Monday, February 11, 2019

973 Solzhenitsyn's 200 Years Together - 2 volumes complete in English, full 796 page translation (pdf)

Solzhenitsyn's 200 Years Together - 2 volumes complete in English, full 796 page translation (pdf)

Newsletter published on February 6, 2019

(1) Solzhenitsyn's 200 Years Together - 2 volumes complete in English, full 796 page translation (pdf)
(2) MH370: Implications of the Kuda Huvadhoo sightings in the Maldives

(1) Solzhenitsyn's 200 Years Together - 2 volumes complete in English, full 796 page translation (pdf)


(2) MH370: Implications of the Kuda Huvadhoo sightings in the Maldives
- by Peter Myers, Feb 6, 2019

To discredit the Kuda Huvadhoo sightings, sceptics said that the witnesses had seen a Dash 8, not MH370. They claimed that this small plane, DQA149, landed at 6.33am at Thimarafushi Airport, on Thaa Atoll, 50km south-southeast of Kuda Huvadhoo.

To refute this claim, Blaine Gibson obtained the Arrival & Departure Boards for Male airport on March 8, 2014.

He was just trying to show that such a small plane was not scheduled to leave from Male airport. He made no statement that MH370 might have landed at Male.

But the Boards show that there were no scheduled flights there in the early hours. MH370 could have landed there without being seen, especially if it stayed at the northern end of the runway.

Witnesses at Kuda Huvadhoo said that MH370 approached from the north-west, about 6.15am Maldives time. this is 9.15am Malaysia time, so for the sightings to be authentic, MH370 must have landed somewhere; and refueled. Only Male (Velana) and Maamigili (Villa) have big enough runways to take a 777.

That may not have occurred to Blaine; he did not say. I have been arguing since Feb 2017 that MH370 would have landed there (or Maamigili).

Male International Airport is also called Velana International Airport; it has a 3000m runway, and routinely takes Boeing 777s.

Maamigili is about 108km to the west of Male. Its airport is called Villa International Airport. The runway is 1800m, just sufficient for a 777; Leeds airport (LBA) is 1800m, and takes 777s. Maamigili is a quieter airport than Male,  but the runway is less secluded from domestic buildings.

The Arrivals board at Male (Velana International Airport) for March 8, 2014, supplied by Blaine Gibson, is at http://mailstar.net/Male-AR-140308.JPG

The Departures board at Male (Velana International Airport) for March 8, 2014, supplied by Blaine Gibson, is at http://mailstar.net/Male-DP-140308.JPG

There were no scheduled Departures between 2.50am and 6am. There were no scheduled Arrivals between 11.05pm and 6.50am. MH370 could have landed about 3.20am Maldives time, and taken off by 5.45am.

That whole time was dark. The moon was at First Quarter. Sunrise was at 6.14am (see https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/maldives/male); first light about 5.35am. At Male, residential areas are a long way from the northern end of the runway.

To familiarise yourself with Male airport (Velana InternationalAirport), study the Google Map:

Here is a youtube of a High Power Take off of an Emirates 777-300er from Male International Airport: hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Vu58MTl60

The Emirates Boeing 777 first taxis from the Terminal to the South end of the island; then reverses around, at which point you can see the city of Male on the Left; it's on another island.

Then it takes off towards the North. As the plane lifts off the ground, you see the Terminal on the left (ie West).

The runway at Male runs north-south. MH370 would have landed from the south, and stayed at the northern end of the runway, instead of taxiing to the terminal near the southern end. It would have been refueled, and cargo & passengers of  interest been transferred to another plane, or a boat, or both.

Those other craft would then have gone to Diego Garcia, where they would not have aroused suspicion. Then MH370, flying as a drone, would have headed towards Diego Garcia, but, I believe, not have landed there, because it would have been daylight, and thus too risky. Instead, it would have been dumped between Diego Garcia and Mauritius.

The closest debris find, on Rodrigues Island, fits that. This  area is outside the circle of 634 runways that MH370 could reach without refueling, so no-one would have been looking there. Also, it's very remote.




No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.