To those who are holding onto the cell phone angles, here is a random, hypothetical scenario that could have happened as to why no distress calls/texts/tweets were made...
Whether by the pilot(s) or by someone else on board, it appears the plane was hijacked, because of the comms being turned off. Lets just say pilot for the sake of this example. The pilot kills the first officer, or locks him out of the flight deck while he went to use the washroom. He then dons his oxygen mask, and depressurizes the cabin to kill the passengers and crew. He could have flown around for a bit to wait for the flight attendants or anyone with mobile o2 to be killed. Then...nobody is using their cell phone when the plane lands or is low enough to grab a signal.
Far fetched? Perhaps. But it's as possible as any other scenario floating out there right now.
Also...when I turn off my phone...it goes straight to voicemail too, but it doesn't mean that happens to Asian phone numbers as well. They could still ring when called, even if the physical handset wasn't ringing itself.
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