Here is what happened.
The pilot, who just happened to have a Boeing 777 flight simulator in his home, planned this long ago. Why would a 777 pilot need to go through the expense of acquiring a flight simulator for home use unless he didn’t want anyone else to see what he was training for?
We now find out this flight had over a ton of gold on board as cargo.
What went down:
1.) The pilot switched off the tracking systems over the sea to make all think the plane went down en-route.
2.) He diverted towards the Andaman Islands where his cohorts were waiting.
3.) He depressurized the cabin and went up to 40,000 feet to kill all on board. He was prepared with an oxygen mask.
4.) He then flew below 300 feet to his destination.
No witnesses. No survivors - he thought that all would assume the plane went down along his planned route.
SOB murdered everyone on board to steal the gold.
A week later, the Malaysians wake up and decide to search the pilot’s home.
Where did you hear that this flight had a VAL shipment of 2000 lbs. of gold on board?
I think you're on the right track with this and that the captain commandeered the B777. If theft was the motive, the remote airfields found on the westward flight track are intriguing. Whether theft of cargo or the aircraft itself is the goal, one would have to have a detailed plan and many accomplices. I'd be interested in whether the plane had reserve pilots aboard and whether the captain acted alone. Killing/incapacitating his FO is no small task and rather risky to such an operation.
Makes me think of FedEx Flight 750.
What is the source for that???
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You signed up just today to drop some bomb about there being over a ton of gold on board FM370 as cargo???
Can you give us a source for that statement???