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Originally Posted by Baz
How did it happen?
I was thinking the plane was hijacked - but somehow afterwards had an accident. Or the accident could have happened during the hijacking.
You're saying an accident.....but no hijacking?
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as i said, i can see many accident situations ...
lead operator signs off and heads back for a nap after they leave Malaysian control, he was out drinking last night due to family problems, needed a rest before he was needed again nearer to landing. some kind of electrical fault happens, second in command reacts, reacts poorly. by the time the lead operator comes back up to the flight deck, uninformed of exactly what got them into this situation, also attempt to take control. the long and short of it is, they bungle the response. more electrical problems, communication and navigation are out. they think they are doing the right thing, they arnt. by the time they figure out where they are, or at least that they arnt going the right direction (pretty easy to be confused at night), they are too far gone.
or, they gain altitude in an attempt to solve what they think is an electrical fire, there is a cabin leak. they loose control, computer flies plane for next 6 hours.
or maybe, cabin depressurizes, oxygen system isn't working, or the operators attempt to hero it, they pass out, computer levels off the plane, and they fly for the next 6 hours.
there are easily a half dozen situations which are very easy to imagine, which start with electrical problems, compounded by operator error (either them not knowing what the aircraft is doing, or them not knowing the right solution, or worse, both), and causing such an accident.
humans don't respond well to emergency situations, esp if they are being fed incorrect information, or assume incorrect information. and when they don't know what the problem is, they do the wrong things to correct, make it worse, get more lost etc etc ... it happens. literally every explained aircraft disaster fits this bill.