This whole story has been suspicious from the get go. Why would the plane divert it's path (to Beijing) and then 12 minutes later, sign off like all is ok? If there was something catastrophic that happened,to cause the plane to divert it's path, why the "all right, good night" sign off? Why no calls for mayday? Why no squawking or whatever else one would do, to notify the plane is in danger?
Then, turning off the transponders had to be done manually, IN the cockpit, by someone who knew what they were doing. Boeing's engines have the technology to continue pinging, which they did, for another 7-8 hours after the transponders went off. So we know the plane was still in the air. Again, if something catastrophic happened, how could the plane continue to fly for another 7 hours?
Then the reports of the plane going up to 45K feet and then flew as low as 12000 feet before it dropped off the radar. And the planes flight path, based on the way points, show it was heading in the direction of Pakistan, which is about the same distance as Beijing, so the plane would have had enough fuel to go there.
The generals theory could be true. Who is to say that the Taliban (and Pakistani govt) weren't in on hiding that plane? I mean, didn't they cover up (or play dumb) that Bin Laden was hiding all those years, right outside their borders?
Maybe the plane did crash. But considering the "news" we are being sold, and how so many things just don't add up...anything, IMO, is possible.