Thread: Flight 370

To pull this off requires closing to well under 400 yds and a few feet of altitude. Commercial aircraft enroute are kept at least 5 miles apart in trail. To pull this off would require a LONG time on the approach with minimal extra throttle for the overtake. Heck just pulling off a standard refueling join up requires quite a bit of time and that is with communication and cooperation! Then closing the last 1/4 mile seemed to take about 5 minutes in the day light and that is with the refueler well slowed at that point!

I think the alien explanation is more likely!

Originally Posted by Splashone

I think the alien explanation is more likely!

OK, I'll put you down as being firmly in the Alien Abduction camp.

rs,
Tack

After listening today to all the "Explanations" I think I am moving myself over to the "Alien Abduction Camp"

Originally Posted by gssixgun

After listening today to all the "Explanations" I think I am moving myself over to the "Alien Abduction Camp"

Is This For Real???? - EclectEcon

Originally Posted by earcutter

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Good lord..



rs,
Tack

Actually I have it on good authority the Rover on mars has great pictures of the plane landing there and the passengers frolicking on a hillside.

Of all the current discussions this one makes some sense.

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Lets hope he made a safe landing and we have yet to find them.

Originally Posted by Splashone

To pull this off requires closing to well under 400 yds and a few feet of altitude. Commercial aircraft enroute are kept at least 5 miles apart in trail. To pull this off would require a LONG time on the approach with minimal extra throttle for the overtake. Heck just pulling off a standard refueling join up requires quite a bit of time and that is with communication and cooperation! Then closing the last 1/4 mile seemed to take about 5 minutes in the day light and that is with the refueler well slowed at that point!

I think the alien explanation is more likely!

If it takes you 5 minutes to close to precontact from 1/4 mile , don't know if I trust the rest of your numbers!
Just kidding

Totally agree with your stance on this one, I used to fly AWACS and I can say that 2 radar hits and 1 IFF (transponder) hit would certainly raise a couple eyebrows in the back, and I would assume that would hold true with ground radar as well. Not a likely scenario.

They are never going to find this plane.

CNN Is never going to stop reporting on it either .

Originally Posted by earcutter

They are never going to find this plane.

Meh. It's got to be somewhere. And latest news is they found debris that may have been a wing, and are now going to try and recover it.
I agree it's not the easiest recovery ever. They have to do an enormous amount of legwork and interviewing. But because this has gotten so much attention, they have resources at their disposal which a normal case wouldn't have gotten. I think the story will still come out.