I’ll go pretty much with #1 - plane is now parked off an abandoned military strip in Laos (why else did it make such an obvious reversal in its original course and fly around for awhile in the Indian Ocean but to draw attention away from its destination close to its original flight path - and who knows what goes on in Laos) - plane is being repainted in US military scheme and will be flown in a matter of weeks into some high profile target in China to get the US and China into a war, while the real perps, Putin agents, pick up the marbles.....
Esfahan Airport