Ok, so unless they were trying to rendezvous with the secret undersea Nazi base on the underwater volcano, it looks like the "steal the airplane" thing either was wrong entirely or went completely awry.
So I wonder how it got out there.
So I wonder how it got out there.
In no order.
As for scenarios, based on what CNN had on their screens I would say of the media, they have pretty much jumped the shark.
I am more and more interested in what steps international authorities will take with regards to requirements for commercial aircraft. We have the technology to prevent disappearances like this from occurring again, so will they step up and require them? The costs of the search must be pretty high by now
I believe you nailed that one! And some people doubted the value of speculation on forums in terms of aiding the investigation :-)
People have explained on other threads that the pilot can pretty much turn off anything they want on board, so I'm not sure how you'd prevent that. Maybe they should have some kind of black-box-transponder thing that's self contained and cannot harm the aircraft even if, say, the circuitry were to catch on fire. Shrug... not my area of expertise by a long shot.
In the scenario depicted, "all the busses are pulled", in which case the airplane goes silent, then restored one by one, except that because of the fire, restoration hasn't been possible.
If that will prove to be the case, I think prevention measures would be quite hard - circuits were silenced.
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No it hasn't: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7431715