[Parley Baer]

The South Indian Ocean was low on my list of posibilities. Why fly the plane out in that area? If they do find debris I guess they will have to figure the currents to see where the plane would have been 12 days ago.

[Milton Miteybad]

The South Indian Ocean was low on my list of posibilities. Why fly the plane out in that area? If they do find debris I guess they will have to figure the currents to see where the plane would have been 12 days ago.

The pilots didn't intentionally fly the aircraft that direction. They were likely incapacitated or possibly deceased due to smoke inhalation from an in-flight fire, but the plane kept flying on its southwestward course until its fuel supply was exhausted.