In a few days all the speculators will crawl back into their holes

[malaise]

A mechanical failure of some sort took place on that aircraft. The latest real information is that Malaysian military radar tracked the plane's altitude changing drastically from 35,000ft to as low as 12,000ft (which is precisely what eyewitnesses observed) and the plane turned left - more like pilots trying to save an aircraft and not no fugging terrorism.
The experts will solve this one - not the idiots looking ratings or book sales.

[badtoworse]

1. That assumes they find the plane. It may never be found.

[malaise]

2. It will be found - something will be found

I'm betting on that.

[badtoworse]

3. Even if they find debris floating on the surface, it's been more than 2 weeks.

It's probably drifted hundreds of miles away from where the plane is and the water is more than two miles deep. It might be years before the plane is found, if it ever is.

[11 Bravo]

35. Yup, it took two years to find the black box from Air France flight 447.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. But, but, I liked that talk of angels

and rapture on CNN, I really did.

[malaise]

5. Bwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

The simulator was our late night comedy.
After investing all their time and resources in this CNN better hope another station doesn't break the real news on this one - all CNN has been breaking is hot air as in gas.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. MSNBC has been playing with a much cheaper version of that though

[Jesus Malverde]

6. I heard they have had great ratings from this event...nt

[malaise]

7. Probably

Why else would they continue this atrocious circus of speculation.

[madinmaryland]

9. Do you have a link to support your "speculation"???

[malaise]

10. LOL

You ask a good question because CNN has long shot its credibility

[madinmaryland]

12. Heh...

CNN is calling your speculation too close to call...



I love that pic!!

[malaise]

13. The Youtube is even better

One of the great evenings on TV

[madinmaryland]

16. I saw it the first time around. What a fucking clueless idiot.

Amazing how far Mommy's money gets you.

[malaise]

17. We had a blast on DU that evening

It was hilarious on steroids

[Turbineguy]

11. Only to resurrect themselves whenever they are needed next time.

It seems you can never have too many experts.

[malaise]

15. It's all one grand ruse

but there are snake oil salesmen in all fields

[former9thward]

14. All that time and they didn't send one distress call.

Right ....

[malaise]

18. Well they've spotted two orange objects

one rectangular and one circle (per BBC)

[davidpdx]

19. Are you referring to all the CTs?

[B Calm]

20. I think they flew into the Twilight Zone air time travel

and landed in 1965.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Last report from Malaysian military radar was heading NW, after a right turn

in the Malacca Strait, towards the Andamans. How can you call that a left turn, and trying to save the aircraft?

[malaise]

22. Where was the nearest airport that could accommodate a 777?

I don't know but people saw the aircraft

[DinahMoeHum]

27. Possibly the airport at Palau Langkawi, west coast Malaysia.

according to these links:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/malaysia-370-day-10-one-fanciful-hypothesis-and-another-that-begins-to-make-sense/284468/

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

Goodfellow's speculation seems much, much more plausible than most. Fire and/or mechanical failure.

[malaise]

28. Thanks

[malaise]

29. Flight MH370 'crashed in south Indian Ocean' - Malaysia PM

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26716572
<snip>
Malaysia's prime minister has announced that missing flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.

Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite data tracking the flight.

Malaysia Airlines had told the families of the 239 people on board, he said.

Earlier the BBC saw a text message sent to families by the airline saying it had to be assumed "beyond reasonable doubt" that the plane was lost and there were no survivors.

Based on new analysis, the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch and Inmarsat, the UK company that provided satellite data, "have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth," Mr Razak said.

[treestar]

23. You're staring your opinion with

Quite a bit of certainty.

No one knows. That is the reason for the speculation. It's natural given the mystery.

[winter is coming]

24. I have a relative who flies for a large corporation.

He told me that the jets he uses have some sort of automated program that kicks in where there's a sudden loss of cabin pressure. The jet will execute a left turn while dropping altitude because that's less hazardous than simply dropping the nose while staying in a straight line. The jet will level out when it reaches a pre-determined "safe" altitude.

[Iggo]

25. But, but, but THE TRANSPONSTERS!

THE TRANSPONSTERRRRRRRRSSSS!!!

[malaise]

26. Getting up off the floor

[Logical]

30. Why are you so pissed off about news coverage of a HUGE story? nt

[B2G]

31. You have no idea if it was mechanical failure

No idea at all.

[malaise]

32. An aircraft that dropped in altitude precipitously from 35,000ft to 12,000ft

is a sure sign of one thing - massive pressurization failure.

[B2G]

33. The plane flew for 8 hours with no distress call?

You don't find that to be a little odd?

[pipi_k]

34. BREAKING NEWS!!!

CNN "hacked" with the truth during news coverage...