Malaysia Airlines MH370 - Missing Plane

[scottish]

Yeah admittedly I've not been checking about as much, so figured I'd update the thread :p

If it has crashed though the black box will only have 19/20 days left.

The conferences don't give out much lately I don't think, just seem to be a lot of mention over the area that's being searched (2.24million nautical square miles), confirmation of ACARS disabled between 1.07 and 1.37, about more countries joining, and it's hard to manage 25 countries.

Interested to see what will come back on that Tomnod image though as that plane seems very low.

[scottish]

Show Hide Maldives report not true

Mr Hussein said that radar data had been received, but that he could not release information from other countries.

He said the reports in the Maldives were not true.

Show Hide Regarding the flight simulator

In what could be a significant lead, it turns out that data has been deleted from one of the flight simulators found in the pilots home. Forensics are looking at trying to retrieve the data.

Speaking about the police investigation, he said all passengers, crew and ground staff were being investigated.

Ukraine and Russia are the only countries that have not completed background checks on their nationals.

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He added that "the passengers, the pilot and the crew remain innocent until proven otherwise."

Show Hide Scum news reporters as posted in another thread

Outside the press conference, a woman thought to be a relative of a passenger has been knocked to the floor in scuffles.

Sky News has been running dramatic pictures from what appears to be the lobby of the hotel where the press conference is taking place with a press scrum following the woman.

Police pushed the media out of the way and the women were very distressed, according to Kay Burley.

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Relatives unfurled a banner about an hour before today's press conference started in Mandarin.

As the press tried to move in they were bundled out of the room.

A woman in her 50s or 60s who appeared heartbroken was manhandled and taken to another room.

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It is believed the relatives were trying to storm the conference but they were stopped by police.

Police were also stopping media from talking to the relatives.

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Relatives of people on board the missing Malaysia Airlines plane today tried to stage a protest at the hotel where a daily press conference was taking place.

They tried to unfurl a banner for the media to see, but they were bundled into another room before being removed from the hotel.

One woman, believed to be in her 50s or 60s, was knocked to the floor amid all the confusion which was recorded by news cameras from around the world.

She screamed loudly as she was bundled away by police, up an escalator and into another room before being ushered out of the hotel by three men.

From inside the press conference, acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said: "Emotions are running high".

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The banner is believed to have said: "We demand the Malaysian government reveal the truth."

One woman (pictured below) repeatedly cried: "Where are they? Where are they?"

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One of the main points to come out of the press conference was that files were deleted a month ago on a flight simulator at the pilot's home.

Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu said the records of simulations carried out on the machine were deleted on February 3.

However, acting transport minister Hishammudding Hussein said that pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah is innocent until proven guilty of any wrongdoing.

Show Hide Indonesia finally giving clearance to enter airspace

Indonesia is believed to have finally given clearance for search planes to enter its airspace.

Aircraft from Australia, Japan and the UAE were waiting to fly surveillance aircraft but the country had been dragging its heels.

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Acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said he "regrets" the scenes outside the press conference.

He has now ordered an inquiry into what happened and the handling of the grieving relatives.

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We've had a couple of translations of what two women were saying as they were bundled out of the press room.

A middle aged woman shouted: "They are just saying wait for information. Wait for information. We don't know how long we have to wait.

"Why won't they give us an explanation? My son. It's been 12 days. I have been here 10 days ... every time we ask a question they don't give us answers."

She was then bundled away by police, up an escalator and into another room.

A second woman wearing sunglasses and a face mask said: "We call on the Malaysian government to give us information immediately. There is no information, just endless searching.

"We are not satisfied with the Malaysian government's conduct. We don't need the Malaysian government to take care of us. What we need is the truth. We need to know where the plane is," she said.

As she was carried away she repeatedly cried: "Where are they? Where are they?"

Annoying again, claiming they seen something and it being false.

I still somewhat doubt the flight sim will actually provide anything.

Why the hell are they stopping relatives from going to the press conference and even manhandling them...

[wixard]

as much as i feel for the relatives and the unbelievable frustration that they must be experiencing, i can understand how they might be acting up and it honestly isn't going to make the search any faster or make the malaysian government give them any more information that they may or may not have. i don't feel like the 'manhandling' is wrong, they're just trying to keep everybody safe

[scottish]

I agree that it's just ultimately going to waste peoples (officials) time in the way they're acting up, but completely disagree with the way they're being handled.

Sure at worst block them off from getting into the news conference, but never lay a hand on them, they're already grieving over potential death of their relatives don't need to be pushed about and manhandled by police as well.

If they think something is being hidden from them must be the way the official dealing with them is coming off or something too, as you're not instantly going to think oh my governments hiding something from me? well might do but don't think I would anyway

Then again could just be due to the misleading reports and stuff being given out near the start.

[Eric]

About the manhandling thing.



Again, it's emotional but throwing water bottles isn't going to get you any answers. Idk if they're hiding any information but even if they do, isn't it just too much to be covered up? And they wouldn't ask for help from so many countries if they're really going to maintain everything in secrecy

[merier]

i read a theory that the cockpit could have caught on fire and the pilot was just trying to get the nearest airport but crashed??

probably wrong

[scottish]

That was posted last page

[scottish]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...y-reasons.html

Malaysia confirms it has new radar data on missing plane flying over another country (but won't say where for security reasons)
Malaysia says it has 'some radar data' on missing flight MH370
Officials say they are 'not at liberty' to release data from other countries
Relatives of missing stormed press conference where news was revealed
Distressed family held up banners saying officials were 'traitors'
Pilot had programmed a remote island into his home flight simulator
FBI will help analyse any electronic files deleted from the simulator
Search deemed an 'international effort' as 26 countries look for plane
Officials are focusing search on area in southern Indian Ocean
They dismissed previous claims plane was spotted over the Maldives
Rubbished claims flight was using waypoints when last seen on radar

[MilksAreUs]

Data was also erased from the flight simulator - Sky News


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[xxMATTGxx]

Data was also erased from the flight simulator - Sky News


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Data being removed from the flight simulator or computer is normal. I think it's reported data was removed like a month before?