Quote Originally Posted by DirtyB View Post
An ex-pilot explains all of the available evidence with the simple theory that there was an electrical fire and the pilot was diverting to the nearest large airport. The media has made it out like the transponder was turned off by pressing a red button on the front of it. I was shocked that it was even possible to turn off the transponder. Apparently in an electrical fire, the standard procedure is to kill the circuit breakers for everything- which makes sense. The transponder is part of that because you have to be able to deal with an electrical fire in the transponder.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03...ectrical-fire/
7 hours is a long time to be looking for an airport.

In all seriousness B, they are now reporting the plane was programmed to make that hard left 12 minutes before the co pilot put in his last call to say good night.

Also the fact that they made the diversion exactly at the point of dead space between Malaysia's ATC and Vietnam's ATC is pretty damning IMO. Sure that could have been a coincidence, but you add in all the other evidence you have at this point and I think it makes it fairly obvious this was no accident.