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Hunt For Missing Boeing
by searchfothetruth 46 Replies latest social current
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berten
You can have a laugh with it,fine with me,but a plausible explanation is not forthcoming from the both of you. (Brit & Yuck)
And if the so-called authorities mention things like that this plane could be used for terrorist attacks (Note that *they*
are saying this,*not* me) then I think i am allowed to draw my own conclusions from it.Just like you are allowed to ridicule it.
Question remains,how is it that with todays technologies no-one is able to track it down? (Or so they say.)
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expatbrit
Berten:
Ever been to airports in the developing world, say, in Africa or South America? They're not exactly beacons of tight security. On one of my trips, all the people in the departure lounge had to return and go through the xray machine thing again because it had been on the blink for God knew how long and no-one had noticed. I've also been hassled by souvenir salesmen on the runway, though granted a security guard did chase them off after he woke up from his nap.
Consequently, I don't find it particularly surprsing that someone managed to nick an aircraft. It obviously took some planning, but who is going to question a bunch of appropriately dressed guys who appear to be doing maintenance work on one of a number of old aircraft? Probably it was an inside job. And once the plane began to taxi, it was questioned.
As for tracking the plane, this is Northwestern Angola we're talking about here. Not exactly an area that the Americans would dedicate an extremely expensive spy satellite to full time. From the news stories, the Americans have been taking pictures of airports and runways in the area, but obviously this would only have begun once they knew about the theft. Somehow I don't think that the Angolan air traffic controllers keep the number for NORAD taped to their monitors, so that wouldn't have been for quite some time. Nor would NORAD have suddenly had alarms going off just because a plane happens to take off from Luanda airport.
So where is it? Oh, somewhere in Southern Africa. It's a big place, with plenty of places to hide, and lots of camouflage. That's assuming it's still in one piece, of course. It may well have been stripped for parts to be sold. Or maybe it will be sold to terrorists, but that's only a possibility.
But really, where's the conspiracy here? Do you really think that the American government is cooking this whole thing up to justify some fiendish war? Or maybe it just a theft of a plane after all. Which is more probable?
Expatbrit
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Englishman
These big planes have ignition keys just the same as cars. So someone either stole them or they were left in the aircraft.
Englishman.
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berten
>But really, where's the conspiracy here?
Well,If the authorities bring up this terrorist threat,one would think that some terrorists could be conspiring :-)
>Do you really think that the American government is cooking this whole thing up to justify some
>fiendish war? Or maybe it just a theft of a plane after all. Which is more probable?
Maybe it is just a theft,maybe not...
>As for tracking the plane,<rest snipped>
Maybe they missed it ,could be.But one would think that they would be more attentive after letting four planes
be used for terrorist attacks.Also I thought it reasonable that NORAD would be keeping an eye on airspace
outside the U.S. *themselves* and not really rely on the Africans to signal any unusual going ons.
I think they have enough personel to devote it to different parts of the world...
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frogit
I've just noticed I have a jumbo Jet in my back garden, I'm sure it was not there this morning, it's flattened a few flower beds, but I'm sure it will come in handy when we go on holiday!
frogit
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rem
There is a big difference between being able to detect missiles launched anywhere in the world (and not just any missiles, but ICBs) and detecting planes taking off. Does anyone know how many hundreds or thousands of planes take off all over the world in one day? To think that NORAD has the capability of tracking all that is simply ridiculous. Damn, the war on drugs would have been over years ago!
rem
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SixofNine
It's scary how many people believe the things they see in James Bond movies to be realistic.
My guess is that this will turn out to be someone who feels they have proper ownership of the plane having taken it to get it out of Angola government greedy hands. They couldn't even get insurance to pay them for it just sitting there..... but if it disappears....?
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berten
>To think that NORAD has the capability of tracking all that is simply ridiculous...
Not at all.
Tracking a few thousand planes;such an impossible task? I don't think so...
>It's scary how many people believe the things they see in James Bond movies to be realistic.
What has this to do with a plane getting lost? And authorities admitting to have few clues as to it's whereabouts?
Rest assured,I can tell fiction from reality... :-)
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SixofNine
Rest assured,I can tell fiction from reality... :-)
Sadly, no, you can't.