Originally Posted by
Andy_S
I understand the turn was executed no more than two minutes after Captain Zaharie's routine sign off. Is it really likely that smoke could have both appeared and overwhelmed the crew so quickly? Wouldn't they have put their masks on immediately?
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BINGO. Either A: The 'event" (if it occurred) was so destructive so quickly (explosive in nature) that it destroyed the comms and overwhelmed the crew in less than 2 minutes, or B: The changes in route and subsequent flight to the southern ocean was intentional.
If "A", then that aircraft continuing to fly for another seven hours is far less "prosaic" than B.