[CivilWarBrewing]

Wow, go to Google maps and check out the airport on the tiny little island of ‘Car Nicobar’.. That could easily accommodate a 777 landing. I’m shocked this little island has a major airport. It’s located directly west of where the aircraft had last diverted direction to.

[Meet the New Boss]

If they were going to land on Car Nicobar wouldn't they head in that direction once they had gained control of the plane and disabled the transponder? If the CNN report is correct, the new flight path has them headed southwest, away from Car Nicobar.

The new path would appear to take them over the northern part of Sumatra and straight in the direction of Diego Garcia.

[Truth29]

FYI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Nicobar_Air_Force_Base

[cynwoody]

Wow, go to Google maps and check out the airport on the tiny little island of ‘Car Nicobar’.. That could easily accommodate a 777 landing. I’m shocked this little island has a major airport.

Car Nicobar is an Indian Air Force Base. IOW, probably not an optimal destination for a stolen airliner, despite having an 8914-foot runway.

[tcrlaf]

” I’m shocked this little island has a major airport.”

It’s the home of the Indian Navy/Air Force Andaman-Nicobar Command. They started setting it up on an old Japanese Airbase in 2001, to counter China’s moves, and to bottle up the Malacca Straights in the event of a conflict with China, a real possibility for them.

It is just 50 miles from an island the Chinese have leased from Burma, and are developing Naval facilities on.