Kikapu wrote:Paphitis wrote:Kikapu wrote:Pyrpolizer wrote:Kikapu wrote:I believe they will find most pieces of MH370 now, but I do not believe that will be the original crash site, but rather pieces taken from one place and dumped to another without any pieces that may have any traces of a missile hitting it. Yes I know all being a conspiracy theory talk to some, but if you are going to hide the truth for whatever reason, this will be one of the ways to do it.
this scenario assumes they won't find the recorders either, right?
Correct you are, Pyro, at least not the original recordings even if the original recorders are found. They would be doctored, for sure. After such a long time has passed since the disappearance of MH370, anything can be done to hide the true facts. Unfortunately, most people will believe what they will be told and the chapter on MH370 will be closed.
They can’t be doctored. The units are fully secured and can’t be tampered with.
And what on earth would be the motivation or motive? I have asked this so many times. Why would they come up with such an elaborate cover up when they don’t have to? What have they to gain?
They would lie to cover the original lies. This is what happens, when a lie is told to cover up something, the lie must continue until maybe 50 years later when those who did the cover-up are all dead and then comes out the truth of sorts. You can accept that, can't you Paphitis? It doesn't matter that you feel they did not needed to lie if anyone shot down MH370 if it entered into restricted areas, and I agree with you, but at the same time, nobody want's to deal with shooting down a jetliner with 230 lives on board after the fact, and once the search was sent on a wild goose chase, the lie needs to continue. You can see that with the shooting down of MH17. No one has taken responsibility for it, have they? No, because it has a huge political and financial repercussions that would go with accepting responsibility of shooting down a passenger jetliner, any passenger jetliner.
There are no lies kikapu. These people are public servants. You couldn't find a bigger bunch of square geeks if you tried. They eat and breath Aviation. They are what you call Aerosexuals. Most of them are actually nice people and have their hearts in the right place as well.
As for the US Military or the Australian Department of Defence - both wouldn't lie about shooting down an airliner. It's literally impossible hiding it anyway as they would only take that action at the very last minute so as to give the aircraft the maximum number of opportunities to save themselves. It's not like they would start pushing buttons immediately upon detection even if it was heading for a military installation. It is absurd to suggest that anyone would take such an action lightly. What would have happened, is they would have sent an aircraft to intercept it first and go through the interception and identification procedures. They would try to establish communication with the aircraft, even if it had already violated restricted military airspace.
If they had to destroy an Airliner like this, they would be preparing an official announcement before the aircraft was shot down to tell the world that they had to shoot down an aircraft and they would leave it at that. Then they would start releasing all the information they have and why they did it. They would not answer any questions from the media or hold any press conferences but they would cooperate with the ATSB. They will however never be dictated to by the ATSB and they would make that clear. They consider themselves beyond all approach by anyone other than the Government. If they don't want to answer some questions because it is difficult for them, then they won't.
I can accept the possibility that one day, someone will be forced to down an airliner. It could be USA, UK, Australia or any other country. It was nearly Greece with Helios a few years ago. Some say that Greece shot it down but that was not found to be the case by the investigation. And yes I believe the investigation.
But in a situation like this where an airliner had deviated thousands of kilometers from its flight path and probably was non-responsive to any comms, then its not difficult to understand that such an aircraft faces the risk of being shot from the skies especially if it flies over a major city or a base like Harold E Holt. It would be presumed to be a rogue aircraft or hijacked. It's not something they need to lie about. In fact every pilot has a copy of the Interception Procedures within the "Air Traffic Control" Section of their Jeppesen Airways Manual. I have a copy. I am willing to scan and post it if you want as well. An official dated document that is continuously amended and must be in our Flight Bags. It tells you very specifically what happens when you are intercepted by a Military Aircraft. What will be said, and how the military aircraft will behave in order to instruct the intercepted on what to do. If they leave, then you got problems. That will happen if you do not cooperate.
In all likelihood, Diego Garcia would not warrant a shoot down, because the Americans rarely have planes there, and they would be lucky to have 200 personnel on the island. Yes, they just do not shoot down such aircraft all the time. It depends on the situation of course and the risks. And as a terrorist target, it would be way down the list compared to so many other targets such as Singapore or Darwin.