Originally Posted by TheFly

Incredible, 413 posts of theories, guesses and hunches, including some racial undertones and a witch-hunt mentality. One thing we can all agree on is that we can't find it and we don't know for sure what happened to it.

And yes, sir, "some-thing-is-wrong" with your cave like, intolerant mentality.

Originally Posted by CBreezy

Asking questions is one thing. Jumping to conclusions is another. There are so few facts in this case that any conclusions beyond, "it didn't land where it was supposed to" and "something happened to the transponders" is irresponsible. It was only recently confirmed that AN airplane flew west over the islands that many believe most likely is MH370. Beyond that, not a single person on this board is qualified to speculate on intent, motive, or responsible parties since there is literally zero information from what happened during the flight. I would prefer we all stick to the facts because the "tin-foil hat" people are making this counter-productive.

For those that think Pakistan or Iran is responsible, wouldn't it just make more sense for a national actor to just buy an old widebody (i.e. DC-10) to turn into a bomb rather than going through an elaborate hijacking?

Originally Posted by CBreezy

Beyond that, not a single person on this board is qualified to speculate on intent, motive, or responsible parties since there is literally zero information from what happened during the flight. I would prefer we all stick to the facts because the "tin-foil hat" people are making this counter-productive.

Originally Posted by CBreezy

For those that think Pakistan or Iran is responsible, wouldn't it just make more sense for a national actor to just buy an old widebody (i.e. DC-10) to turn into a bomb rather than going through an elaborate hijacking?

Originally Posted by TheFly

Incredible, 413 posts of theories, guesses and hunches, including some racial undertones and a witch-hunt mentality. One thing we can all agree on is that we can't find it and we don't know for sure what happened to it.

And yes, sir, "some-thing-is-wrong" with your cave like, intolerant mentality.

Originally Posted by rickair7777

I'm as "qualified" as anyone to ponder certain terror-related issues, based on recent military assignments.




Pakistan wouldn't do it, certain Pak elements might like to.

As for Iran...I wouldn't absolutely put anything past them.

Also no state actor would take any significant risk of getting caught up in something like this, even peripherally...that's how Regime Change happens. Not saying for sure they wouldn't do it, but the risk would be very carefully considered.

For that reason if a state was involved, it would be through multiple cutouts and at arms-length (to say the least). So if it was state-instigated or sponsored it would still be made to look like non-state actors were responsible.

Originally Posted by RomeoJulietLima

People who know how to do their stuff, don't screw it up! Trust me! Men and women who know how to fly, don't Fck it up!

Originally Posted by CBreezy

My former military assignments and graduate degree also allow me to speculate on certain aspects of terrorism. On this issue, without any data, unless there is active intel (which one could argue would be classified and unable to be shared here), no one can do anything other than speculate. Even the most qualified pilots, diplomats, military experts don't have enough data from which to draw intelligent and informed conclusions.

I certainly can appreciate intelligent discussion on this subject but many are making accusations and turning theories into hard facts. I'm sure if we made a lettered list confirmed information without speculation, we'd run out of facts far sooner than running out of letters.

Originally Posted by jungle

Always amusing to see the pot call the kettle black.

What we do know is that 777s don't take tours all by themselves, we also know that Muslim terror attacks are frequent worldwide events.

Malaysia Airline MH370: 9/11-style terror allegations resurface in case of lost plane - Telegraph

Originally Posted by FDXLAG

Please highlight the post where someone has drawn a conclusion. I see lots of educated guesses, plenty of historical references, even some fairly good technical explanations; but no conclusions. Any post will do.