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originally posted by: lostgirl
a reply to: Irishhaf
Yes, you make a good point, and I know you have a busy life, so no worries if you're not really interested -
- But...the whole 'voice thing' takes place within the first 7 minutes of the documentary, and ends only 40 minutes into the flight, there are no changes in 'tone'...
...(In between comments from the narrator) you hear the pilot twice in readying for take off, you hear the tower giving instructions, the co-pilot says something to the tower -
- they all sound very low key, relaxed (there's even commentary talking about how 'normal/business as usual' it all sounds)
Then the tower gives a final instruction for the pilot to make the routine switch to Ho Chi Minh City Air Traffic Control, as the plane is exiting Malaysian air space, approaching Vietnam's -
- and a calm, American accented male responds, "Uh, goodnight Malaysia, three, seven, zero."
Here's the link again, so no one has to scroll back up:
MH370 documentary w/transcript
Specific times for the cockpit voices: the pilot can can be heard at about 2:26 - the co-pilot at about 4:07 - and the 'mystery voice' at about 6:38...
originally posted by: Degradation33
a reply to: ElGoobero
He switched off transponder, plotted a course out to the middle of the Indian ocean, put it on autopilot, waited until it got to altitude, gave everyone hypoxia turning off the cabin pressure switch, killing himself and everyone on that plane. Then it ran out of fuel at cruise and crashed unattended.
Thoughtless and gutless freaking way to go.
That was my initial thought and it's only been proven right over the years.
originally posted by: lostgirl
a reply to: Degradation33
Except - the tower recordings prove that only 90 seconds (!) before the transponder "switched off" -
- an American sounding voice 'signed off' from the cockpit, saying "Uh goodnight Malaysian, three, seven, zero."
The pilot and co-pilot both had distinct asian sounding accents...
...so, who was in the cockpit with them when the transponder got turned off?
Everything I wrote above is evidenced at the documentary link I provided in my first post on page one of this thread.
Based on this information, two speculative routes have been drafted showing how and where the plane diverted off course. In both scenarios, MH370 did not continue towards mainland Vietnam, but instead veered westbound back over Malaysia. From there, it is projected that the flight either went north over central Asia — or down towards the South Indian Ocean by Australia.
The latter route is the likeliest scenario, widely agreed upon by experts. But what actually happened in the air is still in dispute. Had Shah gone rogue? Or was another state responsible for the flight’s unknown fate? A final commission report on MH370 noted “the team is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance.”