There aren’t many places you can fly a 777 without anyone noticing, either. Except over open ocean, where modern radar & satellites still can’t cover everything.
Make no mistake, there is ZERO chance of the plane having been safely & secretly landed anywhere on the ground. That entire concept is impossible. Perhaps that was the hijackers’ intent (if that’s indeed what actually happened) and perhaps the passengers revolted in a United 93 style scenario – but until the wreckage is located (which may never happen, but let’s not give up hope) we may never know for certain what really happened.
Is it impossible that the passengers are still alive? No. Is it wildly improbable? I’d say so. Right now, the plane is most likely at the bottom of the ocean. As well as all the people.
Sorry, but I’m sticking with impossible. Here’s the question everyone must ask: “Why?”
Why haven’t there been any eyewitness sightings of a mysterious plane over land? SE Asia’s the most crowded place on Earth.
Why haven’t there been any mysterious radar trackings? The coastlines of all major countries, including Australia, are watched night and day for obvious post-9/11 reasons.
Why haven’t any ransom demands been made? You don’t hijack a plane filled with 240 civilians and then pretend like it never happened. That’s thoroughly illogical.
As for “keeping the evidence secret”, again…why? What would be the purpose of covering up anything up, while the entire world is watching?
No, I think we’re safe to assume that the plane went down in the ocean, and nobody was spared. Any other scenario exists solely in science fiction, or crazy conspiracy theories (and no doubt, we’ll have a plethora of both before long…)
What about a scenario the plane is landed at a runway that gets used sometimes? Perhaps a state player or something…the problem everyone is raising about landing the plane is that people would notice. I think the trick is doing it in a way that isn’t noticed as being different.
Not that I think it’s likely…I tend to believe the plane is in pieces somewhere. But for the sake of conversation…
No, it’s down in the ocean somewhere. And the ocean is freaking HUGE. Seriously, look at a map of the U.S.A. and then imagine trying to find an airplane parked on the ground somewhere, with no city lights or geographical features to guide you. And then look at the size of the Indian Ocean. And remember, at this point, you’re not even looking for a plane anymore, but only floating pieces or an oil slick or other tell-tale signs of what the water swallowed. Chances are, unless we get extremely lucky, Malaysia 370 will never be found.
There are a lot places a plane can crash and not be noticed. The ocean for one.
If someone did hijack the plane to ‘steal it’, they probably would have killed all the passengers and kept the plane, to be used at a future date.
At this point, unless the S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier was there for it to land on in midair (in stealth mode), then the airplane, crew and passengers are all somewhere deep beneath the Indian Ocean.
And don’t give me any guff about the length of the landing area of the helicarrier.
Two words: force fields.
I was hoping this was a hijacking, but that seems extremely unlikely now.
In which case it probably crashed. I don’t see how it would be possible to kill all the passengers without seriously damaging the plane leading to it crashing or just flat out crashing it. Maybe the intent was to land somewhere, drop the passengers off, then go somewhere else? I don’t know if the plane would have had enough fuel to do that though and how it could have done that without anyone seeing.
Maybe this was a case of a loony, suicidal pilot. Or incredibly dumb hijackers who didn’t think this through properly. Wouldn’t it have been a lot easier to buy a plane through the black market if stealing a plane was the intent?
Whatever happened, it’s very tragic for the passengers and flight crew (assuming this wasn’t something the pilots were in on).
Post has now been deleted. Looks like the Greek freighter has vanished as well, and no one is paying attention to the “debris field”. Big Breaking News does not look like a reliable site.
Since the US Navy is involved and they have access to the most advanced sonar gear on the planet, the plane will eventually be found.
However, depending upon the depth where the plane is located, it may be unrecoverable unless someone with deep pockets decides to bring together the necessary assets to retrieve it or at least enough of it to determine why the crash may have occurred. Unfortunately, Malaysian Air doesn’t seem to be that party and the Chinese government may have to foot the bill.
