[mreid]

On one hand, if the wreckage is found it will prove the paranoia of the uber right wing. On the other hand, I can't see an aircraft with a significant enough fire to overcome the pilots and crew not burning up and crashing long before it's fuel runs out 7 hours later. That scenario then proves a healthy dose of paranoia is sometimes warranted.

I do find it interesting that the one thing a pilot would not be aware of, an engine maintenance transponder, is the only system not disengaged and may in the end be the only thing that provides true insight into the fate of the aircraft.