Sunday 16th March

It’s over a week now, and we still really know nothing.  Actually of course the authorities know a hell of a lot more than they are telling us.  Unless they are completely incompetent.  So; theories.

Plane malfunction – extremely unlikely as there is evidence of the communication systems being deliberately disabled before radar contact was lost.

Terrorism – extremely unlikely, as a) it hasn’t landed anywhere, b) it hasn’t crashed into any buildings, and more importantly c) no terrorist group claims that they did it.

Pilot error – hardly, as it appears that the plane changed course so distinctly, by anything up to 180 degrees.  Besides there was a pilot and co-pilot, so some degree of collusion.

Which leaves in my mind a deliberate suicide by either the pilot or co-pilot, who, one or the other being restrained flew the plane out into the Indian ocean and into the sea.   Mad theory I will admit but nothing else seems to fit.

And very unexplained too – no mobile phones were used by crew or passengers to let anyone know something a bit strange was happening.

Bizarre, yes.  Unbelievable, yes.  Irrational, even more so.

Anyway, the sad fact is we may never know.  The black box may never be recovered, or even if it is we may know the flight path but never the motives, or if the pilot was guilty or forced to do it.

Before long the news will move onto some other story….