Quote: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.

They still could have made a distress call via ACARS, which was operational. They have oxygen, and backup portable oxygen, so I still don't buy into that one either. Plus, blown tires when taking off always leave debris on the runway or the general area of the runway. None was found, and you can rest assured, they looked. Air France 4590 is a perfect example of such a thing. If you look at what transpired there, you would see a lot of things that should have happened but didn't with the Malaysian plane.

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