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What would the end game of hijacking MH370? (Original Post) itsrobert Mar 2014 OP
Maybe it went wrong, whatever it was. nt CJCRANE Mar 2014 #1
To scare people. Iggo Mar 2014 #2
To fly it into a building on the Arabian peninsula or India. roamer65 Mar 2014 #3
Could be itsrobert Mar 2014 #5
I hope so. I hope they went down fighting. Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #6
I heard the up and down movements could be used itsrobert Mar 2014 #8
I hope they did kill the passengers Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #14
To make a plane full of mostly Chinese nationals simply disappear. Loudly Mar 2014 #4
We'll know when they find the wreckage. longship Mar 2014 #7
If they find it itsrobert Mar 2014 #9
It's a very large airplane. longship Mar 2014 #11
The Shadow knows. redwitch Mar 2014 #10
Figure out who could use such an airplane and get away with it, without Cleita Mar 2014 #12
I cant figure it out itsrobert Mar 2014 #13

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
3. To fly it into a building on the Arabian peninsula or India.
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 07:51 PM
Mar 2014

Riyadh or Mumbai...just a hunch. Or maybe that new very tall building in Dubai.

I think the passengers put up a fight and all heck broke loose on that plane.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
6. I hope so. I hope they went down fighting.
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 07:58 PM
Mar 2014

That would certainly explain the erratic flying. Why else would anyone fly like that? Up , down,left, right. etc. They were fighting over the controls of the plane, however I wonder who won?

itsrobert

(14,157 posts)
8. I heard the up and down movements could be used
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 08:00 PM
Mar 2014

to kill the passengers. There is only about 10 minutes of air for the passengers. The pilots have access to much more.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
14. I hope they did kill the passengers
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 09:06 PM
Mar 2014

and they didn't have to suffer in fear and horror for 5 hours and experience the crash.

 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
4. To make a plane full of mostly Chinese nationals simply disappear.
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 07:56 PM
Mar 2014

As though Allah himself had done it.

In solidarity with the Uyghur separatists.

longship

(40,416 posts)
11. It's a very large airplane.
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 08:12 PM
Mar 2014

But the Indian Ocean is very, very deep. They should have crashed in the South China Sea. Much more shallow.

Who knows where the thing is?

I suspect that they'll find it. Now that we all know it was deliberate, whether by hijack or otherwise, there are going to be a whole lot of resources poured into finding out what happened. And Malaysia is not likely going to be able to control things any longer.

I expect that we'll hear something soon. If not, who knows what then?

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
12. Figure out who could use such an airplane and get away with it, without
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 08:14 PM
Mar 2014

bringing out the military of many nations. Figure out what value the hostages might be to the hijackers then, maybe, you might have some answers.

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