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Originally Posted by cashflyer
Early on, I theorized that they went to Pakistan.
While a 777 could make it to Iran, they were destined for Beijing. Unless they had a reason to be carrying the extra fuel, they would not have enough to get to Iran (IMO).
If they were shadowing another plane closely enough to avoid making a separate radar return, that other planes TCAS would have been screaming the whole time. My bet is that they dropped below long range ATC radar coverage. However this does not account for why naval radar would not have picked them up. A 777 flying at 300ft over the ocean is not an everyday occurrence.
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Does the other airplane's TCAS not rely on the radar transponder? MH370 had that turned off.