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malaise

(269,103 posts) Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:40 PM Mar 2014

So did the aircraft turn back and land in some remote jungle

This gets stranger by the hour

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So did the aircraft turn back and land in some remote jungle (Original Post) malaise Mar 2014 OP

Stephen King was not writing fiction when he wrote Langolieers nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #1

But if there was a high altitude shouldn't there be debris, or at least body malaise Mar 2014 #3

Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #7

Yep the higher the altitude if there was an explosion up there malaise Mar 2014 #8

Depends on how badly they vaporized nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #10

My daughter said the same. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #2

So was I at one stage malaise Mar 2014 #4

No, the jungle, in a petulant fury, leaped up and swallowed the plane! randome Mar 2014 #5

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Mar 2014 #6

Not to make light of a terrible situation, but here's what happened. pangaia Mar 2014 #9

Nice post, Han Solo!! madinmaryland Mar 2014 #11

More like Stephen Hawking on mescaline! randome Mar 2014 #12

I'm not sure how to take that. :>)) pangaia Mar 2014 #13

It took 5 days to find AF447 that crashed on its flight path. MH370 may be off its path. uppityperson Mar 2014 #14

I remember that so well malaise Mar 2014 #15

perhaps the Elder Gods are rising from their slumber. AngryAmish Mar 2014 #16

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

1. Stephen King was not writing fiction when he wrote Langolieers

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:42 PM

Mar 2014

On a more serious answer, they are now going to use the sensors from the UN Nuclear Agency to see if there was a high altitude explosion.

http://www.10news.com/news/nuclear-test-experts-to-check-if-missing-malaysian-airlines-plane-exploded

malaise

(269,103 posts)

3. But if there was a high altitude shouldn't there be debris, or at least body

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:44 PM

Mar 2014

parts by now?

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

7. Yeah ...

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:48 PM

Mar 2014

but that debris (and body parts) would likely be really, really small and spread over a really, really large area.

malaise

(269,103 posts)

8. Yep the higher the altitude if there was an explosion up there

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:50 PM

Mar 2014

the wider the field of debris but there should be something to see by now - shaking head.
I can't imagine what this means for those families - just the wait.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

10. Depends on how badly they vaporized

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:52 PM

Mar 2014

if they were shredded into really small parts...

I just hope it does not remain a mystery for ever.

There is also a claim of an internal Chinese group claiming responsibility and being quickly dismissed

http://www.channel4.com/news/malaysia-airlines-lost-plane-turned-back-passports-mystery

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

2. My daughter said the same.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:43 PM

Mar 2014

She's a Lost fanatic

malaise

(269,103 posts)

4. So was I at one stage

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:45 PM

Mar 2014

randome

(34,845 posts)

5. No, the jungle, in a petulant fury, leaped up and swallowed the plane!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:46 PM

Mar 2014

The jury's still out on this theory.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

malaise

(269,103 posts)

6. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Reply to randome (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:47 PM

Mar 2014

There will be lots of movies on this one

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

9. Not to make light of a terrible situation, but here's what happened.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:51 PM

Mar 2014

As you know, the faster you go, the more your body shortens (assuming you are going head first, or feet first.) Also, the faster you go, the slower time passes-- for YOU. Therefore, if you go fast enough, you shorten to an infinitesimal spec and can go back in time.
So, that plane is really sittin' right in front of the gate from which it left. It's just that nobody can see it.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)

11. Nice post, Han Solo!!

Reply to pangaia (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 08:21 PM

Mar 2014

randome

(34,845 posts)

12. More like Stephen Hawking on mescaline!

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #11)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 08:24 PM

Mar 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]It made sense when we were children. Not so much now.
Talk to a stranger today. You might learn something. You might help someone.[/center][/font][hr]

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

13. I'm not sure how to take that. :>))

Reply to randome (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 08:46 PM

Mar 2014

It is true, however, that the faster you go, your body will shorten in that direction.
And it is also true, that the faster you go, the slower time passes for you.
If there were twin brothers on earth, and one of them were able to travel into 'space' near the speed of light for some length of time, when he came back the brother who stayed on earth would have aged more than the brother who went on the trip.

Would I kid you about that?