My husband JUST said the same thing. Hijack the plane, take it to Pakistan and from either there or Iran, put on a nuke or bomb, redo the paint to look like El Al and fly it into Israel.
Also wondered if the 40,000 foot climb was to decompress the passenger cabin so they would die, while wearing oxygen masks in the cockpit.
That does hold water I think.
Now the real question is this....
Is it really a ROP event or someones Red Flag diversionary?
Who benefits the most? Who gets ignored? And who has the resources to successfully make it look like a ROP operation?
that theory doesn’t pass the smell test on many levels.
Iran has 747’s that can already do the job, and a paint job alone will fool no one except the folks who watch planes land at the airport. Unless the plane is expected, and is squawking the proper ident, it will not be permitted in their airspace.