Conspiracy theories

[magman]

Missing flight MH370, They say now that it is not where they been looking for the last two months, and where they heard the pings coming from (I bet the pings they were chasing was from a great white shark with a tracking device)

I am really beginning to believe now that the press is feeding us rubbish, and that there is definitely a conspiracy to it.................whats your views

[MegaWatty]

No ****ing idea.

[LarryLong]

Reality TV show in the making.

[PerryGroves]

No theory, would like to know what our cost is for running around chasing this thing. Who do we send the invoice to? I know we share some global responsibility but nobody goes missing in the water around Liechtenstein.

[Dotty]

Bernard Tomic took it to a party.

[Captain Nemo]

No theory, would like to know what our cost is for running around chasing this thing. Who do we send the invoice to? I know we share some global responsibility but nobody goes missing in the water around Liechtenstein.

Wasnt the last count $60mill ?

[Pencil]

Maybe LOST was a prequel?

[Lagerlover]

Wasnt the last count $60mill ? $90M just quoted on the today show..Could've bought a new one for that.

[PeteyD]

How much if that is fixed costs though? I think if you had family members who were on the flight the cost would not be a consideration

[PerryGroves]

I think if you had family members who were on the flight the cost would not be a consideration

Of course I agree, its a statement nobody would argue against.

So the cost is now $2bn (our bill is $1bn), they still think its somewhere near Australia, its one year on, do we stop looking?

[PeteyD]

Nope. Took em 2 years for the other one. By that stage they tone it down a lot though.

I do wonder if they will ever know what happened.

[Hatchman]

How much if that is fixed costs though? I think if you had family members who were on the flight the cost would not be a consideration

They're not the ones funding it so they don't give a sh!t about costs.

What the real cost out of pocket cost?
Apart from fuel, any military used costs nothing as they get paid regardless of what they are doing so is not a real cost.

How many none government have to be paid?

Malaysia should get the invoice.

[golfbound]

Just wish they would find it, I have a friend who was on the flight. I have no idea where it is I still think the us might have it somewhere, might have landed and taken off again from Diego Garcia.

[PeteyD]

They're not the ones funding it so they don't give a sh!t about costs.

What the real cost out of pocket cost?
Apart from fuel, any military used costs nothing as they get paid regardless of what they are doing so is not a real cost.

How many none government have to be paid?

Malaysia should get the invoice.

I think that most of the search stuff is government (different countries not just us), and hence fixed cost. There are international treaties that define the responsibilities etc for these sort of things.

[Lagerlover]

Just wish they would find it, I have a friend who was on the flight. I have no idea where it is I still think the us might have it somewhere, might have landed and taken off again from Diego Garcia.

^^^^this!!

[Feelzy]

This whole incident was botched from the start. I remember hearing one thing and then later that day or the next morning, it would change. Authorities withholding information.

I'd throw out a reward for finding the plane and let people and private companies go bananas. We might actually get somewhere then.

[meh]

Nope. Took em 2 years for the other one. By that stage they tone it down a lot though.

I do wonder if they will ever know what happened.

They knew where the air france plane was. They are looking for a needle in a haystack with this one.

[PeteyD]

Yea. they had a bloke on ABC this morning, the search area they have now discounted was about the size of Sydney ... in the middle of the ocean. Talk about mission impossible.

[Ashes]

I think if you had family members who were on the flight the cost would not be a consideration

I don't agree but I'm probably the exception.

Personally, would rather see the $$ spent trying to save lives.

[3Puttpete]

This whole incident was botched from the start. I remember hearing one thing and then later that day or the next morning, it would change. Authorities withholding information.



For this to be correct you have to assume everything you get from any news service comes directly from the authorities.

Is there no chance the news "reports" rubbish based on whispers because they want to be the first with a story?

[3Puttpete]

Any of you Alex Jones fanboys have any evidence of these conspiracies?

[PeteyD]

I don't agree but I'm probably the exception.

Personally, would rather see the $$ spent trying to save lives.

You could argue if they find it, and then work out what happened, anything done to help prevent that in the future is saving lives. But you do have a point.

[golfbound]

For this to be correct you have to assume everything you get from any news service comes directly from the authorities.

Is there no chance the news "reports" rubbish based on whispers because they want to be the first with a story?

Never believe anything you see or hear in media, anything to get a story and sell papers

[Ashes]

You could argue if they find it, and then work out what happened, anything done to help prevent that in the future is saving lives.

No problem with that if there's a decent prospect of recovery. I don't have an issue so much with following the leads to date, but it seems to be moving into Hail Mary territory now.

[Mububban]

Related to the recent budget:


THE search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 could end up costing Australia up to $89.9 million — and officials are budgeting for the hunt to last a long time.
As the search in the southern Indian Ocean continues, Federal Budget papers reveal further funding of up to $60 million will be provided to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau over two years.
The Joint Agency Coordination Centre, which was established on March 30 to oversee the search for the missing plane, will cost $2 million over two years.
The Department of Defence will receive a cash boost of $27.9 million over two years for the cost of its role in the search for the plane.
The actual cost of the search for the plane will depend on how long the hunt takes and how much money is contributed by other countries.

Air France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447#Final_report) took 2 years and was proven to be instrument problems and pilot error. If this crash was caused by a rogue pilot, not any mechanical problem, then we may never know what happened to the flight, even if they find the wreck, the cockpit voice recorder I think is on a 2 hour loop, so if the plane flew for more than 2 hours, any audio from the time of the flight moving off course would likely have been overwritten.

:(

[spanner039]

Surely petethepilot has the industry goss on this ?

[Feelzy]

For this to be correct you have to assume everything you get from any news service comes directly from the authorities.

Is there no chance the news "reports" rubbish based on whispers because they want to be the first with a story?

I think you're spot on, I can't stand the media the majority of the time. They do put out a lot of BS just to be first or have the "exclusive".

[JADO75]

My bet is the plane is in Pakistan

[3Puttpete]

My bet is the plane is in Pakistan

It's probably in Coffs. That might explain a few things

[coalesce]

It'll be in the last place they look

[graham_w]

It'll be in the last place they look

What if they stop looking without finding it?

[Webster]

It'll be in the last place they look

On top of the fridge or down the back of the couch?

[coalesce]

What if they stop looking without finding it?

I think if that happens, it turns up magically anyway

[Lagerlover]

^^^^this!!

Just to clarify, that wasn't me agreeing..

[spanner039]

It'll be in the last place they look

Gympie?

[Dotty]

It'll be in the last place they look
In a rice paddy, 5km south of Beijing Airport, still waiting for clearance to land?

[Lobsta]

I'd throw out a reward for finding the plane and let people and private companies go bananas. We might actually get somewhere then.

I was just saying this yesterday. Pass the tin around interested parties, get a bounty on it and let private industry find it twice as fast for half the price.

[LarryLong]

It'll be in the last place they look

In the hole?

[Hatchman]

Enough monies been wasted searching already. As a country there are better the government should be spending money on.

[KristianJ]

My bet is the plane is in Pakistan Under a huge marquee?

[Lagerlover]

It'll be in the last place they look

In the ignition??

[markTHEblake]

The survivors are on a tropical island with polar bears and hatches and shit.

[coalesce]

The survivors are on a tropical island with polar bears and hatches and shit.

Sounds like a good basis for a TV series

[Lagerlover]

The survivors are on a tropical island with polar bears and hatches and shit.

Do you have to swear all the time?

[markTHEblake]

I played golf today, and one of the players had his mum caddying for him. There was a lot of frustration building up.

[Lagerlover]

I played golf today, and one of the players had his mum caddying for him. There was a lot of frustration building up.

You're excused..between that and your history of steroid abuse with the body building/weightlifting...sorry mate, I had no idea..

[Outcast]

They're not the ones funding it so they don't give a sh!t about costs.

What the real cost out of pocket cost?
Apart from fuel, any military used costs nothing as they get paid regardless of what they are doing so is not a real cost.

How many none government have to be paid?

Malaysia should get the invoice.

Not just fuel costs Hatchy... additional flying hours / seagoing hours means increased maintenance costs plus, additional victualling costs for the ships at sea & aircrews who are operating out of a base that is not their own. Agree on the wages bill, the cost doesn't change but, there are significant cost factors in using the military for activities that were not planned for.

[magman]

I'd throw out a reward for finding the plane and let people and private companies go bananas. We might actually get somewhere then.

you are right, wish the governments would take your advice


They knew where the air france plane was. They are looking for a needle in a haystack with this one.

in this case they have no idea even where even the haystack is


Any of you Alex Jones fanboys have any evidence of these conspiracies?
some of the first news reports that came out, were witness who had seen it flying over the maldives, do you really think a plane that size would stay intact when it hit the water, and sink to the bottom of the ocean complete with out leaving a trail of debris. There is just too much missing.