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Malaysian Airline Flight MH370

JManslow said:
Follow @flyingwithfish to keep up to date with educated theories. Dude has DHS sources and seems to think the plane may be in Iran and the hijacking may have been state sponsored but not for use as a weapon but as technology piracy.
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LOL, what?? Iran risks getting into a war with China in order to get some old airplane technology? That's just below aliens on my list of possibilities.
 
I was looking for a list of similar incidents & happened to find this post on Reddit this morning... thought others might find it interesting:


Here's some good Air crash investigation (or similar) episodes to help become an armchair expert while we wait for more information on this incident. It's crazy how many of the ones below were thought to be terrorism before they figured things out. I love watching the intros and seeing if I'm hooked. I put the ones I consider most relevant to this incident at the top. Some crazy shit has gone down.Edit: It makes me happy many people have saved this for later, so I cleaned it up some and gave Wikipedia links too! Not sure if any of these work outside the USA, if not just search the episode title or flight number, they're easy to find, often in 5 parts. Turned into a top 34 list that has a run-time of 25.5 hours!
Vanished-Air France 447: Wikipedia, Youtube
Ghost Plane-Helios 522: Wikipedia, Youtube
LOST-Adam Air 547: Wikipedia, Youtube
Nowhere to Land-Taca 110: Wikipedia, Youtube
Fire On Board-Swiss Air 111: Wikipedia, Youtube
Fire in the Hold-Valujet 592: Wikipedia, Youtube
Fire Fight-Air Canada 797: Wikipedia, Youtube
Desperate Escape-Air France 358: Wikipedia, Youtube
Ocean Landing-Ethiopian Air 961Wikipedia, Youtube
Hudson River Runway-US Air 1549: Wikipedia, Youtube
Scratching the Surface-China Air 611: Wikipedia, Youtube
Out of Control-Japan Air 123: Wikipedia, Youtube
Fight For Your Life-Fedex 705 (!!!!): Wikipedia, Youtube
I'm the Problem-Pacific Southwest 1771: Wikipedia, Youtube
Lockerbie Disaster-Pan Am 103 (bomb): Wikipedia, Youtube
Pushed to the Limit-SilkAir Flight 185: Wikipedia, Youtube
Blow Out-British Air 5390(!!!): Wikipedia, Youtube
Titanic in the Sky-Qantas 32: Wikipedia, Youtube
Amsterdam Apartments-El Al 1862: Wikipedia, Youtube
Cleared for Disaster-US Air-1493: Wikipedia, Youtube
Flying Blind-Aeroperu 603: Wikipedia, Youtube
Speed Trap-Hughes 706: Wikipedia, Youtube
Lost in Translation-Crossair 498: Wikipedia, Youtube
Crash of the Century-Tenerife Disaster: Wikipedia, Youtube
Fight for Control-Reeve Aleutian 8: Wikipedia, Youtube
Unlocking Disaster-United 811: Wikipedia, Youtube
Hidden Danger-737 Rudder Issues: Wikipedia, Youtube, Discovery
Deadly Test-Germany 888T: Wikipedia, Youtube
Dead Tired-Colgan 3407: Wikipedia, Youtube
Pilot Betrayed-Scandanavian 751: Wikipedia, Youtube
Alarming Silence-Northwest 255: Wikipedia, Youtube
Sight Unseen-Charki Dadri Collision: Wikipedia, Youtube
Deadly Crossroads-Uberlingen Collision: Wikipedia, Youtube
Kid in the Cockpit-Aeroflot 593: Wikipedia, Youtube
playlist of most of them someone posted below.
Want more? There's also this list of pilots last words and transcripts
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HuskyDeac said:
LOL, what?? Iran risks getting into a war with China in order to get some old airplane technology? That's just below aliens on my list of possibilities.
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Beats me, this story has reached the Tyson Zone. Anything is possible.
 
JManslow said:
Follow @flyingwithfish to keep up to date with educated theories. Dude has DHS sources and seems to think the plane may be in Iran and the hijacking may have been state sponsored but not for use as a weapon but as technology piracy.
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"educated"
 
Now I'm seeing where that Iran theory was coming from. People are saying there were passengers aboard who worked for the US company Freescale, who supposedly design either airplane cloaking technology or weapons systems.
 
How would they fly over these countries airspace undetected? It's not like this thing's a Stealth Bomber.
 
The most direct route to Iran would go through India and Pakistan. Both countries are advanced enough to have developed nuclear bombs and aren't likely to allow an unidentified plane to cruise through their airspace. The Seals used stealth helicopters on the OBL raid and they were still detected by Pakistan.
 
HuskyDeac said:
LOL, what?? Iran risks getting into a war with China in order to get some old airplane technology? That's just below aliens on my list of possibilities.
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That's what I don't like about terrorism theories. Mess with the US, sure. But mess with China? That seems like asking for trouble.

HuskyDeac said:
Now I'm seeing where that Iran theory was coming from. People are saying there were passengers aboard who worked for the US company Freescale, who supposedly design either airplane cloaking technology or weapons systems.
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Oh, so this is essentially the creation of Iron Man? Sweet!
 
All the airstrips they could've landed at.
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BeachBumDeac said:
Can you land a 777 on a relatively flat, unpaved surface? It seems like that would take some SERIOUS skill
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I would imagine so. I've read it can be landed on water. Might not be pretty, but if keeping the plane intact isn't a priority, doesn't seem impossible.
 
This whole saga becomes harder and harder to believe as each day passes. Looks like it is appears to be pilot action/suicide; not what I'm sure anyone who has loved ones involved want to hear but very likely.
 
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