[mykalberta]

Being the Airline nerd on the office these days is a royal pain in the a$$. Normally I just surf airliners.net or spend my time on airwaysim

This has been handled poorly, not because the plane has not been found but because the information officially released has been a complete and utter gong show leading to every crackpot idea being investigated. I guess its not surprising given that Malaysia is some 3rd world dictatorship but...

The only information that should have been officially released is the last position of contact and last communication. Anything other than that is pure speculation and has no business being officially released to the media.

There are 3 possibilities

1 (and most likely) Plane has crashed and and wreckage will be found somewhere "close" to position of last contact. I use the word "close" because who knows where but one would assume its within a 1000km radius.

I only give options 2 and 3 any weight because of the report about the maintenance pings from Boeing (if that is true) assuming that the device that sends the pings wouldnt be strong enough to survive a crash

2 plane was hijacked (with or without help of pilot) and then crashed. It could be along time until wreckage is found (if its even found on water).

3 plane was hijacked (with or without help of pilot) and has landed. Where it goes from here who knows, maybe a ransom demand has beeen made to someone and that information isnt being released. For this possibility I would be doing checks on the Chinese nationals passports or to see if anyone on the plane had connections with each other. Theres alot coco republics it could be if this is the case: Burma, Pakistan, Cambodia, Nepal etc. We arent talking first world here.

Its "possible" a ransom demand has been made and they are going through the process or whoever the demand has been made to has refused. Who knows.