Quote:IBM encourages it's employees to apply for patents, and helps them pay the fees associated with them.  That way, they can keep their innovations "in-house."  So, you could say this about any flight that has a hand full of IBMers on board (which is a common occurrence for half a dozen or more of them to travel together when working on IT projects.)

 

It's pretty easy to look up the names of people and who they work for (Phillip's information was one of the first shared in US outlets due to his citizenship), then concoct a wild story over a month after the disappearance.  I'm leaning more sick joke on this one than breakthrough journalism.

Didn't say the theory was true. I can say what's true is that they're taking the time to look into it though. Until it can be proven or disproven, it's on the table for investigators, no matter how crazy it sounds. Yes, the stories are pretty out there these days, but bottom line is this is the most elusive incident in aviation history. That alone leaves the door open to a lot of theories that wouldn't otherwise be out there.

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