My dad actually drilled holes in the floor of his Beetle (a sweet early 60's Baja shortened by 1' in the middle!) to prevent it from floating. There was one too many cruising-down-the-river moments for him I guess.

If you're going to fly around the world, do it in style.

"Take shit before race, I'm good."

I think Malta would have been a smarter choice.

I'm just going to jump into the fray here and say that maybe if the acting transportation minister had some qualifications other than just being the cousin of the prime minister, both missing the passports and coordinating the rescue/recovery efforts might have gone better.

One of (many) problems here is nepotism and…

The 777 has a glide ratio of 19.36:1 meaning it can glide just over 19 miles for every 1,000 feet in altitude. If it was 35 cruising altitude (35,000 feet) and both engine cut out, it could theoretically glide another 665 miles.

No, I was the same ones that invited the witch doctors to join the investigation...

As most airlines do.... They don't normally go checking the validity of passports.

This has been dismissed by Malaysian officials http://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/201…