Exactly right. If it was indeed a terrorist attack that brought down the plane would you want to be the Malaysian government facing Chinese officials to tell them that? A fall guy is a better option for now as long as they can’t find the plane. Is it me or does it seem that the Malaysians are in no hurry to find that plane and its black box?
If I were the Malaysian PM, I would rather tell the Chinese PM that a terrorist or fire or mechanical error took it down, than tell him that their pilot with women problems went crazy and diverted the flight, killed everybody in the first 23 minutes, and then flew the plane for 7 hours into the south Indian Sea.