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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:26pm PT
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My money is on the pilots took it down on purpose which explains no radio traffic.
The transponder had been turned off also. Those cockpit doors are pretty
inpenetrable now so that furthers the Death By Pilot theory.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
SLO
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:35pm PT
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I think it was full of pot, was diverted to California, and has crashed somewhere in Yosemite.
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Braunini
Big Wall climber
cupertino
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:36pm PT
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a group of VERY HIGH electronics warfare engineers
What makes you think they were high?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:39pm PT
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They were in an airplane, were they not?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:41pm PT
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'Malaysian'
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:42pm PT
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enjomix is prolly right. The Iranians with the fake passports were just
trying to move to France to open a tobacco shop.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:45pm PT
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I'm with Reilly.
The copilot was young, inexperienced relative to the people they usually get to fly these things.
So he shoots the pilot at 35k feet, has the knowledge to basically cloak the thing, points it toward the Deep Blue - never to be found again.
Think of the genius - no reasons, no explanations, no black box - ever - all in this modern age of high tech spying.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:51pm PT
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They reportedly had 7.5 hours of fuel. Fly it low, he could be anywhere.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 04:56pm PT
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Both pilots had islamic names. They could have been together on the plot
from the beginning but then one got cold feet so they flew around while
they 'sorted it out'. When they came to an 'agreement' down they went.
This wouldn't be the first time for this. That Egypt Air crash off the
coast of S Carolina was almost certainly DBP.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:03pm PT
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But for what? Therein lies the genius...
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:06pm PT
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sad!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:11pm PT
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Ron, forget the Iranians, they were just trying to get out of Iran. This
is all about the pilots. The plane was in control for a long time after
the transponder was turned off and the flight path was deviated from.
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Braunini
Big Wall climber
cupertino
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:12pm PT
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A 777 full of weed is a lot of weed.
Along the same lines, I think it's nice that Ron has his very own Sidmo.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:19pm PT
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With 7.5 hours of fuel and cruising speed of 500 knots it creates a pretty big search area.
When the AirFrance plane went down in the Atlantic it was sending all sorts of data back while it was going down. Someone probably turned everything off on purpose.
Can't even imagine how much it sucked for the passengers ;-(
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:27pm PT
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Can't even imagine how much it sucked for the passengers ;-( And now their families.
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overwatch
climber
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:39pm PT
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Any posters have real intel sources or just the open media?
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enjoimx
Trad climber
SLO
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:44pm PT
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Nobody has real intel sources. We are all at the mercy of Yahoo cbs and Faux journalism.
Who knows what happened to the plane. Maybe it landed safely and it's all a lie.
Maybe it crashed in Yosemite and was full of pot
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 05:51pm PT
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Not much intel. I did talk to someone I work with in Malaysia this morning. They are all scratching their heads as well.
Welcome to realm of pure speculation
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 11, 2014 - 06:03pm PT
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Big f up by the flight crew
Yes, my sources say they forgot the Grey Poupon.
My other sources say the Malaysian military is FOS about having a radar
track in the Straits of Malacca. Radar24.com showed about 5 other aircraft
in the Straits at that time. However, it is looking more likely that they
did fly for some time beyond and/or below primary radar coverage so they
may well be searching the wrong area. On the other hand if it was DBP then
they might have taken it in at a steep enough angle that very little debris
was produced. That seems highly unlikely but stranger things have happened.
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