So the best place to change course in order to confuse the Controllers for the longest period of time, would be right between airspace divisions, or right before passing into a new division. Would that make sense?
From what I gather, the flight stopped transponding 1 minute before the pass off to the Vietnamese controllers was supposed to happen.
So another interesting 'coincidence'.
If the Malaysian military knew it had turned west, why are they concentrating the search in the Gulf of Thailand? They had reported several times in the media that they were also searching in the Adamanan(sp) Sea, but were not clear as to why. How strange this all is. Hijackers usually announce to the world that they’re hijacking. This makes me think in this scenario that it’s thieves making away with a highly sophisticated aircraft.
The best way to confuse the controllers in an area where there is no radar, is to make all the inflight reports when they expect them, even if in the blind. Because when you change course, you will naturally be out of radio range at some point from the stations you seek to confuse. But pilots being good guys will relay info for you. About 10 miles a minute at cruise speed, so casual delay in the controller reporting or caring can make you some miles.