[Mr Ramsbotham]

I speculate that the aircraft has been either hijacked by the Iranians or stolen with the cap and f.o.’s permission. They turned the aircraft around, dropped to a low altitude to avoid radar but burning fuel at a higher rate than at cruising altitude, and flew to a remote airfield in one of many numerous islands in that region of the world, disembarked the passengers, and have loaded an Iranian nuke on board. That 777 will be repainted and re-programmed to look like another legitimate civilian aircraft. Then it will be flown into US airspace and detonated over a large city either in CA or NY. It probably would not be detected until it was too late.

That's a chilling scenario whether it involved this incident or not. But why would the Iranians need to hijack an aircraft?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Why do criminals steal cars and use them when committing crimes?

[Viennacon]

Yeah. Surely mama Jarrett could truck a nuke in for the Iranians. Its clear she’s a secret terrorist.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Because it’s a lot more reliable than a Nork BM.