Theories, everyone seems to have one about this missing airliner, so here’s mine:
The current and prevailing theory is the plane was high-jacked, and this theory hinges on the maintenance pings coming from the plane’s engines indicating the plane flew for another seven hours after the plane’s transponder stopped transmitting. The validity of radar sightings after the plane’s transponder ceased transmitting was questionable from the start.
If it was indeed a high jacking, it was a crime and we must analyze it as we would any other crime by establishing a motive, means, and opportunity.
Motive 1: Highjack the plane and ransom the passengers. The passengers are mostly Chinese, and this would be a first airline high-jacking for the Chinese.
Means: A large contingent of high-jackers would have had to been on board to quickly subdue the pilots and crew, control over 200 passengers, and shut down cell phone traffic for all cell phones on board. The plane would have had to avoid radar and visual sighting for seven hours, then land in a cooperating country where payment could be negotiated with the Chinese, payment received, and then a getaway made.
Opportunity: Not likely, too many moving parts.
Motive 2: Muslim terrorists high-jacked the airliner to crash it into an Infidel target.
Means: Again, A large contingent of high-jackers would have had to been on board to quickly subdue the pilots and crew, control over 200 passengers, and shut down cell phone traffic for all cell phones on board. The plane would have had to avoid radar and visual sighting for seven hours, and what worthwhile Infidel (U.S./Israeli) target could they have hit?
Opportunity: Again, not likely.
Motive 3: Xinjiang-Uighur separatist Muslim terrorists managed to place a command detonated explosive device on board and destroyed the airliner in their continuing effort to force China to recognize their independence. This and their March 1, 2014 massacre at the Kunming Railroad Station was just part of their continuing effort to force independence from China.
Means: An unwitting passenger allowed something to be placed in his luggage.
Opportunity: Possibly, the Iranian with the stolen passport paid for his passport by agreeing to smuggle drugs into Germany, but the suitcase contained explosives instead.
When bits and pieces of this airliner begin to wash up on the shores of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand, we’ll learn just how unreliable third world countries are at tracking their aircraft, and it will be most interesting to hear how those “phantom” engine maintenance pings will be explained away.
He also theorized all 240+ are dead and were just in the way. All they want is the plane. My added theory is: do not search for "Malaysia Airlines" plane.... look at all Boeing 777s, especially those with an Earl Scheib paint job sneaking in behind a legit inbound int'l flight in the near future.
This plane is worth $250,000,000. Why not a straight up theft? Fly the plane somewhere remote. Offload pax (kill them?) and refuel. Fly away and sell the plane or part it out.
Complex, yes but a big payday.
I think Kalin & Jinger were practicing their act where they make a jumbo jet disappear. They misfired and made the wrong one vanish.
Nope...I know of at least three, including the first in the world (1948).