You will note that only 3-4 days after the plane hit the water, floating debris has been found, as well as bodies. This has been the case (debris has been found) with every large commercial aircraft that ever crashed in the water for the last fifty years, as far as I know. Hence, you are unable to exclude the idea that Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 of 8 March 2014 was in fact hijacked and diverted.
I agree the idea is highly unlikely, almost laughably so. However, somebody needs to find the parts somewhere. Or, find that plane at the bottom of the ocean, fully intact - or one just like it.
Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer
Actually, I take the 3-4 days as more proof that the Malaysian plane is at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
We knew exactly what route the AirAsia plane was flying. Unlike the Malaysian plane, it didn't drop below radar and fly for hours. It asked to change altitude to get above a storm and within 5 minutes it was gone.
Yet despite the fact that we knew about where it went down, it still took over 3 days to spot any debris. We only had to search a couple of hundred square miles and it still took a long time.
Now, the Malaysian airliner dropped to low altitude (below radar) and apparently flew for hours. So, it could have gone for over a thousand miles in any direction. That means that a over million square miles would have to be searched.
Also, if the Malaysian flight simply ran out of fuel while at low altitude and glided down at a shallow angle and low speed into the ocean, there is a good chance it remained mostly intact and sank. Just like the airliner that landed in the Hudson River.
And that is probably why we never found it.