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Title: Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view.... Post by: Bit_Happy on March 15, 2014, 04:58:49 AM Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view in the discordant mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which grew even murkier on Thursday, with reports that the plane may have flown for four hours after contact was lost.
... It doesn’t take terrorists shouting slogans to insert politics into an aviation disaster. That scenario hasn’t been ruled out in the case of Flight 370—nothing has, really. (Though if terrorists are responsible, why are none of them bragging about it?) But every flight in the air is guided by regulations and administrative bodies, covenants and international treaties, on paths that reflect trade-offs in security and free movement. When something goes wrong those choices are scrutinized. Transportation officials and other bureaucrats rush to the scene—often officials from more than one nation http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2014/03/the-political-mystery-of-malaysia-flight-370.html This article might be a waste of time, I was curious about the title, but not really impressed... Edit: Wait it's getting better... :D The Malaysians flatly denied the Wall Street Journal’s report, on Wednesday, that there was data showing that the plane kept operating somewhere...... The data, supposedly, suggested that the plane kept operating for four hours after it was thought lost; at least, its systems seem to have tried to contact satellites for that long. Title: Re: Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view.... Post by: Wilikon on March 15, 2014, 05:30:59 AM Malaysian official: Malaysian investigators believe missing jet hijacked, steered off-course
A Malaysian government official says investigators have concluded that one of the pilots or someone else with flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. The official, who is involved in the investigation, says no motive has been established, and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media. The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory. “It is conclusive.” http://www.startribune.com/world/250284771.html Title: Re: Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view.... Post by: Bit_Happy on March 15, 2014, 05:48:15 AM I hope most of the people are still alive.
Title: Re: Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view.... Post by: Sindelar1938 on March 15, 2014, 05:50:30 AM Pretty cynical and dark view but justified in this case
Title: Re: Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view.... Post by: Wilikon on March 15, 2014, 04:26:36 PM My cynical view about this tragedy is: Isn't now the best time to prove Snowden wrong and use all those NSA eyes in the sky? This would be an amazing PR move to say "Look! All those Billions ARE useful! We located the plane! We NEVER lost track of It! Blah.. Blah Snowden Blah Wrong!" But I guess we are back in the good old days of gigantic computers taking over whole building floors just to execute one algorithm. To reconfigure NSA's SpyNet to save lives is not cost effective it seems... Title: Re: Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view.... Post by: Lethn on March 15, 2014, 04:33:25 PM It would be nice if they did something like that and they certainly would have the resources too, but unfortunately we all know better about just what kind of people these scumbags are.
Title: Re: Plane crashes are always political. That principle is on full view.... Post by: kokojie on March 18, 2014, 04:43:24 PM Also, doesn't anyone think the word "hijack" is strange? it sounds retarded, does any American feel ashamed when using such words in their language?
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