13 unanswered questions about the disappearance of the plane of Malaysia

The Malaysian government and Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 reported that the airline , missing since 8 March, fell to the southern Indian Ocean, conclusion that emerged from data obtained by satellite images of British and Chinese. In this manner, se ha dado por muertos a los 227 pasajeros y doce tripulantes, although they have not found their bodies or irrefutable evidence of the tragedy. Here are some of the questions, surely, will never answer.

1. Why the plane was in the Indian Ocean, away from its original path?

The MH370 departed at 00.41 of 8 March (local time) desde Kuala Lumpur hacia Beijing, on a flight that would take about six hours. However, confirmed that the aircraft deviated from its original path and, de facto, went to the opposite side. Instead of going to the northeast, aircraft appeared in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur airport, south Indian Ocean, Search Perth. “Who diverted and why?”, is the main question.

2. Why fell?

Confirmation trap tickets derives another question: Why he fell in the ocean? Theories until yesterday were kidnapping, blowup, fire, intentional action of the pilots, decompression the accidental demolition. However, the government and the company were in favor of any of them so far, or, at least, did not say.

The apparatus was equipped with black boxes that emit ultrasonic signals from the water that can be captured hundreds of miles. The absence of signals feeding the hypothesis of an attack.

The lack of remains suggests to researchers that the apparatus disintegrated in the air when flying 10.000 meters. The main assumptions point to an explosion by a sudden mechanical failure or pump, as the weather was good and, según Boeing, only a 9% of air accidents occur when the planes reach cruising speed. Most accidents occur during takeoffs and landing.

3. Why no radar was able to confirm the location of the plane before?

It is known that data communication systems of aircraft were deliberately off the 40 minutes after takeoff. It had also emerged that a radar confirmed that the plane had been diverted westward. However, doubt that arrives to specialists is: Why no military radar records had concrete Malaysia Airlines tickets? If there is such a record: Why he was not informed?

4. How long flew the plane and when was the precipitation water?

Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, also failed to pinpoint what made the flight MH370 travel and how long you were in the air before falling to the Indian Ocean. All that is known is that the Boeing 777 fuel was 7 and a half hours of flight.

5. Did he suffer a terrorist attack?

Two passengers in Thailand used stolen passports to board the flight from Malaysia Airlines and the identity of two other travelers is investigated. The Malaysian government has not ruled out a terrorist attack on board the missing plane. The Malaysian Minister of Transport, Seri Hishammuddin, noted that the intelligence services of the Asian country study who accessed the plane with forged passports. Hitherto, authorities said they identified one of the impostors but not broadcast their identity.

Hace crecer la hipótesis del ataque terrorista el hecho de que el avión desapareció en una zona sin problemas meteorológicos.

The fact that two passengers embark with stolen passports, who were in the Interpol database, is a security flaw. Malaysia Airlines disavowed responsibility arguing that their obligation is only to check that do not look fake passports and photo matches the passenger.

Shortly before the disappearance of the plane, there was a machete attack in Kunming station attributed to Uighur terrorists from the Muslim region of Xinjiang.

6. The plane attempted to return?

Radars tracked the signal disappeared Boeing said they might have tried to turn on his way to the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. "What we've done is really looking at the radar record (Flight MH370) and we realized that there is the possibility that the plane turned around », said the chief commander of the Malaysian Air Force, Type Daud, in a press conference Sunday in Kuala Lumpur. "We try to find meaning (a the maniobra) we could corroborate on radar (…). However, there was no signal or pilot emergency call, what we are also intrigued », Rodzali added.

Civil Aviation and the Malaysian Armed Forces Authorities confirm radar indicated that the plane carried the turning maneuver but there was no communication from the pilot.

7. Why alert message was received?

With advanced communication systems with aircraft, as el Boeing 777-200ER disappeared, this is the great enigma. There was no communication from the pilot of any problems in the system and also no alert or emergency message was received by any passenger from the plane before it disappeared.

After the disappearance of flight, a relative of one of the passengers called him on his cell phone and got ringtone. When I handed the phone to those responsible for Malaysia Airlines, was no longer ringtone. Another strange circumstance.

It appears that something happened so quickly, probably an explosion, the captain could not warn radio, unless someone could stop him or that he had disconnected the radio apparatus to commit suicide by crashing against the sea.

8. Could the aircraft have landed elsewhere?

A theory that the U.S. authorities are considering, accordingWall Street Journal, is that someone could take the plane to be used later for other purposes. So it is theoretically possible that the plane could have landed there in some remote airstrip where it can be hidden. But there are big holes in that theory. The 777 is a large aircraft. Requires, least, nearly a mile to land. And, Quest says, must take account of the matter that should land somewhere without triggering alarm. "You can not fly a 777 and leave no trace on a radar ", said.

9. What about those passengers with stolen passports?

Interpol says the Iranians identified as: Puri Nourmohammadi, of 18 years old, y Delavar Seyed Mohammad Reza, of 29. Malaysian researchers say that none of them had obvious ties to terrorist organizations. Stolen Passports certainly not indicate terrorism. De facto, Interpol says people flew more than a billion times without travel documents are collated in its database of stolen passports 2013. Entre las razones que existen para que alguien use un pasaporte robado están el inmigrar ilegalmente a otro país, import goods without paying taxes or smuggle stolen goods, people, drugs on arms.

10. Was it safe aircraft?

The Boeing 777-200ER was until recently one of the safest models, as there had been no fatal accident since entering service in 1995. However, similar equipment in July of the South Korean airline Asiana crash-landed at the airport in San Francisco. Killed three passengers and 180 injured. Malaysia Airlines, State-owned, often surround classifications safest airlines in the world.

Also, the captain of the aircraft, Zaharie Ahmad Shahm, was at its 53 years totaling an experienced pilot 18.365 flight hours and had worked for Malaysia Airlines from 1981. A charge was the first officer Fariq Ab Hamid, belonging to the company from 2007 and accumulating their 27 years old 2.763 flight hours.

11. Has hidden information to relatives?

Many of them believe that the Malaysian authorities “hiding something”. “This is a conspiracy”, assured DPA, the father of one of the passengers waiting for news with his family at a hotel in Beijing, China, for a week.

The man referred to statements by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, who told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, the Army intercepted a signal from the plane seven hours after the last contact with the control station. La hipótesis oficial contempla que alguien abordo desconectó de manera intencionada los sistemas de comunicación del avión.

“Modern aircraft are full of measuring instruments. How can the authorities suddenly discover that the Boeing flew seven hours after disappearing from radar?”, dijo indignado. En tanto, in the environment where Malaysia Airlines forwarded the press conference Razak, a woman who left the room shouted: “They are silent something! Lying!”. Otra mujer, said “ha habido demasiadas contradicciones en las declaraciones de los representantes del gobierno y ya han perdido toda credibilidad”.

12. Where is the plane?

At this point, it could be anywhere. El área de búsqueda ahora es de 90.000 kilómetros cuadrados, including parts of the Gulf of Thailand, the South China Sea, the Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea. Si es cierto el reporte del Wall Street Journal de que el avión voló varias horas después de perder contacto, could be hundreds or even thousands of square kilometers: an area from India to Australia. If that's the case, only the best of luck could help to find the plane. "It is simply a very large area to even contemplate search", dijo Tom Foreman, CNN on Thursday.

13. ? Wreckage or bodies of the occupants will be found to support the conclusions announced by Malaysia?

So far there is no tangible evidence to support the announcement of Malaysia. Australia and China had reported, separately, that from its objects aircraft sighted floating in the Indian Ocean that could belong to the missing plane that was. Both countries said they would send ships to confirm what the origin of these objects. These are in addition to possible evidence yesterday registered a French satellite images in the same area, Australian port near Perth.

However, the Malaysian government has not yet found any finding wreckage or bodies 239 aboard the MH370. What I said is that search operations will continue, of participating 26 countries.

Source: Agencies / CNN