Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

it could still be a accident no point speculating about cause until they find the plane and the flight recorder

(14-03-2014 14:18 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  It's entirely possible that the crew could be confused due to lack of oxygen and change the heading with the autopilot engaged.

I'm tempted to agree with you, because it does seem quite plausible, but today's reports are saying that the plane followed a very specific flight path into the Indian Ocean, rather than flying on a general heading back to Malaysia and beyond. I get the impression that investigators feel the route they think the plane took must have been a planned one and not something that could be the result of any confused actions.

(14-03-2014 16:42 )HannahsPet Wrote:  until they find the plane and the flight recorder

IF they find the plane and the flight recorder.

(14-03-2014 14:19 )bigglesworth Wrote:  points the finger at either the pilot or the co-pilot.

They seem like pretty regular guys by all accounts. The pilot was a bit of a geek with a flight simulator at home. The co-pilot is said to have allowed some women into the cockpit on one occasion, but officially has no stain on his character. Neither is regarded as having had any personal or psychological problems.

I'm thinking of a pilot suicide together with attempt to hide the evidence. Do either of the families have big life insurance? If the immediate cause of the crash is eventually determined to be the plane running out of fuel, then the evidence of suicide may have been successfully destroyed, with no obvious nosedive or suicide manouvre apparent.

Channel 5 have a live show starting at 9pm of 'The Plane that Vanished'

(14-03-2014 20:57 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Channel 5 have a live show starting at 9pm of 'The Plane that Vanished'

Nice one Charlemagne.

I'm returning to the thought that some sort of emergency is the most plausible explanation, regardless of the claims that the plane was deliberately flown to the Indian Ocean. I think the pilots turned the plane around, the emergency resulted in a loss of communication first and then developed into a Helios 522 scenario and then the flight continued until it ran out of fuel.

(14-03-2014 21:42 )southlondonphil Wrote:  I'm returning to the thought that some sort of emergency is the most plausible explanation, regardless of the claims that the plane was deliberately flown to the Indian Ocean. I think the pilots turned the plane around, the emergency resulted in a loss of communication first and then developed into a Helios 522 scenario and then the flight continued until it ran out of fuel.

There were plenty of mobile phones on board that they could have used.

interesting on CNN now quoting New York Times apparently the plane in that 5 hours kept changing altitude sevrel times and that they are no searching the bay of bengal and sevrel sites in the indian ocean