777 down

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by Mark Wilson

Anybody remember the series "Lost"?

Yes, but everything after the crash was a post-death "dream" of sorts.

Are you hypothesizing that the entire world is dreaming this?

[Aurel]

Originally Posted by Lusso1

Terrorists usually claim credit for their acts. That's the whole reason they do things.

Unless they are planning to use the plane as a weapon and do not want it to be found in the interim...

[widgeon13]

Originally Posted by Lusso1

Terrorists usually claim credit for their acts. That's the whole reason they do things.

Usually, but today it's hard to know what motivates these folks and if they are dead who will get the word out. If it had been terrorists there could also have been people who would claim credit even if not involved. If anything, it's a trial for a much bigger initiative at some point in the future. I hope I'm wrong.

This entire thing is just so strange.

[Heel n Toe]

[HHI944]

[Brian in VA]

Terrorists usually claim credit for their acts. That's the whole reason they do things.

I thought this too but read somewhere today it's only around 14% of the time that someone claims it

[HardDrive]

I'm now leaning towards fire. Crew knew they were in trouble. They turned around but conditions in the cockpit deteriorated quickly. They put the plane on autopilot and evacuated, and never managed to regain entry to the cockpit.....

.....or stowaway CHUDS.

[VaSteve]

They are looking into the stability of the crew. Supposedly the pilot had a simulator in his living room. He knew every there was to know about the plane. Maybe he was taking it to his private garage? I cannot recall where I read it.

[craigster59]

I'm starting to think Dr. Evil needs another hundred million dollars.

[RWebb]

that pilot is known to have violated safety rules before, but why would they turn the transponder off?

any non-terrorism or non-pirate answer has to account for the transponder

[jwasbury]

Snakes?

[HHI944]

Terrorist aliens

[rattlsnak]

Originally Posted by HHI944

Terrorist aliens

with snakes.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Aurel

Unless they are planning to use the plane as a weapon and do not want it to be found in the interim...

Or it is a dry run for something bigger.

[Evans, Marv]

Putin staged the whole thing to take media focus off of Crimea.

[sc_rufctr]

Apparently... In desperation some of the relatives have been calling the mobile phones of the passengers.
The phones are wringing but no one is answering. That tells me the plane may not be under water.

But... I'm not really believing this story.

[19-911-65]

Facebook page of the 19 yr old with the stolen passport...

As a parent...I can't imagine what his mother is going through...:-(

Post by Pouria NM.

[Noah930]

OK, not to be insensitive, but why would that upstanding young man need a fake passport to travel the world? I'm missing part of this story.

[ZAMIRZ]

^Because there is no opportunity for young, bright, hard-working people to succeed in their home country.

[19-911-65]

Originally Posted by Noah930

OK, not to be insensitive, but why would that upstanding young man need a fake passport to travel the world? I'm missing part of this story.

Good question...I don't know. It appears the young Iranian "may" have been part of a "human smuggling" operation so he could join his mother in Germany to start a new life with her.

I read it here: Iranian Teenager Pouria Nourmohammadi on Lost MH370 ‘Not a Terrorist’ - TIME