(15-03-2014 13:31 )Glenn Miller Wrote:  Is the search for the plane now concentrated exclusively on the Indian Ocean? And is it definite that the plane must have run out of fuel?

(15-03-2014 10:26 )bigglesworth Wrote:  The plane was then diverted from it's scheduled flight path and flown on a different heading by someone with considerable aviation experience.

(15-03-2014 13:44 )Charlemagne Wrote:  The present suggestions regarding a hijack must include one of the pilots being included in the plot

(15-03-2014 13:01 )way out west Wrote:  Does that mean they suspect that the plane could be converted into some spectacular flying bomb? If so, this could be something bigger than 9/11. This could be the most destructive act of terrorism the world has ever seen.

(15-03-2014 14:28 )Broncobilly Wrote:  It's a hijack now if not it's in the ocean

Quote:A team of seismologists at one of China's top universities said they had detected a slight seismic event on the sea floor between Vietnam and Malaysia on March 8, which might be consistent with an airplane crashing into the sea, and possibly related to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

The discovery, posted on the website of the University of Science and Technology of China on Friday, is the latest of many possible leads in the massive international search operation for the Malaysian Airlines flight after it lost contact with air traffic control and dropped off radar screens in the early hours of March 8, with 239 people on board.

The Chinese scientists, with the university's Laboratory of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior, said in their online statement that the signal they had picked up from two seismic monitor stations in Malaysia seemed to indicate that a slight tremor occurred on the sea floor at about 2.55am on March 8, some 150 kilometres off the southern tip of Vietnam.

"It was a non-seismic zone, therefore judging from the time and location of the event, it might be related to the missing MH370 flight," said the statement.

The seismic event happened about 85 minutes after MH370 lost contact with air control, and about 116 km northeast of the spot where it was reportedly last heard from.

“If it was indeed an airplane crashing into the sea, the seismic wave strength indicated that the crash process was catastrophic," the statement said.

(15-03-2014 14:59 )circles_o_o_o Wrote:  From the South China Morning Post

Quote:A team of seismologists at one of China's top universities said they had detected a slight seismic event on the sea floor between Vietnam and Malaysia on March 8, which might be consistent with an airplane crashing into the sea, and possibly related to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.