I agree. An empty 777 200 model can fly for many, many hours. Could fly over the U.S., Israel. Loaded with a nuke, it could be detonated, hit with missiles, etc. while still in the air producing same results. Those 2 Iranians who carried only backpacks with their laptops on that flight. Stunk from the beginning.
<< Those 2 Iranians who carried only backpacks with their laptops on that flight. Stunk from the beginning. >>
Somehow I missed the part about what they were carrying. This corresponds with my theory that if this IS a hijacking, the hijackers were either very lucky or they spent a lot of time planning a sophisticated event. And if they are sophisticated, then they knew the 777 has issues with being susceptible to cyber-attack. This makes me wonder just how accurate all those “pings” are— the pings that people are using as solid proof of the jet’s projected path. Anything on that plane that is controlled by computer would be theirs to control.
Once the jet’s computer system is taken over, the attacker would pretty much own the system, so to speak. If sophisticated hackers can take over an entire company’s computer network and stay virtualized and undetected for years, which I know they can, then the cyber-takeover of one jet seems like a piece of cake.
Just my 2 cents.