Dr M defends MAS and blames Boeing for MH370’s disappearance

[ABCer]

Dr. M is not guilty. He was a Good PM. And yes, he did run a country. Just cannot run a Boeing...

I will never understand why nobody wants to admit that the Mystery is not with the plane, but with

not watching it from land

after it stopped communications and changed the flight path?

This in itself is a 'Mystery' that only Malaysia could have explained if it could.

Did they shot it down and concealed the fact, collected the debris and etc.? Protecting 'Petronas' tower from attack? Thus not being able to admit the truth?

No, I have no proof. But who does? At least my logic has more inner reason than Dr. M 'logic'.

[Discombobulated]

This is the PM who authored The Malay Dilemma:

"Genetically inferior to justify economic handicaps

The Malay Dilemma was a non-starter, to begin with, based as it was on pseudo-science and propaganda disguised as history. Many prominent Malay intellectuals have said no one should take such “trash” seriously since it lacks objectivity and accuracy and hence serves no useful purpose.

"Malays, Mahathir held, were genetically inferior – i.e. almost sub-humans – compared with the other communities in the country. He went on to argue that, in consequence, they needed to be given a handicap if they were to keep up with the other communities."

Dan Merican (2011). http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/malay-dilemma-redux/

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said: "There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."

Edited April 26, 2014 by Discombobulated

[Discombobulated]

I'm not a fan of Mahatir after what he did to Anwar Ibrahim. However, the bombardment of the hateful comments shows how bestial are the great majority of Europeans.

Then I take it, malm, that you ARE in agreement ('how bestial are the great majority of Europeans') with Tun Dr Mahathir as to: "Dr Mahathir described Westerners - or more particularly 'Anglo-Saxon Europeans' -- as proponents of 'war, sodomy and genocide.'"

Sounds 'bestial' to me! I also take it, malm, that you are not European/Western/Anglo-Saxon?

[freejack]

Actually, BOEING did have an upgrade, optional, that allows the plane to be continually tracked by BOEING but MAS declined due to,the cost. Many,other airlines do use this service. This was stated on TELEVISION. A number of times at the beginning.

This dumb corrupt moron is just a coffin dodger expelling his last breath

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and the cost is $10 a month

[HuaHinHim]

Fool

[outsider]

OMG... this old man has completely lost whatever intelligence he had left in him. Couldn't just shut up and enjoy your retirement eh doc? Have to say something stupid and embarrass your country even more?

[gchurch259]

First let me quote President Abraham Lincoln, "It is better to sit in silence and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt". I doubt if this Gentleman can either fly or maintain and aircrafft of any kind, so why is he running off about Boeing ?

I have work on and managed aircraft maintenance from 15 years old until now at 79. I currently Audit/Inspection Commercial Aircraft as a consultant since I retired from the airlines in USA. I have worked on and around the B777 since it was introduced into service by United Airlines, where I was a Foreman. The company I am contracted to has a B777-200ER leased to MAS. I have Inspected that aircraft five times and it is well maintained and I have no problem with MAS.

Without going into too much detail, because I do not know who reads these articles. It is possible for one crew man to take complete control of the aircraft and with the training they have they can disable the reporting and communications systems. Remember Egyptian Airlines a few years back.

While in the USAF I was an Examiner Flight Engineer, the USAF policy was if you were stressed out by health, family or psychological problems you were to report to the Flight Surgeon and be removed from Flight Status until you were once again able to perform you duties.

Bottom line as far as I am concerned, It is not Boeing's problem and once the aircraft is found I believe this will born out. We will all know in the furture, for now we need to be patient and let the authorities do their job. I am sure Boeing is as interested in finding this aircraft as anyone else.

Jerry

[LomSak27]

Most conclusive evidence yet that it was the pilot who reprogramed the plane, to kill himself, the crew and all the passengers.

Thanks for the confirmation Dr M

[P45Mustang]

"I would not like to fly in Boeing aircraft unless Boeing can explain how all its system can fail or be disabled," he said.

Well listen here buddy.

I will fly Boeing but it won't be operated by Malaysian Airlines or a Chinese carrier.

So stick that up your nostrils and Foxtrot Oscar.

[borisloosebrain]

The recalcitrant one returns lol

[Carmine6]

I've been very charitable to Malaysia's handling of this incident in the thread about the plane. Mainly because MAS had a good safety record and had very few people in the world have experience dealing with situations like this. But this guy is ridiculously ignorant or he's a political hack for trying to put this out there and save his political party. Maybe both.

Few facts:

1. The Malaysians withheld extremely important information right from the beginning, which may have prevented the search from being done in time to locate it. They did not disclose the fact that the plane turned back, the unidentified radar contact the military knew about that very night, the path of that unidentified aircraft, and where the contact was lost. A week was wasted looking in entirely the wrong direction. Satellites were pointed in the wrong area, as was the attention of the people doing the satellite analysis.
2. The time the Malaysians originally gave for lost contact was the time of loss of the military radar contact, not the loss of the contact by air traffic control. It was a full hour different, and a completely different direction. Though they did not release enough information to figure this out for weeks.
3. The whole point of having security is so that ill intended people are not allowed on. It is clear that someone was in control for the key hours of flight, and not some failure of the plane's systems taking it random directions. Either crew or passengers.
4. Turning off the transponder and ACARS is not a failure, it is intentionally allowed so that a failing system can be shut off, and that systems be shut off at the request of air traffic control, ground control, or as otherwise needed for the safety of all the planes around. The point of having pilots is to handle unusual situations.
5. The plane did fly until fuel exhaustion 8 hours later after being deliberately turned around and further directed in other directions by someone. All without radio contact indicating any mechanical or systems problems. All the evidence is consistent with deliberate human action, though there could have been some initial systems problem.
6. Having tracking all the way would not have changed the fate of this aircraft, but only would have made it easier to find it. As in, the only other result would have been maybe a shoot down (highly unlikely) since whoever was flying intended it to go down, or if no one was flying, there's no way to do anything to take control and land it from the outside.
7. The Malaysians have legal authority to conduct the search and no one can come in without their request unless the plane is found somewhere under another country's jurisdiction. It is not up to Boeing to find the plane, and there is no scene, mainly because the plane has not been found. Everyone geared up to help immediately, including surrounding nations, relevant manufacturers like Boeing, Rolls Royce, and agencies like the US NTSB. Inmarsat did their efforts on their own initiative, as did independent satellite photo companies.
8. It appears that the families of the passengers have been treated as an afterthought. Not so much by MAS, but by the government. Afterthought, as in helping them has been secondary to making the government look better.

[Donk]

It's stupid to show other people how stupid you yourself are!

[cloghead]

I expected the old lizard to make this kind of comment way before now

It appears his keepers assistants lost track of him for a few hours and he gave an 'interview' to The Malaysian Insider to set the record straight

I would probably say the same if I (or my nominees) owned 47% of MAS

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dr-m-defends-mas-and-blames-boeing-for-mh370s-disappearance

[umbanda]

After all this time I didn't found any news source or the airline company talking about the 5 Chinese passengers that checked baggage and never boarded the plane. No names. Nothing at all. And yes...I still believing in conspiracy and assesination.

Edited April 27, 2014 by metisdead
Bold font removed.

[stoli]

Rule # 1. Go after the deep pockets.

Rule # 2 Deflect responsibility.

Rule #3 Take all of the "experts" on how a plane disappears, (there are none apparently, , because no one knows where it is, or thousands of them if you watch the news), bring them to court, and have them testify for your side.

Result: Force them to write big checks that you and I will eventually pay for in higher fees.

2nd Result....A few happy people, thousands of happy lawyers, millions of unhappy passengers, no problem solved.

Whoppeeeeee!

They will find D.B. Cooper when they find the plane. lol

[pmugghc]

Dr M is an old xenophobic anti-western fool. His comments are at the same level as the shamans who did their coconut ceremony at the airport.

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[tubby johnson]

Almost two months after the plane's disappearance, Malaysia still plays the same old Deny-All-Responsibility game. The families and friends of the deceased passengers won't be happy to hear this.

[boomerangutang]

This, from the man who often discounted western education system (thereby gaining popularity with anti-westerner voters in Malaysia) yet sent his kids to western Universities.

From the man who once claimed that westerners war-mongers and Asians are peace-loving, war-avoiding.

Beware of gurus who continually grin while pontificating.

And don't get on his bad side, or else he might create a well-orchestrated campaign to criminalize you for sodomy and being gay (synonymous in Muslim Malaysia).

[Traveling Sailor]

Oh, it was Boing who checked in the 3 persons with fake passports ?

Yes, and it was Boeing who turned off the provided instruments. It was Boeing who decided not to spend the extra money on enhanced Communication between plane and ground, offered by Boeing. I could go on but.............

This guy is an a..hole!

[Scott]

I don't want to defend this idiot's twaddle so I ask this purely out of curiosity.

Could not all passenger aircraft be fitted by the manufacturer with a locator beacon that can not be switched off while the aircraft is in the air?

Couple this with an international tracking system that checks the aircraft's location at pre-set intervals.

What are the reasons that this is not done as a matter of course? Expense, or technical difficulties?

Given the sophistication of modern aircraft control I would have thought that this would be reasonably straightforward to implement and would not add much to the overall cost of an aircraft.

They probably can, but as I think one of the more informed members stated on a different thread, there still needs to be away to turn these things off. Imagine all those aircraft sitting on the tarmac sending out signals. It could be a communications nightmare at busy airports. But we are digressing from the topic of this thread.

[haveaniceday]

So Malaysia does have Thainess

[P45Mustang]

Oh, it was Boing who checked in the 3 persons with fake passports ?

Yes, and it was Boeing who turned off the provided instruments. It was Boeing who decided not to spend the extra money on enhanced Communication between plane and ground, offered by Boeing. I could go on but.............

This guy is an a..hole!

Doubtful if he ever came out of one.

[boomerangutang]

Hey Mr. Mahathir;

'You say it best, when you say nothing at all.'

[louse1953]

What happened to due dilligence done by the buyers.M.is as relavent as yesterdays fish and chip wrapping.

[steelepulse]

Back in the day of the Asian financial crisis, I had a lot of friends that were traders in Singapore and they made a lot of money from Mahatir, Every time he opened his mouth, currencies went down. My friends called him the Mad Hatter. Looks like this leopard can't change his spots.

[Keesters]

He should crawl back under the rock he came from.

[Payboy]

Way to go bumiputeras!

[P45Mustang]

Way to go bumiputeras!

Which reminds me.

Disappearance of MH370 potentially ethnic difference based.

Yet to be proven or unproven of course.

[Trouble]

And this is the type of thinking of Malaysia's longest serving Prime Minister. It's Boeing's fault. No one has a clue what went on aboard the aircraft. The plane did not turn itself around but it is Boeing's fault. All facts as known to date indicate it was human intervention and not the airplane that lead to this tragedy. This guy is an idiot. Pity the Malaysian people.

[pmugghc]

It spent songkran in Malaysia and was taken aback of the extent Dr M has eradicated English from all public signs and spoken language (except the airport). Not a single road-sign in English.

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