That certainly is within the realm of possibility.
One thing seems clear is the complete UNreliability of the “last reported location”.
How does this report correspond to the one with the alleged photo of the burning plane, from the passenger window of another airliner?
That is where the Vietnamese pilot reported seeing a large debris field and it is also a direct flight path toward Hawaii.
Years ago I saw a missile in the night sky. I thought it was 20 miles away. In the morning I read in the paper that it was over 300 miles away. Where there are no surface lights you can see great distances.