[Iron Eagle]

Ah—no.

Other than one single piece of evidence — all other evidence points to the an obvious result. The plane suffered a mechanical failure of some sort. The pilots were reacting to that failure — turning the plane back to Malaysia. After programming in the waypoint, the plane systems caused the plane to rapidly change height. This asphyxiated the passengers and crew. The damaged plane continue on its last set course until it ran out of fuel and crashed in the Ocean.

The “fact” inconsistent with this is the very reliable Malaysian government’s change of the purported waypoint turn to before the last communication. We may never know — but more than likely, this will prove to be incorrect.

If the plane were hijacked, or a function of a bad actor — it seems a straight ditch into the Ocean would be appropriate. It is possible that the pilot — feeling suicidal, decided to knock out his co-pilot and than asphyxiate the passengers to spare them. Once done — he couldn’t bring himself to drive the plane into the ocean. He may have killed himself, taken poison to knock himself out, or sat there in a psychosis as the plane continued on until it ran out of fuel.

Either way — that thing is in the Indian Ocean.

[MrEdd]

Sometimes people want an exciting story when the truth is only boring and sad.

[blueplum]

I disagree. You havent taken into account that the first flight path change was programmed into the computer 12 or more minutes before the last voice transmission. Had a fire been discovered after the last voice transmission, why was the flight plan changed a good interval before? How did Nav and autopilot continue to operate just fine, if a fire was so catastrophic that it fried the transponder, ACARS, etc.?

[cynwoody]

The plane suffered a mechanical failure of some sort. The pilots were reacting to that failure — turning the plane back to Malaysia.

No, they headed west in preparation for a turn northwest towards the 'stans. If there had been a mechanical failure, they would have made a U-turn and flown towards Sultan Mahmud (TGG), on the north coast of the Malaysian Peninsula, a distance of only 111 miles. TGG has an 11,417 foot asphalt runway perpendicular to the shore.

After programming in the waypoint, the plane systems caused the plane to rapidly change height. This asphyxiated the passengers and crew.

Why would the plane systems do that? And, if they did, why would it asphyxiate the passengers and crew? The airplane is perfectly capable of flying at FL450 without losing cabin pressurization. And, no, there is no depressurize button in the cockpit.

[jonrick46]

You forgot one thing: The plane pinged the ACARS satellite for more than 7 hours. The plane had to have the engines powered up to do that. The plane landed successfully and hostage negotiations have been ongoing.