Missing Malaysia plane: 10 theories examined

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Missing Malaysia plane: 10 theories examined .

 1. Landed in the Andaman Islands --------------------------------------- The plane was apparently at one stage heading in the direction of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the most easterly part of Indian territory, which lies between Indonesia and the coast of Thailand and Burma. It has been reported that military radar there might not even have been operating, as the threat level is generally perceived to be low....

 2. Flew to Kazakhstan -------------------------- The Central Asian republic is at the far end of the northern search corridor, so the plane could hypothetically have landed there. Light aircraft pilot Sylvia Wrigley, author of Why Planes Crash, says landing in a desert might be possible and certainly more likely than landing on a beach somewhere. "...

 3. It flew south ----------------- The final satellite "ping" suggests the plane was still operational for at least five or six hours after leaving Malaysian radar range. .. may just have carried on until it ran out of fuel and then glided and crashed into the sea somewhere north of Australia. 

4. Taklamakan Desert, north-west China ----------------------------------------------- There has been speculation on forums that the plane could have been commandeered by China's Uighur Muslim separatists. Out of the plane's 239 passengers, 153 were Chinese citizens. One possible destination in this theory would be China's Taklamakan Desert. The region - described by Encyclopaedia Britannica as a "great desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world" - has no shortage of space far from prying eyes. The BBC's Jonah Fisher tweeted on 15 March: "Being briefed by Malaysia officials they believe most likely location for MH370 is on land somewhere near Chinese/Kyrgyz border." But again, this theory rests on an extraordinary run through the radar systems of several countries.

 5. It was flown towards Langkawi island because of a fire or other malfunction ... But the left turn was the result of someone in the cockpit typing "seven or eight keystrokes into a computer on a knee-high pedestal between the captain and the first officer, according to officials", the New York Times reported. The paper says this "has reinforced the belief of investigators - first voiced by Malaysian officials - that the plane was deliberately diverted and that foul play was involved." 

6. The plane is in Pakistan ------------------------------- Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has tweeted: "World seems transfixed by 777 disappearance. Maybe no crash but stolen, effectively hidden, perhaps in northern Pakistan, like Bin Laden." 

 7. The plane hid in the shadow of another airliner ---------------------------------------------------------- Aviation blogger Keith Ledgerwood ...

 8. There was a struggle ----------------------------- One of the hardest things to account for so far with an innocent explanation is the way the plane was flown erratically. It went far above its "ceiling", flying at 45,000ft (13,716m) before later flying very low. Big fluctuations in altitude suggest there might have been a struggle, ...

. 10. The plane will take off again to be used in a terrorist attack ------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the more outlandish theories is that the plane has been stolen by terrorists to commit a 9/11 style atrocity. It has been landed safely, hidden or camouflaged, will be refuelled and fitted ...