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I see several questionable statements on that site, more conjecture no different than here. I find it funny that he states as fact that all the passengers would be unconscious before the cabin pressure was equivalent to 13,500ft. People hike above that altitude all the time. He also disregards the pressure alarms in the cockpit that we talked about a few pages ago.
It seems doubtful that the plane could have continued on autopilot towards Bejing without being picked up on radar and probably receiving a fighter escort.