Originally Posted by
savall
If the facts in that article are to be believed, then there is definitely something sketchy going on here. That westerly course would not be on the flight path to return to origin and also not to Beijing. If the radar suggests the airplane changed altitude, maintained, and had transponder turned off, that would suggest someone was intentionally controlling the airplane in a non standard method.
What the hell
I imagine this data may in fact be some other movement since they can't positively identify it as the 777.
Wall Street Journal
Diminishes the primary target/Malacca Strait rumor. Quote from the article:
A senior Malaysia air force official Tuesday rejected media reports that military radar had picked up signals from the jet over the Strait of Malacca. The official said the plane dropped off radar midway between Vietnamese and Malaysian airspace as it was apparently turning back from its original course.
Last edited by EasternATC; 03-11-2014 at 01:39 PM.
Reason: Added the quote.