Plane with 239 people on board crashes in Southern Indian Ocean

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I would not be surprised if the plane was shot down considering the conflicting statements coming out of the military.

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But why would the Malaysian military shoot down a plane from their own country ?

Makes not much sense ...

If they thought it had been taken over by terrorists and was a threat to their country, why would it matter which country owned the plane?

Another theory that makes a lot of sense is a massive power failure which took out everything except for the mechanical control of the plane. The pilots try to head back to Kuala Lumpur but do not succeed without the aid of navigation tools. Remember, this all happened in the middle of the night.

The slow decompression theory would make sense if the plane hadn't turned around and stayed at a high altitude.

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The slow decompression theory would make sense if the plane hadn't turned around and stayed at a high altitude.

Did it turn around?  The Malaysians said it did at one point, but according to this:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-mystery-deepens/

it sounds like they're not really sure that whatever they saw on the air defense radar was this flight.

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Yeah, if it didn't then the theory would make sense, especially now that some sources are saying the plane flew for hours after the transporder turned off. Basically, no one knows what the hell happened.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-jet/radar-shows-plane-deliberately-flew-toward-indian-ocean-reports-n52561

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The article also mentions that scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China report that they detected a "seismic event" consistent with a plane crash "on the sea floor close to where the missing jet disappeared from civilian radar screens" at 2:55am, which would have been ~90 minutes after the plane was last seen by civilian radar.

I don't buy this - planes generally don't hit the bottom like the Titanic.

And I kind of agree with Ernest here, why would anyone with a motive to proclaim bring the plane down in a way that it can't be found?

There is something seriously fishy about this whole thing and frankly I'm having a hard time thinking of plausible scenarios.

Someone who doesn't want the plane to be found. I doubt this is terrorism, at least in the traditional sense. Either it is some psychological problem with the pilots, or someone wants something from one of the passengers. It is quite possible the plane landed somewhere. You don't necessarily need a big, fancy runway to land a plane.

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The latest rumour ... sigh, is that the Indian Military night have shot it down over the Andaman Islands ... unresponsive passenger liner, heading towards its large-scale military and space facilities...

According to who? India shooting it down over the Andamans is inconsistent with the data we have about the engines running for 4 hours.

The theory about the plane going into the southern Indian ocean is interesting as that is a good way of making sure no one ever finds the plane. Maybe it was a pilot suicide but he didn't want the truth to come out?

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The latest rumour ... sigh, is that the Indian Military night have shot it down over the Andaman Islands ... unresponsive passenger liner, heading towards its large-scale military and space facilities...

According to who? India shooting it down over the Andamans is inconsistent with the data we have about the engines running for 4 hours.

The theory about the plane going into the southern Indian ocean is interesting as that is a good way of making sure no one ever finds the plane. Maybe it was a pilot suicide but he didn't want the truth to come out?

As I said, rumour.

The fact that the Indians have apparently been asked to halt the SaR activities, suggests more and more to me that there's evidence the Northern corridor is being phased out and the focus is on the Southern towards the middle of the Southern Indian Ocean...

If that is the case... unless they've made some kind of crash landing in the Western Australian desert, there's almost nowhere landing is plausible... that part of the Indian Ocean is pretty much the absolute limit of the plane's capacity.

If the plane did go towards the southern Indian ocean, the pilot suicide theory is most likely true. Maybe he just didn't want his family to find out what he did?

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What is interesting that a few days ago some US experts were saying that there is no evidence of a crash and that some sort of signal would have been sent if that occurred. And even if the pilot wanted to find an isolated place for a suicide, why fly for that long? Even getting a couple of hours south of Indonesia would have put them in pretty isolated waters. Also, getting across the India-Pakistan border undetected would be pretty hard to do but other areas might not be so hard. That being said, I would think India would have good radar coverage looking into China....at least they should. Maybe they don't.

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Yes, I am interested in the earlier satellite pings as well and the location data it contains. Surely the people in charge are looking at it...hopefully.

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Just wanted to remind us all of how wrong all the theories were. Internet experts lose yet again.

What the hell are you talking about? A plane heading to China ends up in the Southern Indian Ocean....that's basically unexplainable. Of course if you are talking about the Alien/wormhole theories then sure....