Quote:I haven't really commented on this because I'm simply perplexed by what happened. I don't buy a massive electronics failure. Far too many redundant systems on board those aircraft, and the fact that not a single distress call was made just plain makes no sense. DF can attest to this, but if every piece of communication equipment was lost on the flight deck, they could have manually dropped the RAT and established communications from one of the other backups located on the plane. The RAT would not have been affected by electronics failures on the flight deck. Plus, the ACARS system was operational. ACARS is not only used to relay automated information, but is also used to send text type messages. I've used ACARS extensively. There's a website where if you have a proper login and password, you can send a text to any flight crew on any aircraft in the air worldwide. I could do it right now, as I have those credentials.

 

I won't even pretend to know what happened to that plane, but the only thing I can't eliminate personally is a deliberate action, either by a crew member, or someone else aboard that flight. I'm sticking with that until I read something that disproves it.

 

Of them all, this is the theory that's made the most sense to me.

 

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/03/mh3...ical-fire/

 

Blown tire catches fire on takeoff, fire spreads - taking out the electronics systems and flooding the entire plane with smoke (especially dangerous with the cargo they were carrying.)  Pilots tried their best without having their nav system (and while they were still conscious before being overtaken with smoke.)  Like with Payne Stewart, the plane may have ended up being a hearse that eventually ran out of fuel.

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