Terrorism

STOLEN PASSPORTS, DOWNED AIRLINER, TERRORISM FEARED…….

 

I’ve been laying low on the story until more details to the story were fleshed out, the revelation that a couple of stolen passports made it on the plane, definitely raises suspicion of terrorism level a couple of notches.

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Malaysia Airlines Plane ‘Crashes Near Vietnam’

Stolen passports lead to terrorism fears as the passenger plane vanishes from radar screens without sending a distress signal.

Nearly 240 people are feared dead after two large oil slicks were spotted where a passenger plane reportedly crashed into the sea off Vietnam.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it vanished around two hours into the flight.

The two parallel slicks – both between 10 miles (16km) and 12 miles (19km) long and 500 metres apart – were seen by two Vietnamese air force jets off the south coast of Vietnam.

A Vietnamese government statement said they were consistent with the kind of spills caused by fuel from a crashed airliner.

A relative of a passenger of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 talks on a mobile phone as journalists attempt to interview her in Beijing
A relative of a passenger on the flight waits for news in Beijing

Rescue boats are being sent to the area from the nearby island of Phu Quoc to look for survivors.

Earlier, the country’s state media quoted a navy official as saying Flight MH370 crashed near Tho Chu Islands at around 2.40am local time.

More here.  H/T: Softly Bob

One Response

  1. via WSJ
    Quote: “On Sunday afternoon, a statement issued in the name of a previously unknown group claimed that the disappearance of the plane was a political act aimed at the Chinese and Malaysian governments and referred to last week’s attack in a Chinese train station by alleged Uighur separatists. It stopped short of a claim of responsibility. Malaysian officials said that they were unaware of any claim of responsibility but would investigate all possibilities.

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