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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
by 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 agoI'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 agoIt’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.