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Foul play? Terrorist act?
Reported on CNN moments ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 top of page as breaking news.
"2 people listed as passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines plane were not on board, Austrian and Italian officials say. "
top of page as breaking news. No story other than headline on CNN as of now.
link: http://my.news.yahoo.com/conspiracy-theories-spiral-around-mh370-disappearance-145358298.html
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]
undeterred
(34,658 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Mojo Electro
(362 posts)It was mentioned in the context of explaining that one person (and maybe another?) who was believed to be on the plane was not, but he had his passport stolen some time ago.
Edit: I take that to mean somebody else was traveling with their passport, causing them to be on the passenger list. Way to early to say it means anything.
drm604
(16,230 posts)which is a wacky, unreliable conspiracy site.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)Not sure if they are using the wacky conspiracy site as a source. But wouldn't surprise me.
drm604
(16,230 posts)Do you have a link to a CNN article or did you see it on TV? I guess I should turn on my TV.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)No link... their website is a waste of time.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Sometimes it seems like the only purpose in life is to keep your car from touching another's.[/center][/font][hr]
Beringia
(4,316 posts)http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26496673
Separately, it has been reported that two passengers who were listed on the plane's manifest - an Italian and an Austrian - were not actually on the flight but had had their passports stolen in the past two years in Thailand.
mainer
(12,023 posts)Reports say the plane was at 35,000 feet, so had already made a safe ascent. The fact there was no Mayday prior to its disappearance also points to a sudden catastrophe.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)This was all over in an instant. I only hope all the people died instantly or were instantly knocked unconscious.
I fly a fair amount and my only real fear is something that essentially takes the plane out from under me and I have to endure a 30,000 ft plunge to earth fully conscious. Pretty darn unlikely, I know, but the mind has a way of picturing fearful things that are not necessarily rational.