Curiouser and curiouser
An Italian living in Thailand reports his passport stolen in August last year.
The same name (and the same passport number??) shows up on the passenger manifest. The same Italian has since contacted his parents to assure them that it is not him. That definitely demands closer scrutiny.
One of the British newspapers (not one known for its accuracy in aviation matters) is showing the aircraft as having crossed Vietnam and come down on the south China coast and quotes Flightaware as the source for its information. Could an aircraft have flown on for so long without any kind of communication or without showing up on Vietnamese radar even if there was no SSR data being transmitted?
The Chinese government has racked up security at all its airports. Why? Do they know something others don't?
Malaysian Airlines are being particularly tight lipped although, to be fair, with no aircraft, no wreckage, no communications, no witnesses (do they get regular engineering reports from the aircraft in flight?) what can they say.
This thing gets curiouser and curiouser.