the plane is going down
I remember watching a Lifetime movie based on a true story of a plane's roof ripping off mid-air and people getting sucked out into the sky. I had nightmares for weeks after that.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
But Final Destination!
That movie freaked me out too! lol
BTW, what is cooter juice?? Do I even want to know?
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
But see, when that happened, only one person was actually killed, the flight attendant who was standing in the aisles. The plane landed safely and everyone else on the plane survived.
Also, this happened a couple years ago on a Southwest flight and nobody was killed then either, and the plane landed safely:
These stories go to show you that a plane can take a LOT of damage before crashing. So whatever happened here had to have been very quick and catastrophic.
But Final Destination!
I'm convinced it was that movie that gave me my fear of flying
Post by wanderlustfoodie on Mar 9, 2014 19:53:45 GMT -5
Some new developments here, which, by the way, completely cut against my previously-noted instinct, proving I should just keep my theories to myself and leave this to the experts
Where the hell is this plane?? Why isn't the black box transponder working?
This is becoming really bizarre. If I'm remembering correctly, pieces of the Air France plane were found not long after the plane disappeared, and it crashed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean! You're dealing with less water here.
The only other theory I have is that it crashed in a really remote area of Southeast Asia, but it's such a populated region that I find it hard to believe that it could crash in the most remote of locations and not a single person would know about it after this many days.