Georg Burdicek 1 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Interesting that both the Italian and the Austrian listed in the passenger manifest are alive and state that they had not booked the flight. Both passengers had their passports stolen in Asia. This raises some suspicion...maybe an act of terror? Edited March 8, 2014 by Georg Burdicek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nabiel Haniff 1 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 It might be a bomb on board carried by the pax holding stolen italian passport ? Pray for the best and wait for the official findings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adli7 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 The spilling of oil, could it be MH370 was dumping the fuel, so it can get lighter and land at one of the small islands south of Vietnam? My wild guess... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Not to nitpick, the crash site was close to Vietnam, hence most of the news came from there. Similar to Asiana crash, most of the news came from the US. Huh? The Asiana crash in San Francisco? Of course you get more news from the US, it happened at their home soil! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newitt 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 The spilling of oil, could it be MH370 was dumping the fuel, so it can get lighter and land at one of the small islands south of Vietnam? My wild guess... No, fuel dumping at altitude would've resulted in the fuel stream evaporating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eddy Liew 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 The S&R is grilled on why it did not activate the search immediately this morning but then it can continue the search into the night? The DCA seems not able to provide much more information and cannot determine at which point the contact was lost. Cannot even say its in our area or in Vietnamese border. It appears that more information is coming in from overseas rather than from Malaysia. And its also some conspiracy theories about the Italian passport got stolen but was on the flight manifest. The DCA appears clueless. MAS is not ruling out anything, including terrorism. The DCA and team looks stressed out. Certainly a lot to answer about... and I am sure they are as shock as we are. They certainly are stressed out... given the sheer number of POB. A big learning point/lesson to all aviation authorities... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sharil Abdul Rahman 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 NTSB, FAA, Boeing are definitely going to be around when this happens. First incident involving a 777 in flight will bring out all of the questions. I hope, REALLY HOPE, we will see liferafts deployed. With people in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suzanne Goh 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Our professional writers at the star are calling this a 777-222..... Last i checked, our 777's weren't built for UA... Wanna sound like pro but don't know how to use the correct terms... http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/08/missing-mas-flight-oil-slicks-found-off-vietnam/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 No, fuel dumping at altitude would've resulted in the fuel stream evaporating. Someone on A.net mentioned about low level fuel dumping. Do you think that's possible? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kanehoshi 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) VNAF send 02 AN26 and found oil slick on the sea near Tho Chu island. Then about 23g00 tonight we will be there: 0755N - 1031852E. http://vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/thoi-su/dem-nay-co-the-tiep-can-diem-nghi-van-roi-may-bay-malaysia-2961139.html (you can use Goole translate to read, sorri) Edited March 8, 2014 by kanehoshi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alberttky 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 According to http://vn.news.yahoo.com/vi%E1%BB%87t-nam-c%E1%BA%A5p-t%E1%BA%ADp-t%C3%ACm-ki%E1%BA%BFm-m%C3%A1y-bay-092430606.html the oil slick is in this area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 The XAX 506 co-pilot is a member of our forum, HanX. You can even see the flight at the MH370 flightradar24 screenshot. They routed thru South China Sea towards near the Philippines before heading straight up to Taiwan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JingKai Seah 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 HanX is also the guy who sells model airplanes on the forum right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 The XAX 506 co-pilot is a member of our forum, HanX. You can even see the flight at the MH370 flightradar24 screenshot. They routed thru South China Sea towards near the Philippines before heading straight up to Taiwan. HanX is also the guy who sells model airplanes on the forum right? Yes, he is. Good boss indeed. His plane was so happened to be behind 9M-MRO. I think he is still kind of shock. There are still a lot of question to be answered on the timeline: The time when contact was lost with Subang Control Tower, passed onto DCA and onto MAS Operation Activation of Search and Rescue Team- first thing in the morning?? why search late into night when they know mother nature work against us? Asking next-of-kin to prepare at KLIA at 6pm to travel to "crash site"? US army base in Thailand intercepted an SOS call at 02:43 a.m. According to this information, the crew asked for an emergency landing reporting a disintegration of the aircraft's fuselage. The relevant information has been handed over to the Malaysia authorities.- As reported by Taiwan media- Where did this message ends up in? What action was taken? Lost passport turned up at the flight manifesto- not one but two passports? Multiple security lapse at KLIA? A lot of question marks over our heads. No wonder DCA, and S n R Team are stressed out.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KK Lee 5 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Flight path and time lost contact was known, mean search area can be estimated, find it mind boggling that SAR yield no result today mean either information was not forthcoming to SAR, SAR was poor planned and executed. Hope they have better luck tomorrow. Flight plan http://www.jacdec.de/news/2014-03-08_9M-MRO_B772_MAS@Crash-into-sea.htm If the above is credible, search area is closer to our shore than Vietnam. More question than answer. Edited March 8, 2014 by KK Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Just sharing my pix of her back in 2009... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adrian Meredith 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 The IFS on this flight, Patrick Gomes, is a true gentleman and a stalwart of MAS. I am praying for his return, otherwise it will be a great loss to MH, Malaysia, and humanity in general. God bless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Nice pix Norman. I dare not see the aftermath, The lengthy body identification, investigation, compensation paid out, the multiple lawsuits both in Malaysia and USA.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johan Z 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Asking next-of-kin to prepare at KLIA at 6pm to travel to "crash site"? I can't answer all. But this bit, could just be a rumour or another he says, she says. Some reports say MH tried to gather relatives and family, so that they know the truth first hand (I believe the fate of the aircraft and its passengers has been revealed to them). MH also reportedly offer transport to Beijing. The IFS on this flight, Patrick Gomes, is a true gentleman and a stalwart of MAS. I am praying for his return, otherwise it will be a great loss to MH, Malaysia, and humanity in general. God bless. I did Google some of the crew: the pilot, First Officer and Andrew Nari. You can tell they love what they're doing and are huge assets to MH. They may be gone, but definitely not forgotten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newitt 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 I have a feeling MAS is withholding information to the public. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sharil Abdul Rahman 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/03/08/newday-quest-malaysia-plane-search.cnn.html Richard Quest flew in the jump seat with the F/O for his show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Wanted to share my 2 cents worth. Just last week terrorist attacked a train station in Kunming, killing 30 and wounding 140 others. Authorities say it was an "organised, premeditated, terrorist attack". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570996/At-27-dead-109-injured-gang-knife-wielding-men-attack-train-station-China.html This flight has more Chinese nationals than other nationals, and amongst them are artists here for an event, and Buddhist here for a religious function. To add to that a few passports reported stolen were being used on this flight. Sorry to speculate but I think this may not be a simple straight forward plane crash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Last count: Thai Airways, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, Royal Brunei, IndiGo, Arsenal, AirAsia, Norwegian, Boeing, Airbus offer their prayers and thoughts to MH. Good gesture from them despite some of them being rivals to MH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Najib Ramli 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 Is it possible the discrepancies for the time the ATC lost contact is because of the time difference between Malaysia and Vietnam? 2.40am Malaysia time is 1.40am Vietnam time since they mentioned "local" time and during that time the aircraft should have been handed over to Vietnam ATC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alberttky 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2014 There are still a lot of question to be answered on the timeline: US army base in Thailand intercepted an SOS call at 02:43 a.m. According to this information, the crew asked for an emergency landing reporting a disintegration of the aircraft's fuselage. The relevant information has been handed over to the Malaysia authorities.- As reported by Taiwan media- Where did this message ends up in? What action was taken? A lot of question marks over our heads. No wonder DCA, and S n R Team are stressed out.......... Sorry where's the source of this info?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites