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Originally Posted by janmcn
You are correct that commercial airliners do not have parachutes, but they have always had life rafts. The inflatable slides that passengers use to evacuate a plane can be disconnected from the plane and become a life raft for 25-30 people. Each raft has provisions attached, like locator beacons, etc. Even before inflatable slides were used on planes, there were life rafts on some planes stored in the aircraft ceiling.
Has anyone heard any speculation of why no cell phone calls were placed from passenger phones while they were still over land in Malaysia?
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I believe a theory is that the surviving pilot or co-pilot after taking control of the plane depressurized the cabin. Sure makes this look like a suicide of a pilot with a mass murder of all the other people.