Any speculations in regards to what happened to this aircraft are non sense at this point in time. Wait at least until they find it. As per now, the aircraft is considered missing, they can only change the status to crashed after they locate it. Don't go about assuming of what it might had happened because many out there are gonna use these speculations in the wrong way. Think about the families of the ones involved.
A very sad day for us working in the same industry and not only.
P.S. B777 has several beacons. The ELT is designed to start emitting once is submerged. But wait, as I said, we dont even know for sure if the plane hit the water. They only know that it lost contact above the sea.
Last edited by skytrax; 8th Mar 2014 at 07:33.