Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
Traffic. The flying public should contribute for self interest.
There is is a small chance that the Qantas pilot is correct and there is a problem with the aircraft.
Personally I would pay $10 extra a ticket to find the real answer and get some closure on this.
I only have 8700 hours PIC on the B777, and have 10 years as an accident investigator on wide/narrow body accidents and incidents. I can say that I cannot join dots on any system failure that would match the data assuming the Inmarsat pings are valid which they still appear to be. The only scenario that places the plane anywhere near that flight path is unlawful interference by some party. The aircraft is not perfect, but it is darn close to that, one of the best designed aircraft out there, and one that makes dealing with system malfunctions. If you are assuming the merits of
MickG0105's hypothesis then the dogleg that was reportedly flown needs to be explained.