UPDATE: 2200 CET 12th March — CNN reports from a Chinese agency: “A Chinese satellite looking into the missing Flight 370 “observed a suspected crash area at sea.” CNN says that some pieces which could have been large pieces of wreckage were observed in satellite images from Sunday. The suspected crash site is in the vicinity of the last known position of the aircraft.
Images were published by the Chinese State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND), and dated March 9. They show a suspected crash site in the South China Sea, not far off the plane’s projected flight path. They show three large pieces at sea, the largest of which, according to SASTIND, measured 24m by 27m.
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What on earth is going on?
UPDATE! It is still a few hours to first light in Malaysia and it is now over 5 days.
Now they are calling in the witchdoctors! And an idiot shaman – who happens to be a muslim – is allowed by the international airport authorities to make a play for the headlines. As if Malaysia is not facing enough ridicule. What were they thinking?
The mystery surrounding the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has captured the attention of a well-known ‘bomoh’ (shaman), Ibrahim Mat Zin. Ibrahim, who is known as Raja Bomoh Sedunia Nujum VIP, arrived at the KL International Airport (KLIA) today, claiming to be invited by one of the country’s top leaders, to help locate the missing plane using a spiritual method and prayer. “We use fish trap hook and a bamboo binocular to look and ask for the victims to be found as soon as possible,” he told reporters here today. He was also seen to have performed a prayer at the KLIA entrance. “During my prayer, my eyes hurt and my vision turned black. I think the plane is still in the air or has crashed into the sea. I will come back here (to KLIA) in another two days after performing my prayers and I will bring something,” he said.
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Just when I thought that the Malaysian authorities would begin to get their act together, they seem to be going from bad to worse. Fishermen retrieved it and kept it safe until the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency managed to sink what may have been a life raft from the ill-fated plane.
Today’s long delayed press conference is just over. Nothing new. It has been over 100 hours.
We are not confused. We know that we don’t know. It may have turned back or it may not have. It could be to the East or it could be to the West or it could be to the North West. We have to check if we knew about Boeing’s warnings about the B777. We can’t tell you why we are looking where we are. We don’t know what we don’t know. We are baffled there was no distress call.
The tragedy is now containing elements of farce from the Malaysian authorities.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — A brief flash of hope when fisherman discovered what they thought was a raft from missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 turned to despair when maritime authorities sank the craft in their attempt to recover it.
According to the New Straits Times today, the yellow-and-black life raft emblazoned with the word “BOARDING” was spotted by a group of fishermen near Port Dickson in Negri Sembilan yesterday, who then alerted authorities.
“We managed to tie it to our boat as we feared it would sink due to the damage,” Azman Mohamad, one of the finders, told the newspaper.
Their fears proved real when the team dispatched from the Kuala Linggi Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to retrieve the craft promptly sent it under the waves.
The report did not specify if the raft was now permanently lost.
The epidemic of official contradictions is now extending to the Chinese authorities:
Economic Times: China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that its aircraft are not conducting searches over land for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner but that it was expanding searches at sea. Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the statement at a regular press briefing. Earlier in the day the chief of China’s civil aviation authority said that searches would be broadened to include land areas.
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March 13, 2014 at 4:21 am
Im a muslim and malaysian and i know that shaman is going against the teaching of islam by using his binocular and other stupid things. It is a shame that malaysia are doing this and shaming the muslim title. This country is a joke.
March 13, 2014 at 10:36 pm
Quote from the Shaman: “I think the plane is still in the air or has crashed into the sea.” Wow!!!!!!!! How so very profound!!! Tell us something we don’t know!
March 18, 2014 at 12:05 pm
All this seems unbelievable! If the mobiles of a number of passengers are still responding to phone calls, why not simply use several free programs in internet that track them?!…If they respond they are (most probably) not on the water…