I feel like the people still posting about the possibility of technical failures causing this incident are clutching at straws. Given the comms going off at seperate times and the waypoint flying, surely there has to have been a non-hypoxic human being at the controls.
Also, can't see the motivation for a terrorist group to hijack this particular flight unless they were targetting KL, and from direction plane went, that doesn't seem likely. The theories like the aircraft being hijacked and used to fly into the Hague or another target at a later date make no sense. Why complicate matters by hijacking a plane in KL to commit an act of terror thousands of miles away? It's the equivalent of the 9/11 terrorists hijacking planes in Brazil to eventually attack NYC.
Inside job by member of crew seems to fit the facts so far, but still has plenty of flaws.
If suicide, why not crash the plane immediately? If trying to hide the suicide by crashing in deep ocean, why fly waypoints? An experienced pilot would know that would lead to suspicion falling on crew.
If politically motivated, say Captain Shah hijacking over Anwar Ibrahim verdict, why has there been no note or message explaining actions? If someone was motivated by anger over the trial, they would want the media/public to know the reasons for their actions. One possible explanation for the confusion and red herrings over the past week would be that a document taking responsibility and explaining political motivation was in fact found early on. The Malaysians could have attempted to cover it up to avoid political embarassment and been foiled by pressure from US and others. Wild speculation, I know, but something about the Malaysian government response seems a little strange, more than just garden variety government incompetence.