Flight MH370

What are your theories on this mystery? Three weeks after its disappearance and still there's nothing concrete so if ...the media is speculating why can't we? What do you think happened to this flight???

I've been following it when I can. The BBC has a lot of good info on the whole topic on the issue here
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26626715

I think many scenarios are almost equally likely. If the trackers weren't turned off deliberately (and in-between airspaces where its easier to 'disappear') it would seem a more clear case that there was a fault, they turned to head to the nearest airport, air cabin pressure was lost and the plane went on in autopilot before crashing in the ocean. You would have thought that if the passengers had been conscious or aware of what was going on, they would have used their phones to contact somebody, or that their phone signals could be traced. But if it was deliberate on the pilots behalf or if it was a hijacking, why fly it to the middle of the ocean for hours? Pilot suicide has been suggested as a possibility also.

The fact that info comes out in bits and pieces only adds to the intrigue: I think its very possible that somebody somewhere must know where it the plane went or picked up its signal but don't want to come forward with the info because they would reveal technology that they shouldn't have. And why weren't alarm bells raised when the plane just seemed to disappear? Maybe it is a comedy of human error.

We will probably never know until the black box is found, and it is doubtful that it ever will be found (I think it loses its omitting signal after 30 days or so).

I've been finding the British news to be more informative than we get here in Australia but...it's still all speculative right now I know. We had a flight here a while back with fly in fly out people...you know..oil rig workers?

where the plane dropped and all the passengers and crew became unconscious as a result so...I'm wondering if something like this happened on this flight and...was it deliberate?

^^ "You would have thought that if the passengers had been conscious or aware of what was going on, they would have used their phones to contact somebody, or that their phone signals could be traced."

Colm, cellphone signals do not reach above 10000 feet in most cases, and that too if you are within 22-45 miles range from a relay cell tower, which are only on land (unless you have a special satellite phone). It is possible that the plane may not have gone over land even when it made a U-turn and dropped to 12000 feet suddenly before it disappeared "off the radar" as it was headed towards the Strait of Malacca. Later, the pings from the British satellite data suggested the plane flew for at least 7 1/2 hours -- more than six hours after the last radio contact. It is hard to track a plane flying so low on radar, per authorities.

The latest scenario, in which some debris was located by multiple satellites and recent search flights over a remote part of the Indian Ocean, places the crash 1500 miles West of Perth may also be pure conjecture, as the pieces of debris picked up by the Chinese ship was "some rubbish" and was not connected to the flight.

In the non- hijack scenario, it is likely that some unexpected electrical failure shut down the plane's communication system (so no distress calls) and transponder, which made the plane to make a U-turn and drop to 12000 feet (a safe height without air traffic usually) in an attempt to backtrack its course, and then the navigators made some fatal mistake flying "blind" and the plane finally ended up somewhere in a remote part of Indian Ocean, yet to be accurately located.

This pilot with a 20-year flying experience has the best explanation so far, complementing a non-sabotage/hijack theory of an unfortunate incident. Boeing will likely try to keep it muddled for ever, as they will have a huge liability and recall/fix issue if there was anything found wrong with their equipment. Worth a read as much as the other theories, but more plausible than the others:

http://www.wired.com/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

Colm, cellphone signals do not reach above 10000 feet in most cases, and that too if you are within 22-45 miles range from a relay cell tower, which are only on land (unless you have a special satellite phone).

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Our news is saying that the co-pilot may have tried to use his mobile phone just before the plane dropped off the radar...some tower picked it up but I'm not sure how or why?

Also, we are getting reports that the pilot tricked the co-pilot into leaving the cabin (how would they know this?) and locked the door behind him...maybe that's why he switched his mobile on or...maybe it's just another rumour in this mystery.