"... Missing of course: what was the track of the phantom craft *before* crossing paths with the passenger craft. -Chaguito
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He may have witnessed flame out of engines not necessarily Flight engulfed in flames! At this point it would be glide to water landing! PPl are looking for a final destination, at that point it was wherever the ordeal terminates!
I went to your “Busted” link and he’s trying to show that the radar showed the flight continued into and over Vietnamese airspace where it was “tailed” by another aircraft. It then “disappeared” in the South China Sea off of DaNang according to the link? That’s at variance with all previous information. What’s the source of his radar readings (if you know)?