[VerySadAmerican]

I heard a pilot with 30 years experience and well qualified to fly a 777 say that plane could have made that “6 to 7 hour flight”, including all the turns and changes in altitude, by itself with the pilots incapacitated.

[Fear The People]

I heard a pilot with 30 years experience and well qualified to fly a 777 say that plane could have made that “6 to 7 hour flight”, including all the turns and changes in altitude, by itself with the pilots incapacitated.

True that.
But it couldn't disable the transponder and unscrew the ceiling panel to disable the GPS tracking system.

This was a premeditated first act in a longer drama.

The passengers were all immediately killed and the plane flew on below radar on purpose.