[American Constitutionalist]

Actually, the Boeing 777-ER model's max range is 7,700 NM, but could easily do 7,000, 7,250, or stretch it to 7,500NM, yet depends in the weight and load of the flight, how much fuel they took on, headwinds, and flight path.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AC.

There’s been a huge search using surface, air, and orbital methods, and nothing has turned up, despite the false alarms and some fakery. It’s difficult to put the plane in the Maldives at low altitude if it were running with autopilot all the way, unless it were about to crash into the Indian Ocean (iow, almost out of fuel). And if it were, the tip was from a couple days ago, and a narrower search has also failed to turn up any sign.