Its been two weeks since the search of the missing plane, MH370 begun and still there are no clues as to where it is. It is unknown whether it crashed, landed somewhere, whether it was stolen, there have been many theories brought up by people. I have been following this story for a week now, every morning I wake up, Google "Missing plane MH370" in lots of hope that somehow, something can be found, better still people are re-united with their missing family members.
The plane headed to Beijing, China from Malaysia, carried 227 passengers. A transcript of the final conversations between the pilots of missing flight MH370 and air traffic controllers has been released.
According to the UK’s Telegraph, the sequence of messages appear to be routine, apart from two “potentially odd” moments.
The transcript runs from the time the Boeing 777 plane was taxiing on the runway, to its last known position above the Gulf of Thailand.
The flight’s communication started at 00:36:30 and seemed like any other: “ATC (air traffic control), this is MH370, good morning” before being directed by air traffic control to the appropriate runway.
At 00:40:38 the cockpit is recorded saying: “Position 32R, runway ready, permitted to take off. MH370 copies that. Thank you, goodbye.”
Then, after acknowledging air traffic control’s clearance to take off before joining onto the next air traffic controller, the cockpit states: “MH370 position confirmed, flight altitude 180, follow the command and turn right, target IGARI waypoint. ” At 00:42:40, after MH370 confirmed it had taken off successfully, air traffic control instruct the plane to fly towards “Igari”, a waypoint halfway between Malaysia and Vietnam. After leaving the airports control tower range, MH370 is instructed to change the frequency to that of the Malaysian air traffic controller.“132.6, MH370 copies that,” it states at 00:42:52.The next 20 minutes is fairly normal communication, with air traffic control giving the cockpit permission to ascend to an altitude of 25,000 feet and then 35,000 feet. This is a pivotal moment for flight MH370, happening about the same time as the plane’s ACARS signalling device sent its last message before it was, according to reports, deliberately switched off. Air traffic control contacted MH370’s cockpit 21 minutes later saying “MH370, please contact Ho Chi Minh City 120.9, good night,” telling the pilots to now change frequencies to Vietnam’s air traffic controller. A change that never happened.“All right, good night,” the cockpit responded in its final words before disappearing.This is also considered odd communication, with the final call spoken in a more relaxed manner than usual when changing to a new air traffic controller. It also happened at the same time the plane took a sharp turn off its flight course.
Basically, three scenarios have gained particular attention: hijacking, pilot sabotage and a sudden mid-air crisis that incapacitated the flight crew and left the plane to fly on auto-pilot for several hours until it ran out of fuel and crashed. Most family members, are holding on to the belief that the plane was hijacked, and their loved ones are still alive. This is one of the longest and largest search in aviation history, and basically no piece of wreckage, no single detail has been uncovered. Thats scary. It raises so many questions like "What If the plane is never found?'', or "Could it be a criminal act or a terror event?" "This is going to be a long-haul effort," said the Malaysian transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein.
With many countries involved in the hunt, including The USA, China, Japan, Australia and more, there is hope that something can be found soon. Australian rescue officials have broadened the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane and boosted the number of spotter planes scouring the Indian Ocean, with weather conditions favourable. Speaking from Pearce Air Force base in Western Australia Mr Truss said authorities would continue searching for the foreseeable future."It is a very remote area, but we intend to continue the search until we are absolutely satisfied that further searching would be futile, and that day is not in sight," he said."We will continue the effort. We will continue to liaise with international allies in the search, although we're planning to continue it indefinitely".Although when nothing is discovered a further reappraisal will be made, but we're not even thinking about that at the present time. I do not believe with all the technology, and 24- hour satellite searching, that something won't be found. It is really strange, that a plane carrying people's loved ones can't be traced. I can imagine the trauma the passengers closed ones are going through. They don't know what to expect, they can tell if they are dead or alive, or held hostage.. All there is is Hope, and Faith and lots of Prayers.
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