RTM wrote:
hmmm... the shadowing theorie again...
Wel, suppose it's true... Can they do that again? I mean, all world leaders are in The Hague next week, Pakistan is within striking distance for a 777. The only problem would be to get into European airspace without being detected. So if they can shadow another flight to for instance Amsterdam... Worrying...
Technically they can do it (again)... While it's technically possible to "hide a plane in plain sight"' by shadowing another plane it's nearly impossible when you do it during the day. To succeed it has to be done during the night when a plane can be virtually invisible when you cut all the lights. During the day, knowing that the EU has the most dense airspace in the world I wouldn't give the plane much chance to even get through airspace.
It may sound far fetched but it's not quite as hard to do as it sounds, wetter the plane will even reach a target is another thing. For the nuclear summit they've taken unseen security measures to be sure that virtually any kind attack is impossible. (and you can actually be sure that security is tightened due the missing plane, while it may be virtually impossible to pull it off, it's certainly one of the things they are taken in consideration).
Now regarding MH370: I can (and hope to) be wrong but I don't think they'll find debris of the plane in the ocean simply because I think it's not in the ocean. I still think it has landed (or maybe crashed) on land and that the northern corridor is far more interesting to search then the southern one. Will they ever find the plane? I don't know, I certainly hope so, not only for the relatives but also for every traveller who takes a plane. It's nearly certain that the plane was hijacked, but the hijacking isn't that special (though rare), the fact that the plane simply vanished is quite astonishing, until today, in modern aviation days, this hasn't happened and it could set a precedent for the future. It's "scary" that a plane in these modern days simply can vanish from earth without leaving a single trail behind. If the plane (or debris) is found in the next weeks/months it could result in extra security measures... Which, I don't know yet, but there will be a change and in these days when we are virtually undressed before boarding it's not a happy thought.
Something else that kept me thinking... I wonder what the Chinese are up to, since the beginning of the search it seems that they are deliberately derailing the search by giving the search teams co-ordinations that are bogus. It seems they are keeping everyone from searching the northern corridor. Today again... After not a single piece of debris has been found and the chances of leaving the southern corridor are increasing a Chinese vessel happens to spot some suspicious debris? Something to think about...
I truly hope they find the plane, I don't care if it's in little pieces or in one piece , south or norht, but it has to be found... Though I truly doubt they'll find it...
