dmccarty
Super Star Member
Almost certainly the plane was crashed into the ocean. Given that the US Navy is moving its ships to the Indian ocean is a big clue. On its regular course the plane might have been on HK or Taiwan radar and certainly if the plane had gone eastward after leaving it's scheduled course, the plane would have shown up on Taiwan radar. If it had kept going east, the plane would have shown up on Japanese and US radar at some point. Since the plane stayed in the air for 4-5 hours and the path seems to be known because of the engine pings, the plane went west into the Indian Ocean. I would also suspect the US has satellite/ELINT data on the plane and they are using the data from the plane's engines as a reason to move to the Indian ocean.
The passengers likely did not know the plane was off its flight. The only way they would have known early in the flight is if someone was watching the flight on a GPS device. The pilot/copilot might well have told them they were returning to Malaysia....
The problem with the kidnapping scenario is that the plane did not have the fuel on board to get anywhere to the east from the reports I have seen. One can buy large airliners cheap. You don't need to kidnap and then kill a bunch of witnesses if you just want a plane. It would be far easier to pirate a transport aircraft to do something nefarious.
There seems to be someone turning off equipment so there is a person taking system off line. It might be possible that the flight crew was disabled but if the reports are true about multiple course and altitude changes, that is not likely. Most likely one of the flight crew went bonkers and crashed the plane in an act of suicide like the Egyptian plane did a few years ago. Oddly, the Egyptian government still denies it was a deliberate act. A cargo crew was attacked by a company employee years ago who wanted to crash the plane. I think they were able to stop the guy but it was a very bloody event when it was finished.
The unknowns about the plane is horrible since it gives the families some reason to hope...
Later,
Dan
The passengers likely did not know the plane was off its flight. The only way they would have known early in the flight is if someone was watching the flight on a GPS device. The pilot/copilot might well have told them they were returning to Malaysia....
The problem with the kidnapping scenario is that the plane did not have the fuel on board to get anywhere to the east from the reports I have seen. One can buy large airliners cheap. You don't need to kidnap and then kill a bunch of witnesses if you just want a plane. It would be far easier to pirate a transport aircraft to do something nefarious.
There seems to be someone turning off equipment so there is a person taking system off line. It might be possible that the flight crew was disabled but if the reports are true about multiple course and altitude changes, that is not likely. Most likely one of the flight crew went bonkers and crashed the plane in an act of suicide like the Egyptian plane did a few years ago. Oddly, the Egyptian government still denies it was a deliberate act. A cargo crew was attacked by a company employee years ago who wanted to crash the plane. I think they were able to stop the guy but it was a very bloody event when it was finished.
The unknowns about the plane is horrible since it gives the families some reason to hope...
Later,
Dan
