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In reply to the discussion: Malaysia Airliner Communications Shut Down Separately: US Officials Say [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)that seem to indicate an intentional diversion, because it now seems almost impossible that communications were lost due to system failure. I agree that some mechanical problem was the first most likely explanation, and it is only upon being just about forced to rule that entirely out that one winds up with this scenario.
But that doesn't provide an explanation for what happened, although I don't think either hijackers or terrorists think in ways that are that understandable to normal people with normal ethical standards.
So I agree with all your assertions, except that mechanical problems could produce this sequence of events. It could not.
What we now know is that by the time the Japan flight contacted MH370 at around 1:30 at the behest of Ho Chi Minh ATC to tell it MH370 to phone home, there had been more than a 20 minute sequence of ordered rather than erratic events that add up to an intentional diversion, and this is then followed by a more than 4 hour sequence during which the plane flew far off its assigned route but appeared to be following a route toward Europe or the ME guided by navigational points.
http://english.astroawani.com/news/show/mh370-military-radar-showed-aircraft-deliberately-flying-towards-andaman-islands-reuters-31841