I want to know why this particular plane, and or particular flight? Why steal THIS plane?
For cargo? For plane? For passenger(s)?
I think because it was easy. I lean towards the idea that they simply wanted the plane in order to convert it into a missile. They may have intended to put something else on it later, but I don’t think there was initially anything on it that they wanted.
Malaysia...a place where the plane flew across the entire country, tracked on radar, and none of the 4 or 5 people supposedly monitoring it even noticed until the news broke in the morning...was obviously ideal. I also read that some of these little countries turn off their radar and other flight surveillance at night to save electricity.
So I think they picked this flight because they wanted a plane of that size and range and this was the easiest place to get one...and probably they had help from some wannabe jihadi, such as the co-pilot, or some other local terrorist who was on board as a passenger.
Don’t forget that Malaysia has been connected with other terrorist attacks, including the Bali bombing.
Likely all of the above!