Exiled Martian
Was young I couldn't do good, now I can't do Bad
^^^ Interesting angle.. so this is basically covert cloud cover tactical espionage with Solid Snake & Raiden at the controls & the whole aircraft flying under the guise of Octo-Camo to avoid radar, someone better holla at Konami for some answers
(sorry I'm just eagerly anticipating the new Metal Gear Solid game out here)Going back to that link though, I think its safe to discredit the theory ~98%..... To be able to meet up with SIA68 the pilot(s) would have needed to flown that route hundreds of times and even then it would be very difficult to meet up at a particular fix point. Think about it there are hundreds of factors that could impact the time - the planes push back late, they are sequenced for departure late, etc etc. However, if by slim chance this was the plan then its possible MH370 would have to "hold" which would have made them somewhat detectable.
Lets just say all of these improbable factors align - MH370 would have to be lower and behind SIA68 to avoid being seen and to avoid the wake turbulence generated by them. Even with the transponder off the TCAS on SIA68 would detect it.....unless they were really low. So lets just say they were 10,000 feet below, behind and were following SIA68 - the amount of fuel burn flying that low would greatly impact their range.
So yea, its not impossible - a ton of factors have to go right which just make it highly unlikely...hence the trace 2% of hope that the pilots were skilled enough to pull this stealthy feat off
On another note Rolls-Royce (indirectly) confirmed that the plane flew for a total of 5 hours -
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/malaysia-airlines-rolls-royce-hldg-idUSL6N0MB1IE20140314
Lets rewind & play out likely 'plausible' outcomes based on what WE know/ been told so far;
12:41am: Takeoff
1:07am: ACARS reports
1:19am: Co-pilot says "Good night" to ATC
1:20am: Transponder turns off (red flag #1)
1:37am: No ACARS report (red flag #2)
2:14am: Final detection by military radar
8:11am: Faint satellite ping from ACARS
8:40am: Gas would have run out
RR is saying that based on their engine monitoring program, the plane flew for a total of 5 hours. That means that the plane would have flown from 12:41am to 6:41am (5 hours from T/O).
That means one of 3 things:
1. The plane flew out of range of their monitoring program (ex. out over deep ocean perhaps) & they lost the signal to monitor it
2. The plane landed & turned off power 5 hours into the flight (around 6:41am, according to RR's data)
3. The plane crashed 5 hours into the flight (again, around 6:41am according to RR)
However, a satellite got a faint ping from ACARS at 8:11am. So it's possible that the plane flew out of range of Rolls-Royce's engine monitoring system, but was in range of the ACARS satellite communications system. Whether that means they crashed hours prior & the engine sent out a final communications ping, who knows. The only thing we know for sure right now is that military radar saw them at 2:14am; after that, it's MIA. If the engines stopped after 5 hours, then:
1. The plane was communicating for about about 4.5 more hours (2:14am to 6:41am) to Rolls Royce's monitors
2. ACARS got a faint ping at 8:11am (about 1.5 hours after Rolls Royce stopped hearing from the engines)
3. The plane would have run out of gas about 30 minutes later (8:40am)
Too many variables & not enough data to make sense of the information yet. If they were still flying at 8:11am, which is when there was an ACARS satellite ping, then they would have had only 30 minutes to land the plane before they fell out of the sky from an empty fuel tank.
^^^ Man even Sherlock Holmes would be scratching his head at this hot mess of a mystery cockup by our peers in the far East
I'm just saying breh
@ implying "Good Night" is some terrorist inside job talk
American mainstream media brehs
