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Sabotaged or hijacked, there is a plane missing, now probably landed somewhere and to be used for sinister reasons. I was really thinking it was crashed somewhere, but now that they said the last contact with the aircraft was much later than previously reported, I think the plane is on land somewhere.

This is crazy.

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i believe that the plane was either hijacked or deliberately sabotaged and that it crashed but where?

i did read an article a few days ago that said that this pilot was known to allow passengers into the cockpit.

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I think that the plane will be found, but that it will be found in pieces.

Whether on land, or in the water, the plane will be found.

From the WSJ:

a crash on land rather than into the sea was unlikely because the aircraft's emergency beacon would have automatically flashed its location via satellite or radio. The beacon's signals are less easy to find if an aircraft crashes into the sea

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{#emotions_dlg.scared}All I can think about is the horror the passengers on board went though or still going though. This situation is very odd and insane on every level. And very, wrong... the family of the passengers on the plane must be suffering terribly waiting for news that keeps changing minute by minute. I am praying for all concerned..

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I doubt that the passengers lived for very long. Odds are, they are long since dead. {#emotions_dlg.sad}

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On 3/15/2014 ------ said:
On 3/15/2014 Yuban3 said:
On 3/15/2014 ------ said:

IF the plane was hijacked wouldn't passengers try to make calls or texts on their cellphones?

Theory 1: The phones were collected at the start of the flight, or before "they" took over the plane.

Theory 2: The plane flew to such a high altitude, (45,000 feet, I believe) that the air was so thin, that the passengers all died from lack of oxygen.

I doubt Theory 1 would have worked. If passengers had been asked to turn over cell phones it would have caused an uproar and someone would have gotten a message out. Sadly Theory 2 sounds more like it.

I agree that even with collecting cellphones someone would have managed to get a SOS message sent. I think the passengers were rendered unconscious- perhaps with some sort of gas. If the airline was lax in checking for stolen passports then maybe their security screening was lax as well & someone got a small canister of gas/chemicals on board. Maybe even carbon dioxide released through the ventilation system?
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Still believe the plane was diverted by the pilot and driven into the sea, not highjacked by passengers. I also believe the passengers are deceased.

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On 3/15/2014 Tribefan said:
On 3/15/2014 ------ said:
On 3/15/2014 Yuban3 said:
On 3/15/2014 ------ said:

IF the plane was hijacked wouldn't passengers try to make calls or texts on their cellphones?

Theory 1: The phones were collected at the start of the flight, or before "they" took over the plane.

Theory 2: The plane flew to such a high altitude, (45,000 feet, I believe) that the air was so thin, that the passengers all died from lack of oxygen.

I doubt Theory 1 would have worked. If passengers had been asked to turn over cell phones it would have caused an uproar and someone would have gotten a message out. Sadly Theory 2 sounds more like it.

I agree that even with collecting cellphones someone would have managed to get a SOS message sent. I think the passengers were rendered unconscious- perhaps with some sort of gas. If the airline was lax in checking for stolen passports then maybe their security screening was lax as well & someone got a small canister of gas/chemicals on board. Maybe even carbon dioxide released through the ventilation system?

Do you mean carbon monoxide?

Carbon dioxide is what we exhale when we breathe out.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas.

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On 3/15/2014 evelomaddict said:

i believe that the plane was either hijacked or deliberately sabotaged and that it crashed but where?

i did read an article a few days ago that said that this pilot was known to allow passengers into the cockpit. {#emotions_dlg.blink}

I watched a tv clip about one of the pilots bringing attractive females into the cockpit and mingling with and entertaining them while working. In it one of the women was speaking, and saying she was amazed that he kept calling out to her and another woman to come up there while they were seated.

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Hijacking was my assumption all along. It's the only thing that makes sense, especially in that part of the world. Whether confirmed or denied, I think the plane was flat out stolen.


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