Interesting. Someone take control of the plane, dive and then fly under the radar?
Just interpreting the article. My tin foil hat is next to me. I am not wearing it.
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.
Another FR article just posted speaks of two fishermen who saw a plane very low streaking toward international waters.