Hoax or real deal ? Flight 370

[Drdogface]

This story popped up on Facebook last night. Ya' wanna believe it for at least a few reasons but there's nothing about it on any major media..and yes, it was April 1 yesterday...

Freelance journalist: 'Hijacked flight 370 passenger sent photo from hidden iPhone tracing back to secret U.S. military base Diego Garcia' | Intellihub News

[cockerpunk]

its pretty easy to write fake exif data.

[biosurfer1]

When they can't find any sign of the plane, it means any story could be true....fake or not.

[GH85Carrera]

Occam's razor applies.

Occam's razor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Drdogface]

Yeah, I know what Occam's Razor is and agree...

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by biosurfer1

When they can't find any sign of the plane, it means any story could be true....fake or not.

Yup. Cue the crazies.

[GWN7]

Think about it for a second. A 777 is 50+' longer than a B-52 so it would be kind of hard to hide on a island the size of Diego Garcia. If it landed there one of the 3,000 people that work there (Marines, civilians and British Army) Might notice a huge plane that everyone in the world is looking for and take a picture of it. There are also the weekly flights of personal that man the supply ships stationed there (I counted 6 when I looked at it on Google Earth) who might notice a 777 with Malaysian Airlines written on the side parked at the side of the runway.

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[James Brown]

secret? i spent a year there, only secret is it's in the middle of nothing. good beer at the brit club and great fishing

[Neilk]

Originally Posted by James Brown

secret? i spent a year there, only secret is it's in the middle of nothing. good beer at the brit club and great fishing

So what did you do there on weekends/time off? Drink and/or go fishing?

Any good stories? I wonder what people do when they are truly in the middle of nowhere.

[James Brown]

drink, fish, fly, repeat

[futuresoptions]

Originally Posted by James Brown

secret? i spent a year there, only secret is it's in the middle of nothing. good beer at the brit club and great fishing

The Brit club if I remember correctly was that little outdoor hut where you could get a beer or cutty sark. Not much else to offer...

[Drdogface]

Originally Posted by GWN7

Think about it for a second. A 777 is 50+' longer than a B-52 so it would be kind of hard to hide on a island the size of Diego Garcia. If it landed there one of the 3,000 people that work there (Marines, civilians and British Army) Might notice a huge plane that everyone in the world is looking for and take a picture of it. There are also the weekly flights of personnel that man the supply ships stationed there (I counted 6 when I looked at it on Google Earth) who might notice a 777 with Malaysian Airlines written on the side parked at the side of the runway.

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Fixed it for you

[afterburn 549]

Originally Posted by GWN7

Think about it for a second. A 777 is 50+' longer than a B-52 so it would be kind of hard to hide on a island the size of Diego Garcia. If it landed there one of the 3,000 people that work there (Marines, civilians and British Army) Might notice a huge plane that everyone in the world is looking for and take a picture of it. There are also the weekly flights of personal that man the supply ships stationed there (I counted 6 when I looked at it on Google Earth) who might notice a 777 with Malaysian Airlines written on the side parked at the side of the runway.

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Perhaps, they do not want to find it ...yet. I can think of about 100 reasons

[dave 911]

Originally Posted by dfhjmdyjying

drink, fish, fly, repeat

Ah yes, good old 'Dodge' . I spent 2 weeks there when I was in the Navy flying S-3 Vikings back in 1990. Awesome place, we spent our days windsurfing and sailing, and our nights drinking beer at the O Club or the Expat club mentioned above.

My BOQ room was 50 yards off of the beach, and there was a hammock strung between 2 palm trees on the beach. And across the lagoon there was an abandoned coconut plantation and town, with buidlings, an old jail, and a crashed PBY Catalina on the beach. It was truly a tropical paradise. I'll have to dig my old pictures out one of these days and post them up.

This was before Desert Shield, so it was pretty quiet empty. I heard that all changed once we invaded Kuwait and B-52s showed up.

[GWN7]

Originally Posted by Drdogface

Fixed it for you

Thanks Dr.

[strath44]

Originally Posted by dave 911

Ah yes, good old 'Dodge' . I spent 2 weeks there when I was in the Navy flying S-3 Vikings back in 1990. Awesome place, we spent our days windsurfing and sailing, and our nights drinking beer at the O Club or the Expat club mentioned above.

My BOQ room was 50 yards off of the beach, and there was a hammock strung between 2 palm trees on the beach. And across the lagoon there was an abandoned coconut plantation and town, with buidlings, an old jail, and a crashed PBY Catalina on the beach. It was truly a tropical paradise. I'll have to dig my old pictures out one of these days and post them up.

This was before Desert Shield, so it was pretty quiet empty. I heard that all changed once we invaded Kuwait and B-52s showed up.

^ that would be cool to see pics get them up on a new thread

[HHI944]

Am I the only one who had quotations about the 'fact' that he his an iPhone in his anus?
How gay do you have to be to shove an iPhone up your a55? Not that there's anything wrong with that. ..

[scottmandue]

[QUOTE=HHI944;7996820]Am I the only one who had quotations about the 'fact' that he his an iPhone in his anus?
[QUOTE]

You mean everyone doesn't carry their iPhone up their hiny? Uh oh...

[James Brown]

Originally Posted by futuresoptions

The Brit club if I remember correctly was that little outdoor hut where you could get a beer or cutty sark. Not much else to offer...

yup but they served fosters in the giant oil can, mmmmm

[James Brown]

ahhh great times, can't remember much!