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On the toss of a coin.

The Peterson article above makes for ‘interesting’ reading, the Gogla words add credibility and balance. All food for thought; and, IMO takes the reader away from the endless speculation on the obvious – who, why, when, where questions and brings us back to the questions of who does know what happened.

That is a coin which could be spun – two choices, no options – Heads or Tails?

Heads – the complete and utter ignorance of ‘the government’ which led to a massive, all out, situation and narrative control frenzy, to cover the simple fact that their system lost track of the aircraft. That the system is so lax an aircraft can ‘disappear’, no one has a clue where it went and the entire system is incapable of ‘tracking’ or relocating the aircraft, which for several hours is wandering across airways at unknown altitudes, speeds and direction: gone ‘dark’ and rogue in international airspace. An ATC system with that amount of holes in the cheese would bring a very prompt governmental response and would explain the outrageous degree of political interference. You would not want a potential enemy state knowing that it is possible to slip through a defence net as easily as a large passenger jet could; now would you.

Tails – the absolute full knowledge of who, what, why and where. Something (pick your favourite) happened – this ‘something’ was; let's say, potentially disastrous in one way or another. So horrendous that the fall out from public knowledge would be unmanageable. That scenario would again cover the reasons for the degree of ‘political’ involvement, secrecy, conflicted narrative and the general muddying of waters.

So, spin the coin, make your call – cock-up or conspiracy, its your bet. But remember, old father time trumps all; and, whoever was running the show has now had lots of help from the old man to bury the bodies, shred the paperwork, cover the tracks and convince the public that it is now considered ‘mission impossible’ to discover the wreck.  Just consider, for one moment the search area selected – of all the places on this planet, it just so happens to be one of the deepest, darkest, most inaccessible, remote places – within the realms of tolerable ‘fuel’ logic.




Aye; ‘tis but the whimsy and speculation of an idle mind, with little else to wonder about other than seeking the elusive second coffee.

Toot toot.

P2 follow up - From that man Higgins today in the Oz:

Boeing could ‘take over’ hunt
12:00amEAN HIGGINS
A veteran aviation expert said Boeing could take up the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

A veteran aviation expert said US aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing could take up the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 after Australia, China and Malaysia call it off in coming weeks.

John Goglia, an aviation safety consultant, professor of aviation and former member of the US ­National Transportation Safety Board, said that with national governments — particularly Malaysia — showing little interest in carrying on an underwater survey operation that has cost $200 million so far, he expected the private sector to step in.

“The search will continue, but it will be privately run,” Mr Goglia told Popular Mechanics.

“It’ll be smaller and more focused, but that’s probably better,” he told the US publication.

The Australian-led search for the Boeing 777 in the southern ­Indian Ocean is due to finish this month, with the remaining vessel operated by the Dutch Fugro ­marine survey group on its final sweep of the last corner of the 120,000sq km target zone.

In a report last month, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, in conjunction with a panel of international experts and the CSIRO, identified a new, smaller search area further north as the next logical area to look.

But the three governments have agreed the search will not be resumed without a precise new lead.

“As agreed with the governments of Malaysia and China, if the aircraft is not found in the current search area, the search will be suspended subject to credible new evidence leading to a specific location,” Transport Minister Darren Chester told The Australian.

As the manufacturer of the Boeing 777, an aircraft model in service around the world, aviation experts have observed it would be in Boeing’s interest to establish whether MH370 went down on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board as a result of a mechanical problem or human intervention.

However, an international air crash investigator said the choice for Boeing of whether to fund a continued search for MH370 would be a tricky one in terms of legal liability.

“I would be surprised if they made that commitment in this case unless they had some buy-in from their insurance company,” the investigator said.

A Boeing spokesman declined to comment yesterday.