Hixed a dit :

probably because of the title

The Article a dit :

If the plane did turn and reach the Strait of Malacca then the transponder, which should communicate with civil radar, does not appear to have been working. Experts say it is highly unusual for the device simply to fail, but that it might do so if the antenna outside the plane was damaged.

Another possibility is that the crew turned it off for unknown reasons.

"If the crew knew that they were flying in a non-radar environment, they might very well turn the transponders off. Not necessarily that that's standard operating procedure – but they're up there, [they might just think] nobody's interrogating this; let's just turn it off," he said, suggesting the crew could have sought "to save wear and tear on the electronics".

The other possibility is that the plane simply blew up at the last point where its transponder communicated with the radar, he said.

Gamegamerlol a dit :

On CNN they had an article earlier where they said some familes are able to call people on the airplane, but of course they aren't answering. The families want the police to trace them.

Satash a dit :

I put the article and left for a few hours and what's going on. What happened?

Bouncytree a dit :

Are they okay though? o.o

Cheesehogga a dit :

Something about a shoe bomb.

Cheesehogga a dit :

Shoe Bomb. I guess Osama Bin Laden's son gave a testimony back in 2010 about wearing a shoe bomb on an airplane.

Satash a dit :

"Badat testified that he quit the plot because his parents disapproved"

lame

Satash a dit :

I put the article and left for a few hours and what's going on. What happened?

Hixed a dit :

oh my god

people just read the title and assumed