Interesting that some of the new information says that the co-pilot, who was already questionable because of the incident last year when he let two females into the cockpit for awhile, was just learning to fly the 777, with most of his previous experience with the plane coming in a simulator - this would jibe with what a pilot on CNN said yesterday about his belief that some of the wild changes in altitude shown by the plane suggested that someone not very familiar with actually flying it - maybe someone who had just learned about it on a simulator - was at the controls - this was a prelude to the possibility that one so inexperienced with the plane might eventually lose control altogether and dump it in the ocean.....
I think you are spot on.
Co-pilot is unfamiliar with the plane brings a couple of hotties into the cockpit. Someone bumps the controls sending it to 45k, lack of oxygen makes everybody woozy, maybe some attempt to correct the problem. Finally pilot and co succumb and the plane flies on happily in which ever direction it was last pointing.
But that doesn’t explain deliberately turning off the communication devices. Even if one of them was despondent and was committing suicide why would he not want the wreckage found? Why would he turn off coms and change direction?
Nope, it looks like this plane will be used for nefarious use or at least that was the plan. It still may be found in the water because of miscalculation.