That plane went to some airport,
After that is anyone's guess.
The mystery is why they never ever did look elsewhere, unless of course it was all a diversion. (and they knew) which i totally suspect .
By now they could chop it up and drop pieces any where to make it look like a crash

uh huh. Put that tin foil hat back on, man.

I don't think think the hat is the problem. I think it's the alcohol that's killed all the brain cells...

That was pretty uncalled for, Sidney.

Called for, and obviously true.

Perhaps I missed him insulting you two. Pardonnez Moi.

How come we can detect an Earth-like planet 500 light years from us but we can't find this damn plane?

Why has PPOT become filled with incoherent people?

If someone consistently degrades every intelligent thread with rambling intoxicated posts, others have every right to point it out.

Well, since you know that they're intoxicated posts, I stand corrected.

Scientists were able to find an earth-like planet 500 light years away because they used technology specifically developed for that singular task, borne of many, many decades (centuries actually, if you go back to Galileo) of research and development focused on space research.

In this case, the technologies required are totally different. There is no relation whatsoever. No one has developed a precise, yet far reaching method to search our 2 to 3 mile deep (on average) oceans of water that surround our planet for what amounts to an insignificant speck relative to this gigantic world we live on. It is a daunting task, and one I do not see them EVER accomplishing.

No kidding. They couldn't even find Jaws, and that thing was chomping swimmers every few minutes.

Lol!! Where's the "like" button?

Where have i insulted you?
And I dont drink .(or smoke)
Kind of rude of you just because you disagree.......

Like high school here, maybe worse.
What is obviously true?

I believe afterburn's towering intellect and incisive observations pretty much nail it down:

Fiendishly clever. I wish I'd thought of that.

Clearly, Burner, this is why they pay you the big bucks.

I want to make the big bucks too, but apparently there is no drinking or smoking so count me out.

I see I have made your hate list, kach stuj, darsk.
when you have nothing to offer you just find fault and add insult.
You must be in morning over your leaders untimely sabbatical ! LOL
If you have no original thought and just can not stand to see smart stuff in the making just jump in and prove what you do not know your self.
Jealous? AWWww too bad

Hate? Au contraire, Burner. The mental image you gave me of a crash investigator standing in a field, confusedly holding a piece of 777, with a thought bubble over his head "Gas axe, shears, saw- what the..." is priceless.

Burner, you rock. Love you, man.