This doesn't pass the smell test. I'm willing to credit plenty of conspiracy theories that the MSM has covered up, such as TWA 800, OKC, Vince Foster, Ron Brown, POW-MIAs, etc., etc. But there wasn't a hint of any of this in any of the stories I have read about the incident, and Ronald Reagan was no bill clinton or Jimmy Carter. He would not have hesitated to confront the Soviet Union if he knew they were secretly holding the plane's passengers prisoner.
That was my first thought, Reagan would NEVER have just let something like this go.
I agree. I appreciate a good conspiracy theory. This one doesn't come close to meeting my standards.