[Fee]

Even if it was possible, explain how the transponders were shut off. Both of them. The engines on the Boeing 777 emit a signal via satellite so it will alert the maintenance shop of problems for repair before the plane arrives at Bejing. That signal indicate the engines were running for 4 hours after the plane radar blip disappear. This will also corroborate with the Chinese families ability to call their love ones, hearing ringing on the cellphones, but no one answers. If the plane had crashed into the ocean, the cellpones would not ring but immediately inform the caller the cell is not available and refer to the owners voicemail to leaving a message. This is one of the weirdest air incidents to date especially in the age where everything can be tracked.

[Maurice Tift]

  Yes - very good points - it sounds like something planned rather than an accident. It's difficult to come up with a simple explanation that involves an accident.

[Washi]

This will also corroborate with the Chinese families ability to call their love ones, hearing ringing on the cellphones, but no one answers.

If the cell phones were actually ringing, that would mean they were near a cell tower.

How does the cell phone system know how to route the call to the correct tower and then to the cell phone?

It's because the cell phone sends signals to the tower to announce its presence and connect with the tower.

There are easily searchable logs of these announcement signals.

If any of these cell phones were working and were near a cell tower, we would know where they were.