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[Varche]

Not a surprise tbh...

They have lost 240 people and several million dollars worth of aircraft, haven't the faintest idea where it actually is, and there is SFA that they can do about it

Had they come clean about that a week or so ago, then who knows...

I truly sympathise with the plight of the families, and of the Authorities, but there is very little information being released simply because there is very little information.

It is likely that the passengers are dead rather than holed up somewhere

The frightening thing in this whole conundrum is that no one seems to be even remotely aware of the elephant in the corner. The sooner that that reality is faced, the more likely they are to recover the aircraft and hopefully put the passengers to rest properly...

I don't believe that is the case for one minute. The military authorities will know where the plane is and will have spy grade satellite coverage/drone coverage. They will be drawing up plans on how to take it down once it is armed and takes off for its target. (all assuming my theory it has been taken by Al qua'eda types to create max disruption (which it has), to alter forever the parameters of International flight).

What is farsical if that scenario is true is how much energy is being expended by many countries looking for wreckage and delivering meaningless holding statements because as you rightly say "there is very little information". But what else can they do? 

[05omegav6]

Varche, do you seriously believe that they're burning all that fuel when they 'know' where it is...

Truth is they don't have a scooby, so are raking everywhere from Madagascar to Midway in the faint hope it crashed somewhere with the vain hope that someone survived

You and I are in agreement about what/why. Publically the Authorities can't seem to stomach that reality. On their heads be it...

They need to quit dicking around and start getting serious IMHO

[Varche]

You may be right but lets say the Americans know it is holed up on an airfield in Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan being refurbed, rebadged and kitted out with a nuclear bomb, right now the American priority is not disclosing that, gathering Intel and (hopefully) making a plan to stop it once it takes off again. 

sadly the public element i.e. the wasted effort looking for a crashed plane is necessary to avoid blowing the cover of knowing where it is.   

[aaronjb]

You may be right but lets say the Americans know it is holed up on an airfield in Afghanistan, Somalia, Pakistan being refurbed, rebadged and kitted out with a nuclear bomb, right now the American priority is not disclosing that, gathering Intel and (hopefully) making a plan to stop it once it takes off again. 

I reckon that if the Americans knew Al Quaeda had nukes they'd have glassed the middle east and every sympathetic country by now.. rather than keeping quiet about it.

[05omegav6]

Ooops...

http://news.uk.msn.com/world/t-articles?cp-documentid=260032102

 

[chrisgixer]

Debris update iminant on sky news.

[zirk]

Inmarsat are now saying one of their Sat Networks was receiving 'Pings' from the Plane up to 5 hours after it went missing. 

Turns out Inmarsat told the Malaysian Authorities about the Planes Pings being picked up just 3 days after it went missing now, and informed them about the possibilities of the North and South routes around the Indian Ocean.

So much so, and being slightly confused why the Authorities where still pissing around in the China Sea for days after that looking for clues, Inmarsat have now gone Public with this information and are now asking the question why the Southern part of there findings where not being searched last week, rather than being concentrated on, only in the last day or so. 

[Stemo]

Did any of the passengers have an iPad? Can't they just do the 'Find my iPad' thingy?

[chrisgixer]

Did any of the passengers have an iPad? Can't they just do the 'Find my iPad' thingy?

Only works on contact with the internet.

[TheBoy]

Did any of the passengers have an iPad? Can't they just do the 'Find my iPad' thingy?

Only works on contact with the internet.

And currently, most airlines still insist on Airplane/Aeroplane mode, disabling internet.

[05omegav6]

Did any of the passengers have an iPad? Can't they just do the 'Find my iPad' thingy?

Electrickery requires a signal and someone to use it... after two weeks, it's unlikely to have either

[Stemo]

Did any of the passengers have an iPad? Can't they just do the 'Find my iPad' thingy?

Electrickery requires a signal and someone to use it... after two weeks, it's unlikely to have either

I was slightly tongue-in-cheek there, Al. 

[05omegav6]

Did any of the passengers have an iPad? Can't they just do the 'Find my iPad' thingy?

Electrickery requires a signal and someone to use it... after two weeks, it's unlikely to have either

I was slightly tongue-in-cheek there, Al. 

Oh yes do excuse me, I've just got up...

[Gaffers]

Did any of the passengers have an iPad? Can't they just do the 'Find my iPad' thingy?

Electrickery requires a signal and someone to use it... after two weeks, it's unlikely to have either

I was slightly tongue-in-cheek there, Al. 

Oh yes do excuse me, I've just got up...

Lazy b.........

[05omegav6]

I shall be returning from work at about 4 on Saturday morning, so all in all, it's not unreasonable