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There was a lot of weirdness surrounding the disappearance, so until something is found, it's all ripe for speculation.
Some people just know better than us, let's leave it like that.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has confirmed a Chinese ship retrieved objects from the southern Indian Ocean on Saturday.
However, it's believed the items are not related to the flight and are more likely fishing objects or rubbish, AMSA said on Sunday.
I have been held hostage by unknown military personal after my flight was hijacked (blindfolded). I work for IBM and I have managed to hide my cellphone in my ass during the hijack. I have been separated from the rest of the passengers and I am in a cell. My name is Philip Wood. I think I have been drugged as well and cannot think clearly.
auroraaus
Okie doke, so we have one of the pilot's sons speaking out in his defence but apparently the pilot's ex-wife and daughter are saying other stuff.
Confusion! Obviously a family conflict going on.
He wasn't the father I knew
Phage
reply to post by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
There was a lot of weirdness surrounding the disappearance, so until something is found, it's all ripe for speculation.
Do you really think that, if and when something is found, there will be no more room for speculation?edit on 3/29/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Synopsis: Boeing paid a $15 million fine for a violation of the Arms Export Control Act involving unlicensed foreign sales of commercial airplanes containing the QRS-11 gyrochip (gyroscopic microchip), a component that has military applications.
www.contractormisconduct.org...
According to the State Department, between 2000 and 2003 Boeing sold to China and other countries 94 commercial jets with the gyrochip embedded in the flight boxes without obtaining an export license and in “blatant disregard” of State Department directives.
auroraaus
reply to post by Mikeultra
Did China sell/lease the aircraft on to MAS?
What about the other planes sold with the chip? Have they all gone walkabout too?
Why now and not over a decade ago?
This QRS-11 gyroscopic microchip is what makes the Boeing Uninterruptible Auto Pilot complete. It is then capable of having control of the aircraft removed from personnel on board.
Phage
reply to post by Mikeultra
This QRS-11 gyroscopic microchip is what makes the Boeing Uninterruptible Auto Pilot complete. It is then capable of having control of the aircraft removed from personnel on board.
How does a gyroscope make it impossible to turn off the autopilot?
patft.uspto.gov.../71429 71&RS=PN/7142971
The method and system for automatically controlling a path of travel of a vehicle include engaging an automatic control system when the security of the onboard controls is jeopardized. Engagement may be automatic or manual from inside the vehicle or remotely via a communication link. Any onboard capability to supersede the automatic control system may then be disabled by disconnecting the onboard controls and/or providing uninterruptible power to the automatic control system via a path that does not include the onboard accessible power control element(s). The operation of the vehicle is then controlled via the processing element of the automatic control system. The control commands may be received from a remote location and/or from predetermined control commands that are stored onboard the vehicle.
patft.uspto.gov... 2F6739556
A method and apparatus for providing an Aircraft Emergency Safety Control System (AESCS) capable of regaining control of an aircraft that may have been lost due to incapacitation of the crew includes an airborne segment, a ground segment, and a communications segment wherein control of the aircraft is removed from the control of unauthorized person(s) onboard the aircraft, and the aircraft is directed to a destination that is considered a safe location for the aircraft given it's status, and to facilitate a reasonably safe emergency landing.