reclegend22;1590743 wrote:I do think we'll end up finding the plane on land, though. That's just my own speculation, but as S&L said, it's highly unlikely from my perspective as somebody who knows nothing about airplanes that it could have just exploded mid-air. This is probably a hijacking of some sort related in some way to terrorism or some other nefarious activity. If that does turn out the case, then it was the greatest crime ever committed. The perfect heist. And you can expect a Captain Phillips-like movie to made about it in the future. This story really is better than fiction.

reclegend22;1590753 wrote:I think that's just it, what makes this perhaps the greatest mystery of modern times: The notion that virtually anything could have happened here and, despite all of our advances in technology, after more than a week of searching we still have no idea where in the hell this plane is.

WebFire;1590771 wrote:Careful. MB doesn't take too kindly to opinions here.

Laley23;1590776 wrote:Im curious on the black box. I havent been paying NEARLY as much attention to this as you guys (actually, this has been my main source for updates). But I thought those things were impossible to turn off?

Mohican00;1590777 wrote:You have to find the black box first, it does not transmit data in real time (though I think there will be a strong push for that after this incident).

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/03/missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-why-black-boxes-dont-transmit-data-in-real-time/

SportsAndLady;1590772 wrote:I mean what can you say? I'm wrong, that we would be able to tell if a plane was landing, due to satellites and radar? Then why haven't we done that?

Is this a hostage situation? Why wouldn't they come out with their demands by now? It's been 8 days. Why wait this long?

The plane crashed? Where is it then? We have 12 different navy's out looking for debris and haven't found a thing.

WebFire;1590783 wrote:Easy, I was making fun of MB.

You're idea is possible. But I think only if they wanted to load it with explosives. Otherwise why not just not another 9/11? Hijack and fly it into a building. It seems like such an unlikely thing to pull off. Although, so far so good if that's what they are doing.

SportsAndLady;1590786 wrote:I know, I didn't mean that to be venomous against you. Just expanding on my point. Every time someone in the US discounts a story because "that would never happen" it makes me laugh. There are really smart people out there who are always planning the next 9/11. It appears they've found their next mastermind attack.

Mohican00;1590777 wrote:You have to find the black box first, it does not transmit data in real time (though I think there will be a strong push for that after this incident).

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/03/missing-malaysia-airlines-flight-why-black-boxes-dont-transmit-data-in-real-time/

WebFire;1590783 wrote:Easy, I was making fun of MB.

You're idea is possible. But I think only if they wanted to load it with explosives. Otherwise why not just not another 9/11? Hijack and fly it into a building. It seems like such an unlikely thing to pull off. Although, so far so good if that's what they are doing.

Glory Days;1590825 wrote:then when a plane crashes in the ocean, how do they know where to look? I thought the black box emitted a beacon or something for it to be located?

Glory Days;1590827 wrote:that, or you could just buy a plane and do whatever you want with it at your leisure. why steal the most looked for plane in the world right now?

gut;1590951 wrote:The most plausible theory I've seen is the plane was shot down.

The problem I have with the landing/hijacking scenario is that you don't just set down a 777 on a short patch of dirt.

SportsAndLady;1590957 wrote:The plane flew for 4+ hours after disappearing how do you explain that?

Con_Alma;1590964 wrote:That's because everybody was dead. The plane exceeded the 42000 foot ceiling limitation the plane has and the lack of oxygen killed all on board.