Yes there is (non-military) equipment that can interrupt and scramble cell-phone signals within a certain radius. I'm not sure how anyone would have got such equipment past security though - it's not going to be something small enough to stick in your pocket, more like a small briefase at minimum.
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That's probably one of the best theories I've heard yet UBM.
It's certainly not confirmed that it's terrorism, only that whoever was flying the plane after it lost contact "knew what they were doing" from a technical POV. That almost certainly points to the pilot. If it was terrorism, then the pilot was responsible and likely was the only one on that plane involved.
I do agree that the intelligence services know more than they have released.
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Yes I was thinking it seemed like a lot of trouble to go to steal a plane full of (presumably now dead) passangers. Wouldn't it just be easier to steal one off the tarmac on the ground? But then it would be much more obvious that it was terrorism and the plane would be stopped/shot down for sure.
Still, if this is terrorist activity which it certiainly does appear to be, then it seems strange that no-one has owned up to anything yet, which makes you think there is more to come.
On the other hand, I do think this could be one of those things that we never get to the bottom of, never hear the real story and the plane is never found at all.
I don't think Violia's theory about the plane being taken over and flown like a drone quite holds water. You can fly an un-manned military drone from the ground because it is designed to be flown like that, but these 777's don't have those kinds of automation systems. Sure, they have auto-pilots, but they're not available wirelessly to anyone on the ground, and you certainly can't even use auto-pilot to land a plane. Although the pilot was a flight-geek, I think it's beyond unlikely that he retro-fitted any sort of automation system during the flight while the thing was in the air.
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New pioneer book
by 88JM inhello folks - nice to be back after a three week holiday down under.
did i miss anything remotely interesting?
sad to see that atlantis' informant in bethel has been ratted out.
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Haha - I bet they have a cleaning rota for those loos that everyone ignores too!
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When do Auxilliary CO's go out in field service?
by Quarterback ini moved into this new cong for over two years now.
we have this younger couple that are part time co's.
i know that they would be busy serving a cong when they are asked to do so, but that is not too often.
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Haha dozy you do have some good stories. I bet I know the C.O. you mean as well, getting his car washed.
I also love that you're implying elders count ministry time for judicial committee work and DF'ing appeals!
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If you get chance to attend one of the bigger Mardi Gras'es, I thoroughly recommend it.
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The Last BOE!
by Atlantis inthis is the last boe we will be able to provide.
our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.
we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.
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I think they are upping their game a little bit in the I.T. department as here in the UK recently there were letters requesting if there were brothers with specific skills like SQL databases that would be interested in serving at bethel. Heavy stuff, if that's what they are looking for. Can't think of a worse hell though - being drafted in to sort out some unholy database mess at bethel.
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New pioneer book
by 88JM inhello folks - nice to be back after a three week holiday down under.
did i miss anything remotely interesting?
sad to see that atlantis' informant in bethel has been ratted out.
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Hello folks - nice to be back after a three week holiday down under. Did I miss anything remotely interesting? Sad to see that Atlantis' informant in bethel has been ratted out. Quite shocking, especially if it was with secret surveillance. I'm sure we have laws against that sort of thing in the workplace here in the UK. I guess they're not technically "employees" though...
Anyway, at the Watchtower study today, the conductor (who does substitute CO work) mentioned that there is a new pioneer book. This came as no surprise to me with the pioneer schools now being shortened, they had to come up with a shorter book too. I don't suppose anyone has seen it in the wild or has a copy online? Probably the same rubbish as the old one I'm guessing, but thought it was worth mentioning.
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Watchtower Changes. Why
by new hope and happiness infollowing on from a recent post that asked for a list of the watchtower changers since you left, it would be intetesting to compile the list with why the changes were made.. .
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Yeah that was it. CoC even had photocopies of one or two of their passports as I recall, or maybe that was on here.
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Watchtower Changes. Why
by new hope and happiness infollowing on from a recent post that asked for a list of the watchtower changers since you left, it would be intetesting to compile the list with why the changes were made.. .
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Didn't Ray Franz mention in CoC about one of the "doctrine" changes around the Mexico/Malawi scandal time was made so GB members could hold passports and travel abroad? Something they had to sign I think it was?