[Cincinatus' Wife]

Australian news outlets are reporting that the senior pilot enjoyed a "hobby" he engaged in at his home, where he had a built-in flight simulator with 3 large computers and other equipment.

[Sax]

So the prevailing theory is now this?:

* Co-Pilot and/or Pilot lock cabin door (either alone, or both)

* ADS-B/Transponder off

* Manual Pressurization ON, Outflow valve OPEN - Cabin depressurizes during extreme maneuvers - dive/climb. (Everyone in cabin dead after a short time.)

* Repressurize

EITHER:

* Some point prior to landing, ACARS OFF (no wheels down text to Rolls Royce)

OR

* Crash into the sea

Either way - INMARSAT pings continue until landing or crash.

Is it really that easy for someone locked in the cabin to kill everyone on board an airliner?

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Perhaps our “ASN” knows what happened to that plane.

[SpaceBar]

Was searching old FR articles and found this (from '06)...

Officials: Malaysian pulled out of L.A. terror plot after seeing 9/11 carnage

[ican'tbelieveit]

Not sure I find this “hobby” damning. He is a pilot, he likes planes...

[WilliamofCarmichael]

He then said the last confirmed signal between the plane and a satellite came at 8:11 a.m. Malaysian time — 7 hours and 31 minutes after take-off. Airline officials have said the plane had enough fuel to fly for up to about eight hours.

Some have suggested that Somalia (about 3,800 miles) was the destination. By flying slower the plane could go greater distance.

Another suggestion is that the plane was in somebody's air space, refused to respond, was shot down, and the past several days have been spent trying to find a way to cover up.

[Jaded]

Dear Malaysia.... Ya think?