Vital facts taken from a trusted link : What we know: * It isnt in the South China Sea. The search has been called off there despite various discoveries from debris, oil slick to seismic events. * Its systems were deliberately switched off separately just before it vanished * It did not enter Vietnam air space * It had 7.5 hours of fuel left when it vanished * It didnt crash when it disappeared * It changed flight path and altitude * The plane crossed the Malay peninsula at the border with Thailand and was considered as friendly, and therefore not challenged. * Its last contact from the planes systems was at 8.11am on Saturday, nearly seven hours after it vanished from radar screens * There were two Iranians travelling on Italian and Austrian passports stolen from Thailand over the past two years. * One man had a Chinese passport with the same number as a Chinese man who never left his Fujian province in China. * Interpol says there are a few passengers with suspect passports * There were Chinese calligraphers, government servants, holidaying couples, two infants and 20 Freescale electronics plant officials and workers on board the plane. * It was a code-share fight with China Southern Airlines. The two men travelling on stolen passports had tickets bought together from a travel agent in Pattaya, Thailand, a day before the flight. * The planes disappearance has brought attention to rings specialising in stealing and selling stolen passports out of Thailand. * The pilot is 53-years-old with more than 18,000 hours flying time and has built a B777 flight simulator at home. His house was raided today. * The co-pilot is 27-years-old with 2,700 hours flying time and who has apparently taken female passengers to the cockpit while flying. * Malaysia Airlines is one of the worlds safest air carriers after Qantas and Singapore Airlines. It has only had two accidents in the past – one was a hijacking. – March 15, 2014.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 09:39:44 +0000