Let me play Captain Obvious for a moment, Captain. People won’t believe the conclusion, as you observe, not only because of the reasons you list, but because it is our nature to believe in big dark mysteries, the Loch Ness Monsters, the Big Foots, the Big Bad Wolf, and of course those mythical Nazis everywhere. This story just lends itself to become part of civilization’s mythology.
Agreed.
One of the reasons us Americans are so fascinated by this story is most Americans have flown in commercial passenger Jets, or are planning to do so. This is a real attention grabber for us.
CNN and Fox realize that, and are beating the story to death. I think that is good TV viewer policy since there is such an interest in this plane disappearance. - Tom