Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Dave Hodges: The New York Federal Reserve Has Signaled the End of the Dollar Is Near

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Dave Hodges: The New York Federal Reserve Has Signaled the End of the Dollar Is Near
Posted By: NaturalWisdom
Date: Wednesday, 31-Dec-2014 14:28:28

Sobering thoughts as we rapidly approach the start of the new year
The New York Federal Reserve Has Signaled the End of the Dollar Is Near
Dave Hodges
The Common Sense Show
Dec 31, 2014
http://bit.ly/14cNXpL
[snip]
I maintain that the international banking cabal, as represented by the actions of Goldman Sachs and the New York Fed, have gained control of the lion’s share of gold supply, thus rendering their dependence on hard currency (i.e. the Petrodollar and the Euro) to be irrelevant. Meanwhile, the rest of the planet is dependent on highly volatile fiat paper currencies.
If you understand the events related to these statements, along with their consequences, then you have already divested yourself from nearly all paper currencies and the Ponzi scheme driven stock market.

BENJAMIN FULFORD UPDATE Dec 30 2014


 
  BENJAMIN FULFORD UPDATE
December 30, 2014
 
The year 2014 was a nasty one for the Nazionist cabal controlled G7 nations and their shrinking coterie of slave states. Now, the Pentagon is preparing to take the restored Republic of the United States of America into the 188 nation BRICS alliance, a move that would effectively and permanently end cabal rule, according to CIA sources. If cabal rule ends, then a jubilee (a one-time write off of all debts public and private), asset redistribution and a massive push to save the planet will make 2015, the year of the sheep in the Chinese Zodiac, the year of the sheeple.

The latest offensive against cabal rule has resulted in 30 arrests of senior officials in Israel
http://www.timesofisrael.com/police-arrest-30-in-high-level-government-corruption-bust/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=dcfad8de7b-2014_12_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-dcfad8de7b-54923773
the disqualification of Benyamin Netanyahu by his own political party
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Likud-comptroller-disqualifies-Netanyahu-from-Likud-leadership-race-PM-likely-to-appeal-385611
and the fleeing of top Nazionist ruler George Bush Sr. into a hospital to avoid arrest on charges of ordering the murder of President John F. Kennedy and war crimes, including mass murder.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2885883/Former-President-George-H-W-Bush-90-rushed-hospital-shortness-breath.html

Last week also saw the presentation of evidence indicating the committee of 300, that is supposed to be the secret government of the planet, is losing power. The evidence came in the form of the document that can be seen at the 14 minute mark of this video clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dKdroIjw4D8

We have confirmed from MI5 sources that the document shown is a real committee of 300 document issued in 2010 and signed by, among others, Queen Elizabeth, the head of the committee. It is not the still mysterious document signed by Crown Prince William in Washington earlier this month. This document discusses the distribution of 48 trillion US dollars to a series of established power centers. The percentages each group gets indicate where the real power lies in the secret government.

The biggest share, 20% or $9.6 trillion, goes to the “financial agencies of the United Nations,” such as the World Bank Group, the IMF, the International Finance Corporation, the BIS, the Bank of England and the Bank of China. In other words, the bankers get the biggest slice.

Next we see that the UN, the ASBLP group (Philippines), the United Kingdom, China and the Chinese Dragon (royal) family each get 10% or $4.8 trillion. Then, further down the totem pole we see that Queen Elizabeth, the European Union, the Federal Reserve Board, the committee of 300, the Vatican and the “international authorities who signed this,” each get 4% or $1 trillion 920 billion. Think about it, the Federal Reserve Board, the people who own the US corporate government, only get 4%.

Finally some people code named WZH and ASM get 3% and 2% respectively. A final one percent goes into some sort of savings fund.

The first thing to note is that the United Nations takes top position but the head of the UN is selected by hidden rulers using a secret process. The hidden rulers are almost certainly the usual suspects: the Rockefellers, Bushes, Rothschilds etc.

The next thing we need to pay attention to is who is not on this document including Russia, Africa, India, South America, Japan, Germany etc.

The final thing to notice is that if all this money had really been disbursed in 2010, then the world would be a much better place than it actually is. According to UN estimates, it would only take $400 billion to stop environmental destruction and $200 billion to end poverty. That means these groups could save the world and still have $47.4 trillion to spend on luxury yachts etc.

Clearly either this money remains frozen and the document failed to release funds or else the money was not spent on this planet. No other explanation makes sense.

In any case, in order to start cleaning up the mess the Nazionists have made of this planet, we will have to keep chipping away at the visible aspects of their control.  One case in point is Barack Obama, president of the bankrupt US corporate government. This is the man who tried to orchestrate massive US race riots through his Ferguson campaign. More recently, Obama publicly lied on behalf of a Sony movie marketing campaign when he blamed North Korea for the recent so-called hacker attack against Sony Pictures. He also publicly called for the release of a movie depicting the murder of the current ruler of a sovereign nation.

Obama spent last Saturday playing golf in Hawaii with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Apparently Razak failed to please Obama because while he was visiting the US, Malaysia was hit with severe floods and, as soon as he returned home, a third Malaysia airliner vanished.  Now e-mails are being sent to this writer claiming the third vanished plane will be used for a nuclear terror attack in the Ukraine.  We cannot verify this but, clearly some trouble makers are still on the loose.

Nuclear reactors in both South Korea and the Ukraine, for example, appear to be under some sort of stuxnet virus attack. The ISIS campaign is also still fizzing along, albeit at a slowing pace. The trouble in the Ukraine is also still burbling but there, too, the killing seems to be slowing down drastically. The attack on Russia’s economy has now stopped, having failed to even come close to its goal of regime change there. 

Now there are growing reports of unrest in the US and the open stealing of citizens’ money by government goons. This is a sign of a terminally ill regime headed for complete collapse.

The issue to pay attention to in the New Year is whether the US corporate government can meet the upcoming series of payments deadlines. The first is the December 31st year end accounts settling. Then there is another big accounting deadline on January 31st.

Japanese slave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is now frantically looting Japan’s savings to try to help his masters meet that deadline. The latest move he announced, having looted the pension fund, is a plan to steal postal savings. You can be sure his next move will be to try to drain the Norinchukin Agricultural bank.

Drug money from Afghan heroin and South American cocaine is also keeping the US corporation on life support. The recent agreement to end the US embargo on Cuba is also almost certainly connected to some sort of funds release.

The real question, of course, is when will the Chinese and Arabs, the worlds’ biggest creditors, finally pull the plug on the goons in Washington D.C. and their secret UN masters.

The other big question is when will the US military take action to restore the Republic? On this end, we are hearing many reports that patriotic elements of the US military industrial complex are on the move.

 

"A Letter from Him"

"A  Letter from Him"

Please read before you go out or go to bed, read this to the end.

My name is God. You hardly have time for me.  I love you and always bless you. I am  always with you. I need you to spend 30 mins of your time with
Me today. Don't  pray. Just praise. Today I want this message across the world before midnight.  Will you help? Please do not cut it and I'll help you  with something that you are in need of. Just dare Me! A blessing is coming your way.


Please Drop  everything & pass it on. Tomorrow will be the Best Day of your Life. Tell The Devil you are  a blessed child of God and you have more to be thankful for than to worry about. We must go through the storm to appreciate the sunshine! This is a test to see  who has more followers...
Jesus or Satan. If Jesus, forward, God is going to
fix two things (BIG) tonight in your favor.  

Feng Shui


Happy Healthy prosperous 2015


This is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have received. Hope it works for you -- and me!

Lotus Touts: You have 6 minutes
There's some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not superstitious. This Lotus Touts has been sent to you for good luck from the Anthony Robbins organization. It has been sent around the world ten times so far.

Do not keep this message.


The Lotus Touts must leave your hands in 6 MINUTES. Otherwise you will get a very unpleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious, agnostic, or otherwise faith impaired.



ONE.
Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.



TWO.
Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational
skills will be as important as any other.


THREE.
Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.



FOUR.
When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.



FIVE.
When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.



SIX.
Be engaged at least six months before you get married.



SEVEN.
Believe in love at first sight.



EIGHT.
Never laugh at anyone's dreams.
People who don't have dreams don't have much.



NINE.
Love deeply and passionately.
You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely
.


TEN.
In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.



ELEVEN.
Don't judge people by their relatives.



TWELVE.
Talk slowly but think quickly.



THIRTEEN.
When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer,
smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'


FOURTEEN.
Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.



FIFTEEN.
Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.



SIXTEEN.
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.



SEVENTEEN.
Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.



EIGHTEEN.
Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.



NINETEEN.
When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.



TWENTY
Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice
.


TWENTY- ONE.
Spend some time alone.

 
Now, here's the FUN part!

Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve.


1-4 people:
Your life will improve slightly.
5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking.
9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks
15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape.

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.


Do not keep this message.

America set free by the US military under the General

238 Years Ago Today Washington’s Troops Attacked The British In Trenton

"...a military exploit of unparalleled brilliancy!"


AMERICA - IT IS TIME TO BREAK THE CABAL'S CONTROL OVER AND WITHIN THIS NATION, RESTORING OUR REPUBLIC AND ALLEGIANCE TO ALMIGHTY GOD

Philadelphia was in panic, expecting a British invasion. The Continental Congress packed up and fled.  Their last instruction to General Washington was: “…until Congress shall otherwise order, General Washington shall be possessed of full power to order and direct all things.”

With the password for his military operation being “Victory or Death,” Washington’s troops crossed the ice-filled Delaware River on Christmas Day evening in a blizzard.

Trudging through blinding snow, with two soldiers freezing to death on the march, they attacked Trenton, New Jersey, at daybreak, DECEMBER 26, 1776.

The feared German Hessian mercenary troops hired by King George III were trained to fight in an open field, and were not prepared for Americans firing from behind every tree and fence post.

Captain Alexander Hamilton fired his six-pound cannons down King Street, tearing into the Hessian ranks.

Hessian colonel Johann Rall was soon shot and the Americans captured nearly a thousand in just over an hour.

Two Americans were wounded: William Washington-cousin of General Washington,  and the young Lieutenant James Monroe-future 5th U.S. President, who was struck by a musket ball in the arm and bleeding badly. Doctor John Riker clamped the artery and saved his life.

Yale President Ezra Stiles stated in an Election Address before Connecticut General Assembly, May 8, 1783:
“In our lowest and most dangerous estate, in 1776 and 1777, we sustained ourselves against the British Army of 60,000 troops commanded by…the ablest generals Britain could procure throughout Europe, with a naval force of 22,000 seamen in above 80 men-of-war…
        “Heaven inspired us with resolution to cut the Gordian knot…in the glorious
          act of Independence…sealed and confirmed by God Almighty in the victory
          of General Washington at Trenton…
“Who does not see the indubitable interposition and energetic influence of Divine Providence in these great and illustrious events?
        “Who but a Washington, inspired by Heaven, could have struck out the great
        movement and maneuver of Princeton – that Christmas eve when Washington and
        his army crossed the Delaware?…
“The United States are under peculiar obligations to become a holy people unto the Lord our God.”
President Calvin Coolidge stated, October 28, 1925:
“Military critics have described Washington’s campaign of Trenton and Princeton as a military exploit of unparalleled brilliancy.”
Washington wrote August 20, 1778:
“The Hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in…the course of the war that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more wicked that has not gratitude to acknowledge his obligations; but it will be time enough for me to turn Preacher when my present appointment ceases.”
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Rumor: Do Prince William and Prince Harry have an older sister?

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Rumor: Do Prince William and Prince Harry have an older sister?
Posted By: MrFusion [Send E-Mail]
Date: Wednesday, 31-Dec-2014 13:17:21

This is Rumor Mill News, after all. So here's the scenario:
In a 2011 book, "The Disappearance of Olivia", author Nancy E. Ryan extrapolated from known facts to produce a presumably fictional story of a female first child of Charles and Diana. It has been reported that prior to their marriage, embryos were produced in vitro from Diana's eggs and Charles' sperm to verify the viability of future offspring. The embryos were ordered destroyed, but according to the story line in the book, a doctor involved saved one and implanted it in his own wife, leading to the birth of a girl.
Now comes the Dec. 29 issue of the tabloid, GLOBE, with a story suggesting that this story is more fact than fiction. Allegedly (and that word applies to everything that follows), palace investigators decided to look into the story of the book. Perhaps they had some other information along similar lines? In any event, their investigation led to a 33-year-old woman named Sarah currently living in a small town in New England, USA, who was born ten months before Prince William. A few years ago, when Sarah was still living in the UK, her parents both died in a car crash. She then discovered a diary which revealed that she had been the product of a donated embryo. For several years she tried to determine the source of the embryo, until about two years ago when she received a threatening phone messages to cease her research. In fear, she left the UK and resettled in the US.
Now for the latest part of the alleged scenario. After she was located by palace investigators, it was arranged to have her secretly meet Kate during Kate and William's US tour. (It was decided it would be inappropriate for William to meet her.) During the alleged meeting, Kate was reportedly stunned by Sarah's resemblance to Diana. The story hints that a DNA test might have been arranged, but this would be a mixed bag for William, because upcoming changes in the rule of succession might place an older royal sister ahead of William in line for the throne.
Thus endeth the rumor, extracted from the Dec. 29 2014 print issue of GLOBE.
Background:
http://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2014/kate-middleton-demands-prince-william-dna-test-princess-diana-secret-daughter-sarah-throne-risk/

JCR3758 TWEET & R.V / GCR TIDBIT, 31 DEC

@JCR3758 10m ago.... Whether this happens today, tonight or rolls into 2015 we will have a marvelous future and share our blessing. Proclaim it & dream big!

*******


LVegas > R.V. / GCR December 31, 2014 at 11:35am
Ok, so oh great one of Intel, what's your latest take on things? Do we have a chance for 2014 still? Think can be done quickly in 2015 or go to news dates, now hearing the 7th? And please, just be straight up about your reply please :) it's not entertainment anymore!


R.V. / GCR > LVegas December 31, 2014 at 12:03pm
We saw so much positive movrment getting to today i still have all my hopes in this NOW.... chinese said get this done all the arrests at treasury this past week . Cottrell got his money 6 seeks ago its just not cleared yet...thats what we wait on now the dollar funding program yes i see us as started this month...I see that as a bullshit answer...too everyone on teams are ready to move i hope its true.

tinaturner > R.V. / GCR December 31, 2014 at 12:13pm

Thank you!!!! Sounds like all is in motion and all is not to be taken lightly!!!!!sincerely thank you and A very happy new year!!!!!

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Palestinian Leadership Amends UN Application For Statehood, But US Support Is Lacking

Palestinian Leadership Amends UN Application For Statehood, But US Support Is Lacking


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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures beneath a poster of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during a rally marking the 10th anniversary of Arafat's death, in the West Bank city of Ramallah Nov. 11, 2014.
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The Palestinian leadership pushed for statehood Monday, submitting an amended version of its U.N. draft resolution to become a sovereign state. The resolution, which is not supported by the U.S., Israel or Gaza-based Hamas, calls for a peace deal between the Palestinian leadership and Israel as well as terminating Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017, Israeli media reported.
The amendments submitted Monday by the Palestinian Authority modified an existing resolution submitted by Jordan Dec. 17. That draft called for Palestinian statehood and for the city of Jerusalem to be the capital of an Israeli state and a Palestinian state. Monday's resolution submission, however, takes a harder stance. It asks for only East Jerusalem to be the capital of Palestine and calls for an end to Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Haaretz reported. Nine Security Council votes are needed to adopt a resolution.
Arab leaders decided in November to support the Palestinian bid for statehood. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said at that time that he would submit a statehood bid at the U.N. Security Council and join international organizations and treaties if Israel did not respond to requests for resuming peace talks. Since then, U.S.-brokered peace talks have failed. Battles between Israel and Hamas, which controls Gaza, have killed more than 2,000 Palestinians and 66 Israeli soldiers.
U.S. State Department Press Office Director Jeff Rathke said Monday in a press briefing the U.S. does not support the draft resolution.
"This draft resolution is not something we would support," Rathke said. "We don't think it is constructive. We think it sets arbitrary deadlines. Further, we think the resolution fails to account for Israel's legitimate security needs. We don't believe this resolution advances the goals of a two-state solution." Rathke said that U.S. Secretarty of State John Kerry had been in touch with both Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu.
The WAFA news agency reported Monday that Abbas told Kerry he would press ahead with the resolution despite Israeli and U.S. opposition. Abbas also told senior leaders of his Fatah party that the vote on the resolution could be delayed until 2015.
“This process will take more than a day or two, and we must be clear with our people in order to avoid a state of confusion stemming from the numerous statements, which are sometimes contradictory,” Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told the Ma’an news agency. “These procedures are unrelated to the Palestinian position, but are routine U.N. procedures in such cases.”
Hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, said Monday that the Palestinian leadership should withdraw its draft resolution from the Security Council.
"The draft resolution is unacceptable and aims to liquidate the Palestinian cause. It contains massive concessions," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement Sunday. "The resolution expresses the will of an influential group within the PLO and "does not reflect the national desire of our people."

AIRASIA PLANE FOUND --- MORE BULLSHIPE?

 AIRASIA CONFIRMS WRECKAGE FROM MISSING PLANE, CEO SAYS 'WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS SORROW'......

HOW IS THIS WHEN THEY GOT A TEXT MESSAGE SAYING EVERYTHING IS OK, AND EVERYONE IS ALIVE???..... MORE CABAL BULLSHIPE.....

William Wan, Daniela Deane and Brian Murphy

Dec. 30, 2014 An unidentified object, found during a search and rescue operation by the Indonesian Air Force for the missing AirAsia plane, floats in the ocean off the coast of Pangkalan Bun, Borneo, Indonesia. Kenarel/European Pressphoto Agency 

BEIJING — Recovery teams pulled wreckage and bodies from the sea off Indonesia on Tuesday after an intensive three-day search finally yielded the grim fate of a missing passenger jet that plunged from storm-laced skies with 162 people aboard.  Officials from the carrier AirAsia confirmed the debris was from the plane that disappeared Sunday moments after the pilot asked to climb to a higher altitude in an apparent attempt to avoid rough weather.  “We are sorry to be here today under these tragic circumstances,” said AirAsia executive Sunu Widyatmoko in a statement issued in the Indonesian city of Surabaya where the plane departed for Singapore.  Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, thanked the international effort mobilized for the search, and then shifted his comments to the grieving families.  “I feel your loss,” he said.  

AirAsia confirmed Tuesday that bodies and debris seen floating in the Java Sea were from the jet that went missing on Sunday. (AP)  Even as bodies and various flotsam were pulled aboard ships, experts prepared for the next step: trying to reach what was left of the Airbus A320-200 in waters up to 100 feet deep.  Indonesia authorities said divers and sonar-equipped ships headed to the site, about 100 miles southeast of the coast of Borneo. The top goal was recovery of the plane’s flight recorder, the so-called black box, in hopes of gaining clues on the cause of the crash.
 
Indonesia’s search-and-rescue chief, Bambang Soelistyo, said the effort has been complicated by waves up to 10 feet high.  A former accident investigator, John Cox, said the recorder — if found — would likely be analyzed by experts in countries such as the United States or Australia, working alongside Indonesian authorities. It could take several days to fully study the data, he added.  “In those boxes will be story of what brought down the AirAsia flight,” said Cox, a former captain for US Airways and now chief executive of the Washington-based consulting firm Safety Operating Systems.

Among the critical questions is whether Flight 8501 broke up during flight or hit the water intact.  “It’s important to know because that tells you whether it was a force like a storm that destroyed the airplane in air or if it was a matter of the pilots losing control and never able to recover from it,” said Australia-based aviation security expert Desmond Ross.

    The known route of AirAsia Flight 8501

One possible advantage for investigators was the relative shallow seabed and its proximity to shipping lanes, which likely means extensive knowledge of currents that could carry the flight recorde which are waterproof and fitted with an electronic tracking signal.  “My guess is we’ll know what happened within a week,” said David Gallo, an American oceanographer and co-expedition leader of the investigation into the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 which went down in the open Atlantic with 228 people aboard and sunk more than 13,000 feet. It took more nearly two years to recover the black box.

(RELATED: AirAsia flight overshoots runway at Philippine airport during landing.) 

As night fell Tuesday, it was unclear how many bodies had been spotted. At least three were recovered and placed on an Indonesian warship, said the rescue operations chief Soelistyo.  A spokesman for the country’s navy, Manahan Simorangkir, said an earlier report that more than 40 bodies were recovered was incorrect and blamed on a “miscommunication” by his staff, the AFP news agency reported.  The lack of extensive body recoveries could mean that many remained in the cabin.  In the Air France crash, the largest number of bodies found were still in the submerged fuselage, said Gallo. 

Meanwhile, an array of debris was carried to Indonesian ports: A portable oxygen tank, a light blue wheeled suitcase, a portion of the inner layer of the aircraft cabin.  At the Surabaya airport, about 400 miles southeast of Jakarta, relatives of those on the flight broke down in tears as television images showed the recovery a body, bloated by the sun and sea. Some hugged or collapsed in anguish. One man was carried out on a stretcher.
 
The TV images drew strong condemnation online. The station, TvOne, quickly apologized and subsequently blurred out video of the corpse at sea.  Nearly all the passengers and crew were Indonesians — some making year-end holiday trips to Singapore.  “Words cannot express how sorry I am,” wrote AirAsia’s CEO, Tony Ferdandes, in a tweet.

The debris field was first spotted about six miles from the flight’s last known coordinates.
In a cruel twist, some rescuers believed they saw people waving for help. It turned out to be the sea swells tossing lifeless arms.  “When we approached closer [we saw] they were already dead,” said Lt. Tri Wibowo, co-pilot of an Air Force Hercules C130 involved in the search effort, according to the Indonesian newspaper Kompas. 

The spotters on the plane also saw what looked like a shadow on the seabed in the shape of a plane.  Indonesian authorities said Monday they believed the plane was lying at the bottom of the sea, prompting a request to the United States, Britain and France for more advanced equipment.

The Pentagon said that details of that assistance were being worked out, but it would probably include “air, surface and sub-surface detection capabilities.”  In a statement issued late Monday, search officials said they have deployed 12 helicopters, 11 planes and 32 ships, including assets from Malaysia, Singapore and Australia, with more than 1,100 personnel involved. Even fishing boats were tapped in the widespread search.  The U.S. Navy said the USS Sampson, a guided-missile destroyer that is already in the region, would join the search later Tuesday.

Until the discoveries Tuesday, the frustrating maritime search were eerily similar to those in the case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over the Indian Ocean in March. The whereabouts of the plane, with 239 people aboard, are still a mystery.  “Reality is so cruel,” said Jiang Hui, a salesman in Beijing whose 70-year-old mother was on the Malaysia Airlines flight. “I feel so much for the families of the AirAsia flight. I have been in their place for the last 10 months.”  A statement from Malaysia Airlines extended “deepest sympathies” to the families of the AirAsia passengers and crew.

For the moment, the last moments of the AirAsia flight offer the only hint of what may have happened.  According to Indonesia’s state-owned navigation provider, AirNav, the pilot asked air traffic control at 6:12 a.m. on Sunday for permission to turn left to avoid bad weather. Permission was granted, the Jakarta Post reported.  The pilot then asked to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet, but did not explain why. Jakarta’s air-traffic control conferred with Singapore-based counterparts and agreed to allow the plane to move to 34,000 feet because a second ­AirAsia flight, 8502, was flying at 38,000 feet. But by the time air-traffic controllers relayed the permission to climb at 6:14 a.m., there was no reply.

Deane reported from London and Murphy from Washington.  William Wan is The Post’s China correspondent based in Beijing. He served previously as a religion reporter and diplomatic correspondent.  Daniela Deane was a reporter in four countries in Europe and Asia and a foreign affairs writer in Washington before she joined the Post. She now writes about breaking foreign news from both London and Rome.  Brian Murphy joined the Post after more than 20 years as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the Associated Press in Europe and the Middle East. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has written three books.
 
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Nailed the landing

Nailed the landing