Malaysia Airlines

[EMAWmeister]

here's the thing, there are many places that you could land a 777 with that fuel. that's a lot of range. all of those places have hundreds of people visiting each of them every day though. they are large airports which were operating during this timeframe.

I don't think they would have taken it to an airport.  But a redeye flight seems ideal for this kind of (hypothetical) sitch.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Was it a red eye there though? Could have sworn the times I read we're eastern.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Was it a red eye there though? Could have sworn the times I read we're eastern.

No you stupid idiot they were local.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

Was it a red eye there though? Could have sworn the times I read we're eastern.

No you stupid idiot they were local.

Ok ok honest mistake

[steve dave]

here's the thing, there are many places that you could land a 777 with that fuel. that's a lot of range. all of those places have hundreds of people visiting each of them every day though. they are large airports which were operating during this timeframe.

I don't think they would have taken it to an airport.  But a redeye flight seems ideal for this kind of (hypothetical) sitch.

yeah, good idea to hide a 777 at a non-airport. maybe some terrorists cleared out and poured concrete at a mile of unpopulated tarmac we don't know about.

[Cire]

Wow, very interesting. Ok next time I ask a noob question about flying and the answer is kinda scary just lie to me.

Like the "southwest pilot barreling into the runway to make time" thing was stuck in my head last week as we took a landing at like 3000 mph. Flight to midway was 45 minutes cuz we took off 20 min late.

Used to fly into midway all the time.  The runway is short and so they have to slam on the breaks as soon as wheels touch pavement. 

[Tobias]

have we found this mother roughrider yet

[CNS]

here's the thing, there are many places that you could land a 777 with that fuel. that's a lot of range. all of those places have hundreds of people visiting each of them every day though. they are large airports which were operating during this timeframe.

Do you usually take note of every plane that lands at the airports that you visit?

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[EMAWmeister]

here's the thing, there are many places that you could land a 777 with that fuel. that's a lot of range. all of those places have hundreds of people visiting each of them every day though. they are large airports which were operating during this timeframe.

I don't think they would have taken it to an airport.  But a redeye flight seems ideal for this kind of (hypothetical) sitch.

yeah, good idea to hide a 777 at a non-airport. maybe some terrorists cleared out and poured concrete at a mile of unpopulated tarmac we don't know about.

I meant public airport

[Mrs. Gooch]

Ok that was like a 6 hour flight, right? Like if they had landed in Beijing? I'm curious as to why there was only a little over 7 hours of fuel on the plane. Like do they cut it that close normally?

Kind of OT but whatever.

They have to have enough fuel to fly the planned flight, plus get to an alternate airport, plus fly for 45 more minutes. So I guess it depends on how far away the nearest alternate airport is.

(EDIT: That is according to the US regulations. In Malaysia they probably only have to have an extra 5 minutes of fuel or something.)

[Institutional Control]

Seems pretty clear the plane was struck by lightning.

[OK_Cat]

cnn rolling with a story that it may have landed on an island

jj abrams

[steve dave]

Seems pretty clear the plane was struck by lightning.

That happens every day. It's not a big deal.

[GCJayhawker]

If this plane was purposefully taken off the grid and then flown somewhere else, my question is what is the end game here?

[Dr Rick Daris]

If this plane was purposefully taken off the grid and then flown somewhere else, my question is what is the end game here?

load it up with a nuke (nuclear device) and then fly it into some big city.

[Institutional Control]

If this plane was purposefully taken off the grid and then flown somewhere else, my question is what is the end game here?

Don't be naive.  Child porn.

[kso_FAN]

Lots of jokes about Lost, but this is what the "real world" reaction would've been like outside of the island. Crazy.

[Dr Rick Daris]

James Kallstrom, a former FBI assistant director, said it's possible the plane could have landed, though he added that more information is needed to reach a definitive conclusion. He referred to the vast search area.

"You draw that arc and you look at countries like Pakistan, you know, and you get into your Superman novels and you see the plane landing somewhere and (people) repurposing it for some dastardly deed down the road," he told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday.

"I mean, that's not beyond the realm of realism. I mean, that could happen."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/14/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/

 

[Emo EMAW]

Guys they could land this thing in the middle of the desert, even with the expectation of taking off again.  Now I'm not saying all desert, but like the stuff we charged across in Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq would support landing a large airliner. 

[scottwildcat]

What a story...

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

they could probably land this thing in a dessert, too. lets not rule out a really big cheesecake or something.

[Dr Rick Daris]

also, what about reports from some family members saying that social media apps were still showing missing family members logged on? like on facebook if you are logged into it on your cell and that little cell thing shows up if someone is looking at their active friends list type of stuff? you guys! 

[Cire]

Lots of jokes about Lost, but this is what the "real world" reaction would've been like outside of the island. Crazy.

but widmore planted a fake plane crash.

[puniraptor]

Oh yeah it could also land on dry lake beds or salt flats and stuff.

[puniraptor]

What if this is an epic viral marketing stunt? What are they selling?