“Look, there is no way the transponders would have quit 15 mins apart because ... “
The most current theory lining up all the holes in the Swiss cheese is 1) a loss of cabin pressure (possibly a rupture involving the area of the ‘E and E galley’ taking out the transponders) 2) due to a ruptured O2 bottle (like happened before on another A/C type.)
Oh yeah, we’ve been there before (in 2005) where the crew was done in by hypoxia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522
An Oxygen bottle ruptures a hull:
I would agree but why did it change course ? Auto pilot would stay on programmed course. Many things do jot add up.