[Boogieman]

“* Find someplace to land

* Sell it. There’s an active market for used 777s.”

There seems to be a missing step there, where you would have to do something with all the passengers.

[xone]

where you would have to do something with all the passengers.

C'mon man.

[Mr. Jeeves]

* Sell it. There’s an active market for used 777s.”

There seems to be a missing step there, where you would have to do something with all the passengers.

There's an active market for used passengers, too - especially in Muslim countries.

But I'm still going with the "Shot down by the MAF to stave off a potential suicide attack - but world governments shut up about it until the black boxes prove it" theory. It fits the available evidence better.