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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 16403565" data-attributes="member: 158020"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked    :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" />Boeing 777 hijackers plunged to 5,000ft and used low altitude 'terrain masking' manoeuvre practised by fighter jets to avoid radar detection Claims today that the missing  Malaysian Airlines jet dropped to an altitude of 5,000ft to avoid radar  lends credibility to reports by villagers that they saw bright lights  and loud noises at about the time the aircraft is thought to have made a  'U-turn'.Investigators  told a Malaysian newspaper that the Boeing 777 had dropped to a lower  altitude to avoid ground radar, using the surrounding terrain as a sonar  barrier. This type of  flying is considered to be dangerous and risky, because it places  tremendous pressure on the frame of the aircraft - and flying low at  night without radar assistance could lead to the plane crashing into  trees or mountains.        <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/17/article-2582595-1C5CEEAA00000578-854_634x292.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> ('Terrain masking', as illustrated here, is a technique used by pilots to avoid radar detection.)</blockquote>

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