“Get on Google Earth and type in Pulau Langkawi and then look at it in relation to the radar track heading. 2+2=4 That for me is the simple explanation why it turned and headed in that direction.”
Extend that line about 2000 nautical miles to the west and you cross the southern end of the Maldives, where witnesses say they saw a very low and loud white jet with red markings.
Maldives is 3 hours behind Malaysia, so if the people saw the plane at 6:15am, it would be 9:15am Malaysia time, or about 7.5 hours after the last radio contact. That distance on autopilot wouldn’t be unheard of.
Still a few loose ends, but why not take a look just west of the Maldives?
Problem with the theory: It appears the turn towards the west had been programmed in ahead of time...before the last voice communication where he said everything was OK.
So it was a premeditated deviation off the flight plan...and voice comm was made AFTER that.
If the above facts are accurate (and they are as of this morning)...then the theory of a fire and then a turn to the west....and the crew being overcome is blown.