08-04-2014, 02:49 PM
A confusion on my part I think.
When you said a "major international airport" my mind thought, a major international airport, rather than a small one runway airport bearing the title of international. Even if it is the main air terminal in Kazakstan, it's still a small airport.
I suppose I was also thinking major airport in a fairly developed nation. Mea culpa.
But despite this confusion, I still doubt Almaty works. I might be wrong, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of hiding place at Almaty (click on the below pics for a larger view)? There are also several Youtube clips showing aircraft landing etc., and the aircraft are parked on the apron for all to see.
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There is an aircraft spotters club at Almaty, so it's possible an aircraft could've been spotted - which for me hinders the prospect of it being used to hide the aircraft. Would anyone take the chance? I doubt it.
Likewise, what about aircraft taking off and landing? From the air you can see the whole airport and everything parked there.
Added to that would be the airport staff, crews etc. How could you keep them quiet?
For me it doesn't play.
However, an out of the way "black" military airport would be a possibility.
But then the question would be what do you do with the passengers and crew?
There's no way they're going back to their families this late in the day, not after weeks and weeks of front page news and multiple changes in the story etc.
When you said a "major international airport" my mind thought, a major international airport, rather than a small one runway airport bearing the title of international. Even if it is the main air terminal in Kazakstan, it's still a small airport.
I suppose I was also thinking major airport in a fairly developed nation. Mea culpa.
But despite this confusion, I still doubt Almaty works. I might be wrong, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of hiding place at Almaty (click on the below pics for a larger view)? There are also several Youtube clips showing aircraft landing etc., and the aircraft are parked on the apron for all to see.
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There is an aircraft spotters club at Almaty, so it's possible an aircraft could've been spotted - which for me hinders the prospect of it being used to hide the aircraft. Would anyone take the chance? I doubt it.
Likewise, what about aircraft taking off and landing? From the air you can see the whole airport and everything parked there.
Added to that would be the airport staff, crews etc. How could you keep them quiet?
For me it doesn't play.
However, an out of the way "black" military airport would be a possibility.
But then the question would be what do you do with the passengers and crew?
There's no way they're going back to their families this late in the day, not after weeks and weeks of front page news and multiple changes in the story etc.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14