Sunday afternoon update on Malaysia Airlines flight 370, via The Associated Press: - Flight 370 is still missing, and no confirmed debris from the plane has been found. - According to a state-run paper in Vietnam, the deputy chief of staff of Vietnams army says searchers in a low-flying plane have spotted an object that they suspect to be a door from the missing aircraft. It was found in the same area where the two oil slicks were spotted Saturday, but the object has yet to be confirmed as part of the plane. - Malaysias air force chief, Rodzali Daud, says radar indicates the plane MAY have turned back, but no further details are available on this possible lead. - Authorities remain puzzled as to why there was no distress signal, or distress call, from the crew on the plane, especially if what the radar indicates is true, and the plane began to to turn around, since pilots are supposed to inform the airline and air traffic control if the plane makes a U-turn, according to Malaysia Airlines chief executive. - Another piece of the puzzle is the two stolen passports, one from Italy, the other from Austria, that were used by two passengers to board the missing plane. Officials are investigating the identities of the actual persons who boarded the plane using those stolen passports, but no details are available yet. -According to experts, these stolen passports have strengthened concerns that terrorism could be a possible cause of the planes disappearance, citing that members of Al-Qaida have used similar tactics before. - Other POSSIBLE causes to the planes disappearance include: major engine failure, extreme turbulence, pilot error, or pilot suicide. - Another thing to note about the two stolen passports: a Chinese telephone operator has confirmed to AP that the names on both stolen passports were also booked to leave Beijing on March 8, and head to Amsterdam. The pair was then scheduled to split up in Amsterdam, with one flying to Denmark, and the other flying to Germany, both on March 8. -34 aircraft and 40 ships from multiple countries including the United States, Malaysia and China continue to search for the missing plane. - According to experts, finding traces of an aircraft that disappears over sea can take days, months, or even years, depending on how the plane hit the water, and how many square kilometers the wreckage has spread across.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 17:04:33 +0000
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