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Presenting The President's New $1.2 Billion Helicopter
Today was a good day for United Technologies: its subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft Corp was awarded a $1.2 billion contract by the Naval Air Systems Command to build the VXX: also known as the new Presidential Helicopter. Initial fielding is planned for 2020, with production concluding in 2023.
From the press release:
The $1,244,677,064 fixed-price incentive engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract, with production options, culminates a full and open competition to contract for integration of mature mission systems into an existing in-production aircraft in order to minimize the cost of developing and testing a new design.
“Throughout the entire proposal process, we emphasized cost as well as technical performance,” said U.S. Navy Capt. Dean Peters, program manager for NAVAIR’s Presidential Helicopters Program Office. “Our contract objectives are directly tied to mission requirements and long-term sustainability. We are committed to a cost-effective acquisition strategy and prudent use of existing technology. Sikorsky’s proposal adequately supports this commitment and together we will efficiently deliver the next Presidential helicopter fleet in an affordable and timely manner.”
Hopefully $1.2 billion at least buys the president an ejection seat. Because truly the one thing that is preventing the president from doing his duties is being able to fly from point A to point B in a new, improved and far spiffier helicopter. And by point we of course mean "golf course."
Under the EMD contract, Sikorsky will provide six test aircraft, four of which will become operational assets. Production options will result in production of an additional 17 operational aircraft.
How was Sikorsky picked?
Following extensive market research, a draft VXX Request for Proposal (RFP) was released Nov. 23, 2012 to provide industry an advance opportunity to review program strategy and requirements, as well as provide an opportunity to give feedback on requirements clarity and potential drivers of cost and schedule to help the government further refine the final RFP prior to release. The final RFP was released on May 2, 2013, in support of a full and open competition.
The Navy used this process to select a prime contractor that could best integrate mature, government-defined mission systems into an in-production air vehicle, and accomplish the efforts in an affordable and timely manner.
But wait a minute: surely the US government could have wasted, or as it is better known in the Keynesian religion - grown the economy - far more than a measly $1.2 billion to pimp the ObamaCopter? Well, it did.
A previous effort to replace these aircraft, the VH-71 program, was initiated in 2003. This program was terminated in 2009 due to extensive cost and schedule growth.
In other words, some time over the next decade, when the prevailing technology du jour has drastically changed from what is trendy today, this too contract will be scrapped as the proposed design becomes obsolete, but not before even more billions in cost overruns, when yet another contract will be awarded to someone else as the taxpayer-funded spending spree to benefit the MIC continues. In the meantime, however, UTX shareholders are happy.
Finally, this is what the ObamaCopter would look like if it were to be used today.
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Complete with built-in buttplugs!
...Is this Press Release meant to be interpreted that President HalfrObama will remain Dictator thru 2026?
food for thought
Nothing is too good for His Majesty.
The Chinese and Russians already have the design specs and Cad-Cam blueprints. You can bank on that.
Air wolf cost a fraction of that flying coffin...
So there will be at least a 2023? That's good right?
Where'd the Twin Towers go in that last photo?
It will be a Bush who first flies in that helicopter. Angel is next!
this helicopter will be a welcome addition to the transportation and search-and-rescue capabilities of fire departments in every rural area of the country
maybe would be better if it came equipped with a re-education facility onboard
A lot of paper on that junk!
That $1.2 billion would've created 24,000 jobs at $50,000 dollars for a year if used "properly"...
Instead, it MIGHT create 100 more jobs since they are using a airframe that is already designed and built...
All for his majesty, the Boy King...
HAIL!
The next vile and treacherous President Logan is happily waiting his new toy.
"It's good to be back in the game, even if it's through the rear entrance." – Charles Logan
Does it have a Reggie Love spec'd massage table on board?
Looks like they got the colors reversed on the paint job. To better camouflage the craft, it seems to me that the green should be on top, so that it would tend to blend into the vegetation when viewed by aircraft above, and the white should be on the bottom, so to a viewer standing on the ground it would blend into the background of chemtrails.
In 2023 I see Washington state and Texas fighting over its possession.
Remember when Ross Perot ran for president, and he said he wouldn't uses taxes for Air Force 1 and Secret Service because he already had his own plane and security?
$1.2 Big?
Let him walk.
$1.2B is a tiny price to pay for the safety and comfort of His Imperial Majesty!
And I'm sure I speak for all on ZeroHedge, when I say we would joyfully flay our first-born sons to supply the seat leather that supports the royal Buttocks.
...Washington D.C.'s original name was Rome, Maryland, and a branch of the Potomac River was called Tiber Creek, which was named after the Tiber river in Rome. Like Rome, Washington D.C. has 7 hills, whose names are: Capitol Hill, Meridian Hill, Floral Hills, Forest Hills, Hillbrook, Hillcrest, and Knox Hill."
- In an old volume of precious records at Annapolis, Liber 6, folio 318: June 5th, 1663, Lyd out for Francis Pope of this Province, Gent., a parcel of land in Charles County called Rome, lying on the East side of the Anacostian River (4) [meaning here, the main channel of the Potomac], beginning at a marked oak standing by the River side...
In respect of the tidbit you've laid out for those who are awake, I will only add that Washington D.C. and Winnepeg, Manitoba (The Center of North America) are connected.
How ironic. Igor was Ukrainian - born in Kiev.
"Each helicopter inscribed on the side in bold lettering the Nobel Peace Prize Logo, 'Pro pace et fraternitate gentium.'"
WB7, the Nobel Peace Prize Medallion begs your attention. Time to apply a little creative artistic license to the three dudes on the back of it.
+1 for the Air Wolf reference. Where is Steingfellow Hawke when you need him? Hanging out in the desert with Ernest Borgnine and playing the cello, unfortunately.
I'd say the powers that be are getting a little..shall we say, nervous? Assholes.
There won't be an American president in 2023.
No, he will be Russian or Chinese.
Forward, Bath House!
You both got it wrong, it's ronnie.
The office of the president will be replaced by the office of Der Führer by then.
We have Der Führer now, he may be a puppet, but how else would you describe the fascist state we live in. Naturally, we under-estimate the backlash.
Perhaps Hitlery may be our Democratically elected Der Führer by that time.
Wow does History rhyme or what?
There isn't an American president today.
"Nervous" is the last emotion I would ascribe to them. Supremely confident and self-assured is more like it.
"But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys..."
and we all know how that one turned out.
You ought to see the blueprint for the doomsday golfcart....
It's really disgusting they couldn't get the cost of the thing up to, say, 500 billion dollars. I mean, why not? Spending, goood!
1.2 Billion to protect The 0Blam0? Is he really that precious, that irreplaceable? You could pick a name at random out of a phone book and he'd do a better job...
What a fucking joke. And the joke's on us.
It's not like it's real money. The Fed just prints up a new balance sheet that comes out to zero.
Even if people think of the money is real it is not like the people spending it are the same people who have to earn it. The people who spend it have the big guns and police while the people who earn it have to just work a little harder.
Of course China has CAD docs! I did design work for the original VXX proposal back in 2005 before Sikorsky first lost it to Bell (using an Italian design). The base model for this chopper has major structural parts from China, Japan, Brazil, and Europe, to name a few.
BTW, is was Bush that turned this down to give to the Italians. Seemed like there were several close-Italian ties back then...
2020? President Camacho will just love that shit.
pods
And President Camacho was a far better leader than Obombya.
He actually spared and praised the person who discovered why the country was failing, instead of trying to kill him.
"we seem to be having some techmological differences"
Word, Pods!
Suppose that thing runs on Brawndo?
And where are the rims with the spinner things? And will the landing gear have hydraulic gear to make it hop on the landing pad?
Fucking ROTFLCopter....brought to you by Carls Jr.
Yessir, gotta maintain the corrupt narcissistic arrogant illegal alien sociopathic liar in chief's grand imperial golf life style on the backs if the tax paying US citizen serfs and peasants...
You forgot "fudgepacker" and "Muslim Brotherhood."
...among other things.
The chopper isn't painted black?
Will it have a dirt floor?
Why not strap him into a Huey?
Can astronauts borrow this thing for rides to the ISS, or will they continue to rely on Russian charity?
Why not buy 4 used Huey's for a total of 2 million dollars and when the imbecile wants to fly somewhere, you get 3 look-alikes, put a sack on all their heads and trundle them off to the choppers. All 4 launch, and hey, which one has the real 0Blam0?
In the remote chance some illegal penetrates our borders and then takes a shot - at best his odds are 1 in 4 of even firing at the right target.
There, just saved 1.19999 billion dollars.
Wouldn't be an illegal doing the shooting.
It's Tank!
A chopper!
A submarine!
Kids this Transformer can do it all!
yes, absolutely. he will be 'dictator' for 12 more years....its all because of his nigerian upbringing. nevermind that whole 'term-limits' thing. he will also go to your house and steal all your beer and kick your dog when youre not home. if i were you i'd spend all of your money on gold and bullets. go ahead. do it.
"i'll have more flexibility after the election."
Helicopters are named after Indian Tribes so I'm thinking "The Stompyfeet" ??? or The Ihaveapen??
"How was Sikorsky picked?" It's owned by UT, which is owned by Carlyle Group. GHW Bush and bin Laden's little company.
YEP. And the Carlyle Boyz are only getting bigger. They also recently scarfed up Goodrich Corp. and Hamilton Sundstrand (among others) under the United Technologies Corp. (UTC) umbrella. These fuckers are positioned to be the ONLY game in towm when it comes to the MIC, even as they may occasionally have to 'compete' against themselves for taxpayer (and magical fed-poofed) money. You can't make this shit up.
The thing with being the only game in town is you are the one to run out of town.
The MIC is a shadow perceived without form. One can be assured that there is indeed form.
Just like the .1% think money makes them smart or tough, the rest can be assured it is completely the inverse. The MIC, just like the .1% are more vulnerable than ever. No amount of money or technology tripwires can stop a bullet from entering a corrupt skull.
These asshats in pinstripes doing God's work, and those protecting them, are a liability. False security in the name of "homeland security." (LOL!)
The chopper is slated for President Snow.
If its name is VXX, won't the Fed and Fraud Street try to take it down at the usual time - 3:30pm? You know, along with the VIX (VXX = futures ETN on the VIX). Wouldn't that be a shame?
An incredible waste of resources...pure corruption...
Obscene
Is that the "Big "E" or a Pave-Low?
I think the last one was scrapped because it would have been a joint project with Aerospatiale or something like that...I forget.
1.2B to retrofit existing airframes and existing systems? Whew...good thing I don't have to pay for that....oh...wait.
SOB. 46 millions+ household on foodstamps and our president need a new billion dollar toy.
This is fucking China ! People Republic of America.
You must be new here. The only great thing we got that China doesn't have is allowing it's citizens to watch Lady Gaga, SouthPark and blow their life savings on internet porn. That's freedom baby!
You would compromise the safety of our Fuhrer?
I must report you to the Gestapo!
What the fuck is wrong with the one we have now?
It doesnt have an Xbox with the latest golf game.
doesn't have a private room for reggie
Guaranteed the "new" one can be shot down by a MANPAD just as easily as the current one.
Simple, it's paid for.
The MIC can't sell shit if the government ain't buying.
pods
Touche.
Problem is that today, the same people who are buying (as agents of the government) are the same people who are selling. It's just a revolving door of corruption where corporate leaders cycle in and out of government. The end result is literally billions of dollars spent on useless shit, padding the pockets of politically connected entities.
Mussolini would be proud of the modern evolution and acceptance of his economic system.
Maybe they are anticipating need thicker/more effective armor? With the way things are going, 'friendly fire' is probably a real concern.
None of ours would be considered 'friendly'
it doesn't have a gps with the coordinates to the secret plutocrat island once he has to abandon fortress USA
Thought that was what the Denver Airport was for....spooky fucking thing that it is.
Not trying to defend this obscenity, but the current POTUS chopper fleet is comprised of H-3 type airframes, which date back to the 1960s. Now, beyond real airframe fatigue issues, the inside of these things is NOTHING like a 'normal' H-3 (all retired from military service by now). So yeah, in theory these things can go on forever, provided the airframe stays healthy.
The whole thing is a tragic joke, really. I wouldn't be surprised if this new VXX boondoggle is composed 50% or more of foreign-made components/systems. And you can BET that 90% of the electronic/modular circuitry in this beast will hail from The Peoples Republic of China, complete with backdoor stuxnet-style access, should POTUS get a bit too uppity for the Chinese branch of his nw0 masters.
We couldn't field a 100% American designed/built platform if we tried.
Thanks, globalist fascisto-commie one-world fuckers!
What, no solar panels on the blades?
it runs on Pharry Dust
Good point. This sounds like a candidate for "green" capital misallocation. Commence talk of "carbon offsets," LEED certification and "sustainability" rhetoric. Maybe the thing will run on restaurant cooking grease -- assuming it ever actually gets built. (For that matter, who will be president?)
Moochelle will enjoy it. Millions out of work and we blow $1.2 billion on a new toy, pathetic.
Moochie will be out to pasture by the time this contraption is delivered to the then Puppet in Chief.
"Let them eat EBT."
The next F-35...
At the current pace of change on the world stage, I'd be surprised if this project even gets off the ground (pun intended) 2020 is a long time away.
DC US won't even exist when the Chinese premier has this delivered to his fleet.
I thought for that price he could get a few unicorns to fly him around no?
I'll provide four for $300mil. each. I'll throw in a $1,200 toilet seat for half off.
Haha.
Obama has delusions of grandeur like Hitler. These fuckin guys act an awful lot alike.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus
Leibstandarte SS Bath House Barry
If they spend over a billion on the presidents helicopter, I wonder how much they spend on the ones for the people who actually make the decisions behind the scenes?
They get reverse engineered UFOs.
Because fuck this roter shit....
INFINITE FIAT TO INFINITE ...
No matter what the UNICORN's say about USD demise...
The rest of the world is still planning on INFINITE FIAT being the "KING" for decades to come,... well the USA may go to shit, but the PRESIDENT 2016+ PAUL/CLINTON or BUSH will be in the most expensive flying toilet on earth.
Most likely they know that in the future CIVIL-WAR years the PREZ will be spending MORE time outside of WASH-DC :)
That being said, we live and die by the truth, regardless of unicorns.
Shouldn't the presidential copter be big enough to carry four passengers, four caddies, four golf carts, bags, and refreshments? This looks a little small.
I presume it is armed with lasers powerful enough to push a ball six inches into the hole from 1800 yards.
For the Bath House, it only needs room for about 5 little boys in speedos.
You forgot to include the weight of El Presidente's Yeti "beard". Still have to stuff her fat ass in there occasionally. Like when she wants to fly over the Chicago south side to wave to the po folks while stuffing her gaping maw with lobster and French fries.
Fuck the elites and their using of our tax money to buy shit like this. Fuck 'em.
Does it have an all you-can-eat buffet for moochelle?
I think it's pretty interesting that none of the Presidents are allowed to fly on blackhawks.
Just fucking ridonkulous.
And ponder this: Any cost estimate by or for the government is usually one-quarter to one-fifth the actual cost. Can you say $5bil. helicopter?! Sure you can.
There is no reason for this.
I was in DC last month for the Cherry Blossom festival. Walked by the front of the WH and the 20' x 30' "sustainable garden" next to that par five front lawn of ours. All of of a sudden this beastly helicopter in blue, profile same as that in the photo, zipped overhead from the back the the WH. Immediately following was a smaller turbo jet lookin one zip right up 45 sec in it's wake.
Personally, I'd go lean an mean ridding in the little jet copter, run that hog cargo ship copter as diversion. That's just me though, I gave up wonderin what crazy people thought a long time ago.
Me, too, on a weekend jaunt; but I did not see the chopper.
Damn, it was crowded on the mall. I barely made it to the N. Museum of Art. I asked for reproductions of Jackson and other patriotic guys. All the commies had was a Washington Portrait, so I got that one.
Well the WH is way up past the Washington Monument from the mall and I was there on a Fridays so not as bad with the crowds. took alot of pictures no poster though. Come to think of it, i'd go for a Big Head poster of some fool in a tricorn hat with a fife.
what's a sustainable garden?
Do I look like Google son? It's that damn plot Michelle acted like she was tending to for five minutes. Could have been plastic leeks and collards from the pedestrian vantage point I had.
See any watermelons? Bet that Yeti could swallow one whole.
A sustainable garden is one which is sustained by tax dollars and civil service gardners which produces fifty dollar tomatoes.
Will first husband Bill Clinton get one so he can take hookers out to Camp David?
"Hey, baby check out mah new machine. It has astroturf. Get outta them shorts, Monica!"
Why not a modified Osprey? wtf?
Cause they fucking crash....a lot.
Not that I'm against the idea, mind you. Rather have the POTUS in one than a squad of Grunts.
I'm sure they feel the same way.
"Cause they crash?
That was EXACTLY my point...give the mf'er an Osprey!
Stupid little shit.
Well, at least a Helicopter, any Helicopter, will always be easy to shoot down.
The article fails to mention how wastful the first try at replacing the president's helo. They spent $4.4 billion and actually built 9 test helicopters before cancelling the contract. After cancellation, the helicopters were sold as spare parts to Canada for about $150 million. By the way, this isn't a design from scratch program. It is based on a helicopter that's been in service for 25 years.
They are optimistic about getting paid for it by that time frame
It's called the Presidential Helicopter. So, Obama ordered it personally, for himself? Is that the contention?
Does it come with telepromters?
Damn, it must have a blowjob machine innit.
it's called (male) co-pilot
By 2023 everyone will be a billionaire.
Keep your eyes on the ball boys....this is Hillary or Jeb's chopper and more importantly the lousy billion won't match the spend for the bulletproof pantsuit ensemble, the first husbands stain removal charges over two terms, or the first months worth of tomahawks launched at enemy X in 2016......
Crap! I hope Zero isn't around until 2023, however it wouldn't surprise me.
The secure glory hole adds at least 750,000 kilobucks to the price
Perfect for spitting on the little people.
Not to worry! The Congressional Budget Office has crunched some of the numbers, and found out that if we just use these things when they're otherwise idle to dump oodles of $100 bills all over America it'll pay itself off within weeks AND get us to 3% unemployment plus S&P 4000. Win-win-win
A billion here a billion there.... Oh f-it... people just do not care what is happening aound them now. In terms of real wealth we are broke as shit and they ink a contract of this magnitude for a fleet that will get scrapped in a year or two after a new vectoring thrust with stealth HELO technology comes along.
Wait a second, wasn't Sikorsky a Russian? Born in Kiev? Now flying around the POTUS? WTF?
There is no way this sees the light of day ... 1.2 billion, doesn't he know he won't be President then?
Airwolf.
Because an elected president, unlike a king or emperor or dictator, needs a fleet of 21 helicopters for his own personal use.
Glad they rounded it to the nearest Dollar. Would have been worried that it had not been costed properly.
Similar nonsense for the Air Force One replacement I hear. They're not content to take a 777 or 787 and perform minor modifications, they want the full multi-billion dollar waste!
Personally, I woud simply prefer a pressident who was not afraid of the people.
One asks "why" a president is afraid of the people. Not all were, you know.
@Notso. I remember reading that in Teddy Roosevelt's time any high school class visiting Washington stood a pretty good chance of getting to meet the prez. And he could walk the streets to go out to lunch.
Found with whom to compare. President and manager (crazy monkey).
"Hopefully $1.2 billion at least buys the president an ejection seat."
Yes, definitely! I would love to see President Zero 'ejected' right through the rotors!
On the Presidential model, the ejector seat dispenses its load downwards using the trash chute, same one that's used for all other garbage.
I am still waiting for whatever it takes to wake the people up! What will get them mad enough to pay attention and act?
Will 1.2 billion$$ meanwhile america is broke and the people are jobless.
It seems that the Gov is from or on another planet, totally unconnected with their people!
Soon we will have the statistics that Obumber will go down in history as the worst PRESIDENT!
I cannot wait!
They should have chosen the China replika from Sinorsky Aircrap Corp to save taxpayers money with Huawei communication systems.
Brutal these defense budget cuts
MH-370 MALAYSIA Blames USA/AUSTRAILIA FOR MURDER'S
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2...
So now MSM in Malaysia 100% essentially telling exactly how the plane was stolen and WHY.
"The Americans have put up a good show. First diverting all the attention and search effort in the South China Sea while the plane made their way to Indian Ocean. Then they came out with some conflicting statement and evidence to confuse the world. The Australians are the co-actor,"
Very interesting article. And it appears to fit in with a lot of other miscellaneous snippets of info that's drifted out.
I have long believed the plane was remotely hijacked by the USG and flown to Diego Garcia. And this article fleshes out some more details.
As for Australia being a co-conspirator, that does not surprise me one jot. GW Bush visited Oz when in office to officially welcome/inaugurate Australia's membership of the US global security alliance ..."five eyes" or whatever it's called. Britain's been a member since it started.
Adding weight to this news article is the fact that Obama personally visited Malaysia recently. I believe that was to thank them for their participation in this hijacking operation and probably to refund the cost of a Boeing 777.
"Russia's equivalent to Marine One is an updated version of the tried and true Russian rotary-winged workhorse, the Mil Helicopter Plant's Mi-8 "Hip."
Sounds a lot cheaper.
The president announced there would be "costs", seems he wasn't joking.
Why don't they buy this farout choom wagon and pocket the rest?
http://frederick.craigslist.org/rvs/4440069135.html
It's got a bed and a toilet, I think it has a BJ closet for the Regster.
Let me see.
Mmh. Nope.
I don't need that.
There you go, just saved another 1.2 billion USD.
Why doesn't the prez just hitch a ride with Will.I.Am?
https://www.google.com/webhp?tab=ww&ei=8UJrU-2VBYeBiwKvxIDYAw&ved=0CBcQ1...
MH-370 Obama's Luisitania
Only this ship wasn't sunk by a German U-Boat, it was brought down by Obama himself.
This report by an American Scientist has been voted by the MALAY government, as the most likely cause of the MH-370 murder's.
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/05/conspiracy-theory-was-fligh...
While the Americans are withdrawing from Afghanistan, one of their command and control system (used for controlling the pilotless drones) was hijacked by the Talibans when the American transport convoy was moving down from one of the hill top bases. The Talibans ambushed the convoy and killed 2 American Seal personnel, seized the equipment/weapons, including the command and control system which weighed about 20 tons and packed into 6 crates. This happened about a month ago in Feb 2014.
What the Talibans want is money. They want to sell the system to the Russians or the Chinese. The Russians are too busy in Ukraine. The Chinese are hungry for the system's technology. Just imagine if the Chinese master the technology behind the command and control system, all the American drones will become useless. So the Chinese sent 8 top defense scientists to check the system and agreed to pay millions for it.
Sometime in early Mar 2014, the 8 scientists and the 6 crates made their way to Malaysia, thinking that it was the best covert way to avoid detection. The cargo was then kept in the Embassy under diplomatic protection. Meanwhile the Americans have engaged the assistance of Israeli intelligence, and together they are determined to intercept and recapture the cargo.
The Chinese calculated that it will be safe to transport it via civilian aircraft so as to avoid suspicion. After all, the direct flight from KL to Beijing takes only 4 and half hours, and the American will not hijack or harm the civilians. So MH370 is the perfect carrier.
There are 5 Americans and 2 Israeli agents on board who are familiar with Boeing operation. The 2 "Iranians" with stolen passports are the two Israeli agents.
When MH370 is about to leave the Malaysian air space and reporting to Vietnamese air control, one American AWAC jammed their signal, disabled the pilot control system and switched over to remote control mode. That was when the plane suddenly lost altitude momentarily.
How the AWAC can do it ? Remember 911 incident ? After the 911 incident, all Boeing aircraft (and possibly all Airbus) are installed with remote control system to counter terrorist hijacking. Since then all the Boeing could be remote controlled by ground control tower. The same remote control system used to control the pilotless spy aircraft and drones. The American/Israeli agents soon took over the plane, switched off the transponder and other communication system, changed course and flew westwards. They dare not fly east to Philippines or Guam because the whole South China Sea air space was covered by Chinese surveillance radar and satellite. The Malaysian, Thai and Indian military radars actually detected the unidentified aircraft but as usual, did not react professionally. The plane flew over North Sumatra, Anambas, South India and then landed at Maldives (some villagers saw the aircraft landing), refueled and continued its flight to Garcia Diego, the American Air Base in the middle of Indian Ocean. The cargo and the black box were removed. The passengers were silenced via natural means, lack of oxygen. They believe only dead people will not talk. The MH370 with dead passengers were air borne again via remote control and crashed into South Indian Ocean, make it to believe that the plane eventually ran out of fuel and crashed, and blame the defiant captain and co-pilot. The Americans have put up a good show. First diverting all the attention and search effort in the South China Sea while the plane made their way to Indian Ocean. Then they came out with some conflicting statement and evidence to confuse the world. The Australians are the co-actor.
The amount of effort put up by China, in terms of the number of search aircraft, ships and satellites, searching first the South China Sea, then the Malacca Straits and the Indian Ocean is unprecedented. This showed that China is very concerned, not so much of the many Chinese civilian passengers, but mainly the high value cargo and its 8 top defense scientists.100 years from now they will have the technology to dredge up MH370 from the abyss and a shitload of "munitions" will be found in the cargo hold.
The Lusitania was proven to be a floating munitions warehouse masquerading as a passenger ship. Why should MH370 be any different?
The only thing worse than limousine liberals is helicopter homosexuals.
For that price it shouldn't crash ever.