[stuartj]

There really is some wild speculation in this thread. The fact is that nothing, other than speculation, has emerged pointing to a motive on behalf of the pilot(s) to crash this flight. There is nothing to suggest that the Malaysian govt and its agencies is anything other than mystified and arguably incompetent. The facts seem to suggest the plane went dark, radically altered course and descended, then flew on into the most remote corner of the planet and crashed. Heard only by omnipresent US submarines.

The pilots are being trashed- Ive spoken to a couple who work on 777s, and while they don't completely discount human intervention, the more plausible explanation is a cargo or cockpit fire and depressurization. But both a mystified by the lack of a distress call.

I keep thinking of that 727(?) over Greece or Cyprus that flew on, two F16s flying beside it, with every one on board dead, until it just aungered in. In this case, its happened in a corner of the world where it just may never be found.