MH370 in hangar at Diego Garcia, detainees already rendered

[Cathal Garvey]

One account I read held that telemetry is initially disabled, then
re-enabled sequentially while the cause is narrowed down. But that the
priorities are so urgent (you have about 3 minutes to live) that
actually using the communications equipment is not an option; the pilot
must immediately land while trying to narrow the problem, full-stop.

The scenario plays out in other cases that didn't go well that the crew
ultimately succumb to smoke/monoxide inhalation and simply pass out,
leaving the plane continuing on autopilot, *and pinging quietly*, until
it ditches.

That was the scenario I read, at least. All the other scenarios seem
equally unlikely in the first place, but also unlikely to be so clean
and tidy. Hackers hack the instruments? Great! How many flight-school
trained hackers can successfully pilot a plane from the in-flight
entertainment system? In fact, how many hackers of that calibre,
full-stop, have any experience flying planes? That's your suspect group.
Where are they, then?

Government or state-sponsored hijackers? Then why such a confusing job?
Why so silent yet also suspicious? And why instantly turn to the nearest
airport, whereas hijackers would take a more circuitous route?

Want to just crash a plane because you're a fairy-tale terrorist? Then
why the silence, and no terror-inspiring speeches claiming credit, and
why disable radio communications on the plane? You want terror, right
mister stereotyped extremely-unlikely-person?

To me this has all the hallmarks of an unfortunate accident, and after
reading the pilots' fire explanations, both of which referenced
real-world examples, I'm pretty happy to agree with the experts in
aviation over the Intel wonks looking for Cyber Pearl Harbour or the
media fools looking for an amazing scoop.

On 18/03/14 22:27, Juan Garofalo wrote:
> 
> 
> --On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:21 PM +0000 Cathal Garvey
> <cathalgarvey at cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
> 
>>
>> That all the Pilots are saying "Probably Fire" and nobody's listening,
>> in favour of all sorts of bizarre and unlikely conspiracies, says a lot
>> about our maturity and our level of openness to fearmongering.
> 
> 
> 	Is the 'probably fire' theory compatible with this? 
> 
> 	http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2014/03/16/mh370-x-factors-continue-to-baffle-airline-insiders/
> 
> 
> 	" there were regular stand-by pings from the airliner's otherwise disabled
> ACARS automated performance update system, between 1.07 am KL time on 8
> March when that system stopped filing data, and that last known ping at
> 8.11 the same morning"
> 
> 
> 	http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304185104579437573396580350.html
> 
> 	"The automatic pings, or attempts to link up with satellites operated by
> Inmarsat PLC, occurred a number of times after Flight 370's last verified
> position, the people briefed on the situation said, indicating that at
> least through those five hours, the Boeing Co. BA -1.10% 777 carrying 239
> people remained intact and hadn't been destroyed in a crash, act of
> sabotage or explosion."
> 
> 
> 	etc? 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> On 18/03/14 14:45, Robert Hettinga wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Anonymous Remailer (austria)
>>> <mixmaster at remailer.privacy.at> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Diego Garcia
>>>
>>> Fuck tinfoil.
>>>
>>> Cypherpunks use graphene.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> RAH
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Curiouser and curiouser, innit?
>>>
>>
>> -- 
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>> P: +3538763663185
>> W: http://indiebiotech.com
>>  
> 
> 

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