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Also the british woman on a yacht ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mh370-search-british-sailor-may-be-last-to-see-lost-jet-after-reporting-burni

by damian2000 12y ago

Also the british woman on a yacht ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mh370-search-british-sailor-may-be-last-to-see-lost-jet-after-reporting-burning-plane-with-trail-of-black-smoke-over-indian-ocean-9477827.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mh370-search-br... Incidentally, the kiwi oil rig worker who claimed he saw MH370 come down in a fireball was sacked for saying that, and hasn't worked since. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11404392 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&obje...

pyrophane 12y ago
I hadn't heard about that oil rig worker, but unless there are details missing from this article, it seems a terrible shame he was fired. Given what he describes, I would have likely done the same thing, used whatever means I had at my disposal to try to notify some relevant official. His only mistake might have been making too clear a declaration in his email that what he'd seen was a plane, when his later description makes that appear less certain. Still, it is also easy to understand how, in the moment, I might have again done the same thing. The best explanation I could find of why he was fired was that his email caused computer problems related to the resulting traffic, which was in no way his fault.
junto 12y ago
My gut feeling is that the plane was accidentally shot down as part of the continuing tensions in the South China Sea. This article and the included map illustrate the problems quite well: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13748349 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13748349 There were a large number of different nations involved in various "war games", "search and rescue practices", and general provocative actions at the time. http://tass.ru/en/world/725908 http://tass.ru/en/world/725908
- orbifold 12y ago
  Why would you shoot with live ammunition during a war game?

pyrophane 12y ago

I hadn't heard about that oil rig worker, but unless there are details missing from this article, it seems a terrible shame he was fired. Given what he describes, I would have likely done the same thing, used whatever means I had at my disposal to try to notify some relevant official. His only mistake might have been making too clear a declaration in his email that what he'd seen was a plane, when his later description makes that appear less certain. Still, it is also easy to understand how, in the moment, I might have again done the same thing. The best explanation I could find of why he was fired was that his email caused computer problems related to the resulting traffic, which was in no way his fault.

junto 12y ago

My gut feeling is that the plane was accidentally shot down as part of the continuing tensions in the South China Sea. This article and the included map illustrate the problems quite well: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13748349 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13748349 There were a large number of different nations involved in various "war games", "search and rescue practices", and general provocative actions at the time. http://tass.ru/en/world/725908 http://tass.ru/en/world/725908

orbifold 12y ago
Why would you shoot with live ammunition during a war game?