{"id":22219,"date":"2014-03-11T19:40:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22219"},"modified":"2014-03-11T19:40:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T23:40:09","slug":"the-mystery-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22219","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery Deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world is searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines<\/a> flight MH370. The Diplomat<\/a> posted an interesting story yesterday about the flight. There were at least two passengers on the plane with stolen passports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe counterfeiting of all sorts of identifications is very widespread, particularly out of Thailand<\/a>,\u201d Steve Vickers, a Hong Kong-based risk consultant, told The Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty easy to pick up a stolen or a counterfeit passport<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

…\u201cAny flight of that size in Asia would be carrying a couple of people with false passports,\u201d said Clive Williams<\/a>, a counter-terrorism expert at Macquarie University<\/a> in Australia. \u201cWhen you think about the number of passports that have been stolen or gone missing around the world, it could be related, but it is probably not.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning, Malaysia\u2019s Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein<\/a> said that a total of four passengers are being investigated: the two impersonating Kozel and Marald, as well as two other travelers with European passports described as \u201cpossibly Ukrainian<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a lot of theories as to what has happened to the plane. One commenter on the article in The Diplomat explained how an empty fuel tank could have exploded. While that explanation is as feasible as any other, it doesn’t explain why the plane would have changed direction and dropped below the radar. I would also wonder if there are any old World War II<\/a> airfields in the area that could be used without raising suspicion. But what would be the purpose of stealing an airplane? Why has no one demanded ransom or claimed credit?<\/p>\n

It is also somewhat odd that we have not heard stories from anyone who is relieved that by some chain of events that they missed the plane. Usually after a plane crash, at least one person comes forward explaining that they got caught in traffic and missed the plane. I personally know a soldier who was coming home from Iraq and had to change planes in an American airport and missed at least three flights because kind, patriotic Americans kept on buying him drinks!<\/p>\n

Like everyone else, I really have no clue as to what has happened.<\/p>\n

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