Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

ghostjet

ghostjet

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I don't know how to feel about this. November's feature on my sexy airliner calendar is none other than 9M-MRO (otherwise known of course as the 777-200ER operating as MH370 on that fateful night last March.

The calendar was printed 2 years ago. Malaysia has almost 100 aircraft in their fleet...this one gets the spotlight?! Something's not right.

*Note: though I couldn't read the tail number, with some research I discovered the nose gear doors have the aircraft's unique 2 letter identifier on them. (RD, RC, RO, etc) so that's how I determined this was actually the ghost plane that was going to haunt me at my desk all month. Maybe I should just flip to December.


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If the calendar was printed two years ago, how would they have known that the aircraft would've had an accident?
 
Rogo, that's exactly what I think is strange. There are only 12 airplanes selected from hundreds of airlines all over the world in the calendar. Malaysia has almost 100 aircraft of their own. The odds of selecting the one actual plane that would become the biggest aviation mystery of all time, out of all those choices, seem astronomical to me. 1 in a million perhaps. (If you were to calculate all the aircraft of all airlines in every possible combination, its probably a number in the billions.)

*the calendar includes military, cargo, government and manufacturer aircraft as well.
 
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Rogo, that's exactly what I think is strange. There are only 12 airplanes selected from hundreds of airlines all over the world in the calendar. Malaysia has almost 100 aircraft of their own. The odds of selecting the one actual plane that would become the biggest aviation mystery of all time, out of all those choices, seem astronomical to me. 1 in a million perhaps. (If you were to calculate all the aircraft of all airlines in every possible combination, its probably a number in the billions.)

*the calendar includes military, cargo, government and manufacturer aircraft as well.
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Uhhhh... And the odds of picking any of the other 11 are probably equally if not more astronomical, and they probably haven't disappeared.

So, your point is?
 
Ay yay yay. Tough crowd in here. Truthfully, I myself believe it's a coincidence. But a much more profound one then say, running into your boss at an AA meeting.

It's not everyday 777s vanish without a trace, and from my count there's only 2 commercial airliner calendars on the market. Can't I at least get an eyebrow or two raised here?

If not, fair enough. But I still say it's spooky.
 
ghostjet said:
Ay yay yay. Tough crowd in here. Truthfully, I myself believe it's a coincidence. But a much more profound one then say, running into your boss at an AA meeting. It's not everyday 777s vanish without a trace, and from my count there's only 2 commercial airliner calendars on the market. Can't I at least get an eyebrow or two raised here? If not, fair enough. But I still say it's spooky.
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Question... Are you leery of black cats and walking under ladders?

Just kidding... Had to give ya a little bit of a hard time ;-)
 
Maybe 9M-MRO was chosen because it's in the calendar.

What do you know about the current-day fate of other 11 aircraft? Pls advise. :tinfoil:
 
Funny you should ask Minuteman, I just noticed the other eleven planes in the calendar are Libyan Airlines Airbuses with the registration numbers scratched out. Weird.
 
In honor of finally getting to flip the calendar to a new month, I thought I'd share this recently released, one hour NOVA special on MH370.

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365334815/

Like their Air France 447 piece, it's fascinating and well produced. Does a great job of explaining the location tracking process for those of us not entirely familiar with the intricacies of that technology.
 
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