[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Cajundaddy

Question. Why would a pilot or a terrorist fly a perfectly good airplane towards the south pole until it ran out of fuel and hit the water? I don't get it. No publicity, no ransom demands, no leveraging their holdings to some end. Just fly it into the water? What are we missing here?

What if he made the demand to the Malaysians that his jailed political icon be released? Considering the way they have conducted themselves thus far, do you think they would release that information?