One has to wonder, if one believes this, (BTW I do not it’s just too bizarre), what about the passengers? Where are they? What has or will be done with them? They can’t suddenly reappear. Putting that many people in protected custody or new identity programs would be risky. Who is not going to want contact with parents, spouses, siblings, children? The only solutions would be unthinkable, lifetime imprisonment or death. Howwill they keep people in the know from talking? No, this is just too out there to be believed.
Unfortunately, new identities for the passengers won’t be needed.
Did you see the part where pilot took them to 45k? They’re dead.