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Old 03-08-2014, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by collie1228 View Post
The Associated Press reported that two passengers listed on the manifest were carrying stolen passports from Italy and Austria. Doesn't look good - but it's hard to believe a terrorist could crash a plane and the crew can't get out an emergency message.
On NBC they explained that there are certain circumstances where transmission could have been shut down due to mechanical problems, in which case a mayday wouldn't have been able to be sent.

Also, those passports were stolen two years ago. It could have been criminals rather than terrorists traveling on the plane.

I'm not suggesting anything; just repeating what was reported on NBC.
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