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58. India scours uninhabited jungle islands

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 10:09 AM

Mar 2014

India scours uninhabited jungle islands for lost Malaysian jetliner

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - Indian aircraft combed Andaman and Nicobar, made up of more than 500 mostly uninhabited islands, for signs of a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner that evidence suggests was last headed towards the heavily forested archipelago.

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The Indian Navy has deployed two Dornier planes to fly across the island chain, a total area of 720 km, Indian military spokesman Harmeet Singh said in the state capital, Port Blair. So far the planes, and a helicopter searching the coast, had found nothing.

"This operation is like finding a needle in a haystack," said Singh, who is the spokesman for joint air force, navy and army command in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

The Defense Ministry said the Eastern Naval Command would also search across a new area measuring 15 km by 600 km along the Chennai coast in the Bay of Bengal.

https://news.yahoo.com/india-scours-uninhabited-jungle-islands-lost-malaysian-jetliner-133601345--sector.html

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EXCLUSIVE: Radar Data Suggests Missing Malaysia Plane Flown Deliberately Toward Andamans - Source [View all] Hissyspit Mar 2014 OP

I am beginning to take anything that comes out of Malaysia with a whole salt shaker. jtuck004 Mar 2014 #1

No Shit they are some DUMB FUCKS!!!! investigating this plane bigdarryl Mar 2014 #8

I am sure they have it, and I think there are tons of pressures from different places, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #14

How would authorities behave if valuable secret information leaked to the press? kristopher Mar 2014 #22

If we are talking about this flight, ALL we have is 2 radar contacts that may or may not jtuck004 Mar 2014 #29

Well, kristopher Mar 2014 #34

Never said ignore it, those are your words. Said take it for what it is until you know more. jtuck004 Mar 2014 #37

They would have identified it - if that required a fly-by for a visual, they would have done that. kristopher Mar 2014 #40

They do not know they have a hostage situation. Back to making shit up again. jtuck004 Mar 2014 #41

Sure jtuck004. kristopher Mar 2014 #42

If JTuck doesn't believe in a theory made of whole cloth, how is that "disastrous" BlueStreak Mar 2014 #95

Complete bullshit. The Stranger Mar 2014 #79

Oh, I'm sure the NSA knows all about it Demeter Mar 2014 #2

map JI7 Mar 2014 #3

thanks for the map. Cha Mar 2014 #5

Kampchea? Old map. And Timor is still part of Indonesia on this map. :) Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #12

Did the Andaman islands move? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #26

islands can't move. take it from a geography professor here. :) Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #31

Okay, so moot point? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #33

Islands are moving constantly. AngryAmish Mar 2014 #36

yes you are. :) Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #45

as the daughter of a retired earth science teacher > I give this subthread KittyWampus Mar 2014 #53

:-) eggplant Mar 2014 #68

The island on LOST moved. undeterred Mar 2014 #63

Islands move all the time, take it from a geologist. JackRiddler Mar 2014 #83

Thanks, Ruby. Short and to the point.. truth2power Mar 2014 #65

lol Renew Deal Mar 2014 #66

Much appreciated that you added this map Beachwood Mar 2014 #27

*cough* LTTE *cough* Recursion Mar 2014 #4

there were about 5 indians on the plane, do you know JI7 Mar 2014 #6

No idea. Do you know their names? Recursion Mar 2014 #9

Andaman and Nicobar Islands a potential terror hub: Home Ministry JI7 Mar 2014 #7

You can't land a 777 just anywhere (asuming a landing was planned in the first place) DFW Mar 2014 #10

yeah, it isn't like smugglers use airplanes or anything... kristopher Mar 2014 #13

A runway for a DC-3 ain't the same as for a B-777 DFW Mar 2014 #17

Actually, it's very insurmountable. bitchkitty Mar 2014 #25

No one said you don't need a "runway". kristopher Mar 2014 #28

So why steal one with people on board? Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #46

That's a good question. kristopher Mar 2014 #49

Yeah, the fuel is the big issue Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #51

Most planes like that are stripped down pretty quickly kristopher Mar 2014 #57

Hostages can be valuable. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #74

There is at least one airport with a plenty long enough runway. pangaia Mar 2014 #39

I'm guessing the Indian Navy would notice a 777 landing there. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2014 #85

One would think. pangaia Mar 2014 #94

The Port Blair Airport seems to have a 10,794 ft runway csziggy Mar 2014 #70

And it's hard to figure how the Indian Navy would have kept it quiet DFW Mar 2014 #86

One guy on CNN keeps claiming that this jet has particularly quiet engines csziggy Mar 2014 #88

Unfortunately, that sounds very plausible DFW Mar 2014 #90

That's my favorite theory at the moment csziggy Mar 2014 #91

Do you remember that there have been 2 avebury Mar 2014 #99

Maybe it was hijacked to Phuket, since that's on the Andaman Sea. Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #11

Squirrel liberal N proud Mar 2014 #15

+++ marions ghost Mar 2014 #24

Pic from Singapore Today jakeXT Mar 2014 #16

the flight could have continued to china too? plenty of places there to land or crash? Sunlei Mar 2014 #32

I saw in another story that the geospatial folks who released that photo Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #48

chinas "geospatial folks"? fake pictures like that would be the way to have their agency closed. Sunlei Mar 2014 #54

not fake photos... Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #56

very odd, the china gov statement about the 'photos', odd the photos that showed wreckage, & odd Sunlei Mar 2014 #71

Those photos could be anything. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #72

The searchers who went over that area earlier (by air) said there was nothing there. Sunlei Mar 2014 #89

Perhaps it's air pirates. Helen Borg Mar 2014 #18

I hope satellites are looking at abandoned air bases that ring the Indian Ocean... Cooley Hurd Mar 2014 #19

Unh-huh. DeSwiss Mar 2014 #20

All the potential flight paths put together. randome Mar 2014 #21

Andaman Islands airfields OldRedneck Mar 2014 #23

my theory politicman Mar 2014 #30

How did North Korea shoot it down? jsr Mar 2014 #35

no idea. politicman Mar 2014 #44

The complete run-around on the info makes me hope they're negotiating with someone... Recursion Mar 2014 #60

That is my thought (and hope), too. djean111 Mar 2014 #102

In addition, BlueStreak Mar 2014 #80

Exactly. The incompetence of both military and LuckyLib Mar 2014 #84

And it isn't as if our government and military are all that either BlueStreak Mar 2014 #87

So true. Our gov't is corrupt on a whole different scale. LuckyLib Mar 2014 #93

Surprised that the Tamils haven't been fingered yet bigworld Mar 2014 #38

Hey, I did in post #4! Recursion Mar 2014 #61

How does the Sri Lankan conflict figure into this? fujiyama Mar 2014 #96

WTF Myrina Mar 2014 #43

I believe this was a definitely a hijacking B2G Mar 2014 #47

If it was anywhere on land in that region, they would have found it by now.... cbdo2007 Mar 2014 #50

Explain to me how statellite data is going to help B2G Mar 2014 #52

It would have been pcked up on radar long before it got to Iran....or India...or Saudi Arabia. cbdo2007 Mar 2014 #59

The fact that they are searching B2G Mar 2014 #64

Right....the Indian Ocean, just like I said. Thanks for confirming. cbdo2007 Mar 2014 #67

Would you be so kind as to explain it to me here? B2G Mar 2014 #69

No need. 20 people already explained it to you there and it's not sinking in for you. cbdo2007 Mar 2014 #81

No one has discounted the possibility on that thread B2G Mar 2014 #82

Breaking news, just for you. B2G Mar 2014 #97

LOL - well if we're picking and choosing from new stories... cbdo2007 Mar 2014 #100

how many of this type of plane are there? Sunlei Mar 2014 #55

Boeing 777-200? 85 still in operation (three crashed of the 88 delivered) csziggy Mar 2014 #73

85,so on the slight chance the plane was 'stolen' & landed it could be somewhere those 85 are. Sunlei Mar 2014 #78

India scours uninhabited jungle islands alsame Mar 2014 #58

It's Nazis. randome Mar 2014 #62

The most plausible explanation I've heard all day. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #75

My theories are.....the captain with the simulator classes inadvertently trained the hijacker on Gin Mar 2014 #76

Because the 777 RantinRavin Mar 2014 #77

Fly, Colton, Fly! countryjake Mar 2014 #92

They went to Maldives aegean66 Mar 2014 #98

One part of this does not make sense....if you are hijacking a plane why would you follow.... yourout Mar 2014 #101

So that Military radar did not suspect. aegean66 Mar 2014 #103

Good point... yourout Mar 2014 #104