[RummyChick]

Its not about the plane.

Its about the cargo and/or the passengers

OR

It is a terrorist plot to disrupt and frighten

OR

Its about a dry run

Given that The Carlyle Group and Blackstone are involved as well as employees from the company accused of spying in the US...

I think it is about the cargo/passengers..perhaps focus on the mysterious cargo container

[Sarah Barracuda]

Flying With Fish ‏@flyingwithfish 46m @ProudAardvark DHS all along has said state backed and it was a theft rather than a hijacking. Fits along with your first theory..how reliable is this flyingwithfish guy?? He has said for a week that this plane is in Pakistan

[Sacajaweau]

I’d say the dry run was less than 6 months ago.