Idk how legit this is... probably not very. Since, i haven't heard of it till now. And the story came out 13 hours ago.

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Oil Rig Worker: 'I Saw the Malaysia Airlines Plane Come Down'

A member of Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) uses a binocular to scan the horizon during a search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 conducted on the waters of the Strait of Malacca off Sumatra island, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

By Amanda Wills13 hours ago

An oil rig worker working off the south-eastern coast of Vietnam claims to have witnessed the crash of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.

In a email sent to his employer, which was acquired, confirmed, and then shared by the ABC journalist Bob Woodruff, the man says, "I believe I saw the Malaysian Airlines plane come down. The timing is right."

Vietnamese officials reportedly confirmed they got the letter, but found nothing in the water.

He describes seeing what he believes to be the plane burning — in one piece — at high altitude, flying perpendicular to the standard plane routes that cross over the area. "From when I first saw the burning (plane) until the flames went out (still at high altitude) was 10-15 seconds. There was no lateral movement, so it was either coming toward our location, stationary, or going away from our location," he writes.

Authorities expanded the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane to 27,000 square miles on Wednesday after reports that flight 370 may have changed directions before disappearing from radar.

Search teams initially combed over the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam for any clues as to what may have happened to the missing aircraft that was carrying 239 people. However, a source inside the Malaysian military said Tuesday that the plane switched directions and headed west, prompting search teams to look in a whole new direction.

The map above highlights the search area, as of March 11, for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

Malaysian air force chief Gen. Rodzali Daud reportedly said military radar had spotted the jet over the Strait of Malacca. Hours later, however, Malaysian authorities are now casting doubt on this theory after Daud retracted his report, saying, "I wish to state that I did not make any such statements."

Daud's waffling seems to be part of a trend in the search for flight 370. Every lead that Malaysian authorities have chased has turned up nothing but confusion. This is partly why Phan Quy Tieu, Vietnam's vice minister of transportation, told reporters on Wednesday that the country was pulling back on its hunt until Malaysia had something solid to go on from here. So far, he said, the information provided is "insufficient."

Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that Daud on Wednesday said Malaysia's air force is still "examining and analyzing all possibilities as regards to the airliner's flight paths subsequent to its disappearance."

But while Vietnam is scaling back, Japan and Indonesia are ramping up efforts. Eight members of a Japanese search team arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to prepare for the arrival of two C-130 transport aircraft of the Air Self-Defense Force and two P-3C patrol planes of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. Indonesian authorities deployed its search mission over the Strait of Malacca as well.

Indonesian Air Force crewmen of a Boeing 737 "Surveiller" maritime patrol aircraft of the 5th Air Squadron "Black Mermaids" pray prior to a search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that will be conducted the Strait of Malacca, at Suwondo air base in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Earlier this week, Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar scrubbed one of the more promising leads that the plane's disappearance may have been tied to two passengers who were traveling on stolen passports. He said 18-year-old Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad and Delavar Seyed Mohammadreza, 29, both of whom are Iranian, boarded the Malaysia Airlines flight with stolen passports from Austria and Italy. However, authorities believe they were migrating to Europe and have no terror links.

Days later, the search is still at square one, and the families of the missing passengers are demanding answers from Malayasian authorities, who, they believe, have more information than they're sharing. Their anxiety escalated earlier this week after they discovered their missing loved ones' phones were still ringing when they called.

Chinese relatives of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane wait for the latest news inside a hotel room set aside for relatives or friends of passengers aboard the missing airplane in Beijing, China Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Nineteen families signed a joint statement, delivered to Malaysia Airlines, asking for an explanation. Why could they get through to their family members’ phones but not hear anything? However, despite hearing what they think is a connection, experts say that ringing doesn't mean... completed.

"Family members over there are hearing the [ring] tone and they are hoping, but this is not a sign of anything. This is just how the networks work," wireless analyst Jeff Kagan told Mashable.

Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was at cruising altitude, around 35,000 feet, when it dropped from radar on March 7 with no signal from pilots, which is almost unheard of in the aviation world. Authorities believe it may have disintegrated in mid-flight, but no wreckage has been recovered after a widespread search. It's extremely rare for an aircraft to suddenly vanish, without warning, during cruising altitude, as most airplane accidents occur during takeoff or landing.

This map shows some of the more deadly plane crashes that have occurred as the result of an event that happened during cruising altitude. Click on the plane icons to expand the information. Note that the map is not a complete list.

Topics: Malaysia, Malaysia airlines, US & World, World

BobGeorge909 said:

I think the U.S. Navy/CIA know where this plane crashed but r staying mum in lieu of disclosing imaging capabilities. IG Google can EASILY spy summin as small as A motorcycle in N.Y....a Plane...the NAVY and /or the CIA know where it b.

I think Putin took it

BobGeorge909 said:

I think the U.S. Navy/CIA know where this plane crashed but r staying mum in lieu of disclosing imaging capabilities. IG Google can EASILY spy summin as small as A motorcycle in N.Y....a Plane...the NAVY and /or the CIA know where it b.

What for??? If it gets found, if at all, you can bet it would hit the news with the swiftness. And assuming if there were images, you can bet those would be all over the news too.

luv4u said:

BobGeorge909 said:

luv4u said:

What for??? If it gets found, if at all, you can bet it would hit the news with the swiftness. And assuming if there were images, you can bet those would be all over the news too.

With only 1 american aboard, the CIA and/or D.O.D is not going to sell out the technical capabilities the u.s. has for that....IMO. Never show your hand. Maybe they don't know...but I think they do. If they can find a couple missile tube....big missile tubes.... In the jungles of Cuba in the 50's...I project that imaging today can locate some plane parts and debris from a friggin 777. At the same time...the CIA don't wanna let the world know they can count Lindsay lohans freckles from space.

Didn't everyone see Enemy of the State?

I haven't read all the posts, but I have never seen or heard the word "hijack" used in possible scenarios. Isn't that a possibility? Last I saw on the news they were reporting that the plane had veered off course and was headed somewhere toward the opposite direction of its intended flight path. Either that or this is a case of real life LOST. And of course it could be at the bottom of some ocean, and it's just going to take some time to find it, if ever.

noimageatall said:

babynoz said:

Thanks. For the life of me I couldn't firgure out why they can't find this big ass, expensive aircraft. I didn't know there was that much expense involved in state of the art tracking.

It's always down to money.

Always...

I was listening to a news commentator earlier today, stating that there is something 3billion airline passengers a year...and that to upgrade all planes to satellite technology would "only" cost like $2billion.

NOT FOR NOTHING...but think about this; 3 billion passengers a year. That is tens of millions of flights a year (one site I looked at stated that there are 9million flights in the USA alone!).

Now, ONE flight goes missing. Mysterious circumstances involved. Safeguards either ignored, disbaled, or both.

That's not cause for a $2billion investment IMO.

Shyra said:

I haven't read all the posts, but I have never seen or heard the word "hijack" used in possible scenarios. Isn't that a possibility? Last I saw on the news they were reporting that the plane had veered off course and was headed somewhere toward the opposite direction of its intended flight path. Either that or this is a case of real life LOST. And of course it could be at the bottom of some ocean, and it's just going to take some time to find it, if ever.

That was also discussed in the same newscast.
There is definitely talk of the cockpit being breached. However, 6 days have passed and no one has come forth to claim responsibility. If it was a hijacking then where is the ransom demand?
One theory is that perhaps a new type of detonation device was being tested, and the terrorists don't want to show their hand until the "real" show is executed.

PurpleJedi said:

noimageatall said:

Always...

I was listening to a news commentator earlier today, stating that there is something 3billion airline passengers a year...and that to upgrade all planes to satellite technology would "only" cost like $2billion.

NOT FOR NOTHING...but think about this; 3 billion passengers a year. That is tens of millions of flights a year (one site I looked at stated that there are 9million flights in the USA alone!).

Now, ONE flight goes missing. Mysterious circumstances involved. Safeguards either ignored, disbaled, or both.

That's not cause for a $2billion investment IMO.

Agreed, It's not even an improvment that is about saving lives or improving the safety of the aircraft. It's about being able to locate wreckage which, don't get me wrong, is VERY important when looking through a topical lense and considering the families need for answers but in the bigger picture, considering such an extermely rare and anomolus occurance probably not a prudent outlay.

lust said:

I think it was an explosion in the chemical distribution tanks used to dumb down the population and keep us all in the dark until one day the lizard people from the centre of the earth rise up and take over, paving the way for the alien spacecraft on the dark side of the moon to arrive and destroy us all on behalf of the Zionist overlords!

PurpleJedi said:

Shyra said:

I haven't read all the posts, but I have never seen or heard the word "hijack" used in possible scenarios. Isn't that a possibility? Last I saw on the news they were reporting that the plane had veered off course and was headed somewhere toward the opposite direction of its intended flight path. Either that or this is a case of real life LOST. And of course it could be at the bottom of some ocean, and it's just going to take some time to find it, if ever.

That was also discussed in the same newscast.
There is definitely talk of the cockpit being breached. However, 6 days have passed and no one has come forth to claim responsibility. If it was a hijacking then where is the ransom demand?
One theory is that perhaps a new type of detonation device was being tested, and the terrorists don't want to show their hand until the "real" show is executed.

This crossed my mind. And folks gotta eat too.

HIJACKED! Told ya. I suspected this from the very first when they claimed the plane was missing. Plus, I think the Malaysian government officials knew it and were withholding the information.

It just was confirmed on the news that the plane was indeed hijacked.

http://www.komonews.com/n...31131.html

^^^^^^ tried to reply with quote but as usual the org formatting is all jacked up.

Anyway...wow-- So where the hell is the plane and the passengers????

noimageatall said:

^^^^^^ tried to reply with quote but as usual the org formatting is all jacked up.

Anyway...wow-- So where the hell is the plane and the passengers????

I read a news report that said it's a possibility it MAY have landed

poor families, renewed hope that may come to nothing

ZombieKitten said:

noimageatall said:

^^^^^^ tried to reply with quote but as usual the org formatting is all jacked up.

Anyway...wow-- So where the hell is the plane and the passengers????

I read a news report that said it's a possibility it MAY have landed

poor families, renewed hope that may come to nothing

I know those families are hoping for a miracle. My question now is since the plane is NOT underwater are all tracking devices aboard disabled?

This story is already making the rounds...someone on cable news even referenced it. I feel for those families,


http://www.theepochtimes....nes-plane/

noimageatall said:

ZombieKitten said:

I read a news report that said it's a possibility it MAY have landed

poor families, renewed hope that may come to nothing

I know those families are hoping for a miracle. My question now is since the plane is NOT underwater are all tracking devices aboard disabled?

Did they say it's definitely not underwater? How could they know this if they don't know where it is?

nd33 said:

noimageatall said:

I know those families are hoping for a miracle. My question now is since the plane is NOT underwater are all tracking devices aboard disabled?

Did they say it's definitely not underwater? How could they know this if they don't know where it is?

They didn't say...I just assumed if it was hijacked they landed somewhere. Just trying to be optimistic.

^^^^ That bullshit didn't tell me nothing. Just people giving families false hope. I'm sorry but I'm not buying it. AT ALL!

Timmy84 said:

^^^^ That bullshit didn't tell me nothing. Just people giving families false hope. I'm sorry but I'm not buying it. AT ALL!

the plane being landed someplace is becoming more and more of a rational idea. Some mainstream reports are even suggesting it.

I said it early this week. But even if it was it is just as likely that they killed all the passengers. If they want a jumbo jet then they would not necessarily want the people.

In other words the question Where is the plane may not have the same answer as what was the fate of the people.

My prayers to all the famililes suffering in anguish over their missing loved ones right now.



I can only HOPE against hope that this was indeed some botched hijacking and that the jet is safe somewhere with the passengers. But deep inside I tend to believe that if it was a botched hijacking, the jet is in the bottom of the ocean somewhere.

So now they're thinking the pilots were involved?

Sat March 15, 2014 Washington (CNN) -- U.S. intelligence officials are leaning toward the theory that "those in the cockpit" -- the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 -- were deliberately responsible for the mysterious disappearance of the commercial jetliner, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the latest thinking told CNN on Saturday.

The revelation followed news that Malaysian authorities searched the home of the lead pilot, a move that came the same day that Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters the plane veered off course due to apparent deliberate action taken by somebody on board.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Timmy84 said:

^^^^ That bullshit didn't tell me nothing. Just people giving families false hope. I'm sorry but I'm not buying it. AT ALL!

the plane being landed someplace is becoming more and more of a rational idea. Some mainstream reports are even suggesting it.

I said it early this week. But even if it was it is just as likely that they killed all the passengers. If they want a jumbo jet then they would not necessarily want the people.

In other words the question Where is the plane may not have the same answer as what was the fate of the people.

The people are more valuable alive then the plane is worth for it's alleged pirates.

stuff of nightmares

This entire fiasco is insane. First it disappeared. Then it crashed in the ocean. Then someone reported they saw it crash. Then certain 'unknowns' turned off all tracking systems and they say it was hijacked...now it's the pilots who are suspected. I swear I don't think anyone knows what the hell is going on.

noimageatall said:

This entire fiasco is insane. First it disappeared. Then it crashed in the ocean. Then someone reported they saw it crash. Then certain 'unknowns' turned off all tracking systems and they say it was hijacked...now it's the pilots who are suspected. I swear I don't think anyone knows what the hell is going on.

i know! my friend in Brazil who had someone they knew on the plane. As i mentioned earlier... it's just bringing her more pain. The families too i'm sure literally it's a new thing everyday. Today it's terroism