So now it looks like the pilot is being called a "political fanatic", and a hardcore supporter of the opposition leader in Malaysia.

On the day the flight disappeared the pilot went to the opposition leader's sodomy trial, where said leader was found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail.

The pilot then got on a flight and flew away...and hasn't been seen since.

Weird if that's a coincidence...but a lot weirder coincidences have taken place.

It's not hard to envision this plane being turned into some sort of a weapon somewhere...but I can't see how it could get anwhere near much of importance, at least not here in the west.

Fish on...

Todd

Perhaps the pilot wanted to attend Fred Phelps' funeral.

I'm slightly changing my mind as to what happened. Or, at least now believe that there was a catastrophic fire (not mechanical) on board the aircraft that lead to the pilots disabling all electrical systems, eventual disabling of all the pilots/passengers and the plane just flew on autopilot and eventually crashed in the Indian Ocean when it ran out of fuel.

Pilots probably reacted accordingly, but simply ran out of time and options. They all died after the plane was put in an autopilot state, either by the smoke, or the eventual impact with the ocean.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

Everything that happened so far reflects this theory.

Sadly, if you watch enough of the airplane accident type shows where they go over this type of stuff, this is probably the most legit theory out there.

All electrical systems disabled except the auto pilot?

The problem with the electrical fire theory is that electrical fires move really slowly, and would have to overcome multiple redundant communications systems over a pretty significant amount of time before all communications would be lost.

Fish on...

Todd

There was a fire.

Pilots think it's electrical in nature, so they turn off the master breaker switch. The plan was to turn things back on to isolate the source.

First thing I'd turn on beside basic nav and cockpit controls would be the autopilot, so I could get out of my seat and go see if I could find and put out the fire.

Too late. The crew probably ends up doing a few things to try to save the plane (course correction, altitude change, etc) but are eventually overtaken by smoke, flames, or all of the above.

72 Virgins? Allah Akbar!!

I'm with Parker on this one. It is weird how many people almost seem to get off on the terrorism idea.

Occam's razor bitchez it's in the ocean somewhere . All is lost!

Sad as it might be, : all are lost:.

No matter what happened to the plane, or where it is now, I'm pretty sure that there are no passengers alive to talk about it.

Fish on...

Todd

Hard to believe that they haven't found some flotsam by now.
A lot of water to cover, though with the search area expanding to the west/southwest.

And no, I don't think they made a soft landing on terra firma.

Perfect dive straight into the water barely made any rings.

I heard early this morning something about people in the Maldives (200 miles or so SW of India) claiming to have seen the plane, or one just like it, flying very low over the Islands, low enough to rattle the windows and get everyone outside to watch it fly over.

Fish on...

Todd

I'm guessing at least one Gov (China) and maybe more (China/US) know exactly were this plane is.

Hijacked/Pirated and then shot down somewhere remote. And all the info that's being leaked is just subterfuge so folks are looking in the wrong area.

This op has moved to cover up mode.

There's no way there was a fire or other mechanical problem. Aviators rule of thumb is aviate, navigate, communicate. And that's in no particular order so with two in the cockpit while one is working on aviate the other is working on communicate.

If Chuck is right, and I think he is, in that someone took the plane to 45K feet and depressurized the plane that is one of the most heinous crimes in human history!

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh370-electrical-fire/

This is the thoughts of a pilot. I like his explanations. From a non pilot view (I know some of you think I am) seems legit. As much as Id like to find all the passengers alive, this would beat having to see this plane explode a nuke on us

Movesfast, I saw this too. I'm reminded of Occam's Razor - in the absence of fact, the simplest explanation is usually the truth.

Possible parts found in the southern Indian ocean 1500 miles west of Australia

link, Jerry?

found this:
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Au...-251132271.html