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.

 

I agree, this seems to be the most plausible scenario presented so far.  

 

Imagine an interior scene of the plane flying for hours with over 240 dead souls on board, the sounds of the engines droning ceaselessly as the bodies gently sway and jostle in unison to the movements of the pilot-less aircraft reacting to turbulence and air currents.  

 

Dang... 

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