A Plane disappears

[Beest]

Originally Posted by glatt

It would have to be sitting on an airstrip, and we know where all the airstrips are and could have checked them all by now by satellite.

Apparently that model is capable of non airstrip landings.

here is an article from the BBC discussing 10 theories, landing on a beach or in the desert is given as a possibilty ( not necessarily in a condition to take off again), also that it turned of it's signals and shadowed another aircraft, appearing as one blip on radar.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26609687

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Beest

Apparently that model is capable of non airstrip landings.

Absolutely, every plane can. It's when you want a non-fatal landing, or going for the brass ring of a non-fatal, plus reusable aircraft, that it gets infinitely more difficult.

When I read that article about landing on the beach, I was picturing this 777, 200 ft long by 200 ft wide, skipping down the beach like a Frisbee. Then some guys jump out high-fiving each other, and the boss says, quick, cover it with sand before somebody sees us, we'll dig it out when we're ready to leave. Better than the cartoon channel.

[Spexxvet]

If it landed, it must have landed where nobody saw it, or where somebody saw it and isn't telling.