MH 777 missing - MH370 media statement

[lukenet]

It is amazing to watch so much wild speculation when there is such a lack of factual information.

 

[pootle]

My mother has just returned from Malaysia, having flown KUL-BNE on MH and she reports there were no such Australian officials checking passports prior to boarding her flight. Is it a random thing?

Flew back from Kl on Monday and we had several checks including at the departure gate, all the baggage was re screened, you were not allowed to take bottled water into the boarding gate area either.

 

[dk4]

Flew back from Kl on Monday and we had several checks including at the departure gate, all the baggage was re screened, you were not allowed to take bottled water into the boarding gate area either.

Gate LAG & security check is a standard requirement for flights departing from selected counties to Australia (and required by the Australian government), not just in Malaysia, but also the Philippines, Thailand... what I presume anat0l and others were discussing is actual AU immigration officials at the gate (not merely security).

 

[drron]

South China Morning Post has a photo taken by passenger on an MH plane 90 minutes out of KL-

 

[lovetravellingoz]

tried to hijack the plane and whilst scuffling for the coughpit controls tipped the plane into a downward spiral explaining sudden disappearance and lack of a call.

This wild speculation would ignore the way coughpits are secured these days...not to mention that I would imagine that pilots would have ways to call well before anyone would have access to them.

Only facts we know currently is that the plane has disappeared (Most likely in a very sudden way if I was to speculate) and that two passengers were on stolen passports. These two facts may, or may not, be connected.

However even if not connected I would speculate that passport checking procedures will now be tightened/improved. One wonders how common it is for people to fly on stolen passports?

 

[Happy Trails]

While I don't claim any expertise, the published image of the 'oil slick' looks more like coral spawn to me.
It wouldn't be the first time they've been confused and misidentified by people who should know better.

 

[markis10]

MH have confirmed the oil slick is not related.

 

[drron]

A new report that Vietnam has picked up signals from the plane.Wonder if correct this time-
China: Vietnam detects signals from missing place

 

[pootle]

Sorry should have also put there were passport checks before going into gate by airline staff and once through security passports were checked again by immigration officials before entering gate

 

[legroom]

A new report that Vietnam has picked up signals from the plane.Wonder if correct this time-
China: Vietnam detects signals from missing place

What type of 'signal' would that be coming from ?

The black box ?

Some auto activated beacon on contact with water ?

Thanks

 

[dk4]

...I would speculate that passport checking procedures will now be tightened/improved.

Not necessarily anything more than lip service, if it is people smuggling: it is in Malaysia's interest for "asylum seekers" to leave Malaysia by any means, as they then become another country's problem. (Hence why AU would want to stop them at the gate, before boarding the flight, while they are still MY's problem... So turning a blind eye to it might even be official protocol?)

 

[Pinktommy]

Sky News has a live coverage of the media interview on now.....40 ships and 22 aircraft now involved in the search of a wider coverage area, and possibility the plane could have made a turn back........

 

[legroom]

... and possibility the plane could have made a turn back........

Turned back to .... where ???

 

[drron]

Twitter feed with the debris photos-
https://twitter.com/search?q=mh370 debris&src=typd&mode=photos

 

[Pinktommy]

"There was a possibility that the missing Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had to make an "air turn back", Malaysia's Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said"

As per media interview.......didn't really state where too??

 

[Oxy]

"There was a possibility that the missing Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had to make an "air turn back", Malaysia's Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said"

As per media interview.......didn't really state where too??

From what I could understand, he stated that data has now been found from their radar record, missed it the first time around?

 

[burmans]

It is amazing to watch so much wild speculation when there is such a lack of factual information.

I guess thats a technique we picked up from watching/reading the Murdoch press.

 

[GoldCanyon340]

Sadly you will find that once you put things on Facebook you are basically allowing full access toanyone.

The publishing of Facebook pics flagged as 'Public' is an inevitability of modern life. I'm not attempting to debate or justify this, but what I find very distasteful is media outlets photographing and recording grief stricken relatives and friends at the destination port. That is not newsworthy in any shape or form.

 

[Sprucegoose]

I guess thats a technique we picked up from watching/reading the Murdoch press.

ultimately the public decide these things by patronizing these businesses. And while we are all pious when it comes to publicannouncements on the issue we all take a peek to satisfy our curiosity.

 

[whatmeworry]

Malaysia lets nearly everybody in to their country. So the guys on the stolen passports could have come from nearly anywhere in the world on their passport or used the stolen passport to transit via Malaysia.
Visa policy of Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Will be interesting to see if they started the journey in Malaysia or elsewhere.
No terrorist group may have taken responsibility for the moment, as most terrorists these days are lone wolfs or isolated cells.
If this was an act of terrorism then there are a number of terrorist groups or their sympathisers in that area (Asia) that might be involved.