The missing plane had a tail number of 9M-MRO. The one at Tel Aviv has tail number 9M-MRI.
"duplicate" Malaysia airlines plane now at Tel Aviv
At the beginning of 2013, Malaysia airlines had 17 active Boeing 777-2H6ERs, all "duplicates" of the missing one, save their tail numbers. Since then, 3 have been withdrawn, one way or another, from service.
In Jan. 2013 one, with tail number 9M-MRK, was withdrawn and is now stored at Orlando/Sanford International airport.
In April 2013, the "Israeli" one was withdrawn, acquired by GA Telesis, an American-based second-hand planes/plane parts dealer, given a new tail number (N105GT), stored at Tarbes airport in France in October, and then moved to Ben Gurion airport in November.
In March 2014, the third was 'withdrawn' by some, as yet unknown, agent as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
I can understand, to some extent, that some people may get a little worked up at the fact that there is a Malaysia Airlines 777-2H6ER plane sitting in Israel, a country whose government and intelligence agencies have a history of involvement in "false flag" terror attacks, but to parlay this into a theory that the Israelis are going to use this plane to make the missing plane 'reappear' as part of a fake terror attack is a bit of a stretch, to say the least.
As noted, there is another "duplicate" plane sitting in Orlando. Maybe the US government is planning to use that one in a fake terror attack too? In addition, several Malaysia Airlines 777-2H6ERs were previously owned by other airlines, and all of the remaining 14 active service Malaysia Airlines 777-2H6ERs are scheduled to be withdrawn and replaced with newer aircraft.
So in a few years, there may be 14 "duplicates" of the missing plane sitting in hangars around the world, just waiting to be used, I suppose, in ill-conceived terror attacks to be blamed on Iran, Russia or... take your pick.
Meanwhile it appears that they just want this story to go away, declaring the plane officially 'lost at sea' somewhere in the vast expanse of the South Indian Ocean.
This has been an extraordinary episode in aviation history. While many planes have vanished out of thin air, none had so many passengers as MH370 and none were flying at a time everything is trackable and few things can be 'lost'.
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This whole crazy story gets more insane with each passing day. I feel so sorry for the families, no matter what happens, even if the plane is in the Indian Ocean, they will never have closure because they will probably never know the truth. How sad.
Most of our 'heroes' have body doubles, look alikes, to either 'take the fall', do the real work (if any), or to fill in quickly without a hitch, should our 'real' hero actually succumb (die or become incapacitated).
This ensures continuity of government and continual cinematic entertainment and success.
Joe, are you Joe 1AS12 or Joe1AS13?
Just wonderin', you don't have to say.
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I have a feeling this plane is going to return as a false flag nuclear vehicle.
Question is where, and whether the resultant war will destroy mankind.
Well researched article Joe.
found this blog.im not very good at researching this kind of stuff,so im not sure how truthful it is but here you go: [Link]
Whoever thought 2 planes would hit the world trade center? Who ever knew they would collapse? Never know?
...this incident has just exposed that some intelligence agencies might be using doppelganger planes to move people, drugs, weapons, etc. around the world? Unfortunately for these agencies a Malaysian airplane is now caught up in one of the biggest aviation mysteries to date...They'll scrap the duplicates now!
Having an aircraft overhauled for a C or D check at Ben Gurion Airport would be very normal as they have a good overhaul base there. Sanford (SFB), Amarillo TX, Las Vegas are all places where spare aircraft coming off lease or excess aircraft awaiting to be sold would be stored as it is cheap and relatively dry, again nothing unusual. How about the one parked in the hangar in Lahore Pakistan?
The distance from Kuala Lumpur to Vostok Station, Antarctica is 9079 km or 5642 miles - in the reach of a Boeing 777. The satellite surveillance data say that plane was in the air for hours. The speed of a 777 is 1000 km/h (0.84 Mach). That it crashed into the ocean after 1.700 flight kilometers is not plausible -
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It is strange that the objects found in the ocean correspond to this imagined flight path from Kuala Lumpur to Vostok Station (see Link above).... Even the distance of some localized objects to Perth/Australia makes sense considering that route. Did they threw something over board?
The article is, and many other articles are very informative, Thanks Joe/brother.
"So in a few years, there may be 14 "duplicates" of the missing plane sitting in hangars around the world, just waiting to be used, I suppose, in ill-conceived terror attacks to be blamed on Iran, Russia or... take your pick."
Maybe you should have said "in a few weeks". Russia it is!