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I've been following the case since the plane was first declared missing, and Jeff Wise has been pushing the conspiracy angle for quite a while now. I'm willing

I've been following the case since the plane was first declared missing, and Jeff Wise has been pushing the conspiracy angle for quite a while now. I'm willing to consider it, but I'm not sure if he's proposing anybody with the (absolutely immense, more-than-state-actor) means or motivation to do something like this and keep it a secret for nearly 5 years.

ams6110 8y ago
I was also about to post, asking about motive. What is the motive to make a 777 full of people disappear. What was on board, or who was on board, that would be worth this effort? It's pretty close to beyond belief that this was just a "test run" to prove it could be done. But either way, there's no theory on motive offered here.
- mikeash 8y ago
  According to a conspiracy minded friend, there was a lot of gold on board that would have been well worth stealing. I’ve also seen the theory put forth that the plane was stolen in order to crash it into Ukraine, frame the Russians for shooting it down, and turn international opinion against them. (To be clear, I think both of these are completely looney tunes, but it’s what I’ve heard.)
  - ablation 8y ago
    I've never heard either of those before! Even if it was literally full of gold to its cargo capacity of 248,600 lbs with gold, that's still only in the region of $4.7 billion at current prices. Surely a drop in the ocean (no pun intended) for a nation/actor capable of carrying out such a disappearing act.
    - mikeash 8y ago
      It’s been a while, but I think he guessed the gold was worth a couple hundred million. I recall he thought it was a criminal act of great sophistication, not a government thing. But I share your doubt here.
- losteric 8y ago
  puts on tinfoil hat - perhaps they were bait to draw an intense investigation which could be used to probe military capabilities?

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I've been following the case since the plane was first declared missing, and Jeff Wise has been pushing the conspiracy angle for quite a while now. I'm willing

by akhilcacharya 8y ago

ams6110 8y ago
I was also about to post, asking about motive. What is the motive to make a 777 full of people disappear. What was on board, or who was on board, that would be worth this effort? It's pretty close to beyond belief that this was just a "test run" to prove it could be done. But either way, there's no theory on motive offered here.
- mikeash 8y ago
  According to a conspiracy minded friend, there was a lot of gold on board that would have been well worth stealing. I’ve also seen the theory put forth that the plane was stolen in order to crash it into Ukraine, frame the Russians for shooting it down, and turn international opinion against them. (To be clear, I think both of these are completely looney tunes, but it’s what I’ve heard.)
  - ablation 8y ago
    I've never heard either of those before! Even if it was literally full of gold to its cargo capacity of 248,600 lbs with gold, that's still only in the region of $4.7 billion at current prices. Surely a drop in the ocean (no pun intended) for a nation/actor capable of carrying out such a disappearing act.
    - mikeash 8y ago
      It’s been a while, but I think he guessed the gold was worth a couple hundred million. I recall he thought it was a criminal act of great sophistication, not a government thing. But I share your doubt here.
- losteric 8y ago
  puts on tinfoil hat - perhaps they were bait to draw an intense investigation which could be used to probe military capabilities?