there is still too much dribble being generated in the press re theories. its become a circus.I'm a Malaysian, and this issue has baffled and intrigued me greatly. 1 Thing that has kept me wondering is regarding the radar data. I know there has been alot of finger pointing towards malaysian air force radar not picking up the plane and intercepting it. We may be at fault, but isn't it strange that the path the plane took to fly meant that it MUST have registered in Thailand's, INdonesian and probably Myanmar Military radar, and all I have been seeing in the news are all Malaysian radar maps and detection.
Why isn't the rest of the countries come forward with what they saw instead of hiding their data's? I'm very sure the military radar of indonesia and thailand also picked up the flight, but they did not come out early to pool resources during the 1st week, to say yes we have 3 countries data confirming that the plane flew back across the country towards the indian ocean, sigh.
And Whoever is responsible for the air force doctrine, or on watch of the radar should be fired for being inept at what they were supposed to do. This is a major embarrassment to Malaysia when it comes to our air force's capabilities or its doctrine.
Indonesian AF spokesman already released statement on last Saturday that the Indonesian AF Radars has not detected any unidentified airplane on Northern Sumatra (Aceh) airspace. There are 2 Indonesian AF radars in Aceh, 1 in Sabang Island (nothern tip of Sumatra facing mouth of Malaca strait), and in Lhoksumawe (western coast of Aceh facing Indian ocean).Why isn't the rest of the countries come forward with what they saw instead of hiding their data's? I'm very sure the military radar of indonesia and thailand also picked up the flight, but they did not come out early to pool resources during the 1st week, to say yes we have 3 countries data confirming that the plane flew back across the country towards the indian ocean, sigh.
Essentially yes, plus depending on the altititude of the aircraft and distance to the radar, the aircraft could have been under the radar horizon.CNN has reported that Thailand has now sent some radar data which might help narrow the search.
Is it possible that some military radar data might give away too much info regarding a country's air defence capability?
Just posted that in another thread, I found it a very plausible explanation too. Don't know why it took so long for the media to interview a genuine airline pilot about the incident, but then I don't follow every news source so that might be an unfair statement. In any case his explanation was very grounded and logical, makes a lot of sense.So far, the most convincing and logical theory I've heard comes from a Canadian civil pilot.
Spoiler Alert! No aliens or terrorists seem to be involved, so the press will be disappointed.