Engine Data Suggests Missing Airplane Flew On for Hours After Radar Disappearance

[SheilaT]

67. I guess I'm simply far more convinced

that the plane has crashed and all aboard are dead, not that it was hijacked and safely landed somewhere. At this point none of us here knows exactly what happened.

Another question I'd have regarding the possible hijack scenario is why have we heard nothing about the hijacking in terms of ransom demands? Why remain silent? Again, none of us know what happened, and I can myself think of several possibilities that could be the reason here.

Certainly hijackers can be very organized, but that was a big airplane, and unless there were a relatively large number of hijackers on board, it's not going to be easy to take over the aircraft and control all passengers and crew immediately. I'm thinking of how so many people on the hijacked planes made phone calls, although this particular plane, as has already been pointed out, would probably have been totally out of reach of cell towers.