Again, read my post, I never used the word “Identity”. I said “Identify” Friend or Foe which is the Marine Corps challenge to unknowns. I suffer from my training also.
Of course there is an unfortunate haze of factoids that are sinking or swimming.
Perhaps I am foolish enough to look through and beyond them and try to include the possible religious/political strategic hints that may be driving the tactical aspect of this mystery.
I think my theory is wandering from the possible to the probable and would appreciate anyone’s take.
From Reddit.com
Following up on this theory(http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/20dopw/comprehensive_timeline_malaysia_airlines_flight/cg2l4ne), I went back to FlightRadar24 to see if there were any flights near when the last contact with MH370 was at 0215 and heading NW.
What I found is there was a Singapore Airlines Flight (SQ68) which had departed SIN and was bound for BCN. I got the flight track data from FlightAware and plotted it on Google Earth.
Here’s what I found:
MH370 & SQ68 Link Up
It looks like if MH370 turned after lost contact at 0130 and followed the track back over Malaysia and along the way points previously discussed, it would be in the position shown at 0215, which is 200NM NW of Penang.
This position is only about 30NM behind the 0215 position of SQ68 which is also a 777.
If MH370 followed SQ68 along its path NW over India (as I had speculated it did previously), after 5 hours, SQ68 is indeed over Pakistan.
Across Bay of Bengal
Across India to Pakistan
Five hours from last known 0215 position
So, by closely following SQ68 at a similar altitude and speed, it’s likely that any Indian radar operator would not notice or question two closely placed primary radar returns as long as he had the expected squawk from SQ68