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That's helpful in keeping ticket prices down. :p

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CBC in Canada here is reporting this morning:

India has been asked to assist and search near the Andaman Sea.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/malaysi...shed-1.2569129

CNN is reporting Vietnam has scaled back on the search until Malaysia can provide more accurate information on where to look.

CNN also reporting a top Malaysian Air Force official as saying, the plane remained on radar for an hour after all communication was lost.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/12/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1


*As both CNN and CBC have updated and at times removed previously reported items, links are subject to change as news comes in.*

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If someone told CNN that the aircraft had been hit by ET's spaceship, they'd report it!

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Fortunately there appears to have been a plane spotter on an oil rig off the coast of Vietnam, ExKiwiLass just posted this: http://globalnews.ca/news/1202910/oi...o-down-report/

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So now they're saying it could have flown SEVEN hours! And could have reached Turkmenistan, which seems unlikely as it would have had to pass over, or very close to Afghanistan. I saw speculation on pprune several days ago that, given prevailing winds, MH370 might have had enough fuel to reach Somalia. :unsure:

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I'm beginning to think it just might have vanished. Taken by Martians or something!

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I wonder what was in the hold, potential for this to be cargo theft.

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That's about as plausible as any other theory I've heard so far, unfortunately. :unsure:

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If they wanted to nick the cargo they would have flown it to Heathrow.

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I think the theory it went down in the sea south of India is the most plausible. One of the pilots being the culprit seems more likely than a hijacker, but not sure I'd put a bet on it at Ladbrooks.

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That suggests that they overpowered their colleague - which, while not impossible, seems a little far fetched. That said, that the aircraft had it's ACARS disabled certainly suggests familiarity with the B777.

Although the operations manual of a 777, which details how to disable both the ACARS and the Transponder, can be freely found online.

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Wouldn't be the first time, hasn't it happened already a couple times in the past?

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There was an incident where a FedEx employee that was deadheading attacked the pilots - they were both seriously injured and never flew again, even though they fought him off and landed safely.

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I had thought Egypt Air, and Silk Air incidents had been determined to be pilot suicide, but I know there is controversy around both.