Missing AirAsia jet: Chinese blogger predicted 'black hand' bringing down missing plane
The post making the prediction was posted on December 15
A Chinese blogger’s prediction 13 days before the Air Asia tragedy that a black hand would target the jet plane has taken the internet by storm.
The posts, which have gone viral, claim that a group that calls itself the ‘black hand’ had targeted the plane. The group apparently was responsible for the downing of MH370 and MH17.
The online community has reacted with astonishment at the accurate predictions made by the blogger. The original post went up on December 15th, exactly 13 days before the Air Asia aeroplane QZ8501. Some members of the online community have however commented that the posts indeed were made 13 days ago, but were edited later to make them look authentic.
Black Hand is a term believed to be a metaphor for a covert organisation or a number of underground groups.
When asked how he could make such a prediction - with one user calling him a 'conspiracy nut' - he reportedly replied: 'All you civilians get away (from the airline).
'You can still hide, all those that see the post can still save themselves.'
Other reports suggested the blogger repeated his warning on December 16 and 17, adding: 'This is a major event in human life, we have to pay attention.'
Despite facing continued accusations of being 'crazy', he relays a further message to 'be suspicious of the US,' writes one Reddit user who says he got a friend to translate the posts.