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The big thing that's been bothering me about the hijacking hypothesis is that there's no clear logical motive behind it. This indeed makes more sense than anyth
by hauget 13y ago
The big thing that's been bothering me about the hijacking hypothesis is that there's no clear logical motive behind it. This indeed makes more sense than anything else I've read so far.
- meritt 13y agoSadly logic isn't required in the media. "Cabin fire" isn't nearly as exciting as "Eight days after Flight MH370 vanished, Malaysian authorities are seeking diplomatic permission to investigate a theory that the Boeing 777 may have been flown under the radar to Taliban-controlled bases on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan"
- chrisyeah 13y agoI agree. And the fact that this article's author is also a pilot ("We old pilots were always drilled...") makes his thesis even more trustable.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoWhat do you mean? There's plenty of motive for hijacking, just as always. Especially a flight filled with Chinese civilians headed to China. There has been a rash of terrorist attacks within China recently from Xinjiang separatists, including several different mass stabbing attacks just this year which have claimed dozens of lives. One might hypothesize that terrorists managed to take control of the airplane and divert it only to have the passengers counter-attack and then in the chaos that followed either control of the plane was lost and not able to be recovered or it was intentionally crashed. Even with reinforced doors it would not take very long for highly motivated individuals to breach them, whether that's the attackers or the passengers or whomever. I'm not saying that anything of the sort is likely but similar things have happened before.
- username42 13y agoI had the same idea. This remains the most plausible theory (IMHO) I have heard since the beginning.
- easytiger 13y agoThere aren't logical motives for school shootings, yet they still happen.
- 013 13y agoThere are motives for school shootings. There are motives for terrorist attacks. There are no known motives (as of yet) for hi-jacking MH370.
- ethanbond 13y agoWhat? This has a lot more plausible and structured motives than either school shootings or terrorist attacks. Whoever hijacked it has a Boeing 777 now. Not sure why that doesn't seem like a worthwhile task?
- reddit_clone 13y agoYep. Esp. Considering they cost north of quarter Billion dollars a pop. I am surprised more aren't stolen!
- easytiger 13y agoyour logic is in a complete freefall. Someone might have hijacked a plane (e.g. one of the pilots) with similar mental processes as a school shooting murderer.
- robryan 13y agoGroup/ state with low morals wanting a plane seems reasonable to me. Obviously if you were attempting to make a point with hijacking a plane there would be someone out there loudly claiming responsibility.