I'm think the terrorists are acting with State help... Maybe Iran or Pakistan... or others.
Terrorists wouldn't fly south (the easier way) because once there it would be impossible to fly to the secondary crime scene.
Usual targets for terrorists - - New York, London, or Israel can't be hit easily from some island in the Indian ocean. I'm guessing the target is Israel - they wanted to get close. When they started no one was looking for hijacked planes ... That's changed. Terrorists would know they had one shot. That all airspace would be watched from that point forward... They would have to get close to their target on the first try.
Airports in Pakistan can be reached in less than 7 hours. Did either pilot routinely fly the Iran or Pakistan routes from Kuala Lumpur? It would be interesting to know.
I wouldnt be surprised if Pakistan were involved..they issued a statement today, saying they did not receive any radar of this plane, otherwise they would have declared it a threat..yeah I Believe the Pakistani’s, just like they didn’t know where Bin Laden was hiding “Oh you mean Osama Bin Laden, yeah he’s here, we thought you meant the other Bin Laden our mistake”