[off-topic] MA 370 flight disappearance (Was: Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C)

rbowman <[email protected]> writes:

> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:31:27 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> On 19/08/2026 07:35, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:38:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:22:04 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Speaking as a jump pilot as well as a jumper... have you _seen_ some
>>>>> of those airplanes?
>>>>
>>>> I understand a lot of them are purpose-built, by a company based in
>>>> the same 🇳🇿 city where I live.
>>> 
>>> The June 14th crash in Butler Missouri where the pilot and 11 skydivers
>>> died was a Pacific Aerospace 750XL.  The NTSB hasn't found an obvious
>>> problem. It started banking left on the climb out until the wings were
>>> vertical to the ground.
>> 
>> Stuck controls?
>> Pilot tired of life?
>
> The NTSB so far says they haven't found a mechanical problem. The pilot 
> had over 4000 hours and wasn't on anybody's radar as a nutter, He'd flown 
> two jumps earlier in the day. When it comes to the NTSB the mills of the 
> gods grind exceedingly slow. 

Speaking of flight disasters, do you guys have any take on the Malaysia
Airlines flight 370?  I watched everything I could find about that
flight.  Please share anything that you might have about it that would
be highly unconventional---I already know all the story.

Quick summary: the pilot was experienced with no evidence at all of any
suicide tendencies.  The plane has never been found.  It seems all
tracking equipment was turned off---more details on this would not make
it into a quick summary.  The best theory IMHO indicates it must have
ran out of fuel and dove west of Perth, Australia various hours after
leaving its completely different main course.  No evidence of terrorism.
No information leaked from passengers.  Total of 239 people on board.
The flight was to go from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing but diverted midway.