I think it was Iran as well. But, I think it is to be a delivery system for a nuke into Isreal. Too difficult to get refueled to get to USA.
What if they find a way to “replace” a scheduled flight of another plane just like it?
Yes but. Easy to adapt to carry extra fuel. Probable plan a one way trip anyway. And USA is the islamonazis’ number one declared target With two of their top target cities on the west coast easy to reach from the pacific. And their Great Satan has another attractive target sitting out in the middle of the ocean along their primary attack flight path, just in case they decide to cut it short for any reason. (Anyone remember ww-2?). I’m not at all comfortable USA is free of danger. When A raving nut shouts he will kill you. And when he keeps doing it over and over again. It can pay to pay attention.
I'll go further.
I think it's Iran - AND the reason for the 'terrorist illusion' is to stop retaliation.
If Israel gets nuked - and no country is behind it that can be identified... Who do we go after? Million of innocent people die in Israel and we respond by having Obama going through a deck of cards picking who to assassinate?
Lots of strategy went into this - for all we know both pilots were killed after the plane was landed...
What does a state gain by being involved? This is a terrorist group. Iran does not need this plane to do evil.
Iran has a national airlines so why would they need to steal a plane?